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♦ I D E N T I F I C A T I O N

♦ Ω B A S I C S

Name: Lamia

– Full name: Lamia Rosalie Michaelis

– Nicknames:

– Meaning: Named after the Greek daemon, Lamia, and also means 'radiant' in Arabic.

Sex: AFAB (Female)

– She/ Her pronouns

Date of Birth: August 13, 47 BC

Species: 100% Cheetah (Asiatic subspecies)

Faction & Rank: Lightning Order of the River

Genetics:

♦ P E R S O N A L I T Y
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♦ + P O S I T I V E + ♦
Familial | Passionate | Headstrong

♦ / N E U T R A L / ♦

Leader | Stern | Observant
♦ - N E G A T I V E - ♦ Apprehensive | Weary | Insecure

On the Outside:
Lamia.. Oh where to start. Through the years, she has been a steady force of strength and determination to many in Ice and even branching into other empires. Her passion and drive to her profession and family was one that rivaled many in the empires. A personable feline, she offered more than just check ups and bandages, but compassion and understanding to those around her. They years have been hard on her, but to any who know her well, you will know she's trying her best to see the rainbow beyond the clouds. Hardship comes to many, and Lamia has felt it tremendously over the years, and still does, but that won't stop her from pushing to the forefront of the race with her head held high.

On the Inside:

While she may appear strong and chipper to many, beneath that facade is a feline who has lived a life full of hardship. She was abandoned by her mate to raise their cubs alone, and the heartbreak from that was enough her children noticed, so she knew many more had as well. Her only saving grace was her kids and Mulligan. And even that wasn't enough. War, captures, so much brimming anxieties with the hunters at every turn. Her departure was blessing but also a curse. Mia still feels the dread of the cages, the heartbreak from Percy, but worst of all... Incompetence as a mother. So many of her cubs have disappeared. And nothing can be done of it. It's one of her biggest regrets.

♦ H I S T O R Y

PART 1

Lamia was born the second oldest and only girl in a litter of four to coliseum fighter-turned-Hunter Aokai and healer and breeder Kinoweh. Her parents had med during a match her father was participating and when they caught each others eye, it was destined they'd be together. And as proof, months later, the two had Lamia and her brothers, Knox, Galieo, and Yuamn.

But as always, Happiness was short lived in the city, and Lamia's brothers were sold to humans of the city by her mother and father's owners, their father not even being around to say good by to the cubs he hardly saw. Lamia was left with her mother, intended to be a breeding cat as well later on, and she travelled with her mother and owner for a few months during her cub hood until her mother came down with an unknown illness. The disease was incurable and as the months went by, Lamia soon found herself saying good bye to her mother too soon. She'd only been 10 months old, barely above cub hood.

Her owner, a kind healer woman, had released Lamia in the woods not even a week after Kinoweh's passing and that's how Lamia found her way to Ice Empire. Her mother had told her tales of family in the Empires, her cousins in Ice and Air. The closest was Ice and with the permission of the leader, she was granted a life with Ice Empire.
In her time there she has made a ton of friends and integrated fairly well, and by the time the War came around, Lamia had found something to fight for, but how she'll fight is a different story...

PART 2
Trials and tribulations of adolescence had Lamia developing relationships with many felines as the aftermath of the War finally settled. In her time with the other youngsters in the caves before she'd after Chara, Lamia had befriended cats Rosalie, Cyril, and Domitius, whom she'd later call family as she got older, same as Chara.

It was once home life settled that Mia's training took her focus, except for one little distraction. A boy. A particular boy named Perceus, Rue and Angel's eldest son. Mia would admit later after their embarrassing re-introduction and then the following seasons of the two meeting and spending more time together, that yes. She was smitten. Mia had found her first love. Then tragedy struck.

