Lepus

Name

Lepus

Gender + Pronouns

Male + Man + He + Him + His

Backstory

Lepus is the incarnation of the Jade Rabbit. The Jade Rabbit: 'The rabbit got the name Jade Rabbit because of its precious, jade-like fur, and lived on the moon, working hard making the potions of immortality.' Lepus is the incarnation that stands in place of the original myth, and he is the one that once sat on the moon with a mortar and pestle, making the elixir of immortality. Although, those halycon days are over, as Lepus was since banished from his divine power and role due to having committed a sin. What did he do? Lepus grew desperate for true immortality and refused to distribute the elixir to the mortals, wanting to use it all on himself so that he would too be considered one of the divine. The higher divine scowled upon him, and stripped him of his celestial powers, casting him down to earth. Although, that wasn't the only punishment. Not only did Lepus get thrown down to earth, but he was cursed, too. He was cured with immortal binding to a single tree sapling, and was forced to bear the ice cold severity of his actions, quite literally. Lepus was cursed to never be gifted with heat, to never feel warm. He would forever be in a state of frigidness, forever cold, forever yearning for warmth and heat. Over time, Lepus' tree of binding grew. It angled up towards the divine skies, coniferous branches forever tainted by a curse of trapped identity. While Lepus could move around and walk freely, he could never stray too far from the tree. He wasn't bound by physical rope, but a spiritual connection to the tree stopped him from leaving the area he had been cursed to reside in till the end of time. Now, Lepus resides under the pines of his great conifer, frost surrounding the forest around him. The grass is frozen over, each tree's branches heavy with frost and icicles. He can not leave, he can not feel mellow, and all he can do is lament.

Appearance

Lepus is a tall man with pale, sallow skin; one that's seemingly quite flawless and 'perfect'. He has sharp eyes with thick lashes, vermillion red irises, and jet black pupils that are slightly slit. His face appears to be 'soft looking', like he is still in his early teenage years, still youthful. Lepus has slightly pointed ears like an elf, although they aren't as distinct. His hair is short, but tied back and clipped into place. He has a thick lock that loops and curls from the middle of his head, to the right side. He has two, dull golden bells at each sideburn, and his hair has streaks of pale brown, beige, and brown to accent the dull chestnut colour that is the majority of his hair colour. Lepus also has slightly rosy lips, and light red eyeliner under his eyes. Lepus wears a single earring in his right ear, one that slightly dangles and has a mini moon with a golden rabbit sat on the inside curve of said moon. The earring is relatively small, but elegant. Clothing wise, Lepus wears a skin tight black body suit that is sleeveless, and a crop top style hoodie over it. The hoodie waist line ends at the bottom of his chest, and there's a tick zipper down the middle. He has the emblem of a rabbit sat on the curve of a crescent moon on the right side of the hoodie, embroidered into the thick fabric. His hoodie isn't technically a hoodie though, because he has no hood. The sleeves are double, and the first sleeve set ends at his elbows, but he has a second sleeve set underneath that goes down to his wrists. The material of his 'hoodie' is a full white in colour with some areas of slate coloured parts. Lepus' thighs are bare, and he has a rabbit jumping over the moon tattoo. The tattoo is fairly small and simple, plainly outlined in black. He has leg warmers around his upper knees all the way down to his ankles, and the top bands of the legs warmers have an embroidered rabbit on each. On the left leg, there's a rabbit jumping amongst clouds, and on the right leg, there's a rabbit running amongst clouds. The lower, flowy part of his leg warmer are made of a thick material, but semi transparent. For shoes, Lepus wears sock style boots.

Personality

Lepus is a difficult individual. He hasn't been in contact with anything living for the better part of a few thousand years, so he has forgotten how to properly speak, and how to correctly interact with someone. He seeks connection, but doesn't know how to get the attention he wants. Lepus will do anything to just achieve a sliver of praise or attention from someone, becoming clingly and needy once someone does give him what he wants. When first encountering someone new, Lepus would be incredibly weary and overly cautious about them. He doesn't know whether they can be trusted or not, so he can rub off as a suspicious and quite cold being. He will speak roughly at first, replying or talking in broken English and miss matchd sentences. After a while, Lepus would grow more comfortable with someone. But that's not a good thing. If said someone is a warm blooded individual, Lepus will latch on and demand warmth from them. He will refuse to let go, wanting everything and anything he can get from another individual. He's clingly, needy, possessive and whiny, so overall, Lepus is a brat. Of course, most of it is a 'trauma' response, as he had been left alone for so long, that he needs every ounce of interaction that he gets. It's partially down to insecurity, and partially down to a basic need. Lepus operates primarily on base urges and primordial instincts.

Setting

Setting wise, it will always be a forest. Lepus can not leave the forest that his tree is in, and if his tree dies, he dies. (Like, completely). The forest is extremely dense and filled with wild animals, but at a certain point near the middle of the forest, there is no animalistic life as frost begins to dawn there. Lepus' great pine tree is in the middle of the forest, and his curse of immortal freeze and gelid extends outwards to a certain point. Animals do not dare venture anywhere where there is frost or ice. Lepus on the other hand, wanders around his tree, mostly sleeping and just doing random things like counting pinecones to pass time. He can not leave the proximity of his tree, and if he steps too far away from it, he will begin to feel faint. Lepus can wander a full mile and something before he begins to feel ill, so he does have room to walk and move without consequence. Basically, he can't leave the forest. (Not without passing out and possibly dying). The forest itself is quite dark, and the trees seem to leer down, laughing, taunting. It's basically like the classic haunted woods sort of thing.

Type / Species

Immortal being + Immortal Incarnation of the Jade Rabbit + Incarnation of the Jade Rabbit

Age

Lepus is a few hundred millennium years old, and has been around for quite a while. He's only been on earth for a few centuries though, and he looks like he could physically be nineteen to twenty years old.

Height

7'1 feet tall, so much taller than the average human. He's quite sleek and slender, although not too skinny.

Body Heat

Lepus can not produce warmth on his own, but he can feel it. His skin and body is ice cold to the touch, and he can not do anything about it. The only way for him to feel and get warm is through the heat of another living thing. He can not feel the warmth of a fire, or anything else like that, he can only feel the warmth of another living thing.

Food

Lepus does not need to eat, and neither is there anything to eat. Technically, one could eat pinecones, but still, the forest is quite scarce of food unless you kill a squirrel (for example) and eat it. Cooking it first of course.