Chief Elderberry

Personality:
Elderberry is a strong pacifist. He is also very good at breaking up arguments and when he has made his decision he won’t change his mind and back down. Is is very wise and cautious.

Description:
Chief Elderberry is a light brown rabbit with a grayish brown back and ears and a cream colored underside, muzzle and tail. His ears, paws, and nose are pink. Elderberry used to have two brown eyes but he was blinded by a badger when he was young in one of his eyes, leaving it white and with a scar traveling across it. He has two scars on his muzzle, one on his back, and one of his ears has been torn. He is very old and frail yet his voice travels far.

Pre-Roleplay:
Elderberry was born to Chief Ferret and Dewdrop. He was a strong young rabbit and ready to fight just about anything. While he was still a young rabbit, badgers had arrived at their warren and attacked. Chief Ferret had led a series of attacks against the badgers in hopes of protecting their warren. Elderberry has always begged to go on raids and attacks and he was always looked up to by his peers despite his age. Chief Ferret allowed this, proud of his son and knowing that he would do well and that it would turn him into such a strong young rabbit. So Elderberry joined in several attacks and several were quite successful. One day though, he accompanied his father on a mission to free some of the rabbits that the badgers had kidnapped, the badgers attacked first. They had been taking notes on their battle strategies and they launched a surprise attack not far from their campsite. Chief Ferret tried to defeat the badgers but it was no use. They killed him right in front of Elderberry. This had horrified Elderberry and it had frozen him in shock, which gave the opportunity for one of the badgers to attack him. He was knocked unconscious and some how he survived. His only guess is that they left him assuming he was dead. He managed to limp back to his warren and got there alive only to find a couple of rabbits left and mass destruction across the entire warren. All who had fought the badgers were dead and Elderberry had seen this as proof enough that they should not fight. The next chief was made, Chief Thorn. Since his father had died rather unexpectedly before he could claim an heir to become leader it was warren law that the oldest rabbit be made Chief. He didn’t live long however, and soon enough it was Chief Elderberry’s turn. Before he had been made chief he had contemplated and relieved that scene where his father had died over and over and when he first became chief he ordered that they should never fight again.

Chapter one: The Massacre
Because of his extreme pacifist nature, Elderberry refused to fight a single fox when they came, even when they began to kill and eat, or capture and interrogate rabbits of his warren. This lead to many rabbits dying. When Midnight tried to Start a Mutiny to kill the Foxes, He begin to hate her deeply and was quite pleased at her presumed death.

Chapter two: The Strangers
When Springtail came to fight the foxes, he argued with her, trying to convince her that fighting was not the rabbit`s way. His rabbit`s were extremely loyal to him, so they did not fight, leaving The hare to fight the invading foxes. Springtail developed a deep hate for him for this, and was deeply disgusted by his ways. After springtail was almost killed fighting the foxes off, he and his warren left the destroyed warren and migrated to the warren by the creek.

A few days later, Springtail`s brothers came over to ask about Springtail`s whereabouts. They began to argue, especially when Valerian asked about Midnight. Angry at Elderberry, Valerian tried to wipe the smug look of his face by fighting him. Valerian, being much younger and faster than Elderberry, won the battle and decided to kill him so he could be chief of the warren by the creek, when all of a sudden Huckleberry, a loner, saved the old rabbit`s life by forcing Valerian off him. Arrowhead managed to restrain his black-furred brother, and when it was voted Elderberry should remain chief, he got Sky, Snow and Nightshade to make sure the large, but peaceful arrowhead and angry small Valerian stayed of the Warren by the creek`s Territory. Because Huckleberry saved his life, he let him stay in the warren.

Part two- Chapter Four: The hide
Most rabbits in his warren where unaware of the triumph over the foxes and the destruction of their den, but not all was peaceful bliss by the creek, and there was disagreement and drama under his rule. It was about the new member, Huckleberry. Honeycomb and Fuji had befriended The new member of the warren, but Huckleberry was ready to betray his new best friends for the approval of his old, scarred chief. When Honeycomb and Fuji started to discuss a mutiny, he told Elderberry about his. Elderberry was furious. The traitors of the warren were brought before him, and he was very willing to have them serve the death penalty. Fuji escaped into the bushes, but Honeycomb didn't escape. Honeycomb, who now was probably going to be executed, leapt onto the Chief that she hated, before being dragged off by Huckleberry. He then watched as Whirligig and Honeycomb fought visciouclly, Honeycomb knowing well that if she lost the fight, she would loose her life as well.

Quotes
"'But we have never fought. It`s not the Rabbit`s way. We run and escape. Some of us have tried to fight them before- and you know what happened to them? They're dead now! The only way to keep us safe is to get far away from anything that could harm us'- To Springtail after she called his warren petal-brains"

"'You see? Try to break the balance of nature and death will surely come. We are not meant to fight. There is a reason why we rabbits are fast'- Too Springtail"

"'I know no such thing of such named rabbit and you should know it is quite rude to speak of me like this,’ he retorted. ‘I am Chief rabbit of this warren and you will speak to me with respect. If I say I do not know anything of a topic, you drop it and talk of something else. Also you are to respond to me as Chief Elderberry'- To Valerian and Arrowhead"

"'what do you mean, Chief Midnight?’ Chief Elderberry asked, now angry. ‘That mindless outpaw? She was all but a lowly rabbit. No wonder the foxes killed her,’ he spat. ‘You seriously thought a rabbit like her could be a leader? Ptahh! you are wrong! She was willing to risk my warren to save a pawful or lowly rabbits. She tried to spread mutiny. If she were even alive she would be facing charges so serious it could mean death! How dare you call her a leader!'- To Arrowhead and Valerian about Midnight" "'Where’s your proof? You do know this kind of lie can result in death. Only a disloyal rabbit would lie to their chief'- Questioning Huckleberry about the Traitors in the warren" "'Liars! Betrayal! Treason! For these crimes, the price is death! Guards!'- Trying to get his rabbits to kill Fuji and Honeycomb"

Family:
Father: Chief Ferret

Mother: Dewdrop