Vaati Renoux

Vaati Renoux is the current Paramount of Clan Renoux, and is a Greater werewolf. Vaati is a mix of prideful, wrathful, trusting, paranoid, and just overall a mess. Sometimes loyal to a fault for some, sometimes hating someone for little to no reason, Vaati's mood can swap quickly. 
Vaati was born in an Uraki Brothel to an unknown mother, presumably one of the women who worked there, and to an Ajax Ashlat. He has spent his entire life trying to prove himself more than his lowborn birth and has been betrayed multiple times as he tries to put his family on top.
Vaati values his family above all other things and would happily give his life to make sure they are successful. 
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Vaati's story was not easy, at the age of 12 he was forced to leave Uraka to go discover the world for himself. He had it hard being an orphan nomad and would wander from port to port until he was 16, when he found his siblings.
Vaati has unusual orange eyes and webbed fingers, the traits of the Ashlat family, and he found two thieving orphans, Anchi Renoux and Brandon Renoux, who had those traits. He interviewed them, and after learning their story, decided to take them with him. Vaati was now juggling the young kids growing appetite, as well as having to find work, but for once in his life, he felt he belonged.
=== Mars Archambeau ===
As Vaati was job hunting, he met a man named Mars Archambeau, who offered him work under him. The pay was amazing, and Vaati readily accepted, taking him and his younger siblings with him to Valoore. The two worked closely together with Vaati as Mars Steward and later Spymaster. As they learned of their common ancestry, the two became like brothers, with Mars coming to rely on Vaati and consider him a brother as well.
=== War of the false king ===
Eventually Valoore fell into dark times, with the Diarchy of Valoore joining up with Serafini, letting Mars come in and take a large chunk of it for himself. Vaati would be instrumental to this, coming in and having Valoorian lords swear fealty to Clan Renoux, allowing them to serve the dual crowns again. Mars was greatly displeased by the other town leader's betrayals and sent his soldiers to out to attack their towns.
Thousands in Serafini and Valoore died as skirmishes broke out between Valoorian lords who had swapped to them and Mar's soldiers, eventually on behest of Vaati, Mars would sue for peace, although it would only be temporary. 
=== Migration to Eldham ===
Vaati came to be wary of Mars has he became more and more paranoid, so when he saw an opportunity to leave, he took it. He took Anchi and Brandon and moved to Eldham, giving Mars the idea that they were going to search for more allies. Vaati wouldn't do this and would instead go and settle the town of Atowiburg, setting it up as the center of his family.
He would go on to have a child with a man named Adreanys Synderys, named Azu Ardat. He would be happy for a while before him and Adreanys had a falling out, leading to him marrying the noblewoman Briar Vashian, together they had 3 children, Alexi, Hunter, and Micheal Renoux. Vaati would be happy with his wife and 4 children for a while, but then, things rarely last very long.
Eventually Mars would come across the sea to see his brother and his nieces and nephews, ruining the peace that Vaati had achieved.
=== Betrayal of Mars ===
Mars would settle into his life in the Renoux lands, befriending a young Micheal Renoux, dazzling the boy with tales of foreign courts and grand adventures. Vaati would warily watch the man, not trusting him one bit. Mars had brought along his wife, Nerea and one Angius, the other Diarch of Valoore. Vaati would have an immediate disdain for the man.
He would get into a brawl with Angius when he found the other had struck his sister Anchi, during the fighting Vaati would stab Angius in the shoulder, then throw him into a table, eventually the two would be torn apart by Anchi and Mars.
The next day Mars and Vaati would go riding in the woods, an apology for Angius's behavior, Mars would tell him. As the two rode, Mars would urge Vaati to go faster and faster at some point an arrow would strike Vaati's horse, leading to him wiping out and breaking an arm. Mars would come to check on his brother, and when he came to him, Mars would plant a dagger in Vaati's gut, cutting him open horizontally, then leaving him to die in the woods.
=== Becoming a lycanthrope ===
As Vaati lail there dying slowly, a creature came to him out of the woods. It introduced itself as Leshy, and offered to help Vaati live, to give him a new stronger body, if he would but take his gift and spread it across this land. Vaati thought for a moment before accepting, transforming for the first time into a werewolf, much larger and stronger than any other. 
Vaati ran into the Renoux Manor. Mars had claimed that Vaati had been slain by assassins, and that he had barely escaped, the entire Renoux family sat around a table, listening to him. Vaati leapt across the table, 200 pounds of pure wolf landing on the man. Mars began to punch at the wolf as his jaws locked down on the man, beginning to shake vigorously. Five sell swords came into the room, led by Angius who pushed the wolf off of Mars, beginning to chop the wolf apart, Nerea and Mars fleeing into the night with Angius behind them, the sell swords with orders to slay the Renoux clan.
Briar Renoux would be struck down by one of the sell swords as Vaati laid there broken and bleeding. As his family fought in that room for their lives, his body came back together. The wolf rose, body cracking into a much more humanoid form, long claws meant for ripping apart men fell upon the five sell swords, making quick work of them.
=== Struggle against Mars ===
Vaati had turned back after a while, as he sat around his table, telling his family of what had happened in the woods. He told them of his gift, and how they must accept it. They accepted, and one by one he gave them the wolfsblood. He then promises revenge on Mars for what he had done to their family, and that nothing like this would ever happen again.
Vaati knew he would need allies to pursue his revenge on Mars, and so he would marry a Nexus Princess by the name of Alice Maximus-Vindya, going on to have six children with her. The twins Emil and Scout, then Ranzil, Yogi, Tim, and finally Brutus, allowing the family to finally reach a large size.
Vaati would eventually reach a point where he felt ready and came back to Rathnir. He crossed the land, reaching Valoore in a matter of weeks. He presented himself to Steve Rosi, who had sworn his blade to Vaati, and inside the main hall of Rovisha, Steve swore his blade to Vaati. The race began, with Vaati gathering supplies and warrior to battle Mars.
A skirmish broke out between Renoux bannermen lead by Azu Ardat and Valoorian soldiers, with Azu Ardat being slain by a silver arrow through the heart, leading to Vaati's hatred and desire for revenge growing even bigger.
Category:Traveler's Era