Shere Khan
Apr 23, 2017 13:26:18 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2017 13:26:18 GMT -5
SHERE KHAN would like to become part of the magic!
Who am I? Just a conscience!
Who am I? Just a conscience!
Introduce yourself
Hey, howdy, hey! The name's SAGE, and I wished upon a star from my memory. My other imaginary friends include Rapunzel and friends. SHERE KHAN and I are so very eager to join the Worlds of Disney circle of life!
I'm wishing, I'm wishing
Character basics
Character name: Shere Khan
Age: 10 years
Species: Bengal Tiger
Birthplace: the jungle
Movie: Jungle Book [2016]
Custom title: The Burned Beast
Why: Hmm. Good question. He’s a villain, and I know I’ve struggled with them before, but it’s a challenge I think I might succeed at this time... He’s a tiger, and I admit to tearing up a little at his initial appearance on-screen—he was just so beautiful I couldn’t help it. I don’t really identify with him, but I think I could learn to write better villains with Shere Khan’s help.
Who's the fairest of them all?
Character appearance (try to get at least 2 or 3 sentences for each section)
Hair description: Shere Khan has short orange fur with black stripes across his back. His stomach has longer white fur.
Facial description/mood/expressions: Shere Khan wears a scowl, if there are humans around. He has a distate for all creatures, really, but he abhors humans. As a tiger, his face is usually set in what appears to be a neutral expression. His left eye is cloudy and surrounded by scars, as a result of a burn. His vision is also cloudy through this eye.
Clothing style: As a tiger from the jungle, Shere Khan has no need for clothing. (And he'd probably kill you if you tried to put so much as a bow tie around his neck.)
Body build: Strong, long, heavy--standard male Bengal
Any unique traits (optional): Shere Khan has a scar over his left eye, from an encounter years ago with a human and his Red Flower.
Curiouser and curiouser about.
Original character analysis (In your own words and please be thorough)
Personality: The animals of the jungle avoid Shere Khan. As he is one of the top predators in the jungle, it’s understandable. And Shere Khan enjoys the fear and respect that the animals show him. He is a proud tiger, and he respects the Law of the jungle that keeps the animals safe—most noticeably from man. He also tends to exhibit his anger more easily than any other emotion. The only real tenderness he’d ever be likely to display would be towards another who hated man as much as he did.
In addition to being proud, Shere Khan is also ruthless. He is cruel—but only where Man is concerned. He shows false kindness if it will help him get what he wants, or to get a message across. In this way, he is manipulative.
History:
Shere Khan was born to a doting mother. She showered him with affection, letting him roam their lands with no limitations. Shere Khan played with his mother, and was learning to hunt with his father. He adored both of them, and wasn’t afraid to show it. His father warned him of the dangers of the Man-Village, but Shere Khan stayed away like the good cub he was.
One day, his father didn’t return from a hunt.
This put his mother on edge. There was no way her mate would willingly stay away from his family.
It wasn’t long before a group of Man found him and his mother, and she told him to flee. Shere Khan fled into the jungle, but not before a loud shot rang out, with the roar of his mother, calling his name one last time.
Angry and hurt, Shere Khan fled deep into the jungle. He vowed revenge for his parents.
A few years passed, and Shere Khan grew into a strong and powerful tiger. He learned the ways of the Jungle, commanding respect and fear from the other animals. The only ones who had more respect from the animals were the elephants, and even Shere Khan wouldn’t cross them. His mother had taught him that the elephants had made the jungle with their trunks and their tusks.
While Shere Khan was out hunting one night, he found a strange glow coming from a cave. He entered, cautiously, and he found a Man within. Shere Khan attacked the Man, but the Man brought the Red Flower around, catching Shere Khan in the eye. The Man was dead, but Shere Khan was burned. He fled, not bothering to kill the Man-Cub that was with the Man. It would die soon enough, on its own in the Jungle.
More years passed, and Shere Khan kept an eye out for Man and their Cubs, determined to kill any that appeared. He didn’t consider his revenge complete—it never would be. He adapted to the change in his vision from the burns, sleeping high in trees during much of the day, and hunting mostly at night. But he would never forget what Man had done to him, and he would never forgive.
