Crippled

Crippled ("Sinjal") is a male hellhound and a member of Iacar's pack. He was named Sinjal as an orphan, but prefers the name Crippled. He is a considered a deepblood.

Appearance
Crippled is a scrawny, undersized hellhound with blue-gray fur on his body, and a mane of white hair on his head and the back of his neck. He has tired, pale yellow eyes. The digits on his paws are heavily mutated and elongated, resembling hands. His hind paws are completely amputated, having lost them as a pup in an incident involving giant mutated rabbits. They used to have long digits, just like his front paws. He is extremely frail and sickly due to his weak organs.

Personality
Crippled is a kind, practical hound. Due to his health issues, he is often tired and quiet. He is sympathetic and dedicated, even going as far as dragging himself over to grieving friends to offer support, despite the immense physical difficulty it causes him. Always observant, Crippled is constantly listening to his surroundings, and the first to warn his friends of danger due to his incredible hearing ability.

History
Born in Kraman's pack as Sinjal, his parents died at an unknown point during his childhood, leaving him an orphan. He has no known surviving family. During a famine after The Great War, his and Badjaw's pack merged together for survival. It is during that time he met Nightclaw, Morri, and Name of Iralbe. While the packs were united, the Crippled and the other puppies decided to try to hunt their own prey and help feed their families, so the adults didn't have to hunt so much. This cost Crippled his hind legs as they tracked, and were attacked by, giant mutated rabbits. After this event, his friends began to call him "Crippled" as a nickname instead of Sinjal, because they heard the adults referring to him as crippled. The name stuck, and he prefers it as it was given with love from his closest friends.

During adulthood, Crippled began to fall in love with Nightclaw, saying that she was easy to love and got along with everyone. He thought her smile was the most beautiful he had ever seen. He knew he didn't have a chance with her, as he is a deepblood, but still had feelings for her. When Nightclaw became mates with Iacar, Crippled knew that, logically, that was the most realistic outcome, but was heartbroken nonetheless. When the two packs seperated again, Crippled joined his friends in their own pack, under the leadership if Iacar and Nightclaw.

At an unknown point, as an adult, he voluntarily got himself castrated.

Trivia

 * He has two hearts, neither of which work properly. His other organs are just as much a mess.
 * Though their length would suggest otherwise, Crippled's fingers are actually less nimble than those of the other hounds. He has very weak grip strength, and cannot pinch.
 * Crippled was shown as a puppy with his hind legs intact in an unfinished comic.