Gisinaw Naakshig
Description
About-
Name: Gisinaw Naakshig (Meaning is Cold Night)
Nickname: Naak, Sinaw
Commonly called: Ge
Gender: Male
Age: Late 20s (Around 27-28)
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 175 lbs
Nationality: Native American; Ojibwe/Chippewa
Physique: Healthy build, more upper body strength than lower. Lean, broad shoulders
Hair Color: Dark brown
Eye Color: Natural Heterochromia; Dark brown mainly with some flecks of blue
Personality: Patient, Quiet, Serious (with an odd sense of humor), Stubborn, Knowledgeable
Occupation: Fur trader, hunter, and tracker. If paid the right price, he is willing to lead people to specific locations.
Voice: When he does talk, he sounds like this: x
Quirks: He is a voluntary mute and will only speak to those who are closest to him and his tokotas.
He knows Sign language as well Ojibwe, English, and French.
While he is wandering around the lands, he keeps an accurate journal of all his adventures so he can share them with his sisters.
Found on him-
Items: Tomahawk, Several knives, Some empty journals, Pens, Hairties
Clothing: Depends on the season, but he always has a tan undershirt and blue jeans
Background-
Being the eldest of three children, he had a lot of responsiblity put on his shoulders. He helped with his parent's tokotas as well as his grandparents tokotas. He spent a good majority of his time in the dens of his family's tokotas. It was the only place he would find peace from his loud younger sisters. Unfortuately, during one brutal winter, his youngest sister grew sick. His parents left with her and his grandparents moved into to take care of himself and his other sister. His parents were gone for a long time, seeing as his youngest sister was still little more than a infant. Naak grew quiet with worry about what might befall his sister. A year went by before his parents sent word that they would be returning with the snow had melted. His sister and himself were estatic. They worked extra hard to work on the dens and around the house to keep things clean. Although, when they did return, the news wasn't all that exciting. The sickness that had come upon his youngest sister took away her voice. Naak was devastated. He spent more time in the dens, until his grandfather spoke with him. Naak asked why someone so young could become so damaged so quickly, but his grandfather stopped those thoughts. He explained that sometimes the gods have plans and everything happens for a reason. And even though, her voice would always be silent, it did not mean that she was damaged. Naak's grandfather's words helped fuel him to become his sisters guardian.
As Naak grew older, his found himself speaking less and less vocally, but talking through sign. His whole family learned how to speak sign so they could talk with the youngest girl. Naak spoke when his parents and middle sister when they talked with him, but went left alone, he would stay silent. More years passed and his grandparents death came, within their will, they left their home in the mountains to Naak for him to start his own life and his own pack. Naak happily moved away, but make his youngest sister a promise that he would write her often. When he moved to his grandparents house, he slowly began to gather young tokotas and helped those injured that limped near his home.
Naak tends to spend the spring, summer, and early fall seasons being nomadic and wandering the land with his pack. During later fall and winter, he returns home and if the weather grows too back, he returns to his family home within a warmer valley. When he wanders near people, they say that he's a cold, distant man who will never give anyone the time of day. But in reality, he is a kind man who cares deeply for tokotas and for his friends and family.