Adopted from whiskerwing

Name: Meadowsweet
Species: Hyksi
Sex: Dal
Age: 7 springs
Herd: none
Origin: Loosestrife's Herd
Father: unknown
Mother: Sumac
Other Relations: Dandelion (brother)

Personality: Meadowsweet is exactly as her name implies. She’s sweet and loving, makes friends easily, and is generally likeable. She is also very shy and has a difficult time being honest about her feelings, or saying bad things about others. She avoids confrontation most of the time, but will rally to the defense of the weak, because she understands what it means to be treated unfairly.

Other: Always carries her left hind leg at an awkward angle, always limps.

History: (from designer) Her mother, Sumac, was “annexed” into Loosestrife’s herd while she was with kyfaw. When she gave birth to a dal, she was praised for bringing new blood into the herd. Until it became known that the kyfaw was disfigured, her left hind leg useless and twisted. The rest of the herd began to whisper that Sumac would never be able to bear an unblemished kyfaw, and she took her anger out on Meadowsweet, blaming her for being born unwhole. Most of the dals came to like Meadowsweet, and quietly helped raise her, but bravery is not a desired trait in Loosestrife’s herd, and they were only able to help in ways that would not be noticed. Because of her limp, Meadowsweet would often lag behind the herd when they needed to flee from the Fearaki, and she became widely known as a liability. When her brother was born, she finally found someone that she could love wholeheartedly. When he was driven from the herd, she grew depressed. The next time the herd bolted, she pretended to fall and twist her poor leg, causing her to fall farther and farther behind, and finally get left. She returned to her brother’s side, and has been with him ever since. He protecting her, and she giving him the love he needs.