BETTER THINK TWICE / aegis's tags

general &&

name;; cassandra aegis arcanium-leonidas-resurgam

nickname(s);; aegis, cass, cassie

— allow me to introduce to you the story of a cassandra from long ago, on a distant planet earth. like the young girl that would one day be given her name, this cassandra was a princess- of the great city of troy, no less. the princess had an extraordinary gift bestowed to her by the god of prophecy, light, and healing, apollo. apollo gave her the gift of precognition, of seeing into the future, in exchange for sleeping with her. however, when he was rejected, he cursed cassandra so that nobody would ever believe the prophecies she foretold. she lived the rest of her life as the only one who knew about the great tragedies about to occur, and since nobody believed her, those tragedies were unable to be prevented. to the cassandra currently residing in sunclan, this serves as a grim reminder that fate cannot be changed, and that nothing will ever turn back time.

— bonus: the cassandra in greek mythology was able to foretell a war set in motion by her brother that destroyed her city, which could work with the whole sunclan/bloodclan war plot. aegis could predict future events that happen in the war, causing drama™ to go down. due to her unique power of foretelling the future, i have a lot of ideas for how it could affect things, if she does get picked for the adoption of course.

— on the other hand, aegis is the name of zeus's shield, representing aegis's rather defensive nature.

gender;; cisgender female (she/her)

sex;; female

physical age;; 5 months

spiritual age;; 5 months

— aging style;; real-time

alliance;; sunclan

rank;; child; princess

birthday;; tbd

character creation date;; july 16th, 2017

relationships &&

parents;; sugaredpoison xx robin

siblings;; tbd

other relatives;; the entire arcanium, resurgam, and leonidas families, along with the entire cipher family and all of suga's relations.

mentor;; tbd

sexual attraction;; asexual

romantic attraction;; panromantic

love interest(s);; n/a

status;; single + too young to mingle

friends;; n/a

enemies;; n/a

rivals;; n/a

acquaintances;; n/a

other;; n/a

appearance &&

this kitsune and domestic feline hybrid, cassandra, better known by her middle name, 'aegis', has inherited genes from both sides of the family. her fur is of a very light brown color, practically white tinted with brown- it could also be described as off-colored cream. though not particularly thick or long, her coat has a fluffy and soft cotton-like texture, which she isn't very fond of. she prefers keeping her fur neat and straight, sometimes even trying to drench herself with water and human hair products to keep it looking nicer, which usually results in her fur being rather spiky. this is not out of vanity but more out of a distaste for looking childish or cute.

aegis's build doesn't lean particularly towards fat or muscular, and she is instead a healthy yet average balance of both. the same can be said about her height, though she's a bit on the taller side, which won't be noticeable until she's older. she's a very balanced fighter, but it also means that she usually won't have any advantages over others, while others can gain advantage over her. still, you can tell that she's really hard on herself from the way she practices fighting all the time. even though she trains often, she can't seem to gain or lose any muscles.

the golden markings on aegis's body are very similar to suga's. she has a grand total of only one tail, which is tipped in the same gold as her markings. her eyes are a shockingly normal dark gold, almost yellow-green color, with white sclera. if it wasn't for her markings, she would have looked very mundane, lacking wings or vampire fangs or ghoul eyes.

reference;; n/a, for now

eye color;; dark gold

pelt type;; very fluffy, with a cotton-like texture. however, aegis straightens it with human hair products.

species;; 3/4 domestic feline, 1/4 kitsune

build;; very average, but rather tall.

mutations;; none

disabilities;; none

personality &&

istj / slytherin / choleric / neutral good / realist

positive traits;; hard-working, mature, responsible,

negative traits;;

neutral traits;; ambitious, average,

"jack of all trades, but master of none". despite now being a princess, nothing much about aegis sets her apart from common, nameless people, people that were often referred to as 'npcs'. as a younger kitten, she was always used to having to work hard to get what she wanted- or in some cases, needed. this girl was the type of child that adults found to be mature and responsible, while peers found her to be a total killjoy. serious and studious, she was always more interested in improving her own skills than having fun or hanging out with friends. the young princess was ignorant to the fact that she was rather different, though if she knew how people thought of her, she would seemingly not care. however, despite how hard she worked or how much she studied, she never seemed to surpass the surpass the skills of some of her peers. aegis studied a little bit of everything- healing, fighting, literature, science, and a great many more, gradually accumulating her knowledge in what would be considered average amounts. still, when compared to her peers, it would seem as if there was nothing really special about her. she was completely and utterly average, with sufficient skills in all things, yet not talented in any of them.

