Fallen

Lineart by Ren | Design by Ren

## Overview

Fallen was a power cat with the power of energy barrier.

### Appearance

Fallen is a diluted red tortoiseshell tom with bright orange markings that look like flame flickers. He has a white chest, tip of the tail, socks, and muzzle. He's covered in various scars, all of which were from dogs so the majority are bites in some way.

## Detailed History

### Power

Power Details:

A thin barrier of yellow energy is able to be created between Fallen and some sort of danger. It acts as a type of forcefield, protecting him from what may be a potentially fatal attack or something falling on him. Later as he learns to control it, it can be extended to become a dome rather than a shield and can cover other cats in return; Acting as a strong barrier to protect his tribemates, friends, loved ones, Teller, ect.

* Makes his eyes glow the same golden energy as the barrier (Cosmetic)

Of course, it would take a while to get to that point, it would have a few stages.

* First stage would be learning to create a shield with it. A disc like shape of energy that’s fragile and weak, could maybe stop a playful bat against him but not much else. (Learned as a kit/born with the instinct for it)
* Second stage would be strengthening the shield to protect against violent strikes. It’s still small however and doesn’t cover much area, and can only be used in front of him. (Learned as an apprentice)
* Third stage would be learning to make the barrier bigger, seeming more like an umbrella and learning to position it anywhere around his body rather than just front on. (Learned as an apprentice)
* Fourth would be making the dome, though it could only be big enough to cover himself. (This would be only learned once he's a full rank, or perhaps used to mark the turning point between to-be and cave guard/prey hunter)
* Fifth and final stage would be learning to control the size of the dome to cover multiple cats, only four in total though, including himself. (Himself and three other cats), any more would be too much for him to handle. (He'd be a full rank for this, it would take a lot to learn)
* Upgraded stage would be making a barrier that is not only thicker and stronger but expand much bigger and protect himself and 5 others for a total of 6 cats. It would start at the dome’s normal size and quickly expand a few feet in every direction, breaking anything in its path in the process.

Drawbacks:

Using energy to be created, erecting the barrier takes a lot out of Fallen, and to keep it active. Overuse in the beginning stages would cause tremors, dizziness, and potentially fainting. It’s relatively harmless though, unless in a dangerous situation where passing out could be bad. However, with the later stages, it could cause temporary paralysis as well as irreparable loss to his lifespan. For every time it breaks from overuse, he’ll lose a moon of his lifespan.

It acts as a trade. If he saves a different cat from a fatal injury/blow/situation/ect, it will take half a year off his lifespan.

* As an example, if he was caught in a landslide and had to keep the dome up around himself and another cat for an extended period to the point it gives out, it would cause him to lose 7 moons off his lifespan (6 moons from saving the cat, 1 moon from it breaking). But not a year, his own life doesn't count for the trade. This is something that would need to be thought of before use, sacrificing what could be a fatal blow to someone else as taking life off of himself. Save a life, lose some life.

Another issue is the fact that the shield and dome are always around him. He can't, say, create a shield or dome around another cat he can see nearby, it can only be with him in the centre. This means that he’ll have to be around the cat in danger, if he’s not there in time there’s nothing he can do to help them. Fallen is also unable to move while a shield or dome is active. It drains too much energy and uses too much focus to be able to concentrate on more than just keeping it up. It would be something else to look out for, being caught in a dangerous situation with no way to move could cause him to keep it up longer than would be safe.

Once the dome is overused and breaks, Fallen collapses as he’s essentially lost all energy. If he stays awake, the effect is similar to being too close to an explosion; Spinning blurry vision, ringing in ears that blocks out any other noise, dizziness and inability to stay standing, ect. Some of these side-effects could become permanent in the future, if he loses his power rather than dies from it. If it reaches too low, the power will kill him, if the environment he’s in does not. If he loses his power before it gets too low, there will still be afflictions because of it in the form of the side-effects.

Drawback for upgraded dome:

* Would use a LOT of energy, likely energy he won’t have
* Takes up to an entire year off his lifespan if it stays up until it breaks. It draws energy from his soul, like all of his barriers, so it would be detrimental to himself to use it, a last ditch effort.
* When it breaks, the drawbacks are the same as above except a bit more intense.