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APPLICATION

Player Name/Handle: Emmy
Plurk Handle: gravnrose
Preferred pronouns (optional): She/her
Player Status: Current Player
Other characters: Anode, Mackenzie Haynes
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Character Name:
Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Character Journal: heterochrocatic
OU, AU, CRAU, Canon OC, or OC? CRAU - piper90
Canon point: Originally from the end of Season 4, then canon updated to the end of Season 5.
Age: 21
PB: N/A

SETTING BACKGROUND

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is about Adora, the titular She-Ra and hero of the Princess Alliance which seeks to drive the evil Horde and their leader, Hordak, from their home and restore peace to the planet. Etheeria is a magical place full of all kinds of different people and creatures. Catra was Adora's best friend growing up in the Horde, but the sense of betrayal and hurt that she felt when Adora defected to the Rebellion drove her away. They fight each other alongside their allies, both good and evil.


CRAU HISTORY
RP NAME: piper90
Catra had a chance to develop some healthier relationships here with people who weren't Adora and in an environment outside the Horde. These included friendships with Saturday, Setsuna, and Tenten. She slowly, even before her canon update, was able to learn to open herself up and to trust that others weren't necessarily going to hurt her. Further, during her time at P90 she confronted the Jorgmund corporation directly and was punished for it in various ways, including being tortured by the subdermal 'collar' meant to help induce compliance in employees.


PERSONALITY

• Callous - Catra acts with a casual disregard for others feelings on multiple occasions, even mocking Glimmer, Adora, and others for caring about others or attempting to stop the Horde. She has an open disregard for the effect her actions as a Force Captain and member of the Horde have on innocent people caught in the crossfire. This extends to other members of the Horde. When Kyle, Rogellio, and Lonnie are trapped by a dangerous weather phenomenon, Catra derides their predicament and orders them to simply get done with their job even if it means placing one or more of them in great physical danger. This is, in part, an affectation. She deflects concern about others in order to shield herself, as she has a deep fear of abandonment. This is in part to her history of abuse within the Horde, where she learned that no one (except Adora, at the time) would protect her or care about her.


• Loyal - This seems a bit counter-intuitive considering the way in which Catra aggressively pushes others away and the way in which she shows a casual disregard for her allies like Hordak and Entrapta, but Catra is loyal, maybe to a fault. It's just that the person she was most loyal to abandoned her, at least as she sees it (or saw it). Catra is ultimately, not someone who wants to be a leader--in her perfect reality during the portal incident at the end of S2, she is not a Force Captain or in control of the Horde--instead she is back to being Adora's friend and sidekick. She would rather support someone she cares for than be the one in command.


• Defensive/deflective - Catra seeks to defend herself emotionally and psychologically from further pain and abandonment by keeping others at arms reach as well as by blaming others for things that are, ultimately her fault. Adora leaving the Horde, and by extension Catra, seems to have served as a catalyst for this behavior as prior to Adora leaving, Catra is prickly and moody but doesn't seem inclined to necessarily distance herself from others. She has desperately sought approval from Shadow Weaver (despite hating her) and when Shadow Weaver seems to give it, Catra warms up, even retrieving the material Shadow Weaver will need to escape from the Horde, only to be betrayed again. It's at this point that she really starts pushing. She refuses to get closer to Scorpia, treating her friend horribly in order to keep her from being close enough to hurt Catra despite coming to rely on her presence to keep herself on an even keel. At the same time, she desperately wants/needs Scorpia (and others) to support and validate her ("Everything's not okay. If it were okay, Scorpia would be here!"). She lashes out against others for what she perceives as attacks on her and ends up becoming obsessed with beating Adora to the point that she nearly destroys the world just so she can "win." She also shifts the blame for her actions that hurt others onto Adora, making it somehow Adora's fault that Catra is doing bad things (likely due to seeing this in action with Shadow Weaver and Adora, where even when Adora was at fault, Catra would be punished if not outright blamed for the mistake or action involved).
  
  This is something she's been striving to improve, both because of what happened to her in P90 and as a result of her canon update. While she can still deflect or reassign blame for her actions onto others, it is not nearly so common for her. While she struggles sometimes to take responsibility for what she's done and the ways she's hurt people, it's slowly coming to her much easier as she works towards making amends to those she cars about.


