Zephyrus

Physical Description:
Zephyrus has always have had himself placed in both worlds of looking neither human enough to pass off as one completely, nor be seen as being of the Kriphal race either when it comes to appearance. Too short for his age when compared to the first, but perfectly in the norm with the latter when one has yet to reach the age they would be allowed to go through the Rite of Adulthood. He has a slim build that is starting to become muscular the more he is working out, and has a fair skin tone. It is difficult for him to get a tan.
He has blond hair that has a soft texture to it that he tends to dye from the front to the back of his head to have the tips at some sections carry a black tint instead, giving it a spotted look between the blond hair. The most interesting part about his hair is that when his hair is till just about the length of one and a half to two inches it is naturally spiked, that only with more length can be weighted down to not stand up in every direction that seemingly seems to defy gravity. Currently he keeps his hair short with choppy bangs that hang over his long narrow eyebrows, as that is lower care maintenance then he would have with longer hair.
On top of his head he has two feline like ears, rounded at the tips, and long fur spilling out of it when he decides not to cut the hair shorter at the inside of his ears to make it less obvious. It’s usually just kept a little thicker, but short enough to not seemingly spill out of his ears as it is quicker to droop then spike up when it reaches somewhere past the one and a half inch.
The shape of his eyes is to define it, sharp. And not just because at the part where his eyelashes grow it has a natural black pigmentation line going on that emphasizes it. While his irises are a radiant violet color, he has round pupils that can contract into slits depending on his mood or when looking into a bright light.
At the corner of his eyes where the tear ducts are located, smooth and very fine short black fur forms there and travels in a line almost completely downwards where it veers in the middle slowly a quarter away in a round line that ends before his nostrils begin. It is at the end part a bit thicker in line compared to when it first forms. It is often called out as ‘tear marks’ despites never reaching the corners of his mouth.
He has a mostly straight set of teeth with only the canines being slightly pointier, and has just the right gaps between the canines that they easily slot into place without complications when he has his mouth closed or is chewing on food.
It can be noted that he has long nimble fingers that are also quite clearly becoming calloused from gardening and working out, or just in general hard labor should someone shake his hand or look upon them more closely. Not too often it happens he forgets to clean under his nails, so its easy to find a little dirt under them from the numerous activities he does.
He may be described as handsome, but those occasions only take place if one doesn’t mind some of his more peculiar markings, and they are not just on his face. People either tend to feel like it adds to his aesthetic, are neutral about it, or find it too strange to look past it.
A few other more notable features of him are that should he be undressed one can see at the back of his neck, on his shoulders, down his back, hips and buttocks that there are more markings of smooth very fine short black fur there that could be likened to that of a King Cheetah in how it is formed with each part. His ears and tail, not to mention his face, might be a dead giveaway with it too.
As for his tail, it is longer than one would usually see with a pure humanish feline as he is able to wrap it around his waist twice with another half a length left over. His tail is thicker as well, not just because his fur is longer there, but also because it is packed with muscles, and has just enough prehensility with it that he is capable of using it to pick up, carry or drop objects or animals that have a lower percentage in body weight compared to his own in order to not lose his balance while doing so. As well as should there be need for it, he is able to use his tail to wrap it around something and hang for a short period of time with just his tail, keeping his feet and hands free to do other objectives with it. But, if he hangs too long he starts to strain his tail from his own weight and quite possible injure himself that way. He can even use his tail almost as a third hand so long as the task needed to accomplish doesn’t require the precision true prehensility would need.

