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Last Update: 17/06/2020

NEW APP:

IMPORTANT NOTES:
He is an old man, pity the poor eye sight and achy legs.
Since escaping from the city he has fatigue. Since being in Fire Empire + its fall he has cat asthma (Exercise-induced + Occupational asthma)
He is trapped underground after the events of EBC STORY: Ashes to Ashes

"Take it from an old man.

My mistakes have made me,

And i am what i am,

And though i dont believe in silver linings,

I believe there's something in you.
Something good is trying to break through.
You might have to fight the good fight.
And when you think you can't, you can.
Take it from an old man."

-- Take it from an old man
(from "The Waitress")

Name: Cêpan
Species: Cheetah

Date of Birth: 14/5/55 BC
Start Age: 8 years
Age: 13 Years

ROUGE SKILLS
SKILL 1: WARRIOR SKILL: Proficient in battle and tactics
Strong sense of physical prowess, finer tuned battle skills than most rogues, strategic thinking, and tactics. They likely will not be better at fighting than hunters or empire cats, however with enough training they may get close! Keep in mind they don't have the same rigorous training that hunters and empire have.

SKILL 2: LOCKED
*Skill description pending*

BEHAVIOUR

ROLE: The Mysterious Story Keeper
Cêpan is the wise grandfather character which if characters went to for infortation, he would normally have. However he often secludes himself so he is very reministant of the old, wise guy in stories that normally give the hero an exposition dump on the history of the story.

[Potent, resounding] - "Want to tell me WHY anytime soon?"
Age has not changed his volume in certain situations, however it is more controlled. If he thinks you are about to do something that could put you in danger, you would be surprised at how much strength his voice can hold. It is no surprise to felines how he coped with ignorant cubs in training, and he is no stranger to giving out the tough love. However, as he is more dependant on other felines now with his weakening body, he begrudgingly allows more things to slip to show is appreciation to those caring for him. Just don't mess around with his adoptive family, either by babying them or threatening them, otherwise you will know of his disapproval.

[Intelligent, resourceful] - "You might find it interesting then to hear how I escape that place then --"
Whilst he has begun to forget some of his early life, Cêpan still is sharp in the mind. It is what helped him survive the battles, escape the city and reach fire empire territory when he was aged. He using his skills in giving advice to others, and occasionally coming up with really bad jokes. A lot of what he knows about the city and the empires is from first hand knowledge, making him a good mentor even though he can't perform these activities as readily anymore. This perception has also allowed him to see the needs of certain felines who have taken him under their wing, and so he likewise has decided that he will look out for them too.

[Offbeat, Grateful] - "Aren't you an odd one?" *chuckles*
To put it bluntly, this tom knows that part of the reason he is still alive is due to chance, things just working out in his favour. If he had been put against a more violent competitor whilst performing his escape plan, if athena hadn't been visiting her parents, if his age just finally caught up to him - he wouldn't be here, and Cêpan is not naive to all this. Hence, between all the advice and training, when felines who shows promise in a different area, perhaps someone who is in need of paternal guide, he is willing to humour them. Even if at first it is slightly forced, he makes the effort and sometimes can find amusement in smaller actions like catching cats off guard when they assume he is a weak elder. Overall, he will judge on the felines motive for being around him, and if it is genuine (by his standards of course), then perhaps he is finally starting to see the empire's goal come into reality. And that he can respect that.

[Confident, Unfazed] - "Oh don't worry about me. These things are to be expected by this point."
Cêpan is keenly aware of his weakened condition, so has slightly less confidence in fighting - not that he ever wants to go through events like the war again. However, in what he does do, you might be surprised that he can hide a lot of his discomfort for a while due to experience in such movements. Hence, he still comes across as confident in activities, his movements, although not premeditated, appear to be just that because of his years of training. He knows his limitations, and sometimes has been known to walk extra slowly across the camp, just to catch felines off guard when he suddenly catches up.

