Respective Animal: Crow
Full Name: Yatagarasu, Midori
Used Name: Midori
Age: Undecided
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Pansexual. Male or female, within the gender binary or not--It doesn't matter to the Crow. He tends to cope around with others regardless.
Personality: Midori is often kind, careful, and very friendly. His charming behavior is what lures people into him and thus he is quite the people-person to be around. He has a strong sense of justice, But there are times though, when he can be cruel -while being all heroic-. And by cruel--Its literally almost a part of one of his traits. He is most often feared if angered--and actually can tolerate some things while there are other things he will simply not allow so easily. He is literally a mixture of good, and bad but he's overall on the side of good to be honest despite his other cruel behavior of depicting a different sense of good and bad yet keeping proper morals. He happens to be devious to his enemies here and there too but over all he is not a dark person--So rest assured he's balanced. 50% good, 50% mischievous. He also bares a lot of wit, and will often be sarcastic, and snide when he has the chance while his smile glows warmly in the sun. The male is very protective and defensive about those he really cares about, and another born trait he held was always being shrouded by mystery. Midori was always the secretive type, talkative and a loving people-person yes--But you could just sense when he avoided things smoothly which he will blatantly yet politely end the topic and change it in order to keep his secretive parts. Since he's a people-person he always had a way with words and thus aged into a suave man. It is unclear weather he truly is benevolent or malevolent, but he claims to be neutral.
Background:
[spoili]When Midori was born, His father was a large white Crow {a very rare color as Crow's are known to be jet black}, and his mother was a
Human. In a way, his family are known amongst the dobutsus as one of the high class family but also infamous. Because Midori's mother was
human--hailing from a family of hunters. They were prudish, and classy people--But very lenient and half the times paid no mind to their status. Forming bonds and keeping them was what they cherished most -some would say surprisingly-. When Midori, their only child was born the parents rejoiced in happiness and named him 'Midori Yatagarasu' a name with a big meaning. For one thing he was well known for his Emerald eyes, Thus 'Midori' which was often a girl's name -but was a unisex name- was his given name. It simply meant 'Green'. Then he took on features of the crow, so 'Yatagarasu' seemed fitting to be his surname (meaning will be given later). Seeing as his Dobutsu-Crow DNA was mixed with his Human DNA--He lived a fairly trickier life. But to put it simply his Dobutsu-DNA was more dominant than his Human DNA.
Growing up Midori was exposed to other dobutsu creatures--Even plain humans once in a while due to his mother and her family having a reputation of being skilled hunters. The reason why he was exposed to humans was because his father had the ability to temporarily hide away his features -but not for very long- and thus they had an easy life within the dobutsu world and the human world. However Midori was a late bloomer of this ability--Since his DNA was in a way unstable--he was fairly vulnerable. A simple sneeze turned him into a crow, Whenever he experienced a powerful emotion as a child (like throwing temper tantrums) he would become partial-crow or a full crow, and etc. It was very hard for his mother to keep up and try to hide his bird-like features and occasional squawking. Even hard to tell what to do if he was sick if Midori's father wasn't around. Does she take him to a human doctor since her son is part Human? Or the vet since he was a crow? It was quite troubling but she nonetheless dealt with it.
As time progressed and Midori got older he learned how to control his unpredictable switch more. When he was 13 his parents began to get curious."Midori, Would you want to be a Dobutsu-Crow? Or a human when you grow up?" They asked. Midori took some time to ponder, and after a month and a half had decided he wanted to be a Crow--He felt more like a Crow than a Human. With this decision, his mother accepted understandably and he left with his father from then on, choosing the life of being a dobutsu. This caused a separation between his parents ; Because if Midori wanted this lifestyle he would have to abandon Human-life. It was frankly hard for a dobutsu to hide among humans anyways and understandable so the parents mutually broke it off and parted ways.
