Post by Numa on Jul 29, 2006 1:46:10 GMT -5
General-
Name: Gringo
Name Meaning(if any): A term used by people in Latina America to refer to English and American people, particularly ones who made horrible attempts at speaking Spanish.
Nickname(s): Ringo, Gring, Grin
Alias: Grizzly (since the humans don't know his name, they call him Grizzly because of his size and coloration)
Gender: Male
Age: 6 years, going on 7
Breed: Spanish Mastiff
Appearance-
Height: 35 inches (really big dog here folks)
Weight: 191 lbs
Body Type: Bulky, stocky yet muscularly fit
Pelt color: Mostly a light sandy brown
Markings: Grey "grizzle"-type markings over his back and head, plus lighter marking on his underside
Tail: Long, fluffy and slightly curled
Ears: Floppy and triangular
Eyes: Deep russet brown (nothing wrong with having a natural eye color)
Claws: tannish-white, dull from age
Pawpads: Dark grey
Accessories: Three parallel horizontal scars crossing his face
Personality-
Calm, calculating yet very gentle and soothing, Gringo is the perfect alpha male. His voice is smooth yet deep and rumbling to suggest a hidden harshness a leader needs to keep his subjects in check. His gaze, though normally laid-back and uncaring, seems to hold in it something stronger but no one, not even Gringo himself, can determine what exactly it is. He's just very... charismatic, charming toward females and someone for the males to look up to.
Your perfect role model...
Toward strangers, Gringo is a bit more... suspicious and finicky of their behavior. He always assumes others are up to no good, even if he doesn't let it show on his face. So, when a stranger approaches, he may act a bit more aggressive, his breed being highly territorial. Ringo is no exception, this plus a high pack mentality makes threatening his packmates, territory, friends or family a bad idea. But he generally keeps his composure otherwise, still seeming calm, cool and collected, if rather arrogant by stranger's standards...
He has a habit of being too proud of himself, too sure of himself. It takes a lot to convince him his ideas are wrong and very rarely can it be done. His breed is not only territorial but rather stubborn, unwilling to admit they're wrong. Again, Gringo is no exception and will simply ignore other's who try to change his ideas once they're set. He has a strange respect for females however and takes most of their suggestions to heart. Males... well... not so much. The boys are better off trying to talk to a brick wall. females, on the other hand, say one thing and he's at their feet... seriously. He considers them the brains of the world, while males are the brawn. They command, he obeys. Simple as that. He's not mindless, however. in fact, he's anything but. Though he'll obey many female requests, if one asks him to make her and her mate alphas, he's obviously going to deny them.
It's just a strange fatherly air about him. He knows when you're serious and when you're trying to get away with something... and he's clever enough to think up a fun way of letting you know he's on to you...
Though generally serious all the time and very watchful, Gringo has both an angry side that most don't see and a playful happy side that comes out in his joyous smiles and his romps with the little ones. He's a little on the old side now and hip displysia is catching up with him so he's not as playful as he used to be but he manages. usually, you can find him laying around with that laid-back smirk on his face and that dangerous glint at the back of his deep brown gaze... that glint no one seems to be able to place...
Strengths: sheer size and immense power, calm sociable attitude, strong domineering personality to keep the pack in check, strong self-confidence and determination, impossible courage and a strong sense of duty, almost never intimidated...
Weaknesses: Tends to underestimate most of his opponents, large size tones down his agility and speed, growing more forgetful as his age increases, worsening hip displaysia, tends to leave others in the dark when planning something causing the more bold members to foil his plans...
History-
Gringo, as both his name and breed might suggest, was born in Latin America. Being a dog, he has no idea where exactly but he could find it on a map if he had to. The litter was small, just him and his brother Bruiser born on the streets of some nameless town. from day one, the only feeling he got from humans was hatred. The town was poor, the people starving, so they often caught and attacked dogs and... well... ate them. Brutus was to taken from him in this fashion when he was about a year old. But he neither ran nor attacked the humans that killed his brother, merely watched from the shadows in disgust as they stripped the meat from his bones...
Sometime after that, his mother was to be taken as well though not as food. A puppy mill had been started in this town as a food source and Gringo's mother was a young, large, fertile bitch, perfect for their mill. So, she was captured and used to breed many many puppies for the towns people to eat. Again, Gringo neither ran nor attacked. He just watched from the sidelines, day in and day out...
Waiting...
to this day, he didn't know what he was waiting for exactly but it came to him about two years later, whatever it was. The humans had opened up the door to the mill to toss his mother's body out into the river. Seizing the opportunity, Gringo had attacked them with the aid of others dogs whose parents had been taken into this mill. They stormed the building, the Mastiff at the lead and destroyed every inch of the place, even managing to light it on fire thanks to some hay and a fallen candle.
He and his pack remained wild after that, pouring vengeance out upon the humans by taking their children every now and then. It was to show them what it felt like, to show them how painful it was to find a family member eaten alive by another, more powerful creature. But the United States sent the little village help and an American SWAT Team "liberated" the wild dogs, leaving only Gringo and his mate to flee. They did in fact manage to get away, but his mate Fly was badly wounded and died soon after...
With her last breath, she had told him to seek out her father in America, in the North. Having grown very attached to his mate, Gringo had obeyed her request and come here to find her father. He still hasn't succeeded but instead has found new land to inhabit, protect and care for with a whole new pack of dogs to control. but he has not forgiven his promise to Fly and plans on finding her father some day...