[Blunt, Taciturn] - "And?"
A useful trait when bringing into line headstrong cats put under his training, this cheetah has a no-nonsense attitude when giving you help. He will tell you at it is as he views this as the best way for you to see where you need to improve. With his aging he doesn't train felines as often, however this trait can still come across in discussion of serious topics, as cat's lives are something inexperienced felines should learn fast to value and efficiently protect. If the situation is bad, he won't sugar coat it, but he won't eat your ear off about it either.

What you can expect:
  Good side: An old tom who will play the part of an old guy. Has his select close-ones but can humour others on a good day. Quiet. Serious, which when he rarely jokes he tries to maintain. -- "Nonsense, let the cub stay. She was telling me about her very important mission to get to the top of that rock.". Willing to help you out and take your request seriously, and can give great reality checks if people are overreacting. Begrudging but genuine. Up for a good moan. Cares for your welfare deeply. Great teacher and a voice of reason.
Bad side: Won't tolerate your nonsense. Short- tempered. If you really push it he can be confrontational. Can't tolerate self-serving felines, specially if they are young. Can be loud, perhaps scary. Sharp and corrective as he will try to pull you into line. In normal conversation, he will keep his sentences minimal.

Current mood: Calm, somewhat questioning of his surroundings, good humour as he is grateful for fire empire taking him in
  When Happy; Bad jokes, catching you off guard, fatherly, serious, instructive
  When Depressed; Quiet, serious, no-nonsense
  When Angry; Loud, serious, no-nonsense, blunt and sharp

Priorities: to helping the empire grow and develop
Philosophy: Learn from the past

Posture; Average

Gait; Good

Coordination; Great despite poor eyesight

Habits and Mannerisms; Resting droppy face, dust baths, gossip and listening in on other's conversations

Scent; Dusty, dry

KEY SKILLS:
MAIN SKILL: Teaching
DEVELOPING SKILLS: Fighting, Intellect

QUIRKS AND OTHER FACTS:
- Cepan can often be found sunbathing, however this isn't due to him wanting to be warm. He uses this as a front so that he can listen in on important conversations that might be happening in the middle of camp Currently Cepan is underground but still likes to catch some rays when he can.
- Your age will effect how Cepan views you: cubs he deals with indivually as he doesn't have much experience with them, adolesents he is quite serious and instructive around, adults he mostly makes idle conversation with unless they prove that they have earned that title, and a senior he likes to gossip and moan with.
- His escape plan left some long lasting impacts on his health due to his age: he easily feels the cold and has arthritis. His stamina was always bad, but he won't tell you that.
- Cepan suffers from occational spells of confusion when he is stressing about his past in the colosseum. He doesn't regret what he did as much as he regrets the life that could have lived on without it. Hence, this has soften him and harden him in different areas of his personality.

Likes; Mentoring, stories, warm days, gossip (but he wouldn't admit it)
Dislikes; Arrogent felines, death and blood, cold, droughts

BACKGROUND

Cêpan was born to a breeder in the colosseum, and as with most cats in his situation, once he was old enough he was old off. His owner was a kind man, however Cêpan wasn't content with just being a pet. So, upon noticing his cub's interest in the battles in the coliseums, and from a young age he was entered into the Coliseums. The matches grew in difficulty as he aged, but so did his skill level, until one day his master moved to one of the outlier cities where he gained enough land to start a training facility of sorts. Cêpan retired at the age of four to start training the younger felines.

Cêpan loved training different cats who came along, and would instruct them on skills, tactics, and survival tactics. Unfortunately, not all did last, however his kind master would always pay respect to the feline when it did happen. Through all this, Cêpan was in a sense, shielded from the worst of coliseum life, only seeing the development and respect any cat could earn, no matter who they were.