As Midori grew and had gotten much older, learning from other Dobutsu's, observing the other creatures and such there were times when he occasionally went to the 'Human world' to see his mother. He certainly grew up already to be a handsome young man with manners. By seventeen he held a sort of aura of sophistication and high class around him, but some disliked him of course. Perhaps it was because he seemed better than everybody else, or some people were envious. Maybe it was how he sometimes spoke when he didn't mean to be rude, etc. Either way he tolerated it. Midori built up a secret reputation himself when he slept around with many others. Both dobutsu's and Humans -of any gender or reputation-. This act was of course frowned upon, even his father agreed as well. It was fine to have affairs with dobutsu's--But revealing yourself to handfuls of Humans was reckless enough. Midori simply didn't learn his lesson, and in his lifetime fell in love with 2 Humans at different times.
Midori's first lover was actually a male. But they were forced to break it when the relationship was found out by the male's family, and thus he was ordered to annihilate Midori. But in the end, he could not bring himself to do such a thing and he was considered to be the black sheep, before he himself was annihilated instead, by his own blood.
Then came Midori's second chance at love which was almost permanent. She too, was completely Human but this one wasn't related to any hunters of any kind. Midori met her in a library, and it was apparent that the girl always noticed him. He sat at certain areas, secluded himself away from people, etc. He was a young man, who had people of all sorts fawn for him--Yet why did they not go up to him? He was quite repulsive in a way, and this human girl broke everything, and built up the courage to sit with him. But she wasn't direct. Slowly she would sit a distance away from him before gradually becoming closer to him in person. As if Midori accepted her ; and her curiosity. Eventually Midori sat at a table--empty as others whispered about his looks and the girl had nervously taken a seat across from him. It was awkward from her point of view--Was Midori even aware of her existence? With one simple glance, he flicked his green eyes at her and gave her a smile."Hello, I'm Midori Yatagarasu. You're a brave rabbit." from then on they just started bonding.
No one believed it. She was a meek female, but gradually became more social while still being pure and kind to others. Then there was noble Midori. He could have any women Doubts or not, but chose a meek and fragile Human girl. Nonetheless he ignored the opinions of the Dobutsu and revealed to the girl that he was indeed one himself, a Crow. She didn't panic--She loved him the same way. And after a few short years it is believed that Midori had kids with her--two kids. One boy and one girl. In fact, these two kids were twins--But it was never confirmed and often debated on. Midori and his almost-wife had to part ways similar to his parents, and she took the kids with her--Occasionally visiting his kids. However now she's no where to be found--She simply disappeared with them.[/spoili]
Appearance: Midori is quite tall he's 6"0 and holds distinct facial features--often the key to his looks. He has his alluring green eyes, and then that beauty mark located below his lips on the left side of his face. He's often seen wearing dark clothes that are light and seem airy--But half the times, he prefers to be in his partial-dobutsu form. In which he has large Black wings that seem tainted in white looking like white splatters from the bottom. He usually uses his wings as a sort of substitute cloak, it covers his whole body with the exception of his ankles down being revealed or so. His wings appear fragile and limp--when in actuality they aren't, he just makes it limp like a feathered cloak around his being. Sometimes his wings will be edged at the top heavily with feathers that act as a mane too, or he just kinda transforms his neck and shoulder area into a mane of feathers. There are times where he will even turn his hand and arms to take on a more Crow-like appearance, such as having claws and making it toned black with some feathers. If he isn't in this form, he simply wears around a coat with him, which he sewed along the collared part with his own plucked feathers. You will find that if offended or feeling the need to be defensive without violence--His green eyes take on a more crow-like appearance as well. The white part becoming black but his eyes remaining green.
Other:
∴ While 'Midori' means 'Green' or in some translations, 'beautiful bird', his last name 'Yatagarasu' makes up his reputation of being seen as 'nobility' as in folklore and various myths, Yatagarasu is a three legged crow believed to inhabit and represent the sun. In some cultures it is a symbol of rebirth and rejuvenation, as well as a symbol of guidance.