She is very strong willed, when she sets her mind on something, nothing except physical death or injury will stop her from achieving that. Often times described with a “Strong and bitter” personality, she has undoubting determination, even if she’s the last one standing she won’t back down. Though this could also be described as stubbornness, as sometimes she gets so determined to do something a certain way. When people tell her otherwise she’s too stubborn to admit their right and she’s wrong. Avigail is also very enduring, she has been through a lot of pain before - both physical and emotional. She can stand a lot of pain, and in a fight will keep going despite how hurt she might be. This makes her very tough, however perhaps not always the smartest thing to do.

Avigail is very motherly towards those she cares about, She is very protective of her little family, and can be very concerned about them if they get hurt. Avigail has a soft spot for younger felines and cubs. Though she may threaten empire cubs if in battle, even say that she would hurt them. In reality, if anyone set a claw on ANY cub she would protect the cub with her life, hunter or empire. She easily 'adopts' cubs into her motherly nature, and loves to tell them stories, teach them about history and teach them how to become good Hunters. She is almost a totally different person when left alone with cubs.

Where have they been? What have they done? What makes them who they are?

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Warning: Avigail's history involves death, violence, and feelings of hate towards another there are happy things too, and the death isn't described in great detail, but if any of these things bother you, read at your own risk! 
Song is Warrior - By Ledger

This Is The Sound

Avigail was born in Massilia in 51 BC, to Isaiah and Ruth, she had 3 siblings along with her who she remembers vaguely. She doesn't remember her parents well though because as soon as she stopped weaning she was sold to a man who took her out of the city and traveled to Arelate where he sold her to a place that kept rare and exotic animals for viewing by civilians. Sometimes they would use the animals for breeding of requested by certain high officials. 

She was kept in a small cage-like area, with high walls and not a lot of space but enough for what she needed. Most of her early cubhood she spent alone being starred at by passerby's, she eventually made friends with a black coloured Tiger on the other side of the fenced-in wall. He was nice, and would talk to her, telling her about the humans, why they were there, what weird things humans did, made her laugh, and told her fun stories! 

 But as she grew, she also grew... Very bored, very, very bored. 
So, being the young cub she waaaas, she planned an escape. And that she did, she talked to her Tiger friend who decided he would help the adventurous young red cub. He told her how she could escape if she waited for the humans to come in and clean, she could sit in the shadow of the nearby tree, using her dark pelt to hide, then dash outside before the door closed. He would try to make noise and growl and roar to distract them from noticing her, giving her more time to escape. 

Avigail slipped out of her containment when the human came to clean her cage, they usually didn't mind coming in since she never showed signs of being violent towards humans at all. Soon, she found herself in a large complex of buildings, and she wandered the various streets, halls, and buildings alone... And _confused_. She had no idea where she was or how to get out or what she should even do. Soon it was night, she was lost, and hungry. 

She followed the smell of food to butchers home, and sat outside, whenever she sat and waited by the gate at the place she had come from - they would always toss food - so she just assumed it always worked like that, right? 

Instead, she had a pan thrown at her, followed by yelling and angry voices she didn't understand as the butcher came outside. She quickly turns and ran, feeling confused as she looked back to see two men with ropes following behind her. Were they going to take her back? She tried to run but found herself cornered, turning around she hiss as the net was thrown over her. She clawed one of their arm's, and got a good bite on the other one's hand before they had her tied up and dragged away. 
There was a sudden pain on the side of her head followed by specks of darkness that soon became large specks until all she saw was darkness.

The Warrior

This is the sound 
It's the sound of the warrior 
This is the sound 
It's the sound of the warrior

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When she awoke she was in a cage, not unfamiliar but definitely not the nice open area she was used to in the place she had been. They had taken her somewhere new? But where? She looked around and saw many cats of various species, some scared, some worried, some determined, some uncaring, some... Enjoying the darkness of the cage. Huh, odd. 

She was fed, so that made her happy enough, her strength returning to her, as she started to notice some cats would be taken away, and come back with new injuries. Where did they go? What happened? The young clouded leopard for curious so she asked the cheetah in the cage next to hers. 