there is a reason aegis is listed as a slytherin rather than a hufflepuff for her hard-working nature. her determination to be 'talented' stems from her ever-present ambition of becoming the leader of a clan. to be better than everyone else, and to have the lives of others in her own hands. she knew she was born to be a leader. the gods didn't create her to be mature and hard-working even as a child for nothing- it had always been a sign that she was destined for greatness even from birth, despite there always being the problem of having unremarkable abilities. to her, the sudden fact of her being a princess was a godsend, a miracle, because it seemed to her that it would be even easier to achieve her goals. once she was hailed as a princess of sunclan, she would still work hard to improve herself and her own abilities through training and studying. she does it all of her own accord, yet she has always seemed to think of herself as someone who must be better than others. the sudden change from rags to riches has put even more pressure on her to be the greatest, causing aegis to want to live up to others' expectations of herself even more than she already did.

aegis is, at first glance, quite cold, serious, and unfeeling. this is not completely the case; she is simply stuck in her own 'shell', and when confronted with social situations, can often be somewhat awkward. though she is rather introverted, she is also very perceptive of other people, specifically what they're good at and what they're interested in. she compares herself to others, for better or for worse, and though she wouldn't like to admit it, even feels happy when she sees someone who isn't as good at some things than she is. aegis is usually extremely unconfident in herself, always wishing to be 'good enough'. she has a bad habit of wallowing in despair, which causes her to be almost depressing and gloomy.

once she first speaks to you, she comes off as quiet and unassuming. it takes a little while for aegis to warm up to others besides her family, but some rare exceptions can be made. most of the time though, she'll be pessimistic and cynical around acquaintances, though not necessarily 'mean'. most of the time, she treats acquaintances not particularly politely or rudely, seeing their relationship as a more professional one. she is witty and rather salty, still keeping the warmer part of her personality shut inside.

however, aegis reveals her full self to anyone who manages to break through that thick outer shell. her personality embodies that of the fool tarot. she is as witty as she always was, and sarcastic as well, though both of her verbal weapons are usually used in a humorous way. she is bright, perceptive, intelligent- full of potential, a young and innocent spirit. she keeps the pessimistic and cynical side of her personality, her darker half, but she doesn't let her negativity possess her. aegis is a healthy mix of light and dark. she is willing to take calculated, logical risks to reach her goal of becoming leader, though this will undoubtedly lead to some accidents in the future. she is considerably more extroverted, but still requires alone time to cool off.

besides the two overlapping 'halves' of her personality, there is a third part she keeps hidden from everyone, including the people close to her. being a princess has never appealed to aegis. no, there was nothing wrong with being royalty- it's more like she feels there's something wrong with being called a princess. prince would be more like it. she has always loved reading about great and powerful kings in fantasy novels in the small amounts of free time she had, but has never really been able to connect with queens or heroines. unconsciously, aegis has always seen herself as more boyish, but bottles those feelings up. still, those inner emotions compel her to make decisions like preferring the name 'aegis' to 'cassandra', and working hard as a child to become a powerful leader like the kings she had always loved reading about. instead, aegis considers herself a tomboy, and will become rather offended if others see her as a 'girly-girl', or even as a child.

