Elysian Fields: Ashling - Viewing Profile

Ashling likes to spend most of her time walking around in dog form; other beings make her nervous, and she has always felt more comfortable around other animals than humanoid beings. While walking around in public through a city or village she tries to do as much as possible in dog form; often, if she if accompanying someone or if someone is accompanying her, she will stay close to their feet and even try to hide behind their legs should they stop to say hello to someone. Ashling strives to perfect her morphing ability in order to stay in canine form as long as possible; that's her goal. All the same, Ashling acts like a human in dog form, and like a dog in human form, generally speaking. Ashling will even do most of her grocery shopping as a dog.

One is most likely to meet Ashling in humanoid form within the walls of a home or place she is comfortable in. Ashling is mostly uncertain of herself and her own capabilities – she feels more vulnerable as a human-looking girl, and finds it hard to communicate with strangers – even the newly-hired clerk at a store might make Ashling jittery if she met them as a human. That being said, it takes a while to get Ashling to be comfortable around a person, but when she does, she reveals a nature that might surprise some; she has an innate need to take care of others, but she’s not quite sure how to help. Ashling feels the same thing for strangers she might see in a state of turmoil, but, of course, she is often to uncertain of her own ability to help to approach them and try.

Ashling will never be combatively strong, but she is very fast. She has a quick reaction time in either animal or humanoid form. She is also quite gullible and therefore easy to trick. She’s very curious about everything, which wars with her aversion of strangers. There is nothing Ashling truly fights for or will stand up for, except perhaps those people she cares about or endeavours to help in some way.

• FORM NAME House Mouse.
  
  Type: Small domesticated animal. Rodent.
  Physical Description: A plump little brown mouse with long whiskers and a long tail. Still fairly fast, she weighs about 15g in this form. Ashling is a little paranoid about using this form because a lot of things try to eat her or kill her.
  Distinguishing Features:Scar around the left wrist, white paws.
  
  
• FORM NAME Tamaskan Dog.
  
  Type: Medium domesitcated animal. Canine.
  Physical Description: Lupine in appearance with wolf-like features. Generally these are quite large, athletic dogs; Ashling is more slight and closer to an adolescent-sized Tamaskan. Weight at about 55lbs. Straight bushy tail and thick double coat in wolf grey, which might explain why Ashling has a tendency to feel chilly when in human form.
  Distinguishing Features: Scar around left paw, white ‘socks’ on each paw.
  
  
• FORM NAME Stymphalian.
  
  Type: Avian, medium predator.
  Physical Description:Stymphalian birds are similar to the blue heron in shape but are a mottled brown and white with pink and purple overtones. Ashling herself is more dominantly brown and pink in this form than an average stymphalian. The body is slender with purple tail feathers, and there is a crest of three long feathers that lift from the top of the bird's head whenever it feels threatened. Ashling is still smaller than is normal for this type of creature.
  Distinguishing Features:Damaged feathers on the left wing, white tips on the wings.