• Kind of a slacker - Catra is shown to not really like doing work. She is not a punctual or attentive trainee early in Season One, and even when she becomes a Force Captain she tends to delegate things like paperwork and other boring/dreary tasks to underlings like Scorpia instead of taking them on herself.
  Wants to be loved/Lonely - Catra is ultimately a super lonely young woman. She grew up in a place that hurt her constantly simply for existing. In flashbcks, we see that Shadow Weaver essentially tortures her for the crime of existing in the same space as Adora. For most of her life, the only person she felt really safe around was Adora, who had made a promise with her that would always be there for each other when they were children. While Shadow Weaver heaped abuse on her, Catra feared her while simultaneously desperately wanting some of the maternal affection that the woman seemed to pour onto Adora. In her 'perfect' version of the world that she saw in the portal, Shadow-Weaver was affectionate and loving. Shadow Weaver even uses this desire to be loved to manipulate Catra into helping her escape the Horde's prison. Catra wants connections with others, even though she fears being hurt by them.

CANON POWERS

Note: this is copied from the She-Ra and the Princesses of Power wiki, here.

Cat Physiology: Due to her physiology, Catra possesses many cat-like traits such as sharp claws, enhanced strength, and agility.

• Enhanced Strength: Catra appears to be stronger than the average Etherian.
• Enhanced Agility: Catra is able to jump, run and climb much better than a typical Etherian like Adora. Her speed is her main advantage. She can also block arrows in flight.
• Enhanced Senses: Catra can see, hear and smell much better than the typical Etherian. As shown when she was able to pick up Entrapta's scent through the ventilation.
• Claws: Catra's fingernails are retractable claws sharp enough to cut into metal.
• Balance: Catra has a great sense of balance, as shown in her battles with Adora.

POWER SELECTION
Canon powers. I do not believe that Catra is powerful enough to require a nerf.

POWER SELECTION

POWER TYPE
Magic Weapon

FREEBIE POWERS
Note: this is copied from the She-Ra and the Princesses of Power wiki, here.

Cat Physiology: Due to her physiology, Catra possesses many cat-like traits such as sharp claws, enhanced strength, and agility.

• Enhanced Strength: Catra appears to be stronger than the average Etherian.
• Enhanced Agility: Catra is able to jump, run and climb much better than a typical Etherian like Adora. Her speed is her main advantage. She can also block arrows in flight.
• Enhanced Senses: Catra can see, hear and smell much better than the typical Etherian. As shown when she was able to pick up Entrapta's scent through the ventilation.
• Claws: Catra's fingernails are retractable claws sharp enough to cut into metal.
• Balance: Catra has a great sense of balance, as shown in her battles with Adora.

POWER SELECTION

GAME POWERS

Magic weapon: Cursed or Blessed Here

Catra will (annoyingly) be gifted with a spear of Elven make, forged in Gondolin for use in the Goblin Wars of the First Age, it's name is inscribed on the haft and blade, though Catra won't know it:

Indeithel, or Heart-Seeker.

It is a Blessed weapon. Like other weapons of Elven make from the First Age, it glows or gleams when it senses the presence of the servants of the Enemy, Morgoth, or his servant, Sauron, and so offers an early warning of their approach in addition to the usual magical weapon effects bestowed upon the user. As part of this power, the Light of the Valinor may be called upon, causing the spear to emit a burst of burning starlight which blinds and disorients any servant of darkness near the wielder.


ABILITIES
ote: this is copied from the She-Ra and the Princesses of Power wiki, here.

Master Strategist: Catra has, time and again, shown to have a brilliant strategic mind; outwitting, outmaneuvering and physiologically exploiting Adora, the Princess Alliance, and even Hordak. In fact, most of the victories won by the Rebellion have been due to the overwhelming power of the Princesses, as opposed to any sort of strategy. When facing off against a stronger opponent, Catra does not meet force with force but rather attacks their weak point..


SAMPLES

Piper 90 Log

ADDITIONAL INFO

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