A Water Truce was called after a particularly dry year. Shere Khan returned to the Seeonee, intending to shift his hunting grounds again. It was the only way to keep an eye on different parts of the Jungle. He hadn’t been in the Seeonee since the burning, and it held particularly painful memories for him.
At Peace Rock, Shere Khan picked up a strange scent—it was a Man Cub. The same, in fact, that Shere Khan had believed would perish without its father, the night he was burned. He threatened the Cub, but Akela the wolf reminded him of the Truce, and Shere Khan conceded that he would not attack right then and there, but he reminded Akela in turn that the Truce would end eventually, and then he would come for the Man Cub.
The rains returned, covering Peace Rock and ending the Water Truce. Shere Khan made his way towards the wolves’ hills, determined to fetch the Man Cub away and kill him. However, he could smell immediately that the Man Cub was no longer with the wolves, so he left on a hunt.
He found the Man Cub with Bagheera near the buffalo. Bagheera intercepted Shere Khan’s attack, allowing the Man Cub to escape. But the panther was no match for the tiger, and Shere Khan soon set off in pursuit. He was so focused on the Man Cub that he failed to see the herd of buffalo stampeding towards him, fuelled by fear. The collision was enough for the Man Cub to escape into the ravine, hiding among the buffalo.
Shere Khan returned to the hills and the wolves. Akela coolly told him their quarrel was over, because the Pack no longer harbored him. Shere Khan attacked Akela, sending him over the cliff. He took power through fear, telling the wolves that their hills were now his, until the Man Cub was delivered to him.
The wolves deferred to him, knowing they didn’t have the strength—even as a pack—to kill him. They brought him food, catered to his every whim. The Man Cub had left them, and they wouldn’t have turned the cub over, even if they knew where to find him.
The seasons changed, and Shere Khan made “friends” with the wolf cubs, entertaining them with stories of the Jungle’s creatures. It was the night he told of the cuckoo bird that Raksha, the Man Cub’s mother, drew the cubs away. Shere Khan alluded to her love for the Man Cub as the same as the foolishness of the birds that neglected their own hatchlings in favor of the cuckoo.
The only time he left his perch atop the hills of the wolf pack were at night, when the wolves slept. He only left to keep his claws sharp and his body lean—it wouldn’t do to be out of shape when the Man Cub returned to the hills. But before the Man Cub could return, birds flew overhead, announcing the arrival of Man and the Red Flower into the Jungle.
Shere Khan followed behind the wolves to the river, where they would be safe from the Red Flower. He wasn’t surprised to see that the Man Cub he sought was holding the Red Flower. After taunting the Man Cub, the Man Cub threw away the Red Flower into the water, cueing Shere Khan’s attack.
But the bear Baloo intervened. Shere Khan knocked the bear aside with a single blow, but the wolves attacked next. After batting them away, Shere Khan spotted the Man Cub fleeing towards the burning jungle. He made to follow, but Bagheera got in the way again. It didn’t take Shere Khan long to defeat Bagheera for a second time, and he easily chased down the Man Cub, chasing him up into a tree. Taunts were exchanged from both of them, leading to Shere Khan lunging at the Man Cub.
The Man Cub leapt to one side, onto a vine. The branch broke under Shere Khan’s weight; he turned and tried to latch onto what remained of the branch, but it broke further, thanks to the fig vine that encircled it. Shere Khan fell, twisting around to land on his feet—it was instinctual. He knew the Red Flower would defeat him.
But there was no heat, no pain. Under his feet was a lush green grass. This was not the Jungle...
Ambitions: Kill Man, kill Mowgli, restore his power over the other animals, regain respect,
Strengths & abilities: As a tiger, he has the common strengths of one—claws and teeth. He’s also very strong, and quite dextrous.
Flaws: Proud, bloodthirsty, easily angered,
Likes: Meat, ruling through fear,
Dislikes: Man, fire,
Fears: Fire.
Anything to add?: As I said before--this character will be a challenge for me. I know that I've struggled with villains in the past. But how can I grow as a writer if I don't take challenges and try things I'm not good at?
RP SAMPLE:
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