<strong>Asuka Searches-the-Sky</strong><br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/5986/34nibfb.jpg)</div><br/>How old are you ?<br/><br/>Born under the waxing crescent moon just over a decade ago, Asuka appears in Homid form to be a nubile teenage girl of perhaps 17.  She knows her birthday only because of the celebrated death of her mother, Kina Crashes-Through-Stone.  She remembers the story well, that her packmates allowed her to bleed out from the internal injuries because of her sin of bearing a metis cub.  Even though she's never said a word about it, it's something she's never quite been able to forgive, even if she usually doesn't blame herself for it.  Usually.<br/><br/>What was your family life like ?<br/><br/>She was raised primarily by the rest of the caern, who taught her the balance between rage and peace, between knowledge and intuition, between human and wolf, between life and death.  Life is not a measure of extremes but of harmony.  If the Wyrm could somehow be made to see that once again, there might yet be peace.<br/><br/>Some, though scant few, of the Garou in the caern took pity on her enough to attempt to teach her.  Though her intellect was forceful as the storm and endless as the sea, the fits of her unbalanced Metis mind required a patience which few were willing to give to such an unnatural creature as she.  Her deed name Searches-the-Sky comes from a particularly bad episode where she disrupted the moot by ignoring her duties and instead simply staring, watching a cloud and twitching strangely.<br/><br/>When did you have your First Change ?<br/><br/>The First Change always comes with torment and agony, and even though Asuka lacked the fortune of being alone when it happened, at least she didn't kill anyone.  It took three other Garou to pin her down, one of whom nearly lost an eye in the process.<br/><br/>Much of her life didn't really make sense to her until that point, when her Crinos form could be abandoned and she could learn to spend some time as a normal human or normal wolf.  Neither form being truly alien to her, however, she had a relatively easy time of learning to shift about until it became second nature to her.<br/><br/>When did you meet your packmates ?<br/><br/>Need to work this out with the others.<br/><br/>Where do you live now ?<br/><br/>Need to work this out with the others.  Is there any plan for communal housing or the like?<br/><br/>Do you continue to live a normal life?<br/><br/>Asuka easily enough understands the philosophical concept of a normal life.  She's walked among normal people, seen how happy they are, and doesn't have much trouble chatting with people who aren't put off by the Curse.  However, her eschewal of most material possessions as is common to Stargazers keeps her from attempting to take a job, and even though sometimes she wants to just give everything up and try to settle down, she fears what horrible reality would do to such a calm and peaceful dream.<br/><br/>What motivates you?<br/><br/>Asuka wants to fit in, even though she knows that's impossible.  She wants to be accepted, but that can never be either.  So she settles for working to prove herself, to become a better and better Garou, to prove her spirit half and do her job as Theurge so admirably that others are forced to recognize her.  Her very nature of being so inherently mixed forces her to be a little bit of everything, even if she can't be fully accepted anywhere, and so she ekes out a place for herself in between.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Stargazer Metis Theurge<br/><br/>Nature and Demeanor both Visionary<br/><br/>Metis Deformity: Fits of Madness<br/><br/>Strength 2 Dexterity 2 Stamina 2 Charisma 3 Manipulation 2 Appearance 4 (Exotic) Perception 4 (Uncanny Instincts) Intelligence 4 (Problem Solver) Wits 3<br/><br/>Alertness 3 Athletics 1 Brawl 1 Empathy 1 Primal-Urge 3<br/><br/>Leadership 1 Melee 1 Performance 1 Stealth 1 Survival 1<br/><br/>Enigmas 3 Investigation 3 Medicine 1 Occult 3 Rituals 3<br/><br/>Ancestors 3 Pure Breed 3 Rites 3 Totem 4<br/><br/>Gifts: Create Element, Spirit Speech, Balance<br/><br/>Rites: Rite of Cleansing, Rite of the Questing Stone, Rite of Talisman Dedication<br/><br/>Rage 4 Gnosis 6 Willpower 7<br/><br/>Metamorph - 7p Merit