Whirligig

## Personality

Whirligig was a very hard-core supporter of Chief Elderberry, and has been since she was little. She is very fierce, and strongly believed that to bring peace for rabbits, violence must be used in secret, because rabbits can only either *fear* Elderberry or respect him to truly be peaceful, in her opinion. She was willing to kill traitors for Elderberry, though she never has before. Whirligig isn`t the smartest rabbit and can easily be manipulated, especially by her former Chief, however, she was sometimes unsure if her actions against traitors are bad, and still fantasises about killing foxes after they raided her former warren and killed some of the rabbits she knew and loved. She now hates Elderberry.

## Appearance

Whirligig is a small European hare, but still bigger than most rabbits and slightly bigger than Springtail. Despite identifying as Female, she still has the appearance of a male rabbit because rabbit surgery doesn't exist for trans rabbits. She has a light brown-y-yellow pelt with a dark brown stripe going down her back and circling her neck. She has a white belly, with 2 small vertical scars on her throat, one longer and lower down than the other. Her left ear is a bit torn on the edges and she has a fluffy bit of fur between both of her ears. After the fight with Honeycomb, She has a very small scar on her back right leg, and 3 long, horrific-looking ones plastered across her face.

## History

### Pre-Roleplay:

On a sunny afternoon at a brook near the old warren, a young kitten was playing in the water, but they fell in. It seemed like the kitten was going to drown, until a European hare couple came along. The couple, named Beetlechaser (M) and Stargazer (F) were going on an afternoon walk when they spotted the kitten, and rescued her. Because of this, Chief ferret was welcomed them into his warren, though this was a bit controversial because they were hares, not rabbits. Sadly, on the awful day that the badgers struck, Beetlechaser was amongst the dead, and was greatly mourned by his mate, who was pregnant at the time. When Whirligig was born, she had 3 siblings: Fastrunner, Hawkfighter, and Chanterelle, who, like Whirligig had a more rabbit-y name. Sadly, Hawkfighter was born very weak, and died soon after he was born. Fastrunner died of a disease when she was a few months old, which was horrible for the two brothers. This was made worse by the fact that Whirligig`s dysphoria began a short time before Fastrunner`s death.

Many Months later, Whirligig announced her gender identity to the rabbit public. This was met with transphobic criticism, Though Chanterelle helped her through this. After some time, her life got a lot better and she managed to prove herself loyal to Elderberry in a multitude of ways, such as finding new forage, locating the dens of predators and general Elderberry`s warren jobs. Because she was a hare, she could do jobs that a normal rabbit would struggle to do because of her much greater size, Speed, Strength and lifespan. However, working so much for the warren often separated her from her brother.

However, one awful winter, Chanterelle was attacked by a large cat. Being a member of Elderberry`s warren, he couldn`t fight back, and the guards who watched him get attacked didn`t help him. Eventually the cat got bored with toying with him and left him to die. Chanterelle`s wounds were bad, but not fatal, and horribly scarred him. A big chunk of fur had been torn of his head and neck, and is tail was missing as well. this incident made him hate Elderberry not letting his guards fight the cat, and the young hare grew to believe that his Chief`s ways were wrong, and he should be leader instead. Whirligig and her brother grew more distant, and began to dislike each other. Though no rabbit supported him at the time, especially the old rabbits who remembered the badgers, Chanterelle protested against his chief, and tried to start a mutiny.

One night, During a flood, it was decided that he should be imprisoned and executed. He heard about this in advance, and tried to escape. Chanterelle was nearly out of the warren`s territory, when the guards realised he had escaped and chased after him. While crossing the flooded river, the guards pounced on him and attempted to drag him back on dry land. However, hares are naturally stronger than rabbits, and Chanterelle put up a good fight, and was winning. One of the guards, Myosotis, attempted to restrain him, but he smashes her head against the rock she was on, killing her. This shocked the guards, who managed to overpower him, shoving Chanterelle into the floodwater. Chanterelle tried to swim against the current, but was quickly swept under the river, thus drowning. When the guards came back, they told Whirligig that they had been attacked by a fox and both Chanterelle and Myosotis were killed by it. After a short period of time spent mourning her brother, Whirligig tried to prove herself as the best follower of Chief Elderberry, as the stigma surrounding her now-dead brother was now surrounding her a bit.