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Name: Coyotl (the t is silent)
Gender: Male
Age: 96
Nest: Marsh Nest
Rank: Shaman Background: Coyotl grew up in a family that was, for the lack of a better expression, isolated from the rest of the nest. They lived on the outskirts of their nest and were a very tight community of their own; they had their own beliefs and traditions and Coyotl grew up hearing all about The Great Spirits and learning how to do readings (either by using cards or bones). And once the family saw fit, his grandma taught him the concepts of healing and what should and shouldn't be used, what to do when a certain illness arises and how to properly take care of different types of injuries. All in all, Coyotl didn't hate it (he actually found it fascinating and learned he was actually great at the healing business) but he wished he could spend more time with other child caelis his age, instead of being cooped up with his family in their caravans praising the spirits throughout the night around a fireplace. Although he did manage to play with his cousin, OaMine, it didn't last very long.
                        Things started changing when he was no more than 18 years old, no more than a small child. Around this time, he started noticing things; glimpses of shadows he would notice out of the corner of his eye, always gone whenever he turned to look but always there whenever he wasn't. Coyotl started fearing being by himself, especially in the open space that was his "home" - even 6 caravans and some tents didn't give enough couverage outside of the actual nest, no matter how much his parents would claim they were "perfectly safe" there. So Coyotl was always following adults around, and when he was pushed aside, he would stick by OaMine and play with him for as long as the younger caeli wanted; being around the clumsy caeli distracted him from the things he was seeing. But the shadows never went away, and there's only so much the company of someone else can do; the distractions don't last for long after all. And he could feel them, he could feel them watching all the time and soon he was becoming paranoid about it, starting to think it was some promonition of death or something.
                        A year later and the voices started. He had just learned to ignore the shadows' constant presence when the voices started, whispers and cackles and those were everywhere, like that one fly you couldn't kill no matter how many times you swang at it. The voices never went away and those were more difficult to ignore than the shadows; they were either too close to his ears or too many at the same time, they were deafening and he was so scared, he had no idea what was happening. He was only a child and he was hearing things that no one else could hear and seeing things that no one else could see - it wasn't normal. But when he turned to his family for help, when he told them about his problem, instead of getting the reassurance he'd been looking for, his family had acted as if it was the best news they'd ever heard. His parents looked so damn proud, his whole family did, all 10 members of it and Coyotl didn't understand, he didn't understand any of it but he wanted it to stop. His family cheered and even went as far as having a celebration in his name, telling him he was The Chosen, the one the spirits had picked as their interpreter and. And Coyotl didn't have the heart to tell them he didn't think these things were spirits, didn't have the courage to tell them the voices weren't helpful, that they were vile and hostile and vicious instead. He couldn't bring himself to tell his family this because they looked so happy and the voices were mocking and all he wanted to do was to just disappear because it was too much and he was too young for that and why couldn't he just play with other children instead? All he wanted was to play with children his age and interact with others outside his family, all he wanted was play fight with OaMine and go on dumb adventures with the caeli but he was stuck with malicious spirits and a family that couldn't see how distressed he actually was.
                        Coyotl grew up in this type of environment, he grew up being idolised by his family and not a day went by where he wouldn't get his mum or aunt or grandpa asking him what the spirits were saying that day, not a day went by without someone asking for the spirits guidance through him as if he was nothing but a medium. He guessed he really was nothing more than a medium in his family's eyes.
                        And as the years passed, Coyotl started detaching himself from everyone, his old self started vanishing and emotions were hard to come by; not even whatever the spirits told him, the nasty jabs they threw at him, hurt him. Coyotl didn't feel anything other than detachment. And, in all honesty, he could not remember what he used to be like before all this. To this day, he still can not remember his child-self, all full of life and wonder because that caeli is long gone, buried deep in his mind.
                        It reached a point where Coyotl was just bored of his family and his home. That place was no longer his home and leaving wasn't difficult at all. Even with his mother crying and begging him to stay, Coyotl didn't feel anything beyond a spark of annoyance at how insistant his mother was being. And her insistance, if we're being honest, is what made Coyotl leave so soon.
                        He roamed for a couple of years, gathering ingredients whenever he could and trying to find some place where he could belong, some place that truly needed him and his knowledge. He stopped in each nest he passed but he never stayed for too long, except when he reached Seashore; that summer was a long one and Coyotl felt... weird. He met Mairi there and they became quite close, she made the voices quiet down and was able to bring part of the old Coyotl back but good things never last long and Seashore didn't need him. Leaving Mairi was admitedly difficult, something foreign to him, but he knew it was for the best anyway. So he left and soon he found Marsh Nest and in it, he found a place where he truly belonged.

