Post by DM: Dersite Merchant on May 7, 2010 21:49:23 GMT -5
Full Name: Koda
Nicknames: Kid, The Salmonator
Age: Cub
Height: Average
Weight: Average
Gender: Male
Race: North American Grizzly Bear
Alliance: Good
Home: The woods around the old Inuit tribes
Franchise: Brother Bear
Physical Description: Grizzly bear cub
Weapons: He's got claws
Abilities/Powers: None
Skills: He doesn't like to brag or nothing, but he's "got some [fighting] moves." Koda has also shown some artistic skills, though the ones portrayed in the movie credits may have been a bit... ahem, exaggerated. Koda can also understand and disassemble human-made animal traps. Like any other bear cub, Koda can play, forage, swim, and fish. One of his more unique traits among his fellow bears is his storytelling abilities. In fact, he loves telling stories so much, his stepbrother Kenai has a difficult time getting him to shut up!
Personality: Koda is a sociable, energetic, and talkative grizzly cub who likes making friends with just about everyone in his travels; these traits both irritate Kenai and endear the cub to him at the same time. Koda is a little wary of humans, though given his brother was once one, he's a bit more willing to give the more friendly looking ones a chance.
History: Koda had a relatively normal life most of his childhood. He was raised by his mother, never having known his dad, and grew up playing amongst the bear community. He was widely popular with the other cubs, and his best friend was Bucky whom he got in and out of so much mischief with. But Koda's life was to change forever thanks to one little poorly tied salmon basket. After an Inuit boy named Kenai failed to tie the fish he and his older brothers caught earlier for his coming of age ceremony, Koda and his mom found the fish and couldn't turn down the opportunity handed to them on a silver platter. During his ceremony, Kenai was given the bear totem which meant the Great Spirits wanted him to follow the bath to manhood based on actions of love; a command he did not take seriously. Finding the fish basket broken into didn't do much to improve his mood. After Kenai got in an argument with his second-eldest brother, Danahi, he ran off to find the basket of fish and ran afoul with Koda's mother. The scuffle ultimately resulted in the eldest brother, Sitka making the ultimate sacrifice by breaking the glacier he and Koda's mom are on to prevent her from getting to Kenai and Danahi.
Hurt by the loss of his brother, Kenai took off to find the bear that he claimed responsible for Sitka's death for revenge, and Danahi tried to go after him to stop him. At the end of the chase, Kenai cornered the bear and when it pounced at him, he was able to spear and kill her. Disappointed in Kenai's actions, the Great Spirits--led by Sitka--turned Kenai into a bear to teach him a lesson. After falling down the mountain and down the river to the lowest parts of the woods, a lost and confused Kenai ended up stumbling into a trap where he ended up meeting the young cub he had no idea was the son of the bear he killed. Koda, having been separated from his mother before the killing, was blissfully unaware that his mother was even dead, let alone that the bear he'd just met was the human they met earlier. With his mother "missing," Koda struck a deal with Kenai that if he could break him out of the trap, he'd take him to the annual Salmon Run where his mother would possibly be. Kenai agreed to the deal, doubting Koda could do it, but he was quickly proven otherwise.
On their way to the Salmon Run, the two bears had repeated run-ins with Danahi, who believed the bear killed Kenai and that Kenai was that bear. Eventually, they did make it to the Salmon Run, which was conveniently right next to the mountain "where the lights touch the earth" and Kenai could speak to his brother's spirit about his transformation. It was during story time at the Salmon Run where Koda recalled the events of human Kenai's first encounter with his mother, and sweet little Koda failed to notice how incredibly uncomfortable Kenai had become. It was the following day while they were alone that a heavy-hearted Kenai disclosed the whole truth to the cub: Kenai killed his mother. Hurt and frightened, Koda ran away from Kenai despite the latter's clearly upset attempts to apologize and take everything back. It was eventually the indirect advice from the most unlikely source--a pair of dim-witted moose brothers--that influenced Koda to come to forgive Kenai.