One day however, there was a fire, and to ensure that Cêpan survived his master released him into the wild. It separated the two, and left Cêpan alone until he stumbled along into shadow empire territory. The tom stuck around, interested in the training of these wild felines and how they viewed battling. Perhaps there could be someone here he could train? The tom never grew close to any particular cat, however participated on patrols and resided around the camp until the battle of Massilia occured. The trained tom signed up to go on a patrol for the war, knowing that felines older than him were going to help out in the fight. Someone with his skill should also be of good aid in fighting against hunters. However, when they encountered hunters, the patrol had separated off from the main groups, and hence was vastly outnumbered and swiftly defeated. Cêpan found himself captured, and returning back to a very familiar place.

At first, the cheetah was able to resume his battling there, with only some slight difficulty due to his advancing age and injuries from the war. He patiently waited for a rescue patrol, or some master to buy him. The latter was less likely due to his age, but he knew from the war and other captured cats that occasionally empire cats would escape or get rescued, however normally only a few could get out at a time. Cêpan knew that he could out last a lot of the untrained cats here, so he could wait for his opportunity. He could wait.

Over 2 years passed. Cêpan could hear in his neighbouring cages, see in the decreasing amount of food he was brought, feel in the battles he faced: they all suspected it, that his passing would happen soon. Whether to his deteriorating health, by age or by some cage sickness, or in a battle that would turn lethal. They all thought it. The tom would scorn the idea at first, however as his eyes slowly blurred and his bones ached from extended use, it became an ever more important issue. He wouldn't last much longer. And no one was clearly coming for him. His confidence would waver in battles, and for the first time he began to feel the true fear of a captured cat. There was no winning the larger picture here. The war had failed.
However, that didn't mean that individuals didn't deserve that peace they fought so hard for. The smart tom's eyes narrowed in thought.

So he would just have to make his own route out after all.

It started with no longer eating portions of his meals, then progressed to this normally human friendly cheetah not responding anymore. He didn't fight to win, just to survive. He purposefully would call out in strange, pained noises; forcing himself to stay up overnights. All this built up to one day. One day he woke up from a jarring movement, however he made sure to keep stilled, eyes motionless. The cheetah had passed out from exhaustion the day prior, and due to his weak condition they had assumed he had died. However, this was far from the case, and as soon as the wagon with the dead felines wheeled away from the cages, he slipped out and ran for the forest.

However, all this purposeful weakening meant he couldn't last long by himself before passing out again. Would he go back to Shadow? No, the tom had decided that he wanted to be part of an empire which did more, tried harder. An empire which understood the advantages and disadvantages to battles, as he had learnt. After all he had been through, he no longer wanted see the blood of battle, however still wanted to support those who wanted to be something more than a pet. Which empire had tried the hardest? Fire. Fire empire had been the driving force behind the war, putting in the most work in training, in aiming to rescue cats locked away. Cat who had been like him. Were they still like that? Time would only tell as he began the slow walk to his goal.

Skirting along the shadow border, Cêpan was able to use the dense forest to sneak up on his prey, so it didn't require as much energy for the weak tom to hunt. There were plenty of places to hide from danger, plenty of water to drink. However, as he passed over to fire, this wasn't the case. He was too slow for prey here. And as the sharp cold breeze of winter swept through the dry land, his weakness from his escape plan began to rear its head again. And before he had located the camp, he collapsed, expecting to fade away into death.
------
Returning from visiting her parents graves, a young gladiator, a female cheetah, walked slowly back towards the camp. Trying to suppress her grief, she had put on a brave face and had become a gladiator, but still had days where the feeling would slip through the cracks. However, on this day, something - or should I say someone - interrupted her in her musings. An aged cheetah, lying at the base of a tree, which - was he dead? No, he was still breathing.

And so, by chance that day, Cêpan survived, thanks to Athena, and now resides in Fire Empire. Time would only tell if his damage is permanent, or whether Fire Empire was that different to Shadow Empire at all. One thing was for sure, Cêpan was finally ready to rest and hoped to one day see the fulfillment of the empire's goals in his lifetime.

However dreams don't come true - at least not for Cepan.

