NEW HOPE CHARACTER INFORMATION SHEET

ORIGINATOR OF CHARACTER:  Ree Morehead Pruehs, Terrie Smith, Margaret
Dean; adopted by Cyndy Haywood
NAME:   Mischa
ORIGIN:  Holt of New Hope
HOUSEHOLD: Whistleleaf
RACE:  Elf; half wolf-blood
GENDER:  Male
DECLARED?: n/a
AGE/GEN:  3nd/born NH 0(fall)
HEIGHT:  4'7"
BUILD:  Slender but well-muscled; good shoulders and legs
HAIR:  Gold/brown, lightens to a golden blond in summer; short, wavy, occasionally grows out a pony tail.
EYES:  Ice blue, slanted
SKIN TONE:  Tanned
VOICE:  Tenor; casual speech pattern, that can either deteriorate or grow more formal depending on the circumstances
PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES:  Finely chiseled features; frankly a 'pretty boy'. Sometimes lapses into wolf-blooded body language
PARENTS: Mikail, Shadow-wise
SIBLINGS:   Flint, half-brother by Shadow-wise; Basile, half-sister by Mikail
OTHER RELATIVES: Piet, uncle; Snowflower, Peritha, and Piet's other kids, cousins
CHILDREN:  Son, by Ilayo/Heartjoy, OOR, born NH 52
CURRENT MATE(S): Ilayo/Heartjoy
PREVIOUS MATE(S):  Very open; prefers females, but has had male lovemates
RECOGNIZED?: No
TALENT(S):  Animal bonding, strong sender. Good range, but stronger in sensitivity; also good at muting/shielding his own sendings.
SKILLS:  Scouting, trapping, hunting, dancing (if Mikail is Barishnikov, Mischa is Bob Fosse)
HOBBIES: Swimming, goofing around; art -picks up a new craft every other year or so.
CLOTHING: Shirts, boots (knee or ankle), breeches, vests. Likes to look good, even in his working clothes.  Goes all out for Festivals. Prefers warms colors unless he wants to make a statement - then he goes for the cool colors
JEWELRY: Carved wooden choker set with bits of gems and ivory
WEAPONS:  Spear, bow; knows the basics of using a sword, but prefers knives.  Traps
BONDBEAST:  TBD
CLOSEST FRIENDS: Frodis, Quicksilver, Jublo, Sunhawk
PERSONALITY:
 Cheerful, ebulliant, charismatic, Mischa finds himself at times walking the edge between his elfin and his wolf heritage, and drawn to both.  He loves wild places and physical danger/exertion, and also the 'gentler' life and pursuits of his father's kin. His rivalry with Wolfstorm is a case in point - frankly, they can't stand each other. Another is in his hobbies; he uses art to try to explain the inexplicable (to pureblooded elves) he receives from his wolf instincts and senses.  **In other worse, I hear a lot of what Sharai does: "It's very interesting.  Why don't I understand it?" Everyone's a critic...**

 Very sensual, responding to scent and hearing and touch as well as sight.  Smells his food before eating it. Can eat both cooked and raw meat, but, frankly, prefers cooked.  Has something of a sweet tooth, but prone to sugar highs.  (Good thing elves don't have diabetes!)

 Gets along better with his mother than with his father.  Mischa's dark moods are generally kept within himself, and he's nowhere near as mercurial or restless  as Mikail.  (There is probably some unstated rivalry in the area of dance, too)  He loves his father but doesn't
understand him. There's also some unconscious resentment of being held up as 'Mikail's son' - especially since his father spends nearly more time at Tower Mountain than at New Hope.
 Looks to his mother for understanding and guidance; as the Wolfgang's lorekeeper, Shadow-wise in a way mirrors the attraction Mischa feels to the 'old ways and powers.'

 Ilayo is his first serious mating (having a child will do that to you..). They are not particularly monogamous, but Mischa is quite devoted to her.

 Mischa has the potential to lead, and more importantly, the buried ambition to lead.  He desires both responsibilty and rank, and looks to his mother as a role model.  Everyone now and then he gets the vague itch to be on the  Council; of late, these are growing stronger.  He
attends every Council he can (and isn't above trying to pump others for information when he can't). He doesn't want to get into a potentially messy situation with his family and friends, and is hoping something else will come along...  (NB:  It will.  Thanks, Barb!)

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