Ema

[Morren and Esca]

Screencap from Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron but sssshhh. Disney cougars are hard to find

Full Name:
Ema

Known Aliases:

Army:
Dawnseekers

Rank:
Scout

Franchise:
Brother Bear

Gender:
Female

Age:
2 years old (sub-adult)

Height:
29 inches/73cm (shoulder to toe), 6'7 feet/182cm (nose to tail)

Weight:
45kg/99 lbs

Physical Description:
Ema has pale beige fur with lighter undertones on her muzzle, belly, chest, legs, and ringing her eyes. Her ears and tail are tipped with dark brown fur and she oddly lacks the distinctive "tear drop" markings of many of her species, making her easily pass for an African lioness (in looks if not in size) rather than a cougar. Her eyes are yellow with hazel irises and she has a dusty pink nose. She has a long scar which runs up the left side of her head, narrowly missing her left eye and ending at the base of her ear.

Personality:
Loner | Sassy | Cynical | Intelligent | Doesn't work well with others

Backstory:
Ema was originally born in the Black Hills of Dakota in a small litter with just herself and her brother. Their mother was an older and experienced cat, teaching them both how to hunt and survive when the time came for them to leave her and venture off on their own and she often remarked how they were likely to be the last cubs she had so she wished to ensure they had the best possible start.

However, before she and her brother were fully grown, their mother's den was discovered and attacked by an adult male cougar when her mother was out hunting. Ema tried to protect her sibling but the male was too large and strong and with one club to the head she was knocked out cold. When she awoke, she was alone, covered in blood and her brother was nowhere in sight. She likely only survived because the male had thought she was dead. She waited in the den for her mother to return or her brother to reveal he had survived too but after days on her own she was finally forced to leave her only home in search of food. She never saw her family again.

Survival was hard on a small cub who still wore her spots but Ema would not die. She lived on through sheer determination and hope that one day she could get her revenge on the male who had ended her happy life. She stole from bears, wolves, and other cougars to scrape by and taught herself through trial and error to catch small prey like hares before finally moving onto deer and other larger meals to satisfy her growing body. Life alone at such a young age with death around every corner hardened the cat into a survivalist, nothing was off limits so long as it got her through another day.

Eventually, she roamed north and settled in a small piece of territory in Canada. Not long after she had settled, she found her home invaded by an army who decided that her home was the perfect place to set up camp. At first, she did her best to avoid them, to hunt and live as she had done until their arrival, but the swelling of their ranks soon made this nearly impossible. Prey was either getting scared off or hunted by the predators of that army and eventually Ema made the decision to start poaching from them to get by. Eventually, she was caught and impressed by how long she had managed to get in and out of their camp undetected, she was given a choice: join or be punished for her transgressions. Ema, ever the survivor, chose the former option.

Known Family:
Mother | Status Unknown
Brother | Status Unknown

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