Rattlesnake

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Mentions of **cannibalism**, **starvation** and **character death**

*“You can be in the history books for many different reasons. You’re a hero, or you’re the one the hero was fighting. I’m in them for the latter.”*
— Rattlesnake telling Okapi about her past, admitting why there were books written about her.

**Rattlesnake** officially joined the Astral SMP on 11/05/2021 and has been feared by travellers and historians a like.

She is known in tales as the Sand Snake who drags people under the sand, never to be heard from again. Yet only travelers who actually listen to the desert tales know of this legend. While Rattlesnake is very disrespectful, she cares for Fox and would protect him with her life.

## Biography

### Appearance

Rattlesnake is an anthropomorphic cat with long, ruffled sandy fur which covers a plethora of scars littering her body. She is very thin, due to giving her food rations to Fox.

## Personality

Rattlesnake is a very salty, and snappy individual. Defensive of herself and her companion, Fox, who she is very protective of. If anybody lays a hand on him, she will viciously attack them with no hesitation.

She is constantly on edge, and never fully lets her guard down, always sleeping with one eye open. Generally, she’s not easily trusting, and quick to set off, barking insults and remarks on whoever crosses her path, even if she considers you a friend.

### Background

Rattlesnake grew up in a normal desert village with supportive parents, and a fair leader. For a while there was a well known dangerous snake lurking around the village's location, a snake that could murder quickly through veom, all it took was one bite. She was playing with other kittens, when the dangerous snake approached the group. It ended up injuring Rattlesnake and killing the others.

When Rattlesnake survived the bite, she was disowned by the village as they believed her to be the curse that brought the snake to them, seeing as the venom only had mercy on her. As she grew older, the village eventually ran out of supplies, forcing them to move. Yet Rattlesnake stayed behind, along with a few others, neither of them willing to leave their home. When times got desperate, Rattlesnake resorted to unethical ways of obtaining food.

Now alone in the desert, she hid under the sands, dragging animals and travelers down to feed her hunger. She would attack villages and erradicate the townsfolk inhabiting it.

When years passed, she met Fox, and took him under her wing. When it was clear that the food rations wouldn't be enough for both of them, she started starving herself while killing more people.

She grew fearful of what she has become and was afraid of hurting her best friend. Eventually, she left him at a village she hadn't yet torn apart.

Nowadays Rattlesnake is known as the notorious Sand Snake, a terrifying creature that kills anyone who dares to wander her sands.

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**October 31st, 2021**

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Rattlesnake is living in a small hole in Achlys’ basement. Invading her home, and stealing her stuff.
Achlys and Opia get Rattlesnake out of their home, and show her the tunnels that were slightly dug under the town, Rattlesnake agrees to live there. Then insults Opia and Achlys.

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 **November 1st, 2021**

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Rattlesnake runs into Achlys and Sanic, who are talking about a deal they had previously made. And she insults Achlys and the subjects she chose to talk about. Soon turning to Sanic and complaining about Achlys.
Achlys didn’t like this, and argued with Rattlesnake, walking off soon after.

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**November 20th, 2021 - November 29th, 2021**

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Rattlesnake collapsed to the ground in her tunnels, the cold causing her to catch hypothermia. Fox ran and got Okapi, who brought Rattlesnake to her house to nurse the cat through their short coma.

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 **December 12th, 2021 - January 4th, 2022**

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Rattlesnake wakes up, and tells Fox they’re leaving. The two reach all the way to the front doors of Okapi’s house before the hybrid notices them. Walking towards Rattle and Fox she demanded that they go back inside and rest.
Rattlesnake argued, and said that if Okapi wanted her to go back into the house, she’d have to fight her. Okapi reluctantly agreed, and they fought. Okapi pinning the sick fighter to the ground, and asking Rattlesnake to go back inside.
Instead Rattlesnake asks Okapi to kill her, to honor what the desert used to do for people who lost in a brawl such as this. Okapi refuses, asking what else there is to do. Rattlesnake admits that the loose can occasionally follow the winner and admit to loss.
Okapi takes up this, and orders Rattlesnake to go back into the house, Rattlesnake agrees reluctantly, and goes back to rest.

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**Date**

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Rattlesnake talks to Okapi, and Okapi says that Rattlesnake doesn’t have to do anything more for her. That if Rattle feels better, that’s all she really wanted for the cat.

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 **January 8th, 2022**

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Skye arrives back at Midnight, and announces Streamless is dead, and that they should celebrate.
Rattlesnake is put off by the celebration of a man’s death, yet follows and takes part in it.
In the party Rattle stands off to the side, reading a book on famous legends and making snappy, sarcastic remarks.
The party comes to a close quickly after she started to insult people, and start verbal fights, and Rattlesnake retreated back into Okapi’s house.

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**January 13th, 2022**

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Rattle is outside, and meets Glitch. Another legend, the Stag. They talk for a while, then Rattlesnake gets offended, and attacks the taller human.
Glitch fights back, and they attack each other for a while, until Rattle stops it. Walking away and telling Glitch she’ll, “see her around.”

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 **January 14th, 2022**

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Glitch shows up again, this time spotting Rattle and Fox together. Glitch mocks Rattle for having Fox as such a close friend, and tries to get information out of the small fox.
Rattle gets Glitch to back off, and go away. She snaps slightly and Fox, and storms away.

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**January 17th, 2022**

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Skye meets Rattlesnake again, and they shortly talk before Skye makes the excuse that she’s going back to Dawn.
Not following through on this, Skye turns around a corner, and watches as Rattlesnake lets Fox walk out, and talks to him.
Rattlesnake notices her, and runs towards her, grabbing her cloak and bringing her close. Snarling that she’d kill Skye if Skye ever told anyone, or thought of harming Fox.

## Relationships

  Fox | positive
  Okapi | positive
  Glitch | neutral-negative
  Skye | negative
  Dave | neutral

## Trivia

* Rattlesnake likes to shake her fur out like a wet dog when she’s annoyed at someone. But unlike a wet dog, her fur is filled with what seems like neverending sand. When she shakes her fur the sand slightly flies out and hits people. Not enough to hurt someone, but it’s not the nicest feeling to have sand in your mouth, eyes, or clothes.
* She can see well in sandstorms and dust storms, in fact she just keeps her eyes open.
* Rattlesnake isn’t afraid of physical pain, yet she’s afraid of disinfectant.
* She has scars on her paw pads from handling cacti. She can also just pick them up, not flinching from their spikes.
* Underneath her tuft of hair sits a horrible snake bite. She is lucky to not have been blinded.