Haalima

Name: Haalima

Alias:

Age: 27

Appearance: Haalima is 7 feet tall from the bottoms of her hooves to the tips of her ears. She is covered in orange, white, and black fur, and has the head of a horse with the ears of a tiger. Her neck is long, and her head is that of a horse's, complete with a long black mane that she often braids sections of and wears beads and feathers in. Aside from the long white fur hanging from her elbows down to her wrist, her four-fingered hands with black claws and pawpads, more long fur hanging from below her knees to her ankles, and her hooves, she looks fairly much like a normal woman from the neck down (or, at least, she would aside from all the fur on her torso and limbs). She has a long, thin orange and black tail with long black fringe hanging down from it.
Haalima often wears skirts and cropped tops, usually the more showy the better. She likes glitter, sequins, beads, and things that jingle because that's what she wears to dance in. She figures that if she looks the way she does and there's nothing that can be done about it, she might as well show it off (and be ready to perform at a moment's notice). Most of the time she wears things that have a butterfly theme, as well.
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Personality: Haalima is sweet, and a touch flirty when she needs to be.  She is sensitive about her height and the way that she looks and hates to be stared at, though she doesn't often get mad about it. She doesn't get mad over much of anything, actually, and prefers to try to see the best in situations. Instead she would rather give people a better reason to stare at her, which is why she studies dance.

Gender: Female

History: Haalima is one of those mutants that was born looking the way she does (though the fur did grow in a few weeks after she was born). Her mother died in childbirth, leaving just Haalima's father to raise her. While some might have decided not to keep a child like her, Haalima's father loved his daughter and took good care of her. He did his best to make sure that she wanted for nothing, which included dance lessons once she expressed an interest.
The dance lessons ended up doing her a lot of good. She was always very large, no matter what age she was, which made normal childhood clumsiness even worse for her. Learning to dance allowed her to learn gracefulness and how to move her body without tripping all the time. She found that she really loved to dance and learned all kinds, eventually spending years studying Middle Eastern dance (bellydancing).
Haalima also feels that being able to dance gives her something to show off that's worth it, as opposed to being just a huge woman that looks like a horse mixed with a tiger. She will often perform if the mood suits her, or if people are staring at her just a bit too much and making her uncomfortable. Her biggest dream is to be a famous dancer, despite how she looks.

Powers:
Haalima's mutation is that she looks like a tiger mixed with a Clydesdale horse. The tiger half gives her a set of claws she could use to swipe at someone, and being part Clydesdale does give her a little extra power for dragging things and kicking them (About the same power as you could expect from a bodybuilder, since Clydesdales are very strong workhorses).

Skills:
1) Gracefulness- Because of her extensive study of dancing, Haalima is far more graceful than she should be. She knows how to move fluidly and quickly.

2) Art of Distraction- Because of her looks, as well as the fact that she's studied belly-dancing, Haalima is quite good at distracting others. If they don't start staring because of her appearance, then seeing her dance is likely to get almost anyone to give her a look and keep looking in her direction.