On a patrol with her companions Rosalie and Kouga, they were attacked by a hunters, Jasper and Pine. Rose knocked out and being whisked away by Pine, and Kouga off to get help as he was the fastest, Lamia was left to fight Jasper, and ultimately lose. It was Kouga's fast paws had led help, luckily Percy, to their location, and a swift and fierce battle had Perceus victorious, but Lamia though rescued, couldn't rescue her friend.

It's this conviction that leads her into a depression, and a few fights with family and even Percy, adopting youngster Zios at some point got her mind straight and she began to heal. She had someone relying on her now.

And Percy, after stepping around the question for so long, proposed. It was immediately a yes, only getting better when Rubiria accepted her as a healer apprentice.

PART 3

Not long after becoming a healer apprentice and being mates to Percy, Mia was expecting, and on April 1st, 44BC, they welcomed 6 cubs, SIX, into Ice. It was chaos, but a good kind of chaos. Mia loved it, loved Percy, her cubs, her family, her job. She was HAPPY. But again, misfortune struck in something Mia was NOT expecting...

Knox betrayed Ice. Her own brother had attacked Shabeel, and he and other hunters had launched an attack after a face truce to retrieve Chara's daughter Phoenix went horribly wrong. Many cats were captured, some killed, and Mia experienced something she never wished to EVER experience. The loss of a child. Nixie had been captured. And she blamed Chara.

It wasn't til weeks later, after a volatile argument that any kind of attempt at fixing this error was attempted, but by then, Nixie was gone. So many of her friends, family, all gone. In the chaos of leading in the months after this, Haiaka and Storm would make their way into the family's hearts, and in the ease of adopting the boys into the family, Lamia felt things were... Going back to normal. Maybe things were finally going right.

This was when some months later after a camp change and stepping down, Rue and Angel made a family decision that would essentially break the McCrae family from Ice.

PART 4

Lamia, heavily pregnant again and now with apprentices, made her decision once the idea began moving about the family. She had to stay. Ice needed her. So she gave birth to her small litter, and in a twist of events, a group of apprentices, some of her cubs, staged a break-in to the city, only for a majority of them to be caught. And Lamia was at a loss. She had the new litter, talk of the family leaving as these children were still in the city. She didn't know what to do...

Percy had taken the reigns then, and with others of the McCrae family, had staged an elaborate escape plan to rescue whoever they could. They came home without Dolos and Cougio, and Lamia was bitter. Because time was up. It was getting too dangerous, but there was no way Mia was leaving until she had her cubs HOME. So as the family trekked out in the early morning shortly after the escape, Lamia with Prim and the triplets, her boys Storm, Haiaka, and Zios, and the ever sweet Lilac with the few cubs that wanted to stay, Maryane, Andersen, Bonnie, and Evelyn, it was her turn to be the leader of the family. Rue was leaving it in her paws.

And the first step was to get these cubs tucked in, fed, and trained. She wouldn't make the mistake of letting these children be alone like she had. Never again.

So Lamia and Lilac were now the guardians of the remaining McCrae clan in Ice.

PART 5
Lamia states that she ended things peacefully with Percy. He would always have her heart, but time can strain that love. And Mia admits, he may have had her heart once, but that was her heart then, and not her heart now. She remains in Ice, appearing as a single mother to the remaining cubs of her lineage, and yet she carries on peacefully, not heartbroken as some would think. Because she had a mission.

Find her children, bring them home. And it was on a search like she'd been taking that had her run into old friend Mulligan. Separated from her mate as well, whom disappeared and left her to the cubs who were now much old enough to not need their mother, Mulls and Mia hit it off immediately like they'd just seen each other yesterday. And it was this instant connection that, though crazy, had Lamia offer Mulligan a place in Ice. Mulligan took time to think it over, and decided ultimately, change was indeed needed. So she would come to Ice with Lamia, her special guest and close companion in these trying times as tensions seemed to be growing between these new 'rogues' and the hunters silence.

PART 6

Things progressed with Mulligan as any would expect with them being so close. That old teen crush came rushing back in, and the two were content as they just existed together. Thoughts of Percy and the rest of the McCraes were long gone, the only lingering traces the restless nights when Mia would lay awake, staring up at the moon, uncertain.

