Lorelei

Lorelei is a timid and easily excitable character on the Afterglow SMP. She is played by solarficial.
== Physiology ==
=== Physical Appearance ===
Lorelei is a calico cat and human hybrid, with a long spotted tail and similarly colored cars. She's relatively lean and skinny, and her skin is abnormally pale. Her eyes are a clouded grey, and the crown of sunflowers on her head is purposefully slanted down to cover her left pupil. Multiple small bruises and bandages dot her body as a result of her clumsy nature. Lorelei is typically seen wearing a dark purple sweater and a much lighter pair of silk shorts, complete with mismatched orange, black and white leg warmers. 
=== Biology ===
Lorelei is considered a half cat, half human hybrid. She walks on two legs and appears relatively human, however her mannerisms present her to be more of a house cat, such as not liking water and being prone to cuddle with people when they appear upset.
== Character ==
=== Personality ===
Lorelei is naturally weak and proverse to fighting. She tends to avoid ever getting hurt due to her low pain tolerance and is also very skittish and easy to startle. This habit developed less so out of any traumatic event and more just her natural instincts. She hates violence and would rather avoid conflict entirely; however, she’ll regretfully concede if there seems to be no other option. Lorelei is also very giving and hospitable, offering her home and resources to anyone who appears to be in need. She demonstrates very feline-esque features, such as her quick reflexes and jumping off of high surfaces with little to no abandon. She also has an affinity for catnip and other similar herbs. 
=== Backstory ===
Lorelei was born into quite a large family, being the exact middle child of 9 siblings alongside her mother and father. Her clowder lived in a small village out in the wilderness, where she learned to grow her own food as well as how to take proper care of the plants and animals around her. Lorelei immediately developed a deeply rooted care for smaller and more dainty creatures at a young age, and this affinity only grew as she got older and began to properly experience the world. She would even go as far as to sneak them into her house if they were injured or starved and nurse them back to help, typically enlisting her younger siblings for assistance to keep the animals hidden from her parents. As protective as her guardians were, she lived a relatively calm and happy life before the events of Afterglow: Generations. On Lorelei's 19th birthday, she was ushered out of her home by her parents, being instructed not to return until she'd matured and had accomplished something she could be proud of. 
=== Alignment ===
Lorelei is Neutral Good. Her main goal is to provide comfort and safety for those who cannot care for themselves. This makes her reinforce her habit of giving "too much," such as sacrificing her food, shelter, and happiness for others. Because of where and how she was raised, Lorelei is much more intimidated into to follow the rules rather than following them because she truly believes in them.
== Alliances ==
Name 	Status 	Notes
Azalea 	Positive	"Oh, I love Azalea! She's so nice and pretty, and is such a great chef! She sacrificed a life for my sake, and for that, I'll be forever in her debt. While she is really kind, I kinda have the feeling she's harboring a lot of really sad stuff inside of her heart. I hope she's okay..."
Phoenix	Positive	"Phoenix is so nice to me! She's the most courageous person I've ever met! I really hope I can be like her someday, regardless of her flaws! I just wish I was better at being able to comfort her when she needed it..."
Reef 	Positive	"They're a cat! And purple! Just like me! That's so cool!"
Appel 	Positive	"The nice Enderian! I think they're a little bit standoffish at times, but they know so much about the world and places I've only ever dreamed of being! That's so cool! I want to know everything!"
Snowuh 	Positive	"He reminds me of my little sister Mitsi from back home. Loves to get me into trouble with the older people in the community, which isn't very nice, but he's really nice and funny most of the time!"
Ali 	Positive	"I feel so bad for her... how could somebody as sweet and kind and smart as Ali deserve everything she's gone through?"
Bronze 	Positive	"Bronze is so cool! He tries to be so intimidating and angry with everybody all the time, but I think he's actually super nice regardless of what he thinks about himself."
Zombi 	Neutral 	"He called me weird... that wasn't very nice. I don't really know what I did to upset him, but I want to try and make amends when I see him again!"
Red 	Positive	"My oldest brother sibling wife! They're so silly."
== Miscellaneous ==
=== Trivia ===
* Lorelei, while instinctually being prone to hunting and eating meat, considers herself vegetarian and will refuse to eat meat under any circumstance. She especially seems to have a distaste for chicken.
*Lorelei seems to lack general knowledge of the world around her. She was unaware of what ice cream and a majority of meals were until the arrival of the Afterglow SMP members. 
*All of the cats that reside inside of Lorelei's treehouse are all named after one of her nine siblings, excluding Tiger. 
*Presumably because of her half-cat nature, Lorelei does not like the rain or swimming in waist deep water. 
*Lorelei has established she is colorblind, with purple and red being her favorite colors due to them being the only ones she can properly see. 
=== Gallery ===
Loreleiskin.png|Afterglow: Generations Lorelei
Loreleimainref.png|Noodles' Rendition of Lorelei
SolarLoreleiArt.jpg|Snowuh's depiction, alongside Solar
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