Personality:                                 Apathetic | Asocial | Blunt | Methodical | Neutral | Polite

Although listed as apathetic, I'd call Coyotl's apathy just more of a... lack of interest in certain things really. He's indifferent when it comes to certain matters, detached; which is most likely a direct consequence of the way he was idolised as he was growing up. Almost everything is irrelevant to him, honestly. Which brings us to his asociality as he doesn't have any motivation to engage in social interaction and no desire to form relationships whatsoever (his on-going delusions and hallucinations also don't help in forming relationships as it's usually a deal-breaker for any potential friendship), the only exception having been Mairi and, now, his children.
However, even with his emotional detachment and social aversion, Coyotl still remains very polite and can actually be charming if he wants to but he just... doesn't, ever. Still, he's polite but he can also be blunt and speak his mind when the situation calls for it, even if it may inadvertedly upset some people. It's also important to state that his politeness is quite impassive and superficial, it's merely a front; When he talks to you, he's not really listening to what you're saying because he doesn't care, he doesn't care about what you're saying or what you're feeling or well, you.
            But all in all, he's very neutral and never takes sides. You can yell at him to just pick a side or something of the like and he will just straight out ignore you. He just doesn't bother with petty things like that and arguments are not really his thing either so.
            Lastly, he's methodical in the way he does things and acts, especially when it comes to his job - he's organised with it, each ingredient has a fixed place, each plant has a place on his wall and the vials are put into an orderly fashion, he's just very careful at his job without looking like he's being careful.

Relationships:
                  Ø Mairi - [Lover/It's Complicated] Mairi was, and will always be, Coyotl's one true love but they're just not really destined to be together in a steady relationship. As Mairi is a queen in a completely different nest and Coyotl a shaman who is very much needed in Marsh. Although this is the case, it hasn't stopped Coyotl from visiting the royal whenever he has a chance which... is kinda how they ended up having two children. He truly loves Mairi, even though he's been completely uninterest in love and relationships pretty much all his life; In another note, his hallucinations actually calm down a little when he's around Mairi
                    Ø Talulah - [Daughter] Coyotl's oldest; she's a funny little thing with too much energy and too many questions and Coyotl loves her immensely. She lives in Seashore with her mother so Coyotl can't see her as much as he wished he could. However he does visit as much as he can so they have a good relationship.
                    Ø Bradaigh - [Son] Coyotl's youngest. He's a clumsy little kid with too much wonder and excitment in his tiny body; he lives with Coyotl and will always help him however he can (and whenever he feels like it). His lack of fear towards the nest, however, makes Coyotl wonder if his kid is brave or just.... very dumb. Either way, Coyotl would die protecting him.
                      Ø OaMine - [Cousin] OaMine was always Coyotl's safe place when his family became too suffocating. They were extremely close but when Coyotl started growing older and detaching himself from everyone (including himself), he also detached himself from OaMine. Heck, he didn't even think about OaMine when he decided to leave the nest, didn't think of what their family could do to the young Royal in his absence. Coyotl just... forgot about OaMine. That is, until OaMine shows up in his life again but that's a story for another time.
                      Ø Patzivota - [Friend] One of his patients and the hardest he's had to date. Taking care of her injury was tricky and she ended up staying at his clinic for a very long time. Coyotl has a lot of regard for this particular caeli as he has seen her at her worst and seen how strong she actually is. He respects her and, surprisingly, has a very soft spot for her. They still keep in contact and Patzivota is the only caeli he goes out of his way for; caring for her in such a way that he would visit her for check-ups instead of waiting for her to come to him.
                  Ø Fiala - [Friend?]A patient of his who visited him one time and for some reason kept showing up even without anything being wrong with her. Coyotl stands her though he tends to ignore her.
Ø Aphelion - [Close Acquaintance] A strange caeli, that gathers herbs from the darkest and most dangerous parts of the forest for him, in exchange for calming drugs.
                Ø Emrys - [Old Acquaintance] Coyotl has known Emrys for a very long time but he's not particularly close to him. When Emrys' was younger, Coyotl used to take care of his wounds; he actually kinda pitied the younger caeli.
                Ø Crag - [Stranger] Coyotl cannot stand the sight of this caeli as he reminds him of illnesses and bad omens.
                  Ø Coyotl is OPEN FOR ANY RELATIONSHIPS except romantic ones!!
      Traits:

  Ø Common Standard Breed

  Ø Common cervine ears

  Ø Uncommon Tufted Tail

Ø Uncommon Hair Trait
Ø Common Short Curled Horns

Ø Avian Wings

Other:
      Ø Coyotl sucks when it comes to socialising, he doesn't like small talk and he won't say anything unless he really needs to;
      Ø Coyotl tries to ignore the voices most of the times but they can make him annoyed so it's not unusual to see him whispering harshly under his breath or suddenly shouting a "Hush" out of nowhere;
      Ø Coyotl has a big stash of caapi and chacruna (vines and leaves respectively) which he uses to prepare an etheogenic brew known as Ayahuasca which causes altered states of consciousness and make the communication with the spirits easier. He also has a stack of Salvia Divinorum , a plant that alters perception and behaviour;
          Ø Coyotl is Heterosexual and Gray-Aro.Art / Character || mine
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Description
Name: Coyotl (the t is silent)
Gender: Male
Age: 96
Nest: Marsh Nest
Rank: Shaman Background: Coyotl grew up in a family that was, for the lack of a better expression, isolated from the rest of the nest. They lived on the outskirts of their nest and were a very tight community of their own; they had their own beliefs and traditions and Coyotl grew up hearing all about The Great Spirits and learning how to do readings (either by using cards or bones). And once the family saw fit, his grandma taught him the concepts of healing and what should and shouldn't be used, what to do when a certain illness arises and how to properly take care of different types of injuries. All in all, Coyotl didn't hate it (he actually found it fascinating and learned he was actually great at the healing business) but he wished he could spend more time with other child caelis his age, instead of being cooped up with his family in their caravans praising the spirits throughout the night around a fireplace. Although he did manage to play with his cousin, OaMine, it didn't last very long.
                        Things started changing when he was no more than 18 years old, no more than a small child. Around this time, he started noticing things; glimpses of shadows he would notice out of the corner of his eye, always gone whenever he turned to look but always there whenever he wasn't. Coyotl started fearing being by himself, especially in the open space that was his "home" - even 6 caravans and some tents didn't give enough couverage outside of the actual nest, no matter how much his parents would claim they were "perfectly safe" there. So Coyotl was always following adults around, and when he was pushed aside, he would stick by OaMine and play with him for as long as the younger caeli wanted; being around the clumsy caeli distracted him from the things he was seeing. But the shadows never went away, and there's only so much the company of someone else can do; the distractions don't last for long after all. And he could feel them, he could feel them watching all the time and soon he was becoming paranoid about it, starting to think it was some promonition of death or something.
                        A year later and the voices started. He had just learned to ignore the shadows' constant presence when the voices started, whispers and cackles and those were everywhere, like that one fly you couldn't kill no matter how many times you swang at it. The voices never went away and those were more difficult to ignore than the shadows; they were either too close to his ears or too many at the same time, they were deafening and he was so scared, he had no idea what was happening. He was only a child and he was hearing things that no one else could hear and seeing things that no one else could see - it wasn't normal. But when he turned to his family for help, when he told them about his problem, instead of getting the reassurance he'd been looking for, his family had acted as if it was the best news they'd ever heard. His parents looked so damn proud, his whole family did, all 10 members of it and Coyotl didn't understand, he didn't understand any of it but he wanted it to stop. His family cheered and even went as far as having a celebration in his name, telling him he was The Chosen, the one the spirits had picked as their interpreter and. And Coyotl didn't have the heart to tell them he didn't think these things were spirits, didn't have the courage to tell them the voices weren't helpful, that they were vile and hostile and vicious instead. He couldn't bring himself to tell his family this because they looked so happy and the voices were mocking and all he wanted to do was to just disappear because it was too much and he was too young for that and why couldn't he just play with other children instead? All he wanted was to play with children his age and interact with others outside his family, all he wanted was play fight with OaMine and go on dumb adventures with the caeli but he was stuck with malicious spirits and a family that couldn't see how distressed he actually was.
                        Coyotl grew up in this type of environment, he grew up being idolised by his family and not a day went by where he wouldn't get his mum or aunt or grandpa asking him what the spirits were saying that day, not a day went by without someone asking for the spirits guidance through him as if he was nothing but a medium. He guessed he really was nothing more than a medium in his family's eyes.
                        And as the years passed, Coyotl started detaching himself from everyone, his old self started vanishing and emotions were hard to come by; not even whatever the spirits told him, the nasty jabs they threw at him, hurt him. Coyotl didn't feel anything other than detachment. And, in all honesty, he could not remember what he used to be like before all this. To this day, he still can not remember his child-self, all full of life and wonder because that caeli is long gone, buried deep in his mind.
                        It reached a point where Coyotl was just bored of his family and his home. That place was no longer his home and leaving wasn't difficult at all. Even with his mother crying and begging him to stay, Coyotl didn't feel anything beyond a spark of annoyance at how insistant his mother was being. And her insistance, if we're being honest, is what made Coyotl leave so soon.
                        He roamed for a couple of years, gathering ingredients whenever he could and trying to find some place where he could belong, some place that truly needed him and his knowledge. He stopped in each nest he passed but he never stayed for too long, except when he reached Seashore; that summer was a long one and Coyotl felt... weird. He met Mairi there and they became quite close, she made the voices quiet down and was able to bring part of the old Coyotl back but good things never last long and Seashore didn't need him. Leaving Mairi was admitedly difficult, something foreign to him, but he knew it was for the best anyway. So he left and soon he found Marsh Nest and in it, he found a place where he truly belonged.