In the short time he was in the empire he saw Cub Murder, captures and deaths, Empires fighting Empires and worst. It was shocking. Cats which he had grown to appreciate changed or dissappeared. Athena stuck by his side, however she had to balence that and supporting an apprentice who was struggling with all the change. In the end, only Mosi - who happened to follow him by chance one day - knew how much all the negitivity and the after effects of his ecape was effecting him. She was able to help him. However, he didn't dare let her in anymore. With everyone disappearing he couldn't let anyone get too close.

Then the fall of fire empire happened. His home fell and trying to escape the forest fire and hunters, he fell into a newly exposed cave system. With no way out, he walks these stone halls trying to survive. Although part of him still hopes for someone to find him, he is determined to be able to live independant of others now.

RELATIONSHIPS
Mates: n/a
Cubs: n/a

Family Lineage: Unknown

Past Training Experience: Cêpan was a skilled fighter in the colosseum, and later instructed other felines on how to battle in there.
Mentor: n/a
Apprentices:
- no IC apprentices
- Cêpan trained many cats who came through his master's old training fascility back in the day.

Loyalties: Mate: n/a
Friends/Family: 10%
Self: 100%
Hunters: 0%

TRAITS
Build: Cepan is normal golden colored cheetah that stands at about average height (3’3” or so at the shoulder). He is missing his left ear and has scars from the colosseum and from the Battle of Masslina. His coat, whilst thinning, grows out in large tufts on his underbelly, neck, his “knees”, and underarms in the front. He has lost a lot of weight from when he was captured and escaped, however still have a measure of muscle in his legs and body.

Dominant Traits: Normal coloration, Spot pattern,
Recessive Traits: Reverse Mange, Heterochromia
Carrier Traits: Albinism (Mutation)

TRACKERS (WIP)
Cepan is likely not to be a large RP character for me, so feel free to ask just to chat about interactions and collabs. RPs will be sparing.

Relationships:
|| Shadow Empire cats - uncertain, distaste
|| Athena - respect, protective
|| Mosi - respects
|| Nitzie - morns

Interactions and Art:
OPEN TO:
- cats who are near his cave system

Description

Last Update: 17/06/2020

NEW APP:

IMPORTANT NOTES:
He is an old man, pity the poor eye sight and achy legs.
Since escaping from the city he has fatigue. Since being in Fire Empire + its fall he has cat asthma (Exercise-induced + Occupational asthma)
He is trapped underground after the events of EBC STORY: Ashes to Ashes

"Take it from an old man.

My mistakes have made me,

And i am what i am,

And though i dont believe in silver linings,

I believe there's something in you.
Something good is trying to break through.
You might have to fight the good fight.
And when you think you can't, you can.
Take it from an old man."

-- Take it from an old man
(from "The Waitress")

Name: Cêpan
Species: Cheetah

Date of Birth: 14/5/55 BC
Start Age: 8 years
Age: 13 Years

ROUGE SKILLS
SKILL 1: WARRIOR SKILL: Proficient in battle and tactics
Strong sense of physical prowess, finer tuned battle skills than most rogues, strategic thinking, and tactics. They likely will not be better at fighting than hunters or empire cats, however with enough training they may get close! Keep in mind they don't have the same rigorous training that hunters and empire have.

SKILL 2: LOCKED
*Skill description pending*

BEHAVIOUR

ROLE: The Mysterious Story Keeper
Cêpan is the wise grandfather character which if characters went to for infortation, he would normally have. However he often secludes himself so he is very reministant of the old, wise guy in stories that normally give the hero an exposition dump on the history of the story.

[Potent, resounding] - "Want to tell me WHY anytime soon?"
Age has not changed his volume in certain situations, however it is more controlled. If he thinks you are about to do something that could put you in danger, you would be surprised at how much strength his voice can hold. It is no surprise to felines how he coped with ignorant cubs in training, and he is no stranger to giving out the tough love. However, as he is more dependant on other felines now with his weakening body, he begrudgingly allows more things to slip to show is appreciation to those caring for him. Just don't mess around with his adoptive family, either by babying them or threatening them, otherwise you will know of his disapproval.

