Chima (CC)

Chima is the leader of Chima's Clowder and mother of Tony. She is light brown, blue-eyed with an almost pointed pattern, sans the markings on the paws.

Personality
Chima is very clever and charming, almost to the point of sociopathy. She has a very weak sense of empathy, and only forms close connections with specific cats. Even then, she makes sure not to trust others fully.

Ultimately, her motives are selfish and driven by her need to feel desired, something that rarely got fulfilled in her kittenhood.

Over time, she developed the skill of manipulation, using methods similar to that of cult leaders and in some cases, dictators, to keep control.

As she prefers not to get her paws dirty, she often sends others to do her work for her.

Backstory
Her and Sweet were born to the Commanders of the Quarry Clowder at the time. The two siblings had a very close bond and loved each other greatly.

However, that changed during their apprenticeship. Both had decided to be hunters and were assigned to the same group of mentors. While Sweet learned quickly and was complimented often, Chima was not. In fact, she struggled to learn how to hunt and only did well in fights.

Mostly, she was scolded and ignored as she watched her sister accomplish what she always dreamed for: recognition and adoration.

While Sweet was rising in the ranks, Chima pushed her away and grew closer to another struggling soul: Vic. The two grew so close that they ended up as mates by the time their apprenticeship was over, and they had Tony together.

Unfortunately, tradgedy struck when Vic took his son out to teach him to hunt (admittedly, too early as he was weeks before apprenticeship) and the two ended up encountering a poisonous snake. Tony wandered too close, not knowing what it was, and Vic leaped to save him, fighting the snake and getting bitten in the process.

The two managed to get back to camp, Chima noticing and following concernedly. When they reached a healer’s den, they told the small family that it was too late. There was no cure for that particular snake’s venom.

As a result, Vic ended up dying, Chima and Tony there for his last moments. This made Chima bitter and disillusioned, causing her to ignore her own son more than she unfortunately, already did.

She ended up leaving the Clowder only a couple of weeks later.

After wandering alone for a while, she found a group of strays. The strays welcomed her, as they thought she was the cat their shaman had said would save them. She used this to her advantage, and this was how she first learned to manipulate others.

Over a disturbingly short period of time, this small group would soon grow to become her Clowder.