This was how a friend of her's Zhar had found her one night, he too restless with the thoughts of the terror of Jasper. The two were friendly, always were, and with a little wine, became too friendly...

Unexpected but welcomed as she had moved on from Percy's shadow over her, Lamia embraced the accidental litter. She welcomed Collude and Zhar to help raise them, to be in their lives as Zhar was their father after all. The males were thrilled, excited. And then news of Mulligan requesting Kraken sire a litter as well made Lamia over the moon.

She was rebuilding a family... Slowly but surely. Even with her older cubs disappearing, she still found some light in the darkness. But it wouldn't last long.

PART 7

War was not something she found enjoyment in. Lamia quite frankly hated war. And yet that's precisely what happened August 40 BC (2021). The event many call "Ragnarok". Mia had not taken part in the bloodshed, but many who knew her, her children had. It was their duty but she couldn't leave the youngest children alone. It was too much a risk to go to the front lines as well...

Lamia was stationed at home, several of her older kids taking part in the battle. She had much to prepare in the time following the battle... If she knew that that small reprieve after the war would be her last peaceful moment with her family and friends...

PART 8

Cheetahs may be fast but they weren't built for a fight. Lamia, though she had held her own against infamous hunter Jasper, stood no match for 2 cats. It was mid-winter, December of 40 (2021) BC when she'd been captured yet again, disappearing without a trace it seemed, captured by rising warden Inky and his partner Xiang.

She had been held up in the cages, wardens unaware of who they held, searching for Dolos and Cougio in the rare chances she could. But no cats knew where they could be. Some spoke of Cougio being purchased by a mortal who owned Elites, another mentioned Dolos was being tamed as a pet.

Both seemed fates better than the coliseum, so she took the small blessing for what it was, but the worry never left. It didn't leave in the months she was held captive, never passed into the ring to fight thank the gods, but neither purchased for her pelt. The humans seemed to be searching for an owner for her, but her wildness kept them in limbo.

It was enough time though. May 39 BC (2022) finally saw Mia to her freedom in the form of Fenrir and Zaatar's stealthy infiltration of the city.

Her freedom came at a cost however. Fenrir, one of her middle litter cubs, was caught on the way home to Ice, ambushed by hunters. Zaatar and Lamia couldn't turn back, but they had to go back soon. Fenny couldn't fall into that damn trap of a city too. But she had one thing to do before that...

Once back to camp, Mia made preparations. She rounded the cubs who wished to leave up, she said her goodbyes to those who held a special place in her heart, Mulligan and her cubs, Shabeel, Galieo... And she left.

Her plan was take her cubs, Siobhan, and any others, and disappear... Mostly.

PART 9
Lamia travelled far enough the hunters couldn't reach them. It was a small little campsite, something maybe a fifth of Ice could have fit in. But it was cozy, and now it was home.

Lilac had scouted it out, coming across Abeni, River, and even Witch Hazel, the three finding refuge together with Lilac and her small group. They weren't far from Griffon's family either, which was a relief. It meant the cubs had felines they could rely on. Protection.

And that was how life was. The cubs are older, others found love and moved away, others stayed. The camp was happy, the felines content.

Except Lamia.

She knew her kids were smart. She knew they could handle their own. They had no regrets, no worries. But she did. And that was how she found herself back in these lands, back in the fold.

Lamia knew she couldn't go to Ice empire... Not yet, it was too far from her goal. She needed to get closer to the city...

Mia traveled further inland, the call of wolves her only divine sign that maybe, just MAYBE, she was getting closer. Her boy was named after the great Wolf of mythology, so maybe her luck was turning.

It wasn't. Because another detour found the cheetah in a scuffle with a cheetah mix hunter, Wolfbane. Their fight was brief, but she had manage to escape with a lucky clawed paw to the eye, even if she was rather battered from it as well. Traveling and stress had made her weaker, but she managed to survive.

