Mir

Mir

## General Behaviour

*"Bury me shallow, I’ll be back!”*

Mir can be looked at like a book; From the first glance, you can see the curiosity, cluelessness and carelessness. For the most part, that’d be correct. Despite her being described as a primarily aggressive animal, for the most part she won’t just go out of her way after someone unprovoked. She’s quite confident, rarely backing down from a challenge.

A thing worth noting though, she easily gets attached to people, following them around. Mir loves cuddling and enjoys attention. To sum up; She’s a little confused, but she’s got the spirit.

> *“Come on! Is that really how fast you can go?”*
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## Skills and Abilities

* + Due to Mir being a natural predator, her sense of smell is quite strong.
	+ She’s an agile swimmer, taking the water as her battlefield.
	+ Another thing relating her to water is the fact she swims very quietly, even at great speeds.
	+ Her ability to cook is quite solid, as she can prepare food for herself with little to no help.
	+ She has both gills and lungs, allowing her to stay either in the water or on the surface.

## Character History

### Early Life + events

Mir was born in quite a big Sarkai “school”, deep beneath the surface and away from any dangerous land. Her childhood was quite the usual underwater creature one, spent near her family and familiar faces. Accidents are common in the sea though, and some fishermen clearly weren’t on their guard on a day that played a key part in her life.

On A normal, sunny day, the Shark humanoids spent their time basking in water while having their daily usual chats. Kids playing, adults planning future hunts based on the weather.. All of a sudden, something dropped in the water. It was silent, yet it seemed like it had malicious intent. Some, confused, stared right at it. And then it exploded. Chaos wasn’t a strong enough word to describe the panic the water-dwellers were experiencing at that moment. Everyone was swimming around, more mysterious items were being dropped in only to blow up a short while after. Mir, of course, feared everything that was happening. In the sand clouds that have risen, and muted bangs she suddenly lost track of everyone nearby. A foul smell hit her snout, smokey and tear-awakening. Desperate to get away from the scent, she swam far away, right until the point where the water was clear and there were no smells other than fish. The thing Mir just realized was that her family was nowhere near. Were they still in the smoke? Or have they gotten out another way? Too afraid to return, the shark pup just kept swimming in large circles, desperate to find a hint of someone nearby.

Just as if fate had listened to her cries, a fish school had showed up - those, however, were not fish. Those were Xingu’s, Who paused in their tracks upon stumbling on a shark. It was clear however that she was unable to defend herself or furthermore attack. Though the fish-people had a lot of doubts, the younglings gladly welcomed another fish to join their shenanigans. And so, until maturity, she traveled alongside the kind school.

### Recent life events

The older Mir got, the more she realized the people who were once her friends and whom she called her ‘family’ were progressively more intimidated by her. It was quite fair though - she couldn’t enjoy eating kelp or vegetables like the others did. Instead, she was going after their distant relatives in the form of natural fish. After a couple of deep thoughts, she knew it must’ve been quite a disturbing ride for the fishfolk and most probably ended up being traumatized.

That’s the exact reason Mir left, as she didn’t really have anything malicious in mind. Those people cared for her when there was no one else, and so, she didn’t harass them over how they acted. One night, she just disappeared. Walking alongside the beach, she was surprised at the things visible on the surface. Huge trees, gentle plants, soft sand, and many others that she just couldn’t name. It was a great feeling. She headed on into the wilderness with no prior experience. Even if it was hard at first, sharp fangs could solve most of her problems. During the day she hunted, even trying her best at going after wild land animals (though, in most cases she was outsped). When night arrived, she just hid in the water to rest. That could be described as her gaining the skills to live amongst people.

### Present life + events

As of now, Mir taught herself how to do simple stuff after watching many animals and humans do it. She witnessed many different people pass by, following them to different towns. Inspired by the thing she had seen, the shark had settled on a goal - to mimic the comfort of towns, her most reasonable choice was to attempt to make herself feel at home, and not be in a constant state of wandering. To find something more than just survival. She didn’t want to join anyone, but to find herself.

And so, Mir hasn’t set on joining a nation yet. She doesn’t want to get embarrassed by not knowing anything. She’s out learning, but in the future she might bring herself to join a nation.

## Weaknesses

* Mir is a bit wonky with walking. She’ll often stumble, stop too quickly or too slow and fall into holes on accident.
* Her sense of direction is horrible. She can’t really read compasses or maps, resulting in her getting lost on a daily basis and usually avoiding exploring outside her “safe zone”.
* Food poisoning is a real big thing for her, as her diet is restricted and any disruptions could leave her weak or bed-ridden for days.

## Fun facts

* + The girl’s shark-like body directly influences her diet, she has a hard time digesting fruit and vegetables - her go-to choice of food are fish or other kinds of meat. Given the choice between flesh or fish, she’d probably go for the fish.
	+ She’s semi-aquatic, with the bigger lean on the aquatic side, She isn’t that good with anything on land, and prefers to do things in either water or humid environments.
	+ Mir makes over-exaggerated faces when eating something she doesn’t enjoy. Be it bread, pies, carrots, or any other thing with its roots relating to soil.
	+ Short to be said, she’s a thief. Mir has an interest in things created in towns and villages, and due to her incompetence, she’s unable to craft them herself (mainly because nobody ever taught her). Her main targets end up being weapons and small decorations. Thing is, Mir often doesn’t have a clue about the weaponry she’s using.