((If someone out their wants to create Fly's father go right ahead. Any breed would do... ))
Name: Gringo
Name Meaning(if any): A term used by people in Latina America to refer to English and American people, particularly ones who made horrible attempts at speaking Spanish.
Nickname(s): Ringo, Gring, Grin
Alias: Grizzly (since the humans don't know his name, they call him Grizzly because of his size and coloration)
Gender: Male
Age: 6 years, going on 7
Breed: Spanish Mastiff
Appearance-
Height: 35 inches (really big dog here folks)
Weight: 191 lbs
Body Type: Bulky, stocky yet muscularly fit
Pelt color: Mostly a light sandy brown
Markings: Grey "grizzle"-type markings over his back and head, plus lighter marking on his underside
Tail: Long, fluffy and slightly curled
Ears: Floppy and triangular
Eyes: Deep russet brown (nothing wrong with having a natural eye color)
Claws: tannish-white, dull from age
Pawpads: Dark grey
Accessories: Three parallel horizontal scars crossing his face
Personality-
Calm, calculating yet very gentle and soothing, Gringo is the perfect alpha male. His voice is smooth yet deep and rumbling to suggest a hidden harshness a leader needs to keep his subjects in check. His gaze, though normally laid-back and uncaring, seems to hold in it something stronger but no one, not even Gringo himself, can determine what exactly it is. He's just very... charismatic, charming toward females and someone for the males to look up to.
Your perfect role model...
Toward strangers, Gringo is a bit more... suspicious and finicky of their behavior. He always assumes others are up to no good, even if he doesn't let it show on his face. So, when a stranger approaches, he may act a bit more aggressive, his breed being highly territorial. Ringo is no exception, this plus a high pack mentality makes threatening his packmates, territory, friends or family a bad idea. But he generally keeps his composure otherwise, still seeming calm, cool and collected, if rather arrogant by stranger's standards...
He has a habit of being too proud of himself, too sure of himself. It takes a lot to convince him his ideas are wrong and very rarely can it be done. His breed is not only territorial but rather stubborn, unwilling to admit they're wrong. Again, Gringo is no exception and will simply ignore other's who try to change his ideas once they're set. He has a strange respect for females however and takes most of their suggestions to heart. Males... well... not so much. The boys are better off trying to talk to a brick wall. females, on the other hand, say one thing and he's at their feet... seriously. He considers them the brains of the world, while males are the brawn. They command, he obeys. Simple as that. He's not mindless, however. in fact, he's anything but. Though he'll obey many female requests, if one asks him to make her and her mate alphas, he's obviously going to deny them.
It's just a strange fatherly air about him. He knows when you're serious and when you're trying to get away with something... and he's clever enough to think up a fun way of letting you know he's on to you...
Though generally serious all the time and very watchful, Gringo has both an angry side that most don't see and a playful happy side that comes out in his joyous smiles and his romps with the little ones. He's a little on the old side now and hip displysia is catching up with him so he's not as playful as he used to be but he manages. usually, you can find him laying around with that laid-back smirk on his face and that dangerous glint at the back of his deep brown gaze... that glint no one seems to be able to place...
Strengths: sheer size and immense power, calm sociable attitude, strong domineering personality to keep the pack in check, strong self-confidence and determination, impossible courage and a strong sense of duty, almost never intimidated...
Weaknesses: Tends to underestimate most of his opponents, large size tones down his agility and speed, growing more forgetful as his age increases, worsening hip displaysia, tends to leave others in the dark when planning something causing the more bold members to foil his plans...
History-
Gringo, as both his name and breed might suggest, was born in Latin America. Being a dog, he has no idea where exactly but he could find it on a map if he had to. The litter was small, just him and his brother Bruiser born on the streets of some nameless town. from day one, the only feeling he got from humans was hatred. The town was poor, the people starving, so they often caught and attacked dogs and... well... ate them. Brutus was to taken from him in this fashion when he was about a year old. But he neither ran nor attacked the humans that killed his brother, merely watched from the shadows in disgust as they stripped the meat from his bones...
Sometime after that, his mother was to be taken as well though not as food. A puppy mill had been started in this town as a food source and Gringo's mother was a young, large, fertile bitch, perfect for their mill. So, she was captured and used to breed many many puppies for the towns people to eat. Again, Gringo neither ran nor attacked. He just watched from the sidelines, day in and day out...
Waiting...
to this day, he didn't know what he was waiting for exactly but it came to him about two years later, whatever it was. The humans had opened up the door to the mill to toss his mother's body out into the river. Seizing the opportunity, Gringo had attacked them with the aid of others dogs whose parents had been taken into this mill. They stormed the building, the Mastiff at the lead and destroyed every inch of the place, even managing to light it on fire thanks to some hay and a fallen candle.
He and his pack remained wild after that, pouring vengeance out upon the humans by taking their children every now and then. It was to show them what it felt like, to show them how painful it was to find a family member eaten alive by another, more powerful creature. But the United States sent the little village help and an American SWAT Team "liberated" the wild dogs, leaving only Gringo and his mate to flee. They did in fact manage to get away, but his mate Fly was badly wounded and died soon after...
With her last breath, she had told him to seek out her father in America, in the North. Having grown very attached to his mate, Gringo had obeyed her request and come here to find her father. He still hasn't succeeded but instead has found new land to inhabit, protect and care for with a whole new pack of dogs to control. but he has not forgiven his promise to Fly and plans on finding her father some day...
((If someone out their wants to create Fly's father go right ahead. Any breed would do... ))