EBC: Dakota the Dreamer

Name: Dakota Bacchus

• Meaning: Friend
• Nicknames: Dako, Dak, Kota, Shorty
  
• Dakota was named after an old friend of his mother, who was more of a father figure to her. While spending his cubhood in Massilia, he was called Shorty by a lot of felines, due to his unusual size for a cougar. He was called Bacchus by his father's master and uses this name as his second name.

Gender: Male

• Dakota identifies as a male cougar and goes by the pronouns he/him and they/them.

Age: 3 years

• Starting age: 4 months
• Birthdate: 16th January, 47 BC
  
• Zodiac: Capricorn
• Dakota was born in Massilia on the 16th January in the year 47 BC with a twin brother named Octavian

Species: Cougar (Puma concolor)

• 85% Cougar, 15% lion
• His lion traits are barely seen, but his mane is a rather dominant trait he owns.

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T R A I T S  & O T H E R    B R E E D I N G    F A C T S

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Feline breeding tier group: 2 (Intermediate group)

• Can be bred with: Cougars, snow leopards, clouded leopards, lions, tigers, jaguars, cheetahs, leopards, lynxes, golden cats, ocelots, servals, caracals, mountain & desert cats, jaguarundis
• Due to his short size, there's a higher chance of successful pregnancy with tier 3 felines.
  

Sexuality: Pansexual

• Dakota feels attraction towards any gender
  
• His romantic attraction is unknown

Traits:

• Dominant: Green & blue eyes (Heterochromia), pale snout & belly fur, brownish fur, short build
  
• Recessive: Coat markings, mane, thin tail
• Traits: Blue eyes, melanistic mutation, maned females (10-20% chance), tall build

Breeding status: Non-breeder

• Castrated: No
• Able to be a biological father: Yes
• Dakota isn't a breeder and currently not interested in having cubs of his own, due to him being way too busy with his high rank as the healer apprentice of air empire, but wouldn't mind adopting some
  

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T R A I N I N G & E M P I R E   I N F O R M A T I O N

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Empire: Air empire

• Been part of since: The age of 4 months
• Loyality: 100%

Rank: Healer

• Past ranks: Healer apprentice, Gladiator apprentice, Cub
  
• Mentor(s): None
• Past mentor(s): Sketa, Ash, Cassian

Knowledge: Intelligent

• Intelligence: 8
• Skill: 7
• Speed: 6
• Strength: 5
• Stealth: 5
• Stamina: 6

Cub Assignments: Complete, 3/3

• Draw your cub playing
• Meeting someone new
• Draw your cub with their parent

Healer apprentice Assignments: Complete, 5/5

• Meeting your mentor for the first time
• Have your apprentice collecting herbs or other needed material
• Helping out their mentor or empire cat
• Learning a normal gladiator apprentice task
• Helping another feline without their mentor's help

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F A M I L Y

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Calliope
Mother; Alive; Rogue

Hermes
Father; Alive; Messenger


Octavian
Brother; Alive; Air empire gladiator


"Denny" Denemos
Uncle; Alive; City guard

Vidas
Nephew; Alive; Roman bounty hunter apprentice

Castia
Niece; Alive; Solus

Akakios (formerly known as Azarel)
Nephew; Alive; Solus

Octavia
Niece; Alive; Unknown

Inias
Nephew; Deceased

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P E R S O N A L I T Y

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Focused: "..."

Dakota is a very focused, hard worker. He rarely ever gets distracted from his work, and if he does, it might be because of all the rush he gets. Dakota learned how to keep a clear mind and will always do his best to keep his patients safe.

Stressed out: "No, not now, I don't have time."

After his promotion to the rank of the healer apprentice, Dakota had to start working a lot more, which led him to getting a lot busier and stressed out. He barely gets to sleep or rest, always up to collect herbs or help his mentors out. Even though they are three, Dakota is usually the one who would stay up and guard their patients, or just go collect herbs and other needed material.

Erudite: "Oh, don't eat that! It's poisonous!"

Having to stay up late to sort the herbs led to him knowing nearly every name of the plants. He's a quick learner and can remember the names of every member of his empire. Dakota loves learning new things and doesn't shy back from teaching other apprentices and even cubs about the wonderfulness of healing.

Faithful: "Listen... can you hear the wind talking to us?"

Dakota grew up believing in the Roman gods and nature spirits. This is one of the things he took after his mother, though his father has strong faith in the Roman gods as well. Dakota would teach the cubs about the empire's beliefs and his strong connection to nature.

Kind: "Did you hurt yourself? I can take you to the healer's den, if you want to."

Dakota doesn't mind offering help to his empire mates and even members of the other empires. He's the type of feline that shows you around air empire's camp and territory on your first day and offers to be your friend straight away.

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H I S T O R Y

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[ You were born to bring peace ]

It was a rather cold night when Calliope signalized her friends that it was time - time to give birth to her cubs. It was a difficult birth, but the two cubs both survived and were healthy. The first few days Dakota spent on our earth were nice, he and his brother got good care and love. Even their father showed up sometimes to play with them a little. He was a messenger who traveled around Massilia and it's outskirts to deliver news and other messages. Usually, he was accompanied by hunters, who were his friends and even helped out training some of their apprentices. Dakota's father went by the name Hermes and dearly loved his family. One morning, Octavian and Dakota's mother was nowhere to find and after spending days and days being taken care after by their mother's friends, Hermes decided to bring them to his owner.

[ Little messenger boy ]

Hermes' owner was excited over his pet's cubs and obviously took them in. They didn't live in much luxury anymore, mainly because the messenger didn't earn much money and food was getting rare. Still, Dakota loved his brother and father and enjoyed every moment he spent with them. Hermes told his cubs the stories of the Roman gods and Dakota loved hearing them. He was taught to become a messenger one day. And soon, his father took him out on his first trip.

[ Farewell ]
TBA