A familiar face was more than enough to keep her sane enough to seek assistance. Plato had stumbled upon her at the right time, bringing her to one of the outer camp and healers of Lightning Empire…

Lamia, only vaguely familiar with the leader from past gatherings, drew up cautious of Opal, allowing the healers to tend her wounds. The smaller leader had a stern appearance, and seemed more tense at the sight of her, but Mia held her ground. She needed refuge and answers.

It was the inquiry of allegiance that made Lamia pause. Because Ice wasn't home anymore... The empire held no home for her, the cats did. But Lightning wasn't familiar. Plato was. He was like water in the desert to her. She clung to that in this situation, anything to get stable ground.

"I don't want trouble, just a place to rest." She had quietly informed the ocelynx. "I can provide you information on my healing trade, even poisons... Hell, let me assist in training your youth. I can pull my weight where it's needed... I'm just trying to take care of unfinished business. I'm just looking for my cubs..."

Mia had no way of knowing the horrors that had caused the unease between Ice and Lightning. She was unaware... And sometimes that could be a blessing.

Perhaps her quiet plea swayed something in Opal. Perhaps it was the idea of holding one of Ice's valued healers as a bargaining chip. Lamia was none the wiser, she just knew from the look Plato passed to her, that she didn't have many options as she was right now..

Opal gave a rough exhale, eyeing the cheetah up and down with mild suspicion. "Probably best to keep to yourself about Ice, we aren't on the best terms right now. Though you're welcome to ask around for your young come the gathering, do you plan on staying perpetually?."

Her shoulders sagged as a sigh rattled her frame. "I'm... Unsure. I don't want to meddle. Whatever happened whiel I was gone isn't my fight. I don't wish it to be." She paused, suddenly uneasy. "Is that still acceptable...?"."

"I'm only leader as long as my empiremates wish me to be, I can't promise you will avoid all conflict, but I won't force you to fight. However if you aren't sure whether or not you'd be staying long term, I'll have to ask that you remain in our outpost camp. There's always other felines there, but cubs and fledgelings are not permitted to stay and I use it as a sort of medium ground to avoid our newer camp being discovered by undesirables. It's a precaution, I hope you understand..?"

"A wise choice, and clever decision. I respect that." A justifiable solution. Mia could appreciate leadership taking hold and maintaining it to protect their empire.

"We shall see when the time comes to pass if conflict will keep me or carry me further. Until then, I readily accept your terms." Came her soft agreement. "You have my thanks. Please let me know if I may be of any help to repay your kindness.."

-- CURRENT --

It was settled. She would join Order of the River.

This is the continuation of Mia's story in Massilia.

More information on their history can be found on their FULL Written App .

♦ F A M I L Y

Parents: Kinoweh [Mother, Deceased] | Aokai [Father, Deceased]

Siblings:

Mate:

Children: A LOT

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♦ B O U N T Y

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♦ T R I V I A

♦ R P S A M P L E

Aspen found this new terrain to be, well. A lot like home if she were honest.

The hills ran far, rocky outcroppings all about, and the hair held the barest hint of the sea, not much like their old home right along the coast. But it felt like home and that’s all that mattered to her. Home.

Home where safety was a warm den and happy faces. Where her mother, mate and cubs ran free, though not all of them...

A wistful sigh left her as she moseyed back into camp, fresh kindle for the forge she was trying to build in her satchel. The cubs ran by, laughing and throwing out chipper hellos, causing Aspen to grin. From where she was at, her mother and Pompeii were nestled in the den where herbs were held, talking quietly, leaving her to gaze upon the proud feline she called her mate as he stood upon one of the outcrops of their camp.

Dropping off the kindling, the cougar hybrid trotted up to the cheetah, a purr rumbling from her as she met him halfway.

“Merc!” Bright brown eyes sparkled at him, excited. “An adventure huh? What have you got in store for us? Surely it can’t be crab hunting.” She giggled.

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