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Macavity:

He is Old Deuteronomy’s eldest son. Munkustrap is the second oldest, and Rum Tum Tugger is the youngest. As the oldest, he was training to be the next Jellicle leader.

As he grew older, he found he wanted to use magic as a sort of weapon to defend the tribe. However, Old D insisted magic was only to be used as the Heaviside layer intended; magic was only to be used in defense or for non-harmful means.

He started manipulating and training large and dangerous alley rats to work for him and even communicating in private with stray cats. He also worked to develop his powers in secret, almost burning down the junkyard a couple times.

Feeling isolated and trapped, as he was forbidden from working on his magic, he became irritable and restless. He started fights and began attacking other Jellicles with his magic. Eventually, he was exiled. He only managed to convince Demeter and Bombalurina to come with him.

Outside of Munkustrap, Macavity is the only other cat who knows Old D is on his last life (assuming that cats have nine lives and can only be reborn eight times).

Macavity’s magic isn’t as strong as everyone believes it to be. He can manipulate fire very well, throw his voice, create several apparitions of himself, disguise himself as someone else, control other beings like a puppeteer, conjure and teleport, and seemingly fit where no one should be able to. However, he is extremely smart. Many of his tricks revolve around intelligence and understanding how to use human items (like power cords) to wreak havoc. He also relies mostly on brute strength in a fight, as his powers aren’t great for close combat fights.

Macavity has the ability to change his appearance, just like Mistoffelees. His normal appearance is bright, dusty ginger with darker tabby stripes, but he can change it to be mostly black when he feels like it. Think of it as comparing 1998 to 2016.

He had a brief infatuation with Demeter, but only continued it to keep her and Bomba from leaving him. Jemima is his daughter, but Jemima doesn’t know. Demeter escaped before she was born.

Since Mistoffelees was not born directly into the tribe, Macavity has tried to convince Mistoffelees to join him on several occasions. However, Bustopher Jones protected Mistoffelees and Victoria from him by bringing them to the tribe for protection. Otherwise, Mistoffelees might have actually joined him when he was younger and more naïve. 

Bombalurina:

Her sister is Demeter and her mother is Grizabella. Grizabella abandoned them when they were kittens and unable to defend themselves. 

Rum Tum Tugger was her best friend when they were kittens, but through being his friend, she also grew close to his brother Macaity.

When Macavity left, he recognized how vulnerable and defenseless Bombalurina and Demeter were. He tricked hem into thinking they’d have safety and resources with him. The sisters worked for him for several years after that.

Rumpleteazer and Mungojerrie joined a little bit after the sisters, and were younger than them. Quickly, the two sisters realized the twins had no one else and decided to treat them like younger siblings. 

After Bombalurina realizes Demeter is pregnant, she demands they leave and escapes with Demeter back to the tribe.

When they are accepted back, they quickly try to get Jerrie and Teazer allowed in as well. 

Once back, Bombalurina realizes she has feelings for Tugger. However, Tugger is totally taken with Mistoffelees. Initially, Bomba is jealous, but she gets over it eventually. 

She is fiercely protective of her sister. Their dens are adjacent to each other, and she even moves to a den closer to Demeter when Demeter moves in with Munkustrap.

Bomba is scared of having kittens of her own because she doesn’t want to end up being a bad mother like her mother was to her. That’s partly why she fell for someone irresponsible and unobtainable, because if she was with Tugger she wouldn’t have to worry about having too serious of a relationship. Despite all of her worries, she’s actually great with kittens without even realizing it. 

As much as Tugger likes to think he’s the favorite relative, Jemima secretly loves Bombalurina more.

Her closest friends are Tugger and the crime twins, as well as her family, but she’s also surprisingly close with Jenny, Jelly, and Coricopat. Her friendship with the two older queens comes from Bomablruina being forced to mature faster, but her friendship with Coricopat came as a surprise to everyone. 

Rumpleteazer:

She and Jerrie have the same human home in Victoria grove. They were Christmas presents for the kids in their family, however they were quickly forgotten about. The family still spoils them, but the family doesn’t pay nearly enough attention to them. 

Before they were taken in, they were strays just grabbed off the streets because they looked expensive. Nobody knows if they’re actually purebred, but they act like it anyways. 

Rumpleteazer’s favorite collar is her pearl necklace, which is actually just a bracelet. However, she has many other stolen bracelets she wears. Some of her other’s are a solid gold bracelet, a ruby bracelet, and a diamond bracelet for special occasions. However, she wasn’t given dinner the night she stole that one.

She hides all of her stolen jewelry in a striped pillowcase (also stolen). This is the same pillowcase she and Jerrie use as sacks during the ball. 

Her favorite chaotic activity is parkour, or anything that will get her from point A to point B in the most fun way possible. Her methods of choice are sliding down the banister, swinging from curtains, and using people and pillows as launch pads. 

Mungojerrie is actually a better thief than her, because she cannot keep a poker face or stay quiet during a heist. She often is the distraction to divert attention, causing a mess somewhere else. 

If they ever need to talk their way out of a situation, she does the talking. Mungojerrie always says the wrong thing.

They became wrapped up in Macavity’s nonsense when he saved them from some neighboring Pollicles they had upset. After that, they owed him their lives. They worked as messengers and thieves for a while, often the middle man for many exchanges. 

When Demeter and Bombalurina begged Munkustrap to let the crime duo join the tribe, Munkustrap and Alonzo went out in search of them. All six agreed it would be dangerous to let them in immediately, so they are allowed to stay whenever they want and join the tribe for the ball, but they can’t be permanent members until they officially leave Macavity. They try to help the tribe in return by acting as spies against Macavity, warning the tribe when he’s up to something.

Skimble and Jenny take care of them when they’re in the junkyard. Tugger would also die for them. However, many of the older cats don’t trust them still.

Jerrie and Teazer treat a younger queen Domoria (my oc) as a sort of younger sister to them.

Rumpleteazer has a huge crush on Victoria, despite Victoria being with Plato.