Fortis Ericius

Absentia Fortis Ericius (also known as Fortis Ericius or Fortis) is a fan character.

Characteristics
Fortis is a fourteen-year old red porcupine who was created by the DeviantART user, 42Andre24.

Fortis is very serious, responsible and smart, and is a strong teenager who likes protecting everyone else. She likes playing and adventuring along with her friends, sometimes on her own. She's very strong-willed and tough when facing anything even her friends. She's also extremely wrathful and more hot-tempered than Flippy.

Despite her bad behaviors, she still acts nicely to Lucy and Oak. She is Cross's best friend, as they both like playing with each other, learning math and science together, and watching horror movies. According to Oak, she's much more tomboyish than Flaky because she likes extreme sports, dangerous adventures and being aggressive towards people.

Fortis never shows her feminine side at anyone because it'll make her a girly girl instead of a tomboy. As of now, she still doesn't have a feminine side. Unlike her friends, she's the most tomboyish in the gang, according to Ginger. So far, she is the only character that doesn't have any fears and is not afraid of Fliqpy.

Every time she gets angry, her quills and eyes will burst, her teeth will become sharp and her voice will become very deep and demonic, making her very scary.

Before she reached 14, she got a phobia called phasmophobia (fear of ghosts), however she successfully overcame said fair during one Halloween day when she attacked the fake ghosts using her karate and taekwondo skills.

Lucy often warns that Fortis's quills are very sharp and poisonous, which can kill the victims immediately in only 5 seconds. However, Oak has no problems touching her quills.

Her name comes from the Latin words "fortis" which means brave, strong or powerful, reflecting her strong personalities, "ericius" which means porcupine or hedgehog which makes her more like a hybrid (debatable), and "absentia" which means "absence". However, the "Absentia" on her full name is removed for unknown reasons.

Appearance
Fortis has a slim body, long and sharp dark red quills, reddish-orange eyes and a bright red heart-shaped nose. She wears a red hoodie, a pair of blackish-red shorts with a magenta tiny star as an accessory, and a red amulet with black streak making it shaped like a cat's eye.

Her amulet is not her own, but her biological mother's who already died. Her mother gave the amulet to her big brother, and then after the death of her mother, her big brother gave the amulet to Fortis. But then, his big brother got killed, so Fortis claimed that her amulet is a memory of herself and her family. She always wears it every day and every night.

If seen without her hoodie, she's shown only wearing a white T-shirt. At night time, she wears a black tank top and a pair of indigo shorts.

Abilities & skills
Likes her friends, Fortis has a lot abilities and skills. Here's the list of her abilities and skills:
 * Able to lift heavy objects such buses, buildings, airplanes, ships, boulders, houses, trees and mountains.
 * Able to run very fast.
 * Able to summon weapons from her amulet.
 * Able to climb trees (which is the true ability of porcupines).
 * Able to make people fear her and do what she wants without a question.
 * When she snaps her fingers, she can cause an earthquake.
 * Able to solve any math problems.
 * Able to shoot her quills on her own.
 * Able to control someone's mind by staring at her victim with a deathly apparition of souls in her eyes.
 * Able to see clearly during night time.
 * Able to speak French and Latin.
 * Able to fight with her karate and taekwondo skills.
 * Able to beat up someone stronger than her.
 * Able to turn into a hulking monster (parodying The Hulk) when she loses control over her anger.

Kills
She kills some people around her by using her weapons.
 * Petunia: 12
 * Giggles: 8
 * Lammy: 10
 * Flaky: 23
 * Fliqpy: 2

Deaths
She rarely dies, just like her friends.

Occupations and careers
On Earth, she always cleans up dishes, sweeps the rooms, makes dinner, etc. at Flippy's house. She looks like a housewife but in reality she's still a teenager. She became a student on Happy Tree School along with her friends.

During weekends, she'll become a machinist and a surfboard maker. She's also a hero along with her friends.