Name: Naomi Da Silva

Age: 26

Sex: Female

Species: Werepanther (Black Leopard)

Powers:

• Shapeshifting. Naomi can take the sleek form of a black leopard.
  
  
• Cloak in Shadows. In a dark environment Naomi can subtly pull shadows around herself that make her even harder to see. A heightened ability to move in shadows unseen.
  
  
• Supernatural Strength. Stronger than human, even though she is petite.
  
  
• Fast Healing. She can heal small injuries in minutes. More serious injuries that should take months in days.
  
  
• Agility and Grace. She can move quickly with exceptional balance. Her ability to climb and leap is without peer. She's also incredibly quiet on her feet.
  
  
• Cat-like Senses. She can see in the dark, and her sense of smell and hearing are preternatural.

Appearance: Naomi is exotic and striking, with olive skin and long, jet black hair that she lets fall loose down her narrow back. She possesses a small, feminine frame and might look easy to break were it not for the power of her presence and the force of her bearing. She moves with a grace and ease that is uncanny. It’s hard not to notice her when she enters a room.

Her eyes are large and dark, and she has a habit of staring unblinking a bit too long. Her features are soft and young, her cheeks full and unblemished, her lips lush and red--her obvious femininity is a tool she more than happily weilds to her advantage. Sometimes, when she forgets herself, she wears the look of the predator on her face. Other times she appears sweet and innocent. She comes across as very instinctual. Her eyes dart around like a trapped animal when she is nervous, but her smile is spectacular when she's happy and secure. She has a tendency to smirk with her full lips in an ambiguous way that is often interpreted as either "kiss me" or "fuck off."

She dresses in simple and stylish clothing; fitted jeans, dark boots or sandals, and simple blouses make up her most common outfits. She does like to dress up, however, and she looks amazing in a little black dress.

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Personality: At first Naomi might seem cold. She is wary of strangers and takes time to adjust. But she can be quite friendly and sweet once she warms up to you. Naomi can also be quite feisty and inquisitive. She's got something of a sharp tongue, and uses sarcasm and wit to great effect. She's never very reflective about things. She doesn't stop to analyze. She accepts her circumstances without question and reacts, for better for for worse.

There are times when the predator inside of her gets the better of her. She's often driven by instinct--hunger, desire, the need to hunt. She likes to sleep a lot. She's also somewhat innocent, despite her predator nature. She can be too curious at times. If she wants something she goes after it, even to her own detriment. But she's patient and smart and usually comes out on top in most situations.

History: Naomi was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. She is the daughter of Portuguese Jew (father) and a Palestinian (mother) who, like her, carried the werepanther gene. In fact her mother can trace the ancestry back for generations. Like most wereleopards, they did not tend to congregate in groups and were solitary predators in their native lands. When she reached the age of 16 Naomi's instinct drove her to separate from her mother. To escape the stigma of her mixed ancestry she decided to leave the Middle East entirely. She's been traveling from place to place ever since.

Naomi's been all over Europe and North America, and spent some time in India and Southeast Asia. She's not really sure why she wanders. She is looking for something, though she can't say what. She has an instinctual need to find a territory to call her own, but nothing has felt right yet. She stays in a place for a couple years, then moves on. Her mother, to whom she writes from time to time, tells her she must find a mate. But Naomi isn't sure what that means or if she is truly ready. She'd prefer to see more of the world and explore as long as she can. She's come to Belcoast, hoping to find fun and interesting things to do there before (probably) moving on.

Profession: Naomi can speak English, Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew and Arabic. She often finds work as a translator, doing freelance work remotely. The work is surprisingly lucrative--people who can speak and translate Arabic are in high demand around the western world--and it gives her the freedom to go where she wants and see what she sees.

Hobbies: Music, concerts, reading. She likes going out at night, and she's mostly nocturnal. People watching. Sex. She likes to hunt the night scene and pick up interesting people. She likes hanging around with people who fascinate her. She likes to get involved in passionate, intense romances.

Sexual Orientation: bisexual