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Pine Jaden n'Ardak, often just called Pine, is a 34-year old Feles, currently living in Lennox. He is a builder, gardener, bartender and an active citizen of Lennox's capital, Dragoonios. He also has dual citizenship, his other nation being Credia.

Childhood
Pine was born into a middle-class farmer family in Greenstem, to Narrn and Tia n'Ardak, before the Leythe-Akratian War and the banishment of the Feles people. He had only one brother, Leo, which was rare among Feles people, that often had a litter of at least 3 kits. Pine was very scrawny, unlike his brother, who was quite stocky and muscular, but he was good in handiwork and very dexterous. He also showed interest in painting and weaving.

His childhood was quite laid-back and carefree, living in an old, inherited farmhouse, helping his parents with their farm. He was raised a Garfist, even though he never really understood the true meaning of the religion, and mostly thought of it as a bunch of made-up stories.

The banishment of the Feles people
When Pine was around 15, The Akratians attacked the city of Greenstem and threatened to burn it down, claiming that it was in their land. The Feles had to quickly take their belongings and start making their way to whatever place would accept them.

Along with most of the other Feles, Pine and his family started heading far north, to a fairly new nation called Bardonia, which was recruiting new members. However, not even halfway through, while traveling through Serafini (Current High Queendom of Paradise), their wagon was attacked by bandits. They took all their belongings and Tia, Leo and Narrn to be sold as slaves. Pine, though, as he was very skinny, was deemed unworthy to do work and was sadistically tied to the trunk of a tree to be eaten by wolves.

Pine watched as his family was thrown into a cart and the bandits rode off to the horizon. However, the rope they had used seemed old and cheap. Pine began to gnaw on it. Soon enough, the rope ripped apart.

His problems didn't stop there though. He was in a thick forest, in god knows where, with just a bumpy, muddy road as the only sign of civilized life. Seeing that there was pretty much nothing else he could do, he started walking.

Lost
Pine walked. He would walk until he found something.

It was windy, but thankfully not too cold. His poncho protected him from the breeze. He came across a few crossroads and saw signposts. He just couldn't figure out what they said, as they were written in Traveler's Tongue, which Pine had only began learning that year. He had always had a hard time reading, but them being written in a foreign language made it even harder. Even the few names he could figure out were completely alien.

"Certaria." "Duragrad."

Personality
Younger Pine was described as playful, laid-back, carefree and a joke cracker, but after losing everything he ever had during the fall of Certaria he turned more serious and paranoid. He still is quite trustworthy and empathic, and tries to appreciate the small nice things in his life. He is trustworthy and tries to please his friends, loved ones and leaders as much as he can.

He hates
The Hands, especially Viewed, rain, over-talkative and energetic people, Akratia, cod in any form or food, Bardonia and pretty much any big militaristic empire

Appearance
Pine is a tall, slender male Feles with dark brown eyes. He has thick, dark mint fur with a white patches, belly and tailtip. He has a lot of fur especially around his ears and cheeks.

He's usually seen wearing his iconic poncho, that his mother made to him on their final days together. It's worn out and covered in dried stains, but Pine refuses to stop wearing it, as it's one of the few things that remind him of his mother. He often has bandage wrapped around his feet to act as shoes. He also has a little locket, made of the crimson ice from the red spears near Certaria, with the hair of his former pets, Tomboy the wolf and Femboy the fox, inside it.

When traveling, he's always wearing a leather belt, with a bag of coins and a bottle of water on it. On the backside he keeps his trusty emerald blade, The Void's Fang.

The Void's Fang
The Void's Fang is a emerald saber enchanted with Unbreaking III, Knockback II and Sharpness IV. Pine received it after sacrificing a block of emeralds and a music disc to Tenebris. He has never actually used it, except for cutting bamboo and cobwebs, as he usually just flees if attacked.

Trivia

 * Pine is dyslexic.
 * Pine loves warm teas and coffees like Açaí, forest berry tea and cinnamon tea.
 * He dislikes alcohols, especially strong ones. He does enjoy well-made red wine, but only drinks it at special occasions.
 * Pine believes that every god exists, but Lux and Tenebris are the two main deities and other gods are their servants. He also believes that Sen and Lyn of Twin Dragon and Caligo and Solaris of Soleannen are just different interpretations of Lux and Tenebris.
 * Pine's great grandfather was an elf, Leoné n'Ardak. He was a traveling merchant from Aûrlunor Velande, but decided to stay in Greenstem after falling in love with a Feles woman that would later be Pine's great grandmother.
 * This is also where the elven sounding last name n'Ardak comes from.
 * Pine's dog Juno and sheep Pina are both named after characters in the popular anime and manga series, Beastars.
 * He also has a dog named Loona, named after a character in Helluva Boss, and a pig, Pigofer, who was Crazyboy's old pet before he mysteriously vanished.
 * His favorite food is smoked salmon.