Stag- well, isn't really a stag. They resemble one in head and antlers, and that's where the comparison stops. Their body leans more towards canine as a whole, with a sloping back, lanky limbs, and a flagging tail. Thick, flattened paws with five long digits end their legs. The fifth, forming a sort of thumb, has a scythe-like claw at the end of each, resembling the talons of a raptor.

Mobility doesn't allow them to manipulate fine things, but they can still grab with their front paws to latch onto the prey they hunt. They eat with a canine's mouth and a carnivore's diet- they can process plants, to an extent, but in the end they will need meat to survive.

Their thick fur is swathes of Dark black. A stripe darker from the rest leads up from their tail to their muzzle, mirrored on the socks up to their elbows, the triangles under their red eyes, and the marking splashed across their chest. Below them, like a shadow, five dark lines stretch from between their shoulders, up their neck, and point to their head.

In the center of these lines rests a pink-red dot. It's mirrored on their forehead and at the tip of their tail, while the insides of their elbows and knees holds a muted version of the color.

The antlers curling from their head and shoulders, twisting like vines, have thorns across the surface, ending in vicious tips. These and the ram horns along their jaw- also thorned- will shed if damaged, and constantly grow throughout their life.

ᴅᴏɴᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏʀʀʏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ
ɪᴛs ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ

watching, waiting
my prey is praying
there's no excaping

The prey has become a predator. Gnarled like their antlers, they are ruthless in hunt, intense and persistent as they slowly encroach upon their target. This doesn't lend well to a social being. Stag respects creatures sharing their intelligence- that doesn't mean they particularly need to spend time with others. They find situations with a high amount of people awkward and cumbersome, as you need to be polite during it all.

Being polite isn't something Stag is good at. They much prefer to be direct and blunt about things, and can miss the point if this isn't given in turn to them. They aren't an emotional being, either; anything said to them passes through their brain before their heart, driving them to appear stoic and cold against information they're told.

Aggression isn't thought of twice if it's necessary to perform. They aren't one to escalate without cause, but they will defend themselves from what they find to be threats, either through words or actions. They'll put their own safety above others if the line is drawn short and are rather selfish in the people they decide to attach to. If they don't like another being? They'll drop them, then and there, and simply walk away.

my blood's pumping
i go on hunting
the hunter, the hunted

take you to the red line
bring you with the thorns
buried deep in your mind

soldier in the war, oh no
you can run but you can't hide