Akande

Akande is a sprite turned werecat, and even though he looks twenty-six to twenty-nine years old, he's at least forty years old, although he's stopped counting. In sprite form, he has ivory skin, dark purple eyes, pointed ears, cat-like features, and his hair is ombre, starting at light orange and turning into yellow. When he's in sprite form, his wings look like bee wings that are tinted blue and a brownish yellow. In werecat form, he's much taller, standing at about six feet tall, muscular, has yellow eyes and a cat tail, looks like a humanoid tabby cat with a white underbelly and muzzle, almost everything is that of a cat except for his hands/front paws, which retain its human/sprite look but with claws and his body is humanoid and he can switch from standing on two legs to four. Akande is usually serious and calm, however, his calm hides a storm. Inside, Akande is scared 24/7 that he's going to hurt someone, especially his daughter, Kayin. He mostly patrols, trains, and tries not to think about his time outside the Awan Forest and his wife, Skai, a human, who he feels guilty for her death. Akande's friends include Ren. His father is Gboyega, a sprite, and his mother is Feyisayo, also a sprite. He has seven younger siblings, all sprite, listed in age order: Mayowa (boy), Akanni (girl), Yejide (girl), Abeni (girl), Bidemi (boy), Enitan (boy), Ige (girl). Born and raised in the Awan Forest, he became a warrior when he was old enough and was asked to be the ambassador to the humans when the alliance proposition came. He was the first born of eight and honestly doesn't care for any of his siblings and never had close relationships with his parents. He met Ren, who was a mentor of a kind, teaching him the ropes of the army. Akande moved up the ranks quickly, becoming a captain. When his wife, Skai, died, he felt guilty for not being there to save her. He returned to the Awan Forest and raised his daughter, Kayin.