Peck (Animal Jam)

Peck is a major character in Animal Jam and one of the seven main Alphas that protect Jamaa. She is the bunny Alpha as well as the one who greets new players and gives them the tutorial, and the mascot of the art studio minigame. She's very creative and hyperactive, the latter of which occasionally ropes her into trouble.
==Biography==
Many years ago, Zios and Mira chose the leaders of the remaining six animal species to help them combat the invading Phantoms, who had trapped all other species in Heartstones. Along with the other leaders, the bunny's leader Peck was granted magical powers and given the title of an Alpha. Together the Phantom Queen was defeated, though the newly-named Alphas lost Zios and Mira as well after they had been trapped in the Phantom's dimension.
Peck first appears to the player to welcome them to Jamaa and give them a tutorial of the game's mechanics when first making a new account.
She does not appear during most adventures, due to her having gone missing. She's first alluded to in The Front Lines, where the player can find her earring in a hidden area. Greely then appears and gives the player a cryptic explanation of her disappearance.
She's alluded to once more in The Phantom Badlands, in which the player can find a sign made by her in another secret area that reveals she went into the Phantom Fortress alone.
Peck at last makes her debut in the adventures at the end of Storming The Fortress. After Greely and the player destroy the Phantom Fortresses engine, the wolf Alpha is confused as to why the fortress itself hasn't shut down yet. Suddenly, the Phantom goop that had been powering the engine is replaced with pink paint, and Peck appears, surprised that Greely is there. He explains that ever since she went missing, he's been tracking her down, and knew she would be in the Phantom Fortress. Suddenly the fortress rumbles, and Peck states that it's about to collapse after all the meddling she's done. The two Alphas, the player and all the kidnapped bunnies are able to escape the fortress right before it's completely destroyed, and are greeted by the other four Alphas. The four are grateful for the fortress finally being destroyed, and thank Peck, Greely and the player for their help.
She again appears in The River's Heart, sneaking onto the raft holding the stone that Greely intends to return to were it was found by hiding in a sack. While nearing their destination, Greely leaves the player to guard the stone while he fights off four Phantom Kings, and while he's gone Peck reveals herself. She says that the Phantoms are about to ambush them now that Greely has been distracted, and gives the player Boomseeds covered in paint - or Paintseeds - to fight off waves of Phantoms with while she guards the stone. After the battle ends, Greely returns and is surprised to see Peck there, asking if the other Alphas sent her to stop him. Peck explains that she agrees with him that the stone should be brought back to where it was found, before scolding him for taking it without telling anyone and his insistence on always working alone. Greely apologizes, saying that he'll try to ask for help more often in the future, and Peck replies that she'll hold him to it before the three finish their travel down the river, returning the stone to its origin. The other Alphas confront Greely, but Peck defends him by saying that the stone belongs there, and right after the stone causes the stones surrounding it to glow, revealing that it's the sabretooth tiger Heartstone.
==Appearance==
Peck is a small, pink bipedal bunny with magenta eyes. She has short purple hair and a white underbelly and tail, and her nose and inner ears are a darker pink. She has darker pink half-circle markings around her eyes and three white dots above both eyes. She wears magenta ear covers that have purple patches in them, and a gray earring with a gold jingle bell attached on her right ear. She has purple ribbons tied around her tail and left ear, and purple bands on her feet. She also has purple-and-magenta striped sleeves. in some art, she also has a white upper muzzle.
==Trivia==
*She's named after Annie Smith Peck, a mountaineer for the National Geographic Society in its early years.
*If enough players hop on the giant drum at the Bunnies Only party, Peck (in her beta design) can be seen hopping trough the glowing caverns in the background.
*Peck's beta design also appears in the pop-ups during the art studio minigame, as well as in the form of a statue located on the second floor of the Chamber of Knowledge, along with statues of the other Alpha's beta designs.
*Before 2015, Liza was the one who greeted new players and gave them a tutorial instead of her.
*Her profile page during beta testing revealed that her favorite color is purple.
*Appondale being her guardian land is a nod to how the tree that was originally going to be her home later became the Claw's N' Paws pet shop located there during development.
*Out of all the Alphas, she appears the least during adventures, only being present at the end of Storming the Fortress and The River's Heart.
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