Arrowbrush MacBurl

[Arrowbrush MacBurl]

Name: Arrowbrush MacBurl

Gender: Female

Age: 17 years/seasons

Species: Red Squirrrel

Occupation: Would like to obtain the position of Squirrel Queen if possible - am willing to audition - otherwise she can be an ordinary abbey dweller albeit a warrior for the time being

Physical Appearance:
Arrowbrush is a sturdily built young squirrelmaid. Slightly taller than the average female squirrel, she is fairly well-built, with hard arm muscles. Her fur is a reddish brown colour, hence her species. Her eyes are a fierce emerald green, with a scar running from her forhead, down her face and 'through' her eye, ending low on her cheek near her nose. Her huge, red, bushy tail is shaped vaguely like an arrow, hence her name.

Arrowbrush wears a sturdy white tunic, over which is wound her woven heather tartan of brown, green and dusty lilac around her waist, in a kilt, then over her chest and over one should so that it drapes down, cloak-like, upon her back. Around her waist is a sturdy woven belt. Hanging from it is a belt pouch at one side and her sheathed, double-edged basket hilted claymore at the other. At the back of her belt, underneath her cloak is a sheathed dirk, her long dagger. Her Sgian Dhu, a small, sharp skinning knife is placed behind a hackle of feathers on the cap on her head. Attached to her back is a quiver of arrows and her bow.


Possessions:
Her claymore, dirk, Sgian Dhu, feathered cap, red belt pouch (and the objects that it contains, and her bow and quiver of arrows.

Personality:
Arrowbrush is a fierce young maid who would share her last bite of food with a creature in need. She is unfailing kind to other goodbeasts, though she does have a fiery temper and is rather proud. She hates vermin with a passion.

She is an independent creature, and as already mentioned, proud, so that when in trouble she will rarely ask for help. She has the heart of a true warrior, and instinctively defends other, weaker goodbeast or those who cannot and do not fight. Her skills with her weapons are commendable. However, she cannot cook to save her life and only knows the basics of sewing.

Arrowbrush is a rather deep thinker, a creature who wonders what life would be like if all creatures were good and kind. She knows that she cannot do much to change this, but does her best by attempting to kill every evil creature she encounters. While killing comes naturally to her, she doesn't usually enjoy it, unless the creature she's killing has done something to earn her enmity personally.

Arrowbrush, like many females, is very fond of babes and Dibbuns. Accordingly, she likes to spend time playing with them and listening to their baby talk; she loves their infant innocence and would do nothing to destroy it.

Although she may try to hide it, Arrowbrush is a rather emotional and sentimental creature (even though she is rather "tough" by most standards), who may break down and cry when she thinks of all the creatures she has killed, and all the goodbeasts who have been killed by vermin (in private, of course).

Strengths:

-A skilled warrior

-Friendly, good with little ones

-A thoughtful creature

-A natural leader


Weaknesses:
-Has an almost obsessive hatred of vermin

- Short tempered

-Hotheaded

-Proud

-A poor cook

-Can barely swim - tires easily in water because of her bushy tail, weapons and lack of experience at swimming.


History:
Arrowbrush's family resides in the northlands, where she was born, in a pine grove. She was born to two warriors of MacBurl treetop village - the community's current leader, MacTom, and his wife. (I can't remember her name, so I'm leaving it out). When she was only a few years old, she became friends with an orphaned falcon, MacTalon.

When she and several other young squirrels in the village were turning ten years old, the whole village went to a pleasant clearing to have a feast, a celebration. While they were there, a young wildcat and his band came and captured them, but not without a fight; several squirrels were killed, including Arrowbrush's mother. MacTalon, realising that he could do nothing for the squirrels if he, too was captured, flew off.

Seasons passed and Arrowbrush, with MacTalon's help, managed to escape when she was thirteen years old. Returning to her village, she found that only a few squirrels remained there; they had tried thinking of a way to help their friends and family, but they had been unsuccessful and feared capture. One of them, an experienced fencer, taught Arrowbrush how to use a sword (she had leaned much before her capture already), and when he thought she was ready, gave her the claymore that her parents had been keeping until she could wield it. At the same time, another teacher honed her archery skills.

When she was fifteen years old, Arrowbrush and the other squirrels traveled through the northlands, gathering an army big enough to defeat the wildcat's horde, and they eventually managed to kill most of the vermin when Arrowbrush was sixteen (including the wildcat, who Arrowbrush managed to slay in a terrific fight, resulting in the scar across her face and grievous injuries, which she managed to recover from), and free their friends and family. After spending some time with her father, Arrowbrush journeyed south towards Redwall with MacTalon, encountering many vermin and making friends as they went. They arrived at Redwall when they were both halfway between sixteen and seventeen years/seasons old, having heard of the place on their travels and loving the sound of a happy, peaceful community of goodbeasts instantly.

Relationships:
MacTalon

MacTom MacBurl

Other:
Arrowbrush is an old character of mine, and I cannot recall/am unable to find the details of her original history, so somethings have been changed/omitted.

[Tracy]

Please PM a moderator explaining why you should have the position of Squirrel Queen, along with an example of an RP post with your character.

As for your profile, it looks pretty good!

I'd like to see a -physical- weakness.

What was her reason for traveling to Redwall?

Otherwise I would suggest just proofreading your profile, maybe do a spellcheck. There's a few typos and easily avoidable errors.

[Arrowbrush MacBurl]

Fixed.

[Tracy]

Did you PM a mod about your application for Squirrel Queen?

You might want to send it to me... it looks like Prank may be a bit busy just now.

EDIT: Nevermind, it was forwarded to me. Give me some time to look it over and I'll get back to you.

[Tracy]

Yeah, I'll go ahead and accept this, and allow you the position of Squirrel Queen.

Since it is a leadership position, we have a two-month probation period. Basically, we want to make sure you're active and responsible with your position. So if at the end of the two months, you've been active, you'll have the position officially. If that date rolls around and you haven't been around, we'll remove it.

Accepted!
On probation until June 17.