Personality:                                 Apathetic | Asocial | Blunt | Methodical | Neutral | Polite

Although listed as apathetic, I'd call Coyotl's apathy just more of a... lack of interest in certain things really. He's indifferent when it comes to certain matters, detached; which is most likely a direct consequence of the way he was idolised as he was growing up. Almost everything is irrelevant to him, honestly. Which brings us to his asociality as he doesn't have any motivation to engage in social interaction and no desire to form relationships whatsoever (his on-going delusions and hallucinations also don't help in forming relationships as it's usually a deal-breaker for any potential friendship), the only exception having been Mairi and, now, his children.
However, even with his emotional detachment and social aversion, Coyotl still remains very polite and can actually be charming if he wants to but he just... doesn't, ever. Still, he's polite but he can also be blunt and speak his mind when the situation calls for it, even if it may inadvertedly upset some people. It's also important to state that his politeness is quite impassive and superficial, it's merely a front; When he talks to you, he's not really listening to what you're saying because he doesn't care, he doesn't care about what you're saying or what you're feeling or well, you.
            But all in all, he's very neutral and never takes sides. You can yell at him to just pick a side or something of the like and he will just straight out ignore you. He just doesn't bother with petty things like that and arguments are not really his thing either so.
            Lastly, he's methodical in the way he does things and acts, especially when it comes to his job - he's organised with it, each ingredient has a fixed place, each plant has a place on his wall and the vials are put into an orderly fashion, he's just very careful at his job without looking like he's being careful.

