Given Name: Uru Full Name: Urunakitava Age: 14 Race: Rabbitkin Demihuman Place of Origin: Nakura Republic

Background (Pratea): Located at the center of the Pratea continent, Nakura is one of the many undeveloped nations in the region. While the rest of the world lives in the 21st century, countries in Pratea struggle with the lack of basic infrastructure, sanitation, public services, law enforcement, and humanoid rights. Corruption is rampant, social trust is low, and the strong lord over the weak. Nakura is what most of the world would consider to be a verifiable shithole. The Selka Federation is a neighboring country that faces the same sort of issues, and the two have been at war for over 8 years by the time this story takes place. The conflict is quite a complex affair, involving not just the two countries' militaries but also a number of non-state actors such as militias and separatist groups, often funded by foreign states. It's a very typical example of modern proxy warfare, in a place few people care about, that the international news scarcely covers, between two countries most people wouldn't be able to point to on a map. Although countries in Pratea may sport fancy names such as 'Republic', 'Democratic', or 'Federation', in reality most of them are ruled by dictators who often don't have full control over their own countries. Although the casus belli for this war is nominally the control of lucrative mineral resources, the participating groups each have their own goals and causes. Discrimination, racial and political ideology, religion, or simply long-held grudges, to name a few. However, the character in this story is too young and uneducated to know any of these nuances. From her perspective, the war is about armed groups that want to exterminate her people and steal their lands. Pratea is a continent of beastkin demihumans; humans are native to other countries in different continents, much more developed than any nation in Pratea.

Background: The world this girl was born into was one of struggle, poverty, and, more recently, war. Urunakitava was born to a family of poor subsistence farmers living in an undeveloped country. These circumstances by themselves would already have made Uru's life quite difficult, but things can always get worse in places such as this. Currently, Nakura is in the middle of an armed conflict with no end in sight, and what little social stability and infrastructure existed before has long been destroyed or sacked. In places like Nakura, it's customary for rabbitkin families to sell some of their children so that they can support the rest of the family. Of course, slavery and the ownership of humanoids are illegal, but in the lawlessness of Pratea, it is something that still happens even in the 21st century. Urunakitava has always been a scrawny girl, prone to sickness and unsuited for the farm work that her family practiced. It was decided that she would be the one to be sold, for the benefit of her many brothers and sisters. She remembers that part well. A man came to her house, inspected her body, paid her father, and brought her with him, dragged by her wrist. Considering her age, gender, and the kind of inspection she received, Uru had a pretty good idea of what was going to happen to her at whatever destination she was headed to. But fate had other plans. What followed next is a little less clear in her memories. Urunakitava and her now-owner were walking along the dirt road, well beyond the furthest she'd ever been away from home at that point in her life. The road in front of them had turned to mud because of recent rains, and so the man decided to tread the ground next to the road, where the grass was short, and beeline towards a nearby settlement that she did not know the name of. Then, there was a loud explosion, and Uru found herself on the floor. Confusion, and then pain. More pain that she ever felt before or since. Uru screamed at the top of her lungs, flailing on the ground. She saw her body covered in blood, and the man who had been with her moments earlier was in pieces next to her. From her perspective, she was alone at the side of the dirt road for a very long time, crying and calling for help. She remembers clearly thinking that she was going to die there. Fortunately, the people on the settlement heard the explosion and the screams. There were strangers, many of them. Uru doesn't remember their faces. She was carried away. White walls, a bed, a white ceiling. Many grown-ups had to hold down the rabbit girl so that someone could treat her injuries. When she woke up, Urunakitava found herself in a hospital tent. What happened was that the man dragging Uru away stepped on a landmine, killing him instantly and injuring the girl. As a consequence of that event, Urunakitava suffered a bilateral below-knee amputation, meaning that she no longer has legs below the knee. After being rescued by locals, she was taken to a refugee camp run by foreign entities. Before being taken to the camp, Uru had never seen humans in person, only on TV. But there are a lot of them in the camp, running the place and treating the injured. One of the nurses in the hospital tent explained things to Uru: who she was, where they were, and what had happened to Uru. Uru told the human woman her story, about her family and how she'd been sold. It was decided that Urunakitava would be living in the refugee camp from now on. It has been six months since her arrival at the camp, and Uru is still learning how to deal with her disability. She has already gone through shock, disbelief, rage, and sadness for the loss of her legs. But Uru is a strong girl at heart, and the circumstances of her life don't really afford her the privilege to mope. Life is hard in the camp, and everyone needs to help out. Uru helped out at home with sewing and cooking, and that's what she does in here as well. Her family was huge, but there are even more people to care for in the camp. A skilled pair of hands is very welcome. After getting access to clean water and vaccines at the camp, Urunakitava is no longer sickly, although she remains quite malnourished.