quirks;; tends to end declarative sentences like questions?, says "woah!" and "hey! a lot, sweats profusely when nervous or lying, speaks very fast and without pausing when uncomfortable, often points out peoples' mistakes, collects tarot decks to look at the designs,

likes;; tarot cards, pigeons, skateboarding, magic, games, history, fantasy novels, sparring and battling, singing, plants, glory and victory

dislikes;; swimming, normal food, insects, most girly things, the cold, second place, darkness, hypocrites, thunderstorms, being called childish

mental disorders;; none

history &&

moons ago, there were two travelers who stumbled across each other by chance, or possibly fate. these two travelers became fast friends after a few sips of alcohol and confided in each other about their lives. one traveler, named suga, shared his troubles and his fears that had driven him to take a break from his birth clan, and the other traveler, robin, had shared her desperate wish to be a mother. like always, suga pushed his problems aside and devoted himself to helping his new friend. she explained that after a miscarriage and lack of lovers through the years, she felt hopeless about motherhood. all she wanted to do was create some beautiful lives that she could hopefully better influence than she had her past clan. tipsy in the head, suga offered himself as the childrens' father, but couldn't promise to be with her, as he had to continue his travels. she didn't mind, and insisted that she could succeed at the life of a single mother. in the heat of the moment, shit went down. the next morning, suga awoke to a sleeping Robin and grew worried that she and the children would be emotionally wounded if they knew of the "father who'd walked away", but the deed had already been done. thus, Suga used vampiric compulsion to erase Robin's memories of the previous night and replace them with knowledge that this pregnancy had come from happiness and friendship. the two parted ways and eventually, about on his travels, even suga managed to forget about the one night stand. after all, he'd spent most of it drunk.

months passed and suga returned to his birth clan, where he soon became leader once again. chance - or was it fate? - acted again with robin joining sunclan with her kittens weeks later, only to rise up the ranks as suga's trusted deputy, advisor, and best friend. everything seemed to bright and sunny - until one day, robin was on the brink of death right in front of suga's eyes. in fear for his friend's death, he felt the only way to save her was to turn her. what he hadn't expected was that when robin woke as a vampire, the compulsion magic wore off, and she had regained the memories of the night they shared. now realizing that the kittens the flame regent had brought with her were none other than sunclan royalty, they had no other choice but to go about raising the children together.

other &&

powers;; the sight, maybe more later

> with the sight, aegis is able to remember alternate timelines in the form of prophetic dreams. however, she is not able to control when she has these dreams, and is not aware of their prophetic nature. she doesn't have any other abilities relating to the sight, though this could change later on.

goals;; an ic goal for them is becoming leader, but an ooc goal is to accurately portray a transgender character. later on, of course.

plot ideas;;

> aegis learning magic from suga! not a lot to say about this.

> "officially" beginning to see herself as a guy, after she becomes apprentice-aged. once aegis makes close friends, she'll ask some of them to privately refer to her using male pronouns, but won't be comfortable coming out until later on.

> using the sight, aegis will eventually see into an alternate timeline in which she was born 'perfect', in her ideal image of herself. many things happened to her to change how she was. she was born male, had wings, was a ghoul, and was gifted with various abilities her current self didn't have. her alternate self was named cassius. after seeing this, she realizes that it's an alternate timeline in which she had all the things she didn't have now. aegis decides to become cassius, her alternate self, because she believes she should have been born as him, a 'better' version of herself. she begins by officially coming out as a guy, then progressively tries to find out how to get wings, extra abilities, and everything else cassius had that she didn't.

> aegis continues to see more into the future of the alternate timeline in the form of nightmares. she learns that cassius became power-hungry and corrupted, causing him to do extremely cruel things in order to have power over others, such as torturing others and conducting inhumane experiments. she completely freaks out from these dreams- that is, until she finally reaches the point where cassius dies and his soul is sucked into the void. she freaks out after this. aegis begins to hear a voice inside her head, which turns out to be cassius's void-severed soul. since he also has the power of the sight, likely along with telepathy, his consciousness was able to enter aegis's mind since they're technically the same being. basically, she'll be possessed by her 'evil' self from an alternate timeline. because of this, aegis is able to 'tap' into cassius's abilities, at the cost of having to share her entire life with an asshole.

> the ending of the war will fuck her up so much. she'll fall into deep despair and become obsessed with getting revenge on bloodclan, causing her to ask for cassius to become 'one' with herself. basically, their personalities and souls will merge together, resulting in loads of angst(tm).

> i wrote this in chunks, sorry if it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

playlist;; wip

titles;; princess

other;; this adoption has me really hyped, especially with the impending war!

wip