Cyrus Character Profile

"An identity is a malleable thing, my dear. Bearing your true self everywhere won't do if you want to survive. Masks were invented for something other than fashion, as hard to believe as it is."

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Name- Cyrus
Nickname(s)- Cy, Lieutenant Loony
Gender- Male
Species- Cheetah
Age- About 4.5 years old (Roughly 45 in human years)
Rank, Affiliations, etc.- Silver Gladiator (second in command) in the Shadow Empire
Mental Voice Actor (The voice who fits him/her)- A raspy, "Kimblee" Eric Vale

Personality- Cyrus has a very dependent personality- it changes depending on his mood. He is a very intelligent, cunning cat that suffers mainly from being overly cautious of other cats' standings with him. As a general whole, he loves to be the center of attention and hates it when anyone else steals the spotlight. He is flamboyant, haughty, and tends to over exaggerate everything he says. However, he snaps back to his overly happy self- he always offers a sneer like grin and a wheezing laugh for any occasion, no matter how inappropriate. He tends to downplay urgent situations unless in the situation that someone else could be the hero other than him- in which he takes charge. Enjoying his rank, he never lets anyone forget his standing- and because of this tends to be rude to anyone ranked higher than him. Despite seeming loyal, Cyrus is rather selfish and generally cares about no one but himself- despite his dark aspirations to be Shadow Empire's leader. This nonchalant cat hides a very damaged, unstable, and arguably insane persona underneath that occasionally slips out, and it is a persona that he hates and fears.

Backstory- Cyrus was born and raised within the Roman Coliseum. When he was a young cub, he was taken away to be trained as a Bounty Hunter. Much smaller, thinner, and sickly than the rest of the apprentices, he was a betting joke to see how long he lived. After realizing brute force was not his virtue, Cyrus discovered that with swiftness and cunning, most any enemy could be taken down. His unpredictable fighting style caused him to succeed tremendously in battle, and became one of the youngest elite hunters conceived. Through his work he met a female melanistic cheetah named Zapada, and he fell desperately in love with her. However, Cyrus' constant killing was doing something to him- it gave him power over his victims, a power he never had as a sickly cub. Something inside him snapped- when he grew bored with normal cats, he decided to hunt fellow bounty hunters instead. Angry and in fear, the bounty hunters could do nothing but try to fight back together. Horrified, Zapada ran to tell him- only to find a broken and bleeding cat, confused, burned, and unable to recognize her. In desperation, the bounty hunters had trapped Cyrus in a burning forest, attacking him from the shadows until the flames closed in too tight. A tree had collapsed on him, leaving him with burns across his body and a damaged memory that shambled his past but retained some of his bloodlust. Lost, unfocused, and hurt, Cyrus was found by the Shadow Empire's Remus, who took him in as a strong Silver Gladiator.

Quirks?- Having been attacked by a bounty hunter in the past, Cyrus was wounded in the throat and now speaks in a raspy voice. He wears a mask to cover his burns, and is very picky about the way it sits on his face, and how his mane lays over it. He hates to get his paws dirty and will go to desperate measures to keep them dry. The only thing he truly fears besides losing his mind completely is fire. He seems to love sparkles and rainbows, on some level.
Appearances- Empires Before Clans RP,

Current Character Reference- NEEDS UPDATE! [link]

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Holy cheezus, wall of text! Well, my characters are my babies, and I want to do this with most of mine so that they can enter the world properly... Cy is one of my favorites, so it's only natural he'd go first.
Any questions about him? Ask me!