The Cat...

[RogetThesaurii]

[RogetThesaurii]

Fifi has always been a bit of an oddball in her family and in general. When Fifi was a child, she had imaginary friends, like many children do. As she aged, she kept hers longer than most others, well into her childhood. She suddenly stopped talking about them one day and no one questioned it. But then, as she entered puberty, she started to change and her personality morphed into the hedonist and kleptomaniac she now is.

 

Fifi embraced her family's position, and her own within it, and went wild with her studies, her behavior and her antics. She quickly became the 'scandal-monger' of her family when, at the age of 13 she was found drunk in a brothel, 'studying the various forms of copulation' and sketching what she saw. She soon became a 'regular' drunk and by the time she was fifteen she had been sent to three different 'ladies abbeys' to 'recover from fatigue. Really, it was to hide her and try to steer her towards sobriety.

 

Fifi's last 'imaginary friend' was a tomcat named 'Spider' because he looked like he had cobwebs in his whiskers all the time, like he'd been hanging out in duty places full of old cobwebs. One day, when Fifi was by herself, Spider came up and told her secrets, secrets that drove her 'a little mad'. Her dreams became haunted and her rest was deeply interrupted. In her dreams, she was no longer in control.

Spider and his secrets invited her to explore the World of Dream, where he 'had a few haunts we can see'. Spider's speech was tempting, and Fifi had followed. What she saw was confusing, and too much for a young mind to fathom. In despair at her predicament, Fifi discovered that blackout drinking skipped dreams, and gave her some rest and relief from Spider. Eventually, she seemed to have escaped him, though Fifi told no one, save her closest friends here in Cordoba, that she still hear Spider's whispered secrets, even when no one , or everyone, was around.

 

Now, Fifi's understanding of those secrets was starting to unfold. The mysteries of the spirit world, the magic of faith and the ingested knowledge of other places and planes of existence are finally coming together, encompassed in the spells and raw knowledge of her world and her place within a deity's plans. Fifi has now become a holy warrior and bastion of faith, and power, under the watchful eye of 'Spider' or an incarnation of him...

[RogetThesaurii]

Dogma of the Cat

Cat is a capricious deity, simultaneously male and female, alive and a spirit, in the real world and in the dream. Cat is dedicated to self determination. He will do what he will do. Her affections are surprising and genuine; she does not suffer cruelty but he does like to play with its prey. Servants of the Cat are as varied as cats themselves.

Tenets:

1. Curiosity is natural; investigate anything. But, curiosity kills. Be wary and ready to jump away.
2. While you are not responsible for other kittens, to guide them is honorable. Each one should teach one, to pass on what is known.
3. Suffer no indignity in silence. Tell your story, and loudly.
4. With your enemies, be fierce and show no mercy; with your prey, leave room for play, but control the game.
5. The Dream is Cat's demesne. All cats are welcome, all must defend it when threatened.
6. You are a sovereign. Act like one.