[Intelligent, resourceful] - "You might find it interesting then to hear how I escape that place then --"
Whilst he has begun to forget some of his early life, Cêpan still is sharp in the mind. It is what helped him survive the battles, escape the city and reach fire empire territory when he was aged. He using his skills in giving advice to others, and occasionally coming up with really bad jokes. A lot of what he knows about the city and the empires is from first hand knowledge, making him a good mentor even though he can't perform these activities as readily anymore. This perception has also allowed him to see the needs of certain felines who have taken him under their wing, and so he likewise has decided that he will look out for them too.

[Offbeat, Grateful] - "Aren't you an odd one?" *chuckles*
To put it bluntly, this tom knows that part of the reason he is still alive is due to chance, things just working out in his favour. If he had been put against a more violent competitor whilst performing his escape plan, if athena hadn't been visiting her parents, if his age just finally caught up to him - he wouldn't be here, and Cêpan is not naive to all this. Hence, between all the advice and training, when felines who shows promise in a different area, perhaps someone who is in need of paternal guide, he is willing to humour them. Even if at first it is slightly forced, he makes the effort and sometimes can find amusement in smaller actions like catching cats off guard when they assume he is a weak elder. Overall, he will judge on the felines motive for being around him, and if it is genuine (by his standards of course), then perhaps he is finally starting to see the empire's goal come into reality. And that he can respect that.

[Confident, Unfazed] - "Oh don't worry about me. These things are to be expected by this point."
Cêpan is keenly aware of his weakened condition, so has slightly less confidence in fighting - not that he ever wants to go through events like the war again. However, in what he does do, you might be surprised that he can hide a lot of his discomfort for a while due to experience in such movements. Hence, he still comes across as confident in activities, his movements, although not premeditated, appear to be just that because of his years of training. He knows his limitations, and sometimes has been known to walk extra slowly across the camp, just to catch felines off guard when he suddenly catches up.

[Blunt, Taciturn] - "And?"
A useful trait when bringing into line headstrong cats put under his training, this cheetah has a no-nonsense attitude when giving you help. He will tell you at it is as he views this as the best way for you to see where you need to improve. With his aging he doesn't train felines as often, however this trait can still come across in discussion of serious topics, as cat's lives are something inexperienced felines should learn fast to value and efficiently protect. If the situation is bad, he won't sugar coat it, but he won't eat your ear off about it either.

What you can expect:
  Good side: An old tom who will play the part of an old guy. Has his select close-ones but can humour others on a good day. Quiet. Serious, which when he rarely jokes he tries to maintain. -- "Nonsense, let the cub stay. She was telling me about her very important mission to get to the top of that rock.". Willing to help you out and take your request seriously, and can give great reality checks if people are overreacting. Begrudging but genuine. Up for a good moan. Cares for your welfare deeply. Great teacher and a voice of reason.
Bad side: Won't tolerate your nonsense. Short- tempered. If you really push it he can be confrontational. Can't tolerate self-serving felines, specially if they are young. Can be loud, perhaps scary. Sharp and corrective as he will try to pull you into line. In normal conversation, he will keep his sentences minimal.

Current mood: Calm, somewhat questioning of his surroundings, good humour as he is grateful for fire empire taking him in
  When Happy; Bad jokes, catching you off guard, fatherly, serious, instructive
  When Depressed; Quiet, serious, no-nonsense
  When Angry; Loud, serious, no-nonsense, blunt and sharp

Priorities: to helping the empire grow and develop
Philosophy: Learn from the past

Posture; Average

Gait; Good

Coordination; Great despite poor eyesight

Habits and Mannerisms; Resting droppy face, dust baths, gossip and listening in on other's conversations