He explained to her cats were brought here to fight, sometimes to the death, sometimes just until one couldn't stand or to the first blood, for money and entertainment for the humans. She sighed, her heart plunged, this new found 'freedom' she had was turning out to really suck, a lot. Her cheetah friend, who she learned was named Yaccov, told her about these 'Empire cats' who would escape the cages and live in the wild, then they would raid the city and hurt the city cats, humans, steal and help others escape. It sounded futile to her, pointless, why escape living in the wild when one could live comfortably in the city? He also told her of these 'Hunters' who would capture these cats, and help them become city cats if they were tame enough, if not, then they would be put in the cages for their crimes. 

She talked with this cheetah more, he was friendly and kind, funny, and had much wisdom of how to fight in the arena well. She liked him, and enjoyed his company, they made jokes together to keep their spirits up. Keeping the thoughts of fighting at bay in her mind. 

But soon... It was her turn to fight, she tried to remember all the tips Yaccov had given her, as the humans put a collar on her and a muzzle using robes and sticks to lead her out into another hall, that lead up to a large gate - an archway with light and noise of loud number coming from it. Was this the arena?

That question was soon answered for her, she battled with a puma that day - and won - the puma was lying bloodied with an injury to the neck, and quickly rushed out. It all happened so quickly, like a blur, she didn't even remember most of it, she was attacked by him - so she fought back - her paw ached where the puma had bitten her, but otherwise, she was okay, only a few bruises.

This was the first of many battles, soon, Yaccov and Avigail are noticed for their fierceness in battle and nack for learning. They are brought from human owners and trained to be domesticated - which was easy for Avigail since she had been around humans all her life. Yaccov took more time to get used to them, but he too, soon, adjusted. After that, they were put into the Hunter program together as apprentices.

As they trained, patrolled, and when it was all done they went to sleep under the same roof by the same owner. An older man who was quite the grump, he didn't cuddle or pet his cats, he treated them like the killers they were. They behaved, and he fed them, nothing more and nothing less. 

Avigail soon found herself having feelings for this cheetah... But she kept them hidden, her crush a secret hidden deep in her heart. 

Kill a victim

The thief of hearts
You roam like a lion
Lie in the dark
To steal and kill a victim

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Things were great, training was going well, and soon Avigail and Yaccov were promoted to full-fledged Hunters. Being promoted together, Avigail's feelings for the cheetah only grew, she smiled around him more then anyone else. Her heart was light, she was energetic, funny, and loved a good adventure, but most of all, she loved to train. 

Little did she know, she would never get to tell Yaccov her feelings. 

They were on a patrol along Shadow Empire's border, when they met an empire patrol and broke into a fight. It was three against two, and soon Yaccov was being attacked by two cats while Avigail struggled to fight off the large tiger bearing down on her. Scratches covered her shoulders, back, and ankles, most of them not too deep except the one's on her right leg. She looked over at her best friend - her crush - her life, and watched with horror, as his already blood-soaked pelt was suddenly covered in read. 

The cheetah had made a grave mistake, the empire cat was aiming for his shoulder, but he twisted in mid-leap to try and grab the cat's neck, instead, opening his own. As the empire cat's jaws clenched down on the thin neck of the cheeah's, fang sinking deep. Yaccov gasp for air hanging from the cat's jaws, who looked at shock at what he had done. 

Then, the lift left his eye's...
And he hung limp...
He was...
Dead

I Know What You Are

This is the sound of the enemy's feet
This is the sound of me not retreating
I know what you are, and I won't let you fool me

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(Warning: mentions of death and injury) 

Shock was the first thing that hit her, it seemed Yaccov's murder was shocked too, he hadn't meant to do it... But he did, the feline dropped the Hunter's body and starred, stunned. No one moved for a few quiet moments, eye's turned to her. 

Avigail had to admit, this 'freedom' that the Empire cats spoke of was tempting, it sounded good at times, sometimes she would shrug it off reminding herself there were no nice beds and humans to feed you in the wild. But still, freedom was always tempting... Until now. Because it was obvious this 'freedom' was not true, no, it was a web of lies wrapped in deceit made to train and teach felines to be nothing but thieves, criminals, and murders.