Relationships:
                  Ø Mairi - [Lover/It's Complicated] Mairi was, and will always be, Coyotl's one true love but they're just not really destined to be together in a steady relationship. As Mairi is a queen in a completely different nest and Coyotl a shaman who is very much needed in Marsh. Although this is the case, it hasn't stopped Coyotl from visiting the royal whenever he has a chance which... is kinda how they ended up having two children. He truly loves Mairi, even though he's been completely uninterest in love and relationships pretty much all his life; In another note, his hallucinations actually calm down a little when he's around Mairi
                    Ø Talulah - [Daughter] Coyotl's oldest; she's a funny little thing with too much energy and too many questions and Coyotl loves her immensely. She lives in Seashore with her mother so Coyotl can't see her as much as he wished he could. However he does visit as much as he can so they have a good relationship.
                    Ø Bradaigh - [Son] Coyotl's youngest. He's a clumsy little kid with too much wonder and excitment in his tiny body; he lives with Coyotl and will always help him however he can (and whenever he feels like it). His lack of fear towards the nest, however, makes Coyotl wonder if his kid is brave or just.... very dumb. Either way, Coyotl would die protecting him.
                      Ø OaMine - [Cousin] OaMine was always Coyotl's safe place when his family became too suffocating. They were extremely close but when Coyotl started growing older and detaching himself from everyone (including himself), he also detached himself from OaMine. Heck, he didn't even think about OaMine when he decided to leave the nest, didn't think of what their family could do to the young Royal in his absence. Coyotl just... forgot about OaMine. That is, until OaMine shows up in his life again but that's a story for another time.
                      Ø Patzivota - [Friend] One of his patients and the hardest he's had to date. Taking care of her injury was tricky and she ended up staying at his clinic for a very long time. Coyotl has a lot of regard for this particular caeli as he has seen her at her worst and seen how strong she actually is. He respects her and, surprisingly, has a very soft spot for her. They still keep in contact and Patzivota is the only caeli he goes out of his way for; caring for her in such a way that he would visit her for check-ups instead of waiting for her to come to him.
                  Ø Fiala - [Friend?]A patient of his who visited him one time and for some reason kept showing up even without anything being wrong with her. Coyotl stands her though he tends to ignore her.
Ø Aphelion - [Close Acquaintance] A strange caeli, that gathers herbs from the darkest and most dangerous parts of the forest for him, in exchange for calming drugs.
                Ø Emrys - [Old Acquaintance] Coyotl has known Emrys for a very long time but he's not particularly close to him. When Emrys' was younger, Coyotl used to take care of his wounds; he actually kinda pitied the younger caeli.
                Ø Crag - [Stranger] Coyotl cannot stand the sight of this caeli as he reminds him of illnesses and bad omens.
                  Ø Coyotl is OPEN FOR ANY RELATIONSHIPS except romantic ones!!
      Traits:

  Ø Common Standard Breed

  Ø Common cervine ears

  Ø Uncommon Tufted Tail

Ø Uncommon Hair Trait
Ø Common Short Curled Horns

Ø Avian Wings

Other:
      Ø Coyotl sucks when it comes to socialising, he doesn't like small talk and he won't say anything unless he really needs to;
      Ø Coyotl tries to ignore the voices most of the times but they can make him annoyed so it's not unusual to see him whispering harshly under his breath or suddenly shouting a "Hush" out of nowhere;
      Ø Coyotl has a big stash of caapi and chacruna (vines and leaves respectively) which he uses to prepare an etheogenic brew known as Ayahuasca which causes altered states of consciousness and make the communication with the spirits easier. He also has a stack of Salvia Divinorum , a plant that alters perception and behaviour;
          Ø Coyotl is Heterosexual and Gray-Aro.Art / Character || mine
Closed Species belong to ImperfectEnthusiast please DO NOT make your own!
Group: