Team: The Ursine Northlands
Nickname: ’The NorthBears’Colours: orange with violet trimming, or vice versa for 2nd kit, goalkeeper as whichever of these the rest of the team
isn’t wearing that day; produced by
Tenderville (as agreed IC, although OOC we never got around to getting this done…)Home ground: ‘NorthLands National Stadium’, at NorthPort
(which was originally built for WC49’s qualifiers).Manager / Chief Coach: Harrya o Herrchaum
(female Ursine, from Clan Herrchaum; age = 56; left-pawed, fur = light brown; Soccer experience = 33 years; a member of the ‘Bear-Belles’ during their international debut in B0F31 and for quite a while afterwards, she then coached the country’s U21 team for DBC9 & DBC10 and was ‘First Deputy Coach’ for the Belles from the start of WWC12, until she took up the job of managing the ’NorthBears’ after the qualifiers for WC50… Sacked after that Cup’s CoH, she was then re-hired a few months later when the NorthLands Soccer Association
couldn’t find a better candidate ‘at home’… )Goalkeeping Coach: Emma o RedSun _ Clan = RedSun
[‘Free Sept’]; plays for = ‘Snowspire’
(Sorthern Northland), category & usual position = Goalkeeper, experience = 24 years; age = 39, right-pawed, fur = reddish-brown; of proven ability, actually made her ‘international’ debut as a reserve in the “undivided”
‘Bears Armed’ team for the ‘WC47’ cycle but was transferred to the
NorthBears as soon as those were established separately and played for them until the end of the latest Cup of Harmony.…
Roster(This team is still fielding basically the same squad that it sent to the previous
World Cup & the associated Cup of Harmony, although some of them are getting a bit long in the tooth by now: Ages & lengths of football experience listed are as they will be for the Cup proper & its CoH, subtract 2 years for the first half of the qualifiers or 1 year for the second half…)(#13) Elga Thuleann _ Clan = Thuleann; home team = AmmFarhr Adventuresses, category & usual position = Goalkeeper, experience = 22 years; age = 34, left-pawed, fur = ‘white’
(as she’s from a ‘Polar’ stock, which also means that she’s rather large even by Ursine standards...).
(#27) Rosa o SnowWhite _ Clan = SnowWhite
[‘Free Sept’], home team = ‘Stonengarten UH’
(‘Andossa Se Mitrin Vega’) (recently acquired by them from ‘NorthGate Nomads’, who are one of BA’s professional teams although perhaps not quite
of the first rank), experience = 7 years; age = 20, right-pawed, fur = ash-blonde.
(from the ‘Northlands’, but ancestry = ‘brown bear’, not ‘polar’…) (#31) Hrossamurnth Norrlantter _ Clan = SeaBear; home team = Karne Konquerors, category & usual position = Goalkeeper, experience = 22 years; age = 37, left-pawed, fur = ‘white’
(from a ‘Polar’ stock).
(#12) Marra o Urrseorn _ Clan = Urrset; home team = NorthGate Nomads, category = Defender, usual position = Left Back, experience = 22 years; age = 35, right-pawed, fur = brown with a reddish tinge; twin sister of #11, with whom she has a strong rapport that increases their effectiveness on the pitch.
(#11) Sarra o Urrseorn _ Clan = Urrset; home team = NorthGate Nomads, category = Defender, usual position = Right Back, experience = 22 years; age = 35, left-pawed, fur = brown with a reddish tinge; twin sister of #12, with whom she has a strong rapport that increases their effectiveness on the pitch.
(#10) Hertharrra o Sagghrurr _ Clan = Thuleann; home team = Karne Konquerors, category = Defender or Midfielder, usual position = Centre Back or Centre Half or Defensive Centre, experience = 24 years; age = 40, ambidextrous, fur = ‘white’
(from a ‘Polar’ stock).
(#26) Urrsarra Thuleann _ Clan = Thuleann; home team = Bhrorskerll Barbariennes, category = Defender, usual position = Left Back, experience = 21 years; age = 33, left-pawed, fur = medium-brown; rather large, but deceptively nimble too.
(#25) Orrahna o Wahrrann _ Clan = EastDale; home team = EastFort Eagles, category = Defender, usual position = Right Back, experience = 22 years; age = 38, left-pawed, fur = light-medium brown.
(#24) Urrsa o RedSun _ Clan = Red Sun
[‘Free Sept’]; home team = NorthPort Navigators, category = Defender or Midfielder, usual position = Centre Back or Centre Half or Defensive Centre, experience = 22 years; age = 40, fur = light reddish-brown, ambidextrous, very fast. ‘Second Captain'; for this CoH, doubles as
‘Defensive Coach’.
(#7) Jahrra ShipBear _ Clan = SeaBear; home team = Harr Borran Heroines, category = Midfielder, usual position = Midfield Left, experience = 25 years; age = 41, left-pawed, fur = medium-brown.
(#6) Harrnra o Levernh _ Clan = Red River; home team = Redcastle Rangers, category = Midfielder, usual position = Midfield Right, experience = 22 years; age = 41, right-pawed, fur = brown with “silver” highlights, good eyesight.
(#21) Alffryth o Errhabarra _ Clan = Errhabarra; home team = Wehrran-Kharrdath Warriors, category = Midfielder, usual position = Midfield Right, experience = 21 years; age = 38, left-pawed, fur = light-medium brown; twin sister of #23, with whom she has a strong rapport that increases their effectiveness on the pitch.
(#23) Lerronae o Errhabarra _ Clan = Errhabarra; home team = Wehrran-Kharrdath Warriors, category = Midfielder, usual position = Midfield Left, experience = 21 years; age = 38, right-pawed, fur = light-medium brown; twin sister of #21, with whom she has a strong rapport that increases their effectiveness on the pitch.
(#5) Harrla SalmonCatcher _ Clan = SeaBear; home team = Harr Borron, category = Winger or Midfielder, usual position = Left Winger, experience = 21 years; age = 39, left-pawed, fur = dark-medium brown.
(#4) Elga-Marra Thuleann _ Clan = Thuleann; home team = Northport Raiders, category = Winger or Striker, usual position = Right Forward, experience = 20 years; age = 36, left--pawed, fur = ‘white’
(from a ‘Polar’ stock, but relatively small for her kind).
(#20) Marrla ar Garrain o ‘Victtory’ _ Clan = Barrannanan; home team = NorthPort Navigators, category = Winger, usual position = Left Winger, experience = 21 years; age = 35, right-pawed, fur = light-medium brown; more “anthropomorphic” in shape than most Ursines...
(#17) Arvhra Horrventhurr _ Clan = Thuleann (Kennomarroa); home team = Rouhwarron Warriors, category = Winger, usual position = Right Winger, experience = 21 years; age = 35, right-pawed, fur = light-medium brown.
(#3) Aderha o Morrtharhn _ Clan = Thuleann (Kennomarroa); home team = Rouhwarron Warriors, category = Striker, usual position = Left Forward, experience = 19 years; age = 35, left-pawed, fur = light brown; a natural talent....
(#2) Harrla Orkarry-o-Thuleann _ Clan = Thuleann; home team = ‘Snowspire’
(Sorthern Northland), category = Striker, usual position =
Left Centre Forward
(but not dogmatic about this), experience = ? years; age = 36, right-pawed, fur = ‘white’
(as she’s from a ‘Polar’ stock, which also means that she’s rather large even by Ursine standards...); has a degree in Marine Biology)[/i] from NorthPort University, in whose team she had also played as [usually] one of the starting line-up for two years; also interested in various ‘Winter Sports’, but is [probably] not at ‘Olympic’ standard in any of them; generally cheerful, tough, can be stubborn, doesn’t like hot weather.
(#1) Errmintrra o RedSun _ Clan = Red Sun
[Free Sept], home team = ‘NorthPort Navigators’, category = Striker or Winger, usual position = Right Forward, experience = 26 years; age = 42, right-pawed, fur = light reddish-brown, above-average eyesight; she actually made her ‘international’ debut as a reserve in the “undivided”
‘Bears Armed’ team for the ‘WC46’ cycle, as its first ever recruit from within the
Northlands League’, and remained with them after that for both ‘Oxen Cup11’ & ‘WC47’ until the
’NorthBears’ were set up a as separate team; Captain and, for this CoH, doubles as
‘Attacking Coach’.
(#16) Irrona LightChild _ Clan = Sun; home team = Harr Borron, category = Striker, usual position = Left Forward, experience = 22 years; age = 38, right-pawed, fur = blonde, very keen eyesight.
(#15) Ulga Thuleann _ Clan = Thuleann; home team = AmmFarhr Adventuresses, category = Striker, usual position = Right Forward, experience = 20 years; age = 37, left-pawed, fur = ‘white’
(as she’s from a ‘Polar’ stock), rather
large even by Ursine standards but very fast
too...
(#14) Marrya o Urrseorn _ Clan = Urrset; home team = Harr Morhriss Huntresses, category = Striker, usual position = Centre Forward, experience = 25 years; age = 41, left-pawed, fur = reddish-brown.
(#30) Urrthra o Oakendale _ Clan = Green Valley; home team = SilverWood Foresters, category = Striker or Midfielder, usual position = Left Forward or Right Forward or Centre Half, experience = 22 years; age = 39, left-pawed, fur = medium-brown.
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Usual 'Starters' = 1-5, 11-13, 21, 23-24.
Usual Substitutes: 6, 10, 14-15, 20, 27, 30.
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OOC: Style modifier =
+2.5
(which is slightly MORE aggressive than they were during the previous
World Cup’s qualifying stage…)RP permissions = anything that isn't
too extreme should be okay, especially if it's funny... but any attack serious enough to remove any of them from the field due to injuries would probably have to be obvious enough to earn your player a red card for it.
Their usual formation includes 2 Backs, either 3 Midfielders or 2 of these plus a 'Defensive Centre'
(starting at a point roughly at the middle of the rectangle whose corners are the Backs & Midfielders), and a front line of 3 Strikers bracketed between 2 Wingers.
They're all anthropomorphic Bears. They should be reasonably polite, unless you push them too hard, but are maybe not
quite as "civilised" as the
'Bear-Belles'.
Oh, and before each game in which this team takes part its chosen starters & substitutes for that match will perform a version of the
'harrdiharr', which is the Bears' traditional "war-dance"...)