Tressa

Basics

Name Meaning: Derived from Cornish tressa "third".
Name Origin: Cornish (Modern)
Nickname(s): Tress
Birth Date: April 24, 2019
Age: 33 months
Gender: Cisfemale (she/her)
Species/Breed: Dog/English Shepherd Mix
Pack: Sawtooth
Rank: Warrior


Physical Appearance


Tressa is classed as a medium-sized dog. Her paws move elegantly and the feathered fur along her legs, both front and back, flow nicely as she walks. She has a kind, gentle expression on her face and in her eyes, betraying her friendly nature before one even speaks to her. Despite not enjoying the idea of fighting, her long muscular neck can easily allow her to grab and lift enemies off their feet with her teeth. Luckily, these teeth are more often used to catch things like quail, pheasant, or grouse.

It’s quite clear that she isn’t fully an English Shepherd, taking bits of her mutt father's appearance. Her body is white with two large, black spots on her back and ticking around them. She has more splotches on her legs, some of them brown in color, as well as more ticking. There is also some brown ticking around where these spots are. On her face is a black “mask” that’s cut in two by a white blaze dotted with brown and black spots. She also has four brown spots in positions similar to that of a Rottweiler or Doberman, two above the eyes and one on either cheek.

Height: 24 inches
Weight: 54 lbs
Eyes: Deep brown
Coloration: white with black face & back markings, ticking, and a few brown patches
Scars: None yet
Other: Tone-deaf; do not have her sing to you.


Personality

Tressa is a friendly, good-natured dog that enjoys the company of others. Many say she’s easy to talk to, unless they’re anti-social or asocial—in which case they will probably be highly irritated by Tressa’s constant attempts to befriend them. They also probably won’t like how honest she is about how their behavior is making her feel. She is truly faithful when it comes to being honest, even though she knows sometimes the truth can hurt.

She’s people-oriented, so she wants to be friends with pretty much everyone. It doesn’t matter if there’s an insanely grumpy dog in the pack—she wants to be friends with them! It hurts her little heart when she’s not friends with someone. You might think she does this out of the kindness of her heart but no, she’s actually just highly egocentric and feels that she has to be friends with everyone. It isn’t a failure on her part, it’s a failure on theirs if they decide not to be. Oddly enough she’s still very light-hearted towards those that have turned her down, just don’t expect any favors out of her.

This child observes everything, down to the cricket leaping from blade of grass to blade of grass. She tends to get put on guard duty because of this, as it’s unlikely anyone will sneak up on her, and since stealth is a skill of hers it’s more likely that she’ll sneak up on them. Once in battle, as much as she detests it, she allows herself to go wild and let the predator inside her take over. She also sometimes lets this wild side loose when she’s been given an order she doesn’t like, but since she mostly behaves she hasn’t been kicked out yet.

For now though, she’s content enough with where she’s at and continues to live a pro-active life of gaining friends and being a bit of a nuisance.

Traits: Affable, faithful, people-oriented, egocentric, light-hearted, observent, wild, content, pro-active


Speech

General Style: Similar to how this woman speaks. She has a Cornish accent.


Beliefs & Ideals

Sexuality: Lesbian
Religion: Theist; strongly believes there is a god or gods. Has not found who they are yet.
Prejudices: To be determined
General Beliefs: Sees herself as a bit of an idealist, feels that caring for children is time-consuming (and thus she likely won't have any), war is a necessary evil, and is a proud member of her pack.


Lifestyle & Behavior

Residence: Sawtooth Forest
Favorite Haunts: The Western Field
Hobbies: Chasing down prey, mostly.
Habits: N/A


Abilities

Skills: Good at stealth and also at just running things down.
Strengths: Curious about everything, energetic/has lots of energy, dedicated to doing things right.
Weaknesses: Doesn’t like being alone, scared of rejection, scared of cats (big and small).


Relationships

Maternal Grandmother: –
Maternal Grandfather: –
Maternal Aunts: –
Maternal Uncles: Davydh (Status Unknown), Talan (Status Unknown)
Mother: Elys (NPC/Sawtooth)

Pateral Grandmother: –
Paternal Grandfather: –
Paternal Aunts: –
Paternal Uncles: –
Father: Gavin (NPC/Loner)

Siblings: Kensa (Brother/NPC/Status Unknown), Nessa (Sister/NPC/Loner)
Half-Siblings: –

Mate: –
Children: –
Grandchildren: –

Cousins: –
Nieces: –
Nephews: –

History

Tressa did not always live here in Sawtooth Forest. Originally she lived with her mother as a stray in the city, feeding on scraps that humans threw away. It wasn’t a glorious life, and eventually things got dangerous when one of her siblings, Kensa, was captured by the Dog Catcher. It was then that her mother decided she was going to leave the city. Tressa decided to follow, no longer wishing to live within the city, and they eventually ran across the Sawtooth Forest Pack. The pack was generous and allowed them to stay, eventually becoming part of their ranks. So far, Tressa is happy living within the pack.