Captain Rubliss-Tance-Nekklin

THOSE ARE NOT ACTUALLY EYEBROWS, it's just fur going tan with age. Andalite males get tan fur like humans get gray hair. His just happens to LOOK like bushy eyebrows since he doesn't trim it XD Also, I fail at foreshortening.

Does he remind you of Mr. Tumnus from Narnia a bit? Good, that's where I got the inspiration for Rubliss' look. Rubliss is that REALLY COOL OLD DUDE who doesn't treat young arisths(Andalite warrior cadets) like dung stuck to his hooves. He's also quite shrewd when it comes to judging a person's character and motives. He figures out Semeir has a crush on Elfangor in .000001 seconds, teases her a bit and then tells her he won't spread her little secret.

But don't ever piss him off. He might be on the small side, but he can intimidate you into feeling two feet tall. His thoughtspeak voice would be the same voice Peter Cullen uses for Optimus Prime, and you forget how scrawny he is when he goes into Captain Boss Mode. He's not a ship's captain for scrubbing toilets.

This is how Semeir describes him:

And I thought all captains were the same: old, nasty and ready to stomp everyone who crossed their paths.

But Rubliss was different. I could tell he was pretty old, but he wasn't particularly large and didn't look as imposing as the warriors all around. I might have mistaken him for an aristh if it weren't for the way he held his tail. His narrow main eyes were pale green while his stalk eyes shone as dark as grass--a rare mix of genetics giving him eye colors from both parents.


And when she sees him again years later:

{Semeir!} Rubliss cantered towards me, surprised to see me there. {I almost didn't recognize you. You've grown up since I last saw you up close.}

I peered at him. A faint new scar roughened the fur near his right eye. He'd developed tan fur on the very tips of his ears, above his main eyes and on his chin. Males usually clipped the tufts on their ears short. In fact, he was the only Andalite I knew who wore the shaggy-eared style.

Rubliss still looked quite distinguished and attractive despite being old enough to be my grandfather. Not every male Andalite had the luxury of aging so well.

{So have you,} I remarked, which caused his stalk eyes to smile in amusement.

{I've always looked young for my age.}