A'tam

A'tam is an islander and member of the Shadow Cat Clan. He is a main character of Bridget's Bane.

He is mated to Bridget and the father of A'bri.

## Description

A'tam is model pretty with the thickest beard and small horns. Like all shadow cat clan he has longer fangs, claws, and thicker hair on his arms and legs. He has long, messy hair

## Personality

A'tam is singularly minded and highly determined. He is confident and brash, but doesn't take himself too seriously. However, he is impatient and has to learn to become a better listener.

He is friends with U'dron.

## History

A'tam's mother made pottery when he was growing up. Most of A'tam's clan and all of his family died when the volcano erupted. For months after he refused to mention the event saying his family was out hunting, as if not speaking of it wouldn't make it true.

During Lauren's Barbarian, he traveled with the rest of the survivors to the mainland.

### Bridget's Bane

In a flash back to event at the end of Lauren's Barbarian, A'tam arrived with the other islanders at Icehome village. There he met Bridget for the first time, and there was an instant connection between them. Over the coming weeks they flirted. In one secret meeting with A'tam, Bridget got the idea to start working on pottery, based on her one pottery class.

Eventually they decided to try pleasure-mating. However the experience went poorly as A'tam was bad at reading signals, and Bridget was bad at communicating her needs.

The next few months went poorly as the two fight, A'tam insisting they are mates, and Bridget insisting they are not. However, they began to reconnect when he came in while she is doing pottery. That changed when Daisy showed up and started hanging out with A'tam suggesting that they make Bridget jealous. Even going to the extent of staying in his hut, while he stayed with another member of shadow cat clan. This plan didn't work, instead making Bridget want to stay further away.

That was until she decided to ask Raven for lessons how to dance. A'tam also asked Raven for advice, she advised spending less time with Daisy.

In a second set of game for a knife, Bridget paired with O'jek and Daisy with A'tam. After the first days of games, A'tam asked Daisy for advice, and she suggested trying to discover why Bridget didn't want to be with him. On the second day of games, they went hunting. O'jek left Bridget behind when she fell into a pit trap, and A'tam found her. They stayed the night in a hunter's cave.

The next day A'tam asked Gail for advice, who suggested he stop trying to make Bridget jealous. Finally Raven suggested going to couples therapy with Steph. That night A'tam confessed to the scheme with Daisy to Bridget. Only for them to resonate and Bridget to asked to go to couples therapy.

Through therapy they started to overcome their differences and learn to communicate better. After a time they are finally able to fulfill resonance. A'tam was finally able to remember what his mother did to get the pottery to work.

A month later they had a working pot and Bridget shared it with the village.

### Later History

During the events of Steph's Outcast, Bridget and A'tam elected to go to Croatoan.

During the time jump between Steph's Outcast and Sam's Secret, Bridget gave birth to A'bri. They both return to Icehome before Sam's Secret begins.