Koda followed Kenai up the mountain, just in time to save him from being killed by Danahi, and their stalling gave Sitka enough time to arrive and award Kenai for his caring nature towards Koda by returning him to his human form. While the three temporarily reunited brothers talked, Koda got to spend one last time with his mother. Having watched Koda and Kenai from above, she then expressed her own forgiveness of her killer and praised her son for his own forgiveness. By the time Koda returned to the three brothers, he was delighted to discover Kenai had decided to return to his bear from to take care of him. As Kenai's new brother, Koda has since been considered something of an honorary member of his old tribe.
Several months later, Koda ends up meeting an old childhood friend of Kenai's from a neighboring tribe named Nina who was given the ability to speak to animals by their local shaman woman so she could find Kenai and, with him, burn the engagement amulet he'd given her as a child so she could marry a human fiancé. During the journey, Koda overheard Kenai and Nina discussing the possibility of him returning to human form. Koda was heartbroken at the thought, but he wanted Kenai to be happy and so asked his mom in the great beyond if she could make that happen. In the end, they were able to burn the amulet, and Nina left to marry her human suitor. Knowing Kenai wanted to be with her, Koda ran off after Nina. Unfortunately, while he was an honorary of Kenai's tribe, Nina's tribemates were less than happy to see a bear cub wandering around their area. In the end, Kenai was able to save Koda, and the latter admitted to what he asked his mother to do when the Great Spirits shined down on them.
Kenai, however, refused to return to human if it meant leaving Koda alone. So Nina, having realized her feelings for Kenai allowed the spirits to, instead, turn her into a bear. Kenai and Nina were married, and Koda got a sister-in-law.
Nina was welcomed into the bear community, and they continued to live together. One day, Koda was running around the mountain where the lights touch the earth, despite Kenai's attempts to keep him close. However, this frolicking quickly ended when he stumbled down a hillside and through an interdimensional rip. This landed him in Portal Park of Dimensional Island. Whether or not Kenai found the rip and risked going through it himself is something I cannot say.
Other: Any dialogue from Koda will only come when he interacts with other animals or with people capable of communicating with animals.
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Nicknames: Kid, The Salmonator
Age: Cub
Height: Average
Weight: Average
Gender: Male
Race: North American Grizzly Bear
Alliance: Good
Home: The woods around the old Inuit tribes
Franchise: Brother Bear
Physical Description: Grizzly bear cub
Weapons: He's got claws
Abilities/Powers: None
Skills: He doesn't like to brag or nothing, but he's "got some [fighting] moves." Koda has also shown some artistic skills, though the ones portrayed in the movie credits may have been a bit... ahem, exaggerated. Koda can also understand and disassemble human-made animal traps. Like any other bear cub, Koda can play, forage, swim, and fish. One of his more unique traits among his fellow bears is his storytelling abilities. In fact, he loves telling stories so much, his stepbrother Kenai has a difficult time getting him to shut up!
Personality: Koda is a sociable, energetic, and talkative grizzly cub who likes making friends with just about everyone in his travels; these traits both irritate Kenai and endear the cub to him at the same time. Koda is a little wary of humans, though given his brother was once one, he's a bit more willing to give the more friendly looking ones a chance.
History: Koda had a relatively normal life most of his childhood. He was raised by his mother, never having known his dad, and grew up playing amongst the bear community. He was widely popular with the other cubs, and his best friend was Bucky whom he got in and out of so much mischief with. But Koda's life was to change forever thanks to one little poorly tied salmon basket. After an Inuit boy named Kenai failed to tie the fish he and his older brothers caught earlier for his coming of age ceremony, Koda and his mom found the fish and couldn't turn down the opportunity handed to them on a silver platter. During his ceremony, Kenai was given the bear totem which meant the Great Spirits wanted him to follow the bath to manhood based on actions of love; a command he did not take seriously. Finding the fish basket broken into didn't do much to improve his mood. After Kenai got in an argument with his second-eldest brother, Danahi, he ran off to find the basket of fish and ran afoul with Koda's mother. The scuffle ultimately resulted in the eldest brother, Sitka making the ultimate sacrifice by breaking the glacier he and Koda's mom are on to prevent her from getting to Kenai and Danahi.
