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[b]Name:[/b] Re'Chrid Highwheat
[b]Nickname:[/b] Reach
[b]Age:[/b] 28
[b]Gender:[/b] Female
[b]Species:[/b] Grasshopper 

[b]Personality:[/b] She's loyal and brave to her cause, never backing down from something she promises to do. She's a bit humorless, never telling a joke and having jokes told by others often fly right over her tiny head. She shows respect for those who earn it and chastise those who goof off too much, especially in inappropriate situations. She's very caring but usually has an odd way of showing it, rarely going outright in the open with it. If you're an enemy then beware, as she can kill without the hint of emotion. She does what she must do and doesn't regret her actions except on very rare scenarios, in which case it might haunt her.

[b]Appearance:[/b] Imagine [url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Grasshopper_2.JPG]this[/url] as a reference and I'll mention any changes to the image. She stands upright on two long legs that are bent backwards as usual. She's not as fat or as awkward looking, having a more streamlined form. Her hands, found on all four arms, have three fingers and a thumb surrounded by the same shell as the rest of her body. Her upper arms are more mobile then her lower, but they both have impressive range. She has a neck so can swivel her head around as a human could, and her head is bent to face her abdomen rather then straight forward out of the top of her body.

[b]Strengths:[/b] Extremely high level of mobility and skill, jumping, intellect, sword combat
[b]Weaknesses:[/b] Small size makes her relatively weak and fragile to damage

[b]Description:[/b] She's a major in the army of the United Animal Republic, the first grasshopper to attain such a high rank among the combined animal forces. She grew up in Texas in a wheat field (hence why her family named themselves the Highwheats). They were not a particularly numerous or powerful grasshopper colony, just a down to earth, simple minded group who only wanted to survive peacefully. The human empire needed to cultivate this land in order to feed their growing army in the region so they took it by force, killing her family in the attack before they could escape. The humans laughed as the crushed her naive father underfoot who went out to try and reason with them. Reach was only a child and not trained for combat, only having farming equipment to cut the wheat. She grabbed hold of a scythe and literally leapt into action, slashing the throat of two soldiers but not able to get to her father's killer before she was swatted away. She only survived because she fell into the wheat, which cushioned the landing and concealed her from view temporarily. 

She was knocked unconscious, and the next thing she knew she woke up to find herself in a United Animal Republic city in what was once Mexico. Apparently a scouting party of animals came across the horror and stepped in to stop the humans, pushing them back before they could find her amidst the wheat, but only for the duration of their surprise. The battle was looking bleak in the end, and just before it was all over for them a hawk scooped Reach up in his talons and brought her back here. She entered adulthood soon after this event and vowed to spend these years training to become a soldier powerful enough to defeat her enemies despite her small size without relying on the complete luck and surprise she had when killing her first two. She is now able to fight them one on one and has taken part in numerous operations to combat the human empire as it tried to expand downward into her territory. She refused to lose her home a second time. 

With the upcoming Great Meeting she was selected to accompany the hawk representative as one of his personal bodyguard. Due to her owing her life to him, the hawk who saved her life those many years back while he was but a simple young scout, she accepted the offer and vows to do everything in her power to see to his safe meeting and return.