Username: Talencia
Name/Meaning: Tarian, meaning "dance" in Malay. (I can change the name if this is a common name in the pride.)
Personality: Tari is joyful and expressive in every way possible, save for words. She can make plenty of sounds, but she does not use words. Overall she stays positive and sunny, though there are times, when alone or with her closest friend, when she will break down her walls and show her sorrow, worry, and pain. This side of her however is not up for public view at all. She is a hard worker and fond of all the young ones she meets.
Bio: Siesha was on her travels to learn of pain, woe, and heartache, when she met Tarian. Lightning storms had ravaged the area, the clouds overhead sparked and snarled. A brilliant glow of flame highlighted the form of a lioness, and a high wailing keen cut through the howl of the wind. The wild dog, drawn by the sound of wordless anguish, went to investigate. She found the lioness, surrounded by flames, perched upon a rock with the lifeless bodies of four cubs.(Please note, there is another song off the same album that suits this scene, and there is more to the story. Should I win her, I want to write it.)
A bond was formed between the two, as wild dog comforted lioness. Though the feline spoke no words, they soon found they shared self-expression through dance. Thus they became inseperable.
RP sample: Twinkle Toes Meets Night Owl Song: Dancing With the Lion by Andreas Vollenweider
Why do you want her?: Well, I was first drawn to her because she is purple, and because I have wanted a musically inclined lion in Nchi for some time, but didn't ever quite have the right candidate for such a role. But then, listening to the very familiar album, I was suddenly inspired to weave her a tale of both woe and friendship, entwined with my wild dog girl who I already had considered bringing to Nchi for her habit of constantly dancing.
Rank wanted: Since there is no plain dancer rank (since she could not speak with words to be a Sheha... nor does she have the knowledge of the pride), she would be Umlindi
Any notes?: Firstly, I have been familiar with this album for years and years. It was not randomly picked because of the name. Secondly, Siesha would be joining with Tari, also in the rank of Umlindi. Thirdly, I think it would be MAD fun to plot out (and write) Tari's life by the songs from the album Dancing with the Lion. Each song would represent a part of her life, past or future, though not in the order of the album.
Also, the song I provided as hers, I envision it as her and Siesha appearing one day during the pride's dawn ceremony, frolicking and dancing in the early golden sunshine, moving together to their own beat of joy. It would be then that they learn of the nature of the pride and choose to stay, having found their rightful place in the world.
Finally, it would make things interesting if she could earn the rank of Sheha without use of words, only using dance to communicate the required historic events... or even to pair with Siesha as her voice. If this seems unlikely, that's fine too.