Hurt by the loss of his brother, Kenai took off to find the bear that he claimed responsible for Sitka's death for revenge, and Danahi tried to go after him to stop him. At the end of the chase, Kenai cornered the bear and when it pounced at him, he was able to spear and kill her. Disappointed in Kenai's actions, the Great Spirits--led by Sitka--turned Kenai into a bear to teach him a lesson. After falling down the mountain and down the river to the lowest parts of the woods, a lost and confused Kenai ended up stumbling into a trap where he ended up meeting the young cub he had no idea was the son of the bear he killed. Koda, having been separated from his mother before the killing, was blissfully unaware that his mother was even dead, let alone that the bear he'd just met was the human they met earlier. With his mother "missing," Koda struck a deal with Kenai that if he could break him out of the trap, he'd take him to the annual Salmon Run where his mother would possibly be. Kenai agreed to the deal, doubting Koda could do it, but he was quickly proven otherwise.
On their way to the Salmon Run, the two bears had repeated run-ins with Danahi, who believed the bear killed Kenai and that Kenai was that bear. Eventually, they did make it to the Salmon Run, which was conveniently right next to the mountain "where the lights touch the earth" and Kenai could speak to his brother's spirit about his transformation. It was during story time at the Salmon Run where Koda recalled the events of human Kenai's first encounter with his mother, and sweet little Koda failed to notice how incredibly uncomfortable Kenai had become. It was the following day while they were alone that a heavy-hearted Kenai disclosed the whole truth to the cub: Kenai killed his mother. Hurt and frightened, Koda ran away from Kenai despite the latter's clearly upset attempts to apologize and take everything back. It was eventually the indirect advice from the most unlikely source--a pair of dim-witted moose brothers--that influenced Koda to come to forgive Kenai.
Koda followed Kenai up the mountain, just in time to save him from being killed by Danahi, and their stalling gave Sitka enough time to arrive and award Kenai for his caring nature towards Koda by returning him to his human form. While the three temporarily reunited brothers talked, Koda got to spend one last time with his mother. Having watched Koda and Kenai from above, she then expressed her own forgiveness of her killer and praised her son for his own forgiveness. By the time Koda returned to the three brothers, he was delighted to discover Kenai had decided to return to his bear from to take care of him. As Kenai's new brother, Koda has since been considered something of an honorary member of his old tribe.
Several months later, Koda ends up meeting an old childhood friend of Kenai's from a neighboring tribe named Nina who was given the ability to speak to animals by their local shaman woman so she could find Kenai and, with him, burn the engagement amulet he'd given her as a child so she could marry a human fiancé. During the journey, Koda overheard Kenai and Nina discussing the possibility of him returning to human form. Koda was heartbroken at the thought, but he wanted Kenai to be happy and so asked his mom in the great beyond if she could make that happen. In the end, they were able to burn the amulet, and Nina left to marry her human suitor. Knowing Kenai wanted to be with her, Koda ran off after Nina. Unfortunately, while he was an honorary of Kenai's tribe, Nina's tribemates were less than happy to see a bear cub wandering around their area. In the end, Kenai was able to save Koda, and the latter admitted to what he asked his mother to do when the Great Spirits shined down on them.
Kenai, however, refused to return to human if it meant leaving Koda alone. So Nina, having realized her feelings for Kenai allowed the spirits to, instead, turn her into a bear. Kenai and Nina were married, and Koda got a sister-in-law.
Nina was welcomed into the bear community, and they continued to live together. One day, Koda was running around the mountain where the lights touch the earth, despite Kenai's attempts to keep him close. However, this frolicking quickly ended when he stumbled down a hillside and through an interdimensional rip. This landed him in Portal Park of Dimensional Island. Whether or not Kenai found the rip and risked going through it himself is something I cannot say.
Other: Any dialogue from Koda will only come when he interacts with other animals or with people capable of communicating with animals.
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