As for what he tends to typically wear, since he and his dad are tight on money, he doesn’t own a lot of clothes, it is just enough to last through the week. He has only three shirts in various shades of green and a purple shirt that highlights his eyes. The latter, which he only wears on special occasions. As he hates having this one become as threadbare as the green shirts will end up being with the frequency at which he needs to use them all through the seasons. In the winter he has three hoodies that are again in different shades of green, and look rather simple.
He has a gray summer jacket, and a dark blue winter jacket, both of which fortunately have a hood and two pockets to put his hands into for extra heat. He also has two classic blue pants for all seasons. Modified by his father to have a Velcro band in the back that he can tear off at one end, so his tail slides easily into the space that is cut on the back of the pants, and sewn with enough thread to keep it from being ripped with the modifications they made with them. Finally, he possesses a pair of basic brown shoes and a couple of black socks.
Most of his cloths tend to have been sewn up, or have a different patch of green or blue fabric on them if the hole was too big to close with simple needle work. He's not really proud of the clothes he wears, but he also knows that they can't afford anything too expensive either, living in the city is not cheap. The only thing he really can say he wears with pride is the purple shirt, and after saving some money from his birthday and simple jobs around the city any kid could take on, a fawn bandana that looks a bit worn out with the frequency he wears it, but luckily without any holes in it.

That the colors and style remind him of both himself and his father is the reason why he bought and favors wearing it often, is something he keeps to himself.

Mental and/or Social Description:
With the way he grew up in his old home town, it didn't turn him into a person who sees positivity in others, rather, the contrary. Knowing what it is to be considered a second-class citizen, he has a tendency to reserve his judgment on a person until he gets to know them well enough. While often, it is also instinctual to know if someone is trustworthy or isn't hiding anything from him, if it does turn out that way, he'll than need to decide how to deal with it.

As it is, he doesn’t have much of a moral compass in the way that is common on what is right or wrong, rather, he decides matter such as that depending on the circumstances, and if you are one of the few individuals he considers his or not.

Though something he has a hard time understanding is how the older students behave, their kissing is just gross, their rather hypocritical statement of them being mates forever, or should he say lovers? That’s the term most people use here he supposes, tends to be more short trysts that if one of them fails to meet a certain expectation of the other, is broken just as easily as it was stated to them being together.

Quite frankly he doesn't want anything to do with it himself, and rather wants to avoid the person who acts in such a behaviour towards him.

He prefers -not that he actually wants to think about doing something like this himself- what his father said about the way he courted his mother, and the religion and rituals that are behind it, it feels like it proves much better in how to choose someone to be yours forever because it is not a decision that is made lightly. The tokens being made to hand out to your chosen one is not infinite, especially when taken into account that his father only had enough to carve one out of the material he brought with him while traveling, and no more than that.

That his father still kept the ashes of the token he gave mother when they courted to be used in one such a ritual that will deal with him when it is time to pass his own rite, means a lot to him.

As far as hobbies go, he likes to garden, swim and climb high obstacles or explore the neighborhood. Either alone or with friends doesn't matter too much for him. He reads whenever he isn’t in the mood for much physical activity, and studies diligently to get high marks in his school subjects. He likes to cook as well, but is limited in what he can make as food isn’t cheap, so he isn’t able to just experiment with his taste buds too much. He is lucky that he not just inherited his father’s sharp hearing in how far off in the distance he can hear, but that his sense of smell is also one of the best, at least compared to a human from what he can tell when he and his mother, when she was still alive, experimented with it.

May Yunaki have her soul be at peace.

Something he also misses when he and his father started living within the city is that they don’t live inside a forest any longer. Rather, it’s a dingy looking apartment that is just barely big enough for three people to live in at most, and located in one of the poorer parts of the city.

He hopes that once he is done with his education, his father will be able to afford a better living space, as they both long to surround themselves within the woods once more after all these years.

Goals:

1. Complete the 'Rite of Adulthood' once he is old enough. Its starting to become obvious which side of the family he takes after the most.
2. Train himself to be capable of fighting against anyone with either his own fists, weapons or magic should he be lucky enough to develop it.
3. Become one of the top students in his class and graduate early, preferable before he is seventeen years old!
4. Figure out why animals dislike his presence near them, he isn't that scary! Surely?
5. Make some more friends outside of the ones he made at school.

Development since living in the City