Raksha (WIP)

Name: Raksha
Alias/Nickname: shortstop, spitfire, old eagle-eye
Species: Belgian Malinois
Age: 5 years
Height: 60 cm

Likes:

• vantage points - Raksha will often assume a sentry position atop walls, fallen trees, and similar structures, to scan the surrounding area for prey/potential threats.
  
• knotted ropes - Raksha will hunker down and systematically destroy any rope-made object she can get her jaws around.
  
• squeaky toys - occasionally, one will turn up on the abandoned training grounds or in the old dog park. Raised with a squeaky rubber ball as her reward toy for performing successful tasks, Raksha will covet any squeaky toy she finds, and in fact has a collection of them on one of the sheltered platforms where she likes to sleep.
  
• tussling with her packmates - it's both a bonding ritual and a means to re-establish the hierarchy.
  
• literally anything that flutters - she enjoys pulling the wings off of insects and birds that she catches.
  

Dislikes:

• strangers - Raksha is suspicious and borderline hostile towards anyone she doesn't know, especially when they're on her turf.
  
• rain
  
• ice - how. The FUCK. Do you WALK on it.
  
• Mitch's smug-ass grin
  
• the Cwn Anwn pack - they're freakishly tall, run freakishly fast, and are basically a bunch of cowards who rely on numbers instead of strength.
• being alone - as much as Raksha snaps and growls and generally bickers with others, she's highly pack-oriented and hates isolation.
• Macalla getting rowdy and pestering her to play
  

Strengths:

• courageous
  
• loyal
  
• tenacious - obstacles do not stop this dog; when she has her mind set on something, she does not give up until she gets it.
  
• athletic - Raksha can jump right over a car given an adequate run-up, bring down targets more than three times her own size, and scale six foot fences with ease.
  
• vigilant
  
• ferociously protective
  
• hard-working
  
• resilient
  
• observant
  

Weaknesses:

• headstrong
  
• holds grudges
  
• challenges authority
  
• jealous
  
• quick-tempered
  
• competitive
  
• cynical
• stubborn
• mercurial
  

Fears:

• Sheila - Raksha doesn't care what anyone says. That thing is NOT a bird. It is a manifestation of nightmares and thunderstorms and angry cats. And it is probably invincible.
  
• abandonment
  
• failure
• losing the ones she cares about
• isolation
  

Ambitions:

• catch at least one of the Cwn Anwn
  
• maul that prey-stealing freak Farok
  
• acquire every single squeaky object and hoard them all for herself
• literally fight everyone
  

Personality:

History:
Former police dog
Left in the kennels, along with several other dogs, as part of quarantine protocol, only to be left to die when the facility was evacuated

Skills/Role in community:

Affiliations: Naren, Sadie, The Maesa Unit

Items of note: brown leather collar with 'POLICE K9 Unit' ID tag attached
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