Rowden: The Moonlit Jester

General Info

Name: Rowden (Row-den)

Nicknames: Rowdie

Gender: Stag

Orientation: Homosexual

Appearance: The dark brown pelt, kabuki mask, and fan antlers. He has dark red eyes.

Birthday: July 24

Age: Young Adult (somewhere between 17 and 19)

How to remember pictogram: It looks sorta like a backwards 'e'. Also, it is the same as Sulwyn's.

Family: His elder sister, Sulwyn; and his little sister, Aris.

Mate: Has a crush...

Friends: Dannielle, Sulwyn, Aris, Quince, Uno, and Poltergeist.

Color: #6A1515.

Bio: Rowden's life is much the same as his sister's. Life was normal and happy until his stag day, when he and his father went to go for a walk in the forest. They were walking along a moonlit path, just before twilight. Suddenly, a deep growl was heard, and a bear leaped from almost nowhere, tackling his father. The bear clamped down on his neck, and his eyes rolled back into his head as blood dripped from his wounds. Rowden stood in shock, not altogether understanding or accepting what had happened. He was going to attack the bear, when he suddenly noticed a very gaunt little cub cowering behind the bear. The poor cub's skin looked three sizes too big for his wiry, malnutritioned frame. His eyes seemed to bulge out of his head, and his ears looked much too large. Rowden couldn't move or speak. He couldn't fight a bear who was trying to feed her starving baby. Instead, he slowly walked away, tears streaming down his face, sobbing to himself. He kept wondering if his mercy was too great, but knew it was too late anyway. So he returned to the glade where Sulwyn, his mother, and his unborn sister were waiting for the return of the two stags.

When he returned, his mother was sleeping, and he intended not to wake her. Sulwyn, however, was wide awake. He crept up to her, holding back tears and explained what had happened. Then, he bolted away, shouting an apology as his voice cracked from sheer exhaustion.

Now, he resides in the forest, trying to find inner peace. He has recovered from his loss, and only grieves when in the fields of the birch forests. He eventually returned to Aris, whom he raised through adolescence after the Elder-doe Sulwyn entrusted her to passed on. He did find out about his mother's death, and struggles to recover from the hardships of his childhood even today. He made a promise in honor of his parents that he'd keep smiling, through everything he went through, hence his grinning mask. Even when he is upset, he can appear to be smiling.

Recently, his smile has been his mask alone. Underneath his jubilant exterior, his inner-self is conflicted because he is slowly starting to realize he is homosexual. He is currently in a confusion/depression cycle, with long periods of normal emotions inbetween, making him all the more hurt when his thoughts do come to rest on his orientation. *NOTE, I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST HOMOSEXUALS, I TREAT THEM THE SAME AS HETEROSEXUALS. I THOUGHT THAT INTRODUCING HIS ORIENTATION COULD BRING MORE COMPLEXITY TO THE CHARACTER AND ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF HIS TRAITS, INCLUDING HIS DISINCLINATION TO FLIRT OR GET CRUSHES. I DO NOT WISH TO OFFEND ANYONE.*

Favorite time of day: Mid-day.

Favorite time of year: Spring- the bringing of new life.

Favorite weather: Sunny days, and the non-gloomy rainy days.

Favorite food: The bark of the trees and mushrooms.

Favorite place in the forest: The pond and the forest surrounding it.

Favorite place to relax: In the lilac patch near the pond.

Favorite pastime: Helping newly named deer get sets they like, hopping through the forest.

Favorite type of tree in the forest: The medium brown trees found near lilac patches.

Favorite type of flower in the forest: Lilacs. He loves the butterflies and the lilacs.

Personality: A wonderful combination of sensetivity and optimism, Rowden is basically friendly to everyone. He hates fighting, and will rather cower or flee than fight. He has a strong affinity to named stags without sets (i.e., newbies), and is often very helpful to them. He's nearly always grinning, and you're sooner to see an abiogenesis than to see him upset for any reason besides mourning his mother. He is never cruel or spiteful, and always kind to others, even when they are not kind to him.

Fears: Violence, particularly stag-fights, and being made fun of.

Ambitions: To someday better accept his own homosexuality and understand it.

Songs: Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen, Don't Stop Me Now- Queen, Another One Bites the Dust- Queen, Maxwell's Silver Hammer- The Beatles, I am the Walrus- The Beatles, Yellow Submarine- The Beatles, Octopus's Garden- The Beatles.

Gallery:

-Rowden often greets people by running up to them and prancing in circles around them. Don't be offended if he does not bow.
-Rowden LOVES fawns.
-Rowden absolutely adores showing fawns and new deer around.
-Rowden loves to help named stags get their sets.
-Rowden frequently dances, prances, and laughs.
-Rowden is afraid of dark weather.
-Rowden will either cower or run away from a fight.