Irie

Irie was a female American Kestrel with dark eyes. She served as the familiar and companion to Balduin, a Lynx Totem in Chandor. Her story is ongoing alongside his. Irie was created and RP'd by toywitch.

## Personality

* ***Practical, Straightforward, and a bit Socially Inept.*** Irie is a very practical young kestrel - it's hard for her to do anything out of her own desire outside of "*what do I need to do*". Survival is the utmost importance and she's willing to do just about anything to ensure her own; her own opinions be damned. She finds it hard to get along with others and can come off as quite abrasive. She speaks her mind bluntly and usually with little regard for anyones personal feelings. It's not that she intends to come off as rude, but she seems to lack the ability to read the room adequately. She does *care* for her family and friends, but doesn't know how to express this in a way that they might prefer.
* ***Clever, Helpful, and Reliable.*** Her social ineptitude aside, she's a bright individual who does well with problem solving. To make up for her social abilities she tries her best to be of service to those who she cares for, finding solace in being able to be helpful to them. Always the first to volunteer and always reliable to repay a favor, she's somebody who would stop at nothing to help.
* ***Private.*** She doesn't speak much about her past or her family, remaining more reserved and will usually try to avoid the subject as much as possible.

## Pre-Group History

Irie had normal upbringing - the nestmate to three siblings from her parents third clutch. She excelled in hunting and was the first to learn how to perform sharp aerial turns, much to the excitement of her parents. She had an alright relationship with her nestmates and her parents - as much as she could with her blunt personality. What she lacked in warm feelings she always made up for in favors. Kestrels are solitary creatures when they reach maturity - but Irie was separated from her family a little sooner than planned.

A dark, stormy night when her parents didn't return from the nest had been the catalyst. Her nestmates grew more and more concerned the longer their parents remained missing, fearing something may have happened to them because of the storm. Irie, wanting to calm her nestmates worries and try to help their parents, decided to leave the safety of the nest to look for them. She was confident in her flying capabilities, too confident.

It didn't take long for the winds to become too strong for Irie to navigate through - and as the rain got heavier she quickly found herself lost. The wind was carrying her further and further away in all the wrong directions. She eventually found shelter in a cliffside overhang. In the morning once the storm had dissipated she realized she didn't recognize her surroundings. Once again she set off to find her family but was unable to find her way back home. She often worries about what had happened to them, and fears that if something did happen that it would have been her fault for not returning with her parents. She keeps these concerns to herself, rarely speaking about her family.

Eventually she had to give up the search and focus on her own survival - she was on her own.

But being on your own is tough - and after a scuffle with a larger bird of prey she managed to escape narrowly with her life. However she sustained injuries to her wing, finding it painful and hard to fly. Hunting became much harder, and she became much weaker.

When she was found by Balduin she thought for sure he would kill her - she'd become too weak to even get herself off the ground to fly away. But instead, to her surprise, he did not. He showed her kindness she hadn't experienced since losing her family, and with his help she was taken back to his pack where he shared his food with her until her strength returned. Had he even expected anything in return?

To repay him for his kindness she pledged her services to him until he dismissed her.

## Trivia

* She offered herself in servitude to Balduin, though he really didn't want anything in exchange for helping her.

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
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