Suddenly a paw struck out at her, she had forgotten the tiger that was fighting with her, and the tiger took that moment to strike her face with a mighty paw, flesh ripped over and below her right eye, pain filled her vision as blood dripped down like a fountain. She screamed she roared, her shock turning into pain, which expressed itself as anger... no...
as rage. 

A roar ripped through her throat, a roar filled with pain, so much pain, pain from her face, pain from her heart. Her heart hurt, it hurt so much, she wanted the pain to stop, to go away, but it wouldn't. She turned, her paw slashing down on the cat's shoulder, one of the other empire cats started to retreat, seeing more Hunters coming at the sound of Avigail's scream. 

But she wasn't going to let his killer get away.
She wasn't going to let the murder of Yaccov live.
She ran, ignoring the pain in her face, the pain all across her body from the bloody fight. Leaping and knocking down his killer, the cat looked up at her eyes wide in fear.
"I'm sorry! Please! It was an accident!" Tears filled the empire cat's eyes, sorrow written on their face.

Avigail felt no sympathy, "Sorry...Isn't...Enough..." She panted, blood still dripping from her wound, she heard voices, familiar one's, Hunters chasing off the other empire cats who ran back into the woods. The Empire cat wasn't going down without a fight, they kicked her in the gut, and it was all she needed...

As she sunk her teeth deep into their throat. 

Fade away

Fade away
Like tears in rain
Nothing's forever, lets rise up together and say

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Avigail after that changed, her personality changed drastically, the fun, easy-going feline was no more. She was angry, angry beyond belief, and trained hard every day. She dedicated her life to being a Hunter, she would make sure every Emprie cat paid for what they did to her, to Yaccov.

For many years she wore Yaccov's famed golden wristbands, as a means to remember him, to remember what he died for, and what she would fight for, until the day she dies, she will continue to be a Hunter. She grew bitter, cold, and angry, but some of her old personality was still there. She was fiercely loyal to the select few she let close.

Around cubs she's almost a different person, she smiles more, she loves to teach them and play with them. It seems she always wanted to be a mother from the beginning, but at this time in her life. She couldn't ever see loving someone like that again, not out of fear of losing them, or never getting to chance to tell them how she felt... Before its too late...

That is until she met Judas.

Die Before I Bow

Never give up
Never back down
I will die before I bow
This is the sound
It's the sound of the warrior (woah)

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Avigail eventually met a cat called Judas, (read their first meeting HERE), at first she thought he was a bit too energetic, but he was only an apprentice and newly in the hunter program. But he was polite, and just as eager to wipe out the Empire Cat's, she liked the determination he had, she could relate. Avigail found herself always running into him, it wasn't a sudden thing, like most felines would say. Not a 'love at first sight' at least not for her, she just found herself wanting to....Always be near him.

It was a slow realization for her, not anything like what Yaccov had been. With the golden cheetah, she had fallen for him right away, and the more she got to know Judas, the more she wondered if her feelings for Yaccov had been infatuation and not real love. But she was afraid of those thoughts, to love someone again, it was a risk. What if he died? What if the Empires took Judas away from her too? 

But that fear became less and less, as Judas and her were on a raid on lighting empire together, and took down a large liger together. As she watched him train, watched him be promoted into a full Hunter. He was skilled, and determined. His loyalty didn't falter, and he was one of the best Hunters she had made when it came to skill. She would never say it out loud, but inwardly, she admired him. 

They started to spend many city patrols, raids, and missions together. He didn't seem to mind her grumpiness or sometimes blunt words. He wasn't easily offended and usually bounced back quick, he was polite, and showed her respect, playful and fun to be around. The more she spent time with him, the more she found herself opening up to him, smiling more, and even joining in on his playful comments and teasing. She felt like she could trust him, and not conceal her feelings, and share everything with him, she had never had another cat she felt that way about.

Small brushes of fure, a lick on the cheek here, a flick of tail there, moments of blushing and light flirting. And then one day... On a Chrismas morning....
Judas asked her a question.
And she said yes.
Judas's Proposal HERE
Avigail's reply HERE

Lights Come On

    

Stealth: 110

Intelligence: 120

Strength: 380

Defense: 167

Speed: 70

Stamina: 75