Background (Refugee Camp): A large encampment of dozens of thousands of displaced beastkins due to war, famine, or drought. Although the conflict in Nakura remains largely unknown to the people of the developed world, many foreign NGOs are involved in relief efforts. The camp that Urunakitava was brought to is one of the largest in the country and is administered by the United Nations, with the help of several relief NGOs. The foreigners that provide assistance are mostly just humans, while the camp inhabitants themselves are exclusively beastkins, although of many different races themselves. The food, water, medical supplies, and funding that make the camp possible come from foreign assistance agencies, donations, or the UN directly. Nakura is considered to be a humanoidarian disaster area, and similar camps exist all throughout the country. The situation at this camp in particular is not great, but it isn't the worst, either. The food is rationed, and many are malnourished, but nobody is dying of starvation. Water is aplenty but needs to be carried to the camp. There is medicine but not enough doctors or nurses. A girl like Urunakitava should be receiving physiotherapy and counseling, but there's simply nobody available to individually give her the care she needs. There is a school but not enough teachers for all the kids. And even if there were, most of the kids are like Urunakitava, who has never been to a school before and has no interest in going.

Personality: Rabbitkins are hardly known to be hardy, but Uru was always weak and sickly compared to her many siblings. She helped out at home the best she could, but the girl always knew that there was a good chance that she'd be sold. The practice among rabbitkin families of selling some of their many children is so widespread in places like Nakura that it is common for siblings to tease each other with taunts such as 'you're going to be sold next' or 'I bet I would sell for more than any of you.' Of course, as someone who was actually sold a paltry sum by her own parents, Urunakitava has complicated feelings about being the least-favorite child of several dozen. They apologized to her on the day she was given to that man, and in her heart, she has forgiven them. It's not like her mama wanted her gone; it was simply something they had to do for the family's sake. But even then, Uru has absolutely no desire to go home. Now that she has no legs and needs help with all sorts of things, Uru would no doubt be sold again. Urunakitava is a humble, soft-spoken, and polite girl with a homely personality. Unable to work the fields like her many siblings, she often helped out inside the house with chores and overseeing the younger litters. Caring for others comes naturally for her. Uru has never gone to school in her life. Some of the adults have tried to persuade her to go, but so far the rabbit girl has refused. Naturally, she can't read or write and is only able to count up to twenty.

Relationship with Humans: The rabbit girl noticed something that she thinks is strange in this place. The humans are constantly apologizing to her. One way or another, they always find a way to say 'I'm sorry,' as if they were the ones responsible for what happened to her. As if they weren't the ones taking better care of her than her parents ever did. It puzzles her. The only time she ever heard those words from her parents was on the day she was sold, but her new caretakers say it constantly. Humans, at least the ones Uru is used to seeing inside the camp, are dedicated, hardworking, and with healthy bodies. Some of them are strong, others stout, and some are truly beautiful. And they are all smart, oh so very smart, as if they truly knew all there was to know. Urunakitava knows that her country is dangerous, that there is fighting outside, and that people are being shot and killed for no sensible reason. But, here in this camp, she feels safe. Not because the human workers are so kind and peaceful, but because there are humans soldiers with blue helmets and guns guarding the camp from all sides. So long as they don't leave, the enemy can't get to the people inside.

Disability: Uru is not the only person in the camp with legs missing. Quite a few civilians have been injured by land mines, just like she has. There are a handful of wheelchairs, but the camp's ground always turns to mud after rain, making wheelchairs no good for actually moving around. It has only been a few months since she has lost her legs, but she's already gotten used to most aspects of daily life. Grown-ups, and sometimes older kids, help Uru by carrying her to places where she needs to go. It's embarrassing and she doesn't like being a burden, but there's a small part of the rabbit girl's heart that likes it. Mostly because receiving individual care and attention is a novel feeling for her.

Appearance: White hair, long and straight, reaching as far as her hips. Long sidelocks and straight bangs. Red eyes and long eyelashes. A pair of long, floppy rabbit ears that droop to her sides, long enough to touch her shoulders. Although she's already a teenager, malnutrition has hampered her growth. Uru is petite, fair-skinned, and very skinny, enough so for the shape of her ribs to be visible on her skin. Her breasts are very small, and she has a fluffy, white rabbit tail just above her butt. Uru's legs were amputated below the knee, leaving behind scarred tissue.

Clothes: What Uru wears was once a white dress but has become so discolored and worn with time that it now could only be called rags. Sleeveless with noddle straps, it still covers her body well enough.

Speech: There are no language barriers between humans and humanoids in the camp, but the beastkin inhabitants only use simple language because that's all they know. Urunakitava is neither gifted nor challenged in terms of language, but her vocabulary is obviously lacking, and she knows very little of the world outside her family's subsistence farm and this camp.

About Rabbitkin Names: Rabbitkins have long tribalistic names that actually tell quite a bit about their origin and background. They are composed of: [Given name] + [Litter order] + [Birth order] + [Lineage]

Litter: ka - first ti - second vi - third na - fourth ru - fifth ma - sixth sa - seventh ta - eighth

Birth: i - first-born ri - second ya - third ki - fourth wa - fifth va - sixth pu - seventh sha - eighth

Lineage: nava - straight ears tava - floppy ears karu - red-haired

Urunakitava means 'Uru of the fourth litter, fourth-born of the Tava lineage.' This naming system exists because every rabbitkin family has several dozen children, and it's common for rabbitkins to share the same name, even among siblings.