Scent; Dusty, dry

KEY SKILLS:
MAIN SKILL: Teaching
DEVELOPING SKILLS: Fighting, Intellect

QUIRKS AND OTHER FACTS:
- Cepan can often be found sunbathing, however this isn't due to him wanting to be warm. He uses this as a front so that he can listen in on important conversations that might be happening in the middle of camp Currently Cepan is underground but still likes to catch some rays when he can.
- Your age will effect how Cepan views you: cubs he deals with indivually as he doesn't have much experience with them, adolesents he is quite serious and instructive around, adults he mostly makes idle conversation with unless they prove that they have earned that title, and a senior he likes to gossip and moan with.
- His escape plan left some long lasting impacts on his health due to his age: he easily feels the cold and has arthritis. His stamina was always bad, but he won't tell you that.
- Cepan suffers from occational spells of confusion when he is stressing about his past in the colosseum. He doesn't regret what he did as much as he regrets the life that could have lived on without it. Hence, this has soften him and harden him in different areas of his personality.

Likes; Mentoring, stories, warm days, gossip (but he wouldn't admit it)
Dislikes; Arrogent felines, death and blood, cold, droughts

BACKGROUND

Cêpan was born to a breeder in the colosseum, and as with most cats in his situation, once he was old enough he was old off. His owner was a kind man, however Cêpan wasn't content with just being a pet. So, upon noticing his cub's interest in the battles in the coliseums, and from a young age he was entered into the Coliseums. The matches grew in difficulty as he aged, but so did his skill level, until one day his master moved to one of the outlier cities where he gained enough land to start a training facility of sorts. Cêpan retired at the age of four to start training the younger felines.

Cêpan loved training different cats who came along, and would instruct them on skills, tactics, and survival tactics. Unfortunately, not all did last, however his kind master would always pay respect to the feline when it did happen. Through all this, Cêpan was in a sense, shielded from the worst of coliseum life, only seeing the development and respect any cat could earn, no matter who they were.

One day however, there was a fire, and to ensure that Cêpan survived his master released him into the wild. It separated the two, and left Cêpan alone until he stumbled along into shadow empire territory. The tom stuck around, interested in the training of these wild felines and how they viewed battling. Perhaps there could be someone here he could train? The tom never grew close to any particular cat, however participated on patrols and resided around the camp until the battle of Massilia occured. The trained tom signed up to go on a patrol for the war, knowing that felines older than him were going to help out in the fight. Someone with his skill should also be of good aid in fighting against hunters. However, when they encountered hunters, the patrol had separated off from the main groups, and hence was vastly outnumbered and swiftly defeated. Cêpan found himself captured, and returning back to a very familiar place.

At first, the cheetah was able to resume his battling there, with only some slight difficulty due to his advancing age and injuries from the war. He patiently waited for a rescue patrol, or some master to buy him. The latter was less likely due to his age, but he knew from the war and other captured cats that occasionally empire cats would escape or get rescued, however normally only a few could get out at a time. Cêpan knew that he could out last a lot of the untrained cats here, so he could wait for his opportunity. He could wait.

Over 2 years passed. Cêpan could hear in his neighbouring cages, see in the decreasing amount of food he was brought, feel in the battles he faced: they all suspected it, that his passing would happen soon. Whether to his deteriorating health, by age or by some cage sickness, or in a battle that would turn lethal. They all thought it. The tom would scorn the idea at first, however as his eyes slowly blurred and his bones ached from extended use, it became an ever more important issue. He wouldn't last much longer. And no one was clearly coming for him. His confidence would waver in battles, and for the first time he began to feel the true fear of a captured cat. There was no winning the larger picture here. The war had failed.
However, that didn't mean that individuals didn't deserve that peace they fought so hard for. The smart tom's eyes narrowed in thought.

So he would just have to make his own route out after all.

It started with no longer eating portions of his meals, then progressed to this normally human friendly cheetah not responding anymore. He didn't fight to win, just to survive. He purposefully would call out in strange, pained noises; forcing himself to stay up overnights. All this built up to one day. One day he woke up from a jarring movement, however he made sure to keep stilled, eyes motionless. The cheetah had passed out from exhaustion the day prior, and due to his weak condition they had assumed he had died. However, this was far from the case, and as soon as the wagon with the dead felines wheeled away from the cages, he slipped out and ran for the forest.

