✨ = CLEAN
No parents
Joined the Hart as a young adult, when she was 2 years and 0.5 months old.
Dynasty
First Commander of the Gloaming Scout
Seekers of the Gloaming Scout: Kohl the Daring, Idanu the Keen, and Sifir the Free
Mother of ?
Mentor of ?
Names for children/apprentices: Atsukh, Shoalane?
The Storyteller
I am the Storyteller. When Ak'sakka lived, I was not yet born. What I know of her has been passed down in the tribe from one generation to the next. She mentored Kisithunzi the Restless closely, and his children have told me most of what we know about her life.
Homecoming
Ak'sakka the Sharp joined the Hart late in life, when she was 4 years old. She served in the First Guard, along with Idanu the Keen, Isati the Rash, and Valhalla the Bold. As the most experienced warrior and the tribe's foremost military strategist, she took charge of the hunt, becoming the First Commander. Her unique combination of wily stealth and bone-crushing strength earned her the title of First Stalker.
Relationships
When the Hart adopted Kisithunzi the Restless, an adolescent misfit who had been chased away from his home, Ak'sakka seemed to see a piece of her younger self in him and immediately took over his care. Unlike the gentle First Keepers Ntsundu and Isati, who raised the three remaining Flame Orphans, Ak'sakka could be cold, distant, and brusque. Though Kisithunzi learned a lot from her, her aggressive ways rubbed off on him and he became self-serving and greedy in his youth, craving the affection he did not receive as a pup.
Character
Early Life: Adventurous
Later Life: Adventurous
Ak'sakka was born with a friendly disposition. She became wise by offering a helping hand to the elders of the tribe that adopted her, quickly learning how to fulfill many tasks. From a young age, the adults recognized her quick wit and mighty jaws, so they apprenticed her to the prime stalker of their pack, a role in which she exhibited excellent teamwork skills.
However, after being cast out from the tribe she had loved, Ak'sakka's personality changed and she grew more abrasive. Even though she dedicated her all to the Hart, she was never able to trust her new tribemates the way she had when she was an adolescent. The mighty warrior had no fears, save for the great, secret fear that she might one day be chased away again, and this time when she would be too old to survive on her own.
Origins
Ak'sakka has spoken little about her origins. When Ak'sakka trained one of Kisithunzi's children in stalking, and the child returned to their father with a tearful tale of how harsh Ak'sakka had been, Kisithunzi told the child that Ak'sakka had been cruelly chased from the tribe of her birth.
Young Ak'sakka was forced to steal in the struggle to survive, and wandered alone for many moons until another tribe adopted her as an adolescent and trained her to become a prime hunter. Thinking she had finally found the place where she belonged, she poured her heart into this new tribe.
But halfway through Ak'sakka's life, her adopted tribe cast her out forever. Ak'sakka never told anyone why.
First Commander of the Gloaming Scout"
Scar: Eyeless [Left]