Basic Statistics

Name: Kali (pronounced kah-LEE)

Age: 19

Height: 5’4"

Eye Colour: Icy Blue.

Hair Colour: Naturally black, dyed bubblegum blue bangs.

Hair Style: Straight, shoulder length, split in the middle and kept in two buns on either side of her head.

Skin Colour: Olive.

Feral Representation: Harpy Eagle.

Feather Colour: Pure white, her feathers seem to give off an ice blue tint, rather than the usual grey tones. The tips of her wings are mottled with dark patches of grey and black, giving her the appearance that she has been scuttling through dirt.

Feather Style: Thick over her form.

Tattoos/Distinguishing Features: She’s never seen without two oblong marks made with a special waterproof face-paint, one under each eye in a ‘war paint’ reminiscent kind of way. They change in colour, depending on her clothing choice of the day.

Build: Her short stature is belied by chiselled arms and legs, her stomach and hips are rather defined also.

Speed: She is extremely fast, and can fly great distances at mind-boggling high speeds.

Strength: She equally strong as she is fast; owing to her weights training in the upper-body area. Her talons are made for gripping small animals, and she can catch and hold such a rodent for a long period of time, before shredding it with her claws and beak for a quick meal.

Jewellery: Piercings; One in each earlobe, two in each cartilage, navel, center of her bottom lip. Kali wears an array of jewellery, everything from classic rings and necklaces of diamonds and sapphires, to black leather and sharp spikes.

Outfit/Weapons: Kali has a permanent set of either sunglasses or some sort of eye-wear like goggles on her head, is never seen without her favourite silver crucifix necklace, and also wears various chokers and studded/spiked bracelets. Her clothing is usually an array of army boots, bondage pants or general dark jeans with the bottoms rather ratted, and several different varieties of t-shirts, all short-sleeved and with some sort of design on the front, either abstract or a band name(Favourite bands; Tool, NIN, System of a Down).

Information: Kali has only two forms, her complete human form, and her animal form. There are no in-betweens or furries, as it were.
Kali was born Sara Matheson to two rather high-ranking politicians. In her early years, however, her newly growing animalistic side began to take form. One night, she had completely disappeared. Her parents, believing her to be kidnapped, in turn started to lose hope –there had been no ransom call or note. The police soon put it down to someone kidnapping her to take her in as their own child.
The truth was, Sara had changed in the night, into her feathered form, and the maid, upon entering the girl’s bedroom, shooed the bird out of an open window. And hence Sara was never heard from or seen again. The bird, with such a young mind, was agape at the sight of the world, and soon took refuge in a large protected park. As the child grew in bird-form, she travelled far and wide, never to remember where she had initially come from. Forgetting her parents and previous life entirely.
Soon she moved to Colorado, where the cool climate and forestry suited her perfectly, and soon found herself being drawn to the lights of the cities. Stealing food and eating small wildlife as a rather adventurous Eagle, as the tiny girl, she stole clothes and footwear from various places around, and despite being seen and beaten several times, she still kept at it, and as she grew older, became more experienced at the art of theft. She would sometimes sneak into nearby churches for a reprieve from her own world, and soon she found herself visiting more often, drawn to the spiritual life inside, which soon gave her meaning to her own small existence as she realised there were greater beings out there than the people who stood on her at every chance. As she was generally spat on at every chance by deviants and strangers, she found her Faith the only thing she could really hold to in times of need, the love she knew she received from other sources fulfilling her.
Her spirituality growing, she began to find faith everywhere, and soon began to take care of herself in a rather proper manner, instead of stealing everything just because she could, she would take only what she needed. Watching life of ‘regular’ people closely, she would sneak into clothing stores to filch the latest fashions, so she could at least walk down the streets and not be noticed. Then she started finding her new obsession –taking care of her body. She would enter gyms late at night and work on the heavy equipment. Not knowing how to handle it properly, she pushed herself too hard and fast on most occasions, but was rewarded by a slender, more muscular and toned body.
So, she started to get around more, and after saving money from the things she had stolen and then sold on the streets, she took care of herself rather greatly, dying the bangs of her hair blue, getting pierced, and even enrolled herself in night-classes in an amateur painting course –which she excelled in.
Alone, she had finally sorted out her life, choosing her own name and lifestyle, never letting anyone come too close to realise what she was. She thought of her parents as the cruel type who had pretty much just left her out in the open, never knowing of their true status or nature. She was caught when she was 18, however, stealing from a tall rather intimidating male, Cravencro. Her instincts taking over, she immediately sensed the man’s animality, and frightened, fluttered off into the night, most likely leaving the man rather shocked.
After being tracked down by several of his contacts, she was followed, and after a rather long one-sided talk with Craven, she was convinced –if barely, to come back with him to inspect his clan. She didn’t stay, but visited often, rather curious and shell-shocked that there were others out there like herself, and finally began to reside there with the others.
The rest is history.

Character Copyrights: Kali © Katherine "Kat" Bongard 2005

Reference images:
National Geographic Image
Harpy Feeding
Harpy @ Belize Zoo
Another Harpy