However, all this purposeful weakening meant he couldn't last long by himself before passing out again. Would he go back to Shadow? No, the tom had decided that he wanted to be part of an empire which did more, tried harder. An empire which understood the advantages and disadvantages to battles, as he had learnt. After all he had been through, he no longer wanted see the blood of battle, however still wanted to support those who wanted to be something more than a pet. Which empire had tried the hardest? Fire. Fire empire had been the driving force behind the war, putting in the most work in training, in aiming to rescue cats locked away. Cat who had been like him. Were they still like that? Time would only tell as he began the slow walk to his goal.

Skirting along the shadow border, Cêpan was able to use the dense forest to sneak up on his prey, so it didn't require as much energy for the weak tom to hunt. There were plenty of places to hide from danger, plenty of water to drink. However, as he passed over to fire, this wasn't the case. He was too slow for prey here. And as the sharp cold breeze of winter swept through the dry land, his weakness from his escape plan began to rear its head again. And before he had located the camp, he collapsed, expecting to fade away into death.
------
Returning from visiting her parents graves, a young gladiator, a female cheetah, walked slowly back towards the camp. Trying to suppress her grief, she had put on a brave face and had become a gladiator, but still had days where the feeling would slip through the cracks. However, on this day, something - or should I say someone - interrupted her in her musings. An aged cheetah, lying at the base of a tree, which - was he dead? No, he was still breathing.

And so, by chance that day, Cêpan survived, thanks to Athena, and now resides in Fire Empire. Time would only tell if his damage is permanent, or whether Fire Empire was that different to Shadow Empire at all. One thing was for sure, Cêpan was finally ready to rest and hoped to one day see the fulfillment of the empire's goals in his lifetime.

However dreams don't come true - at least not for Cepan.

In the short time he was in the empire he saw Cub Murder, captures and deaths, Empires fighting Empires and worst. It was shocking. Cats which he had grown to appreciate changed or dissappeared. Athena stuck by his side, however she had to balence that and supporting an apprentice who was struggling with all the change. In the end, only Mosi - who happened to follow him by chance one day - knew how much all the negitivity and the after effects of his ecape was effecting him. She was able to help him. However, he didn't dare let her in anymore. With everyone disappearing he couldn't let anyone get too close.

Then the fall of fire empire happened. His home fell and trying to escape the forest fire and hunters, he fell into a newly exposed cave system. With no way out, he walks these stone halls trying to survive. Although part of him still hopes for someone to find him, he is determined to be able to live independant of others now.

RELATIONSHIPS
Mates: n/a
Cubs: n/a

Family Lineage: Unknown

Past Training Experience: Cêpan was a skilled fighter in the colosseum, and later instructed other felines on how to battle in there.
Mentor: n/a
Apprentices:
- no IC apprentices
- Cêpan trained many cats who came through his master's old training fascility back in the day.

Loyalties: Mate: n/a
Friends/Family: 10%
Self: 100%
Hunters: 0%

TRAITS
Build: Cepan is normal golden colored cheetah that stands at about average height (3’3” or so at the shoulder). He is missing his left ear and has scars from the colosseum and from the Battle of Masslina. His coat, whilst thinning, grows out in large tufts on his underbelly, neck, his “knees”, and underarms in the front. He has lost a lot of weight from when he was captured and escaped, however still have a measure of muscle in his legs and body.

Dominant Traits: Normal coloration, Spot pattern,
Recessive Traits: Reverse Mange, Heterochromia
Carrier Traits: Albinism (Mutation)

TRACKERS (WIP)
Cepan is likely not to be a large RP character for me, so feel free to ask just to chat about interactions and collabs. RPs will be sparing.

Relationships:
|| Shadow Empire cats - uncertain, distaste
|| Athena - respect, protective
|| Mosi - respects
|| Nitzie - morns

Interactions and Art:
OPEN TO:
- cats who are near his cave system