Elia

Frazier and Geoffrey (Brothers)

Moira (Sister)

Aethelynda (Half-Sister)

Taz (Half-Brother)

## Application Sheet

Elia was a brown-furred she-wolf with dark umber eyes. She was a daughter of Gregor and Mona, born in Chandor alongside three siblings: Frazier, Geoffrey, and Moira, and half-sister to Taz and Aethelynda. She was an independent soul who left Chandor to be a loner, where she spent over a season with Riley, falling in love with him, before they parted ways and she left the Domain. She was designed by fairytalekitty, and created and RP'd by Uniskorne.

## Personality

* ***Independent.*** From the start, Elia had the tendency to wander and discover things on her own. Though she would hang on every word her parents said, listening with wide eyes and mouth agape, she found early on that learning and doing things by herself was much more fulfilling. Though this does not mean that she enjoys being completely alone.
* ***Smart.*** The moment her eyes opened, Elia was focused and curious. Along with this natural curiosity came an almost above-average ability to grasp concepts and lessons right off and an incredible memory paired with it made her either the perfect pupil or a bored, restless handful.
* ***Adventurous.*** Elia's former energy has distilled itself into an insatiable curiosity and want of adventure. She's not afraid of anything for long, and, instead, is galvanized to go forward to answer the questions her mind proposes. She's still fast and excited, just more refined into a mindset of learning and discovery.
* ***Affectionate.*** Early on, Elia forms a strong bond with her immediate family. She can't imagine a world without them and feels a strong urge to protect her younger siblings, especially Geoffrey (although her 'protection' is rough-housing him in a misguided attempt to toughen him up). She is (surprisingly) the biggest cuddle bug (when she opts to stay still), loving to nuzzle, cuddle, and tickle any and all who will let her. She gets disheartened if she doesn't have some sort of affection in a day's time.
* ***Affable.*** Being on her own has changed Elia. Instead of being stubborn and outspoken, she's become friendly and easy-going. She's found that the few of her encounters with other wolves has ended with her smiling and talking easily with them. Seems she's just one of those wolves who has never met a stranger.
* ***Moody.*** Recent discoveries have turned Elia's usually overly-bright personality to partly-cloudy. Though on a grand adventure, Elia has found herself in places with no names with features she doesn't know what they're called. It's frustrating to talk to people and only be able to say that she's been 'somewhere' and seen 'something', and this has slightly hampered her search for herself, as only more questions fill her mind.

## Pre-Group History

She was the first-born pup in the only litter between Gregor and Mona, born into Chandor, a pack ruled by her half-sister Aethelynda. She had nieces and nephews older than her through Lyn: Reed, Juniper, Mason, and Nadia.

## Group History

Elia was the oldest pup, and one of the first to explore outside of the den. She wandered out of the camp, searching for her mother, and was found by her niece Nadia. Nadia was an adult wolf by this point, and was very excited to meet the young she-wolf. Elia was talkative, and the pair discussed 'gram-dotters' (Elia's approximation of *granddaughters*), bugs, and pee (scent marking). Elia was excited at the prospect of meeting all of her relatives!

She was particularly close to Nadia, and to her older half-brother Taz. She loved her siblings, though she bickered frequently with Frazier, was annoyed by Moira, and tried to toughen Geoffrey up. However, when Aethelynda died, and the pack was thrown into upheaval, she didn't know what to do. Ultimately, she decided to take a chance, and leave, without saying goodbye to anyone.

Elia loved her family dearly, but after Mona told her that she had the same pelt color as one of Gregor's deceased daughters, and thus, had been given the same name, she felt like she lived in the shadow of this 'Elia before her'. She cried out to her father about it, insisting that he didn't love her, he just loved that she reminded him of his first daughter, and Gregor soothed her worries. He assured her that she was her own wolf, and he loved her for *her,* not for the daughter whose name she bore. It helped Elia to feel a little better.

But she couldn't shake the feeling. She grappled with wanting to leave home and create a life for herself, and establish herself as *Elia*, her *own* Elia...or staying with her family. Elia dealt with this angst for a while. Eventually, however, she decided it was time, and left Chandor to become a loner.

Of course, Mona wouldn't let her up and leave in the middle of the night without explanation. In a frenzy of grief and fear, she sent Taz to find Elia and bring her home. Elia welcomed Taz, and told him that he needed to take a message back to their mother, that Elia was alright, and doing this because she *had* to, in her soul. Taz admitted that he left Mona as a juvenile, and it hurt Mona deeply. He felt he didn't deserve to be her son. He asked Elia to come back, just to say goodbyes to the family, before she set off on her quest of self-discovery. Coming from anyone else, she might have resisted, but Taz opened up to her...she'd do it. For him, and Mona, and the rest of the family.

After saying her goodbyes, Elia set out again. She wanted to know the names of the places she traveled, so she could go back to her family and tell them where all she went, but as it turns out, a lot of places don't have names unless they're part of a pack's territory, which Elia generally tried to avoid, for fear of confrontation. She met another loner, named Sparrow, and the pair became traveling partners.

Some time after she started her life as a loner, traveling with Sparrow, she came upon another familiar face: Reed! Reed had left Chandor, feeling the urge to travel as well, and he joined the duo of she-wolves on their life of living as loners.

The three traveling companions came upon Riley, an Arynian wandering unclaimed lands between the packs. Elia offered to help him catch dinner (a fishing disaster, in the end), and they spoke about how each bore the name of someone who had come before them: Riley was named for Stallion (whose birth name was Riley), and Elia, of course, was named for Gregor's first daughter. Elia was very assured by his explanation that "names are pieces of a memory that our loved ones wish to keep on living even when the moment is gone." He assured her that even though this was the case, it didn't make her any less her own free wolf.

She asked Riley to take her to visit the Seashore Wolves, the pack called Tidal Vale, who were Riley's ancestral pack, far south of the Domain. She was welcomed there, where she met a wolf her father had once known: Seaver. She asked to be trained under the code of this pack, and was given a training name of Solarpaw.

Elia and Riley stole away to the beaches of Tidal Vale, where they both realized that they loved one another. However, neither was willing to speak the words aloud. And after a season together in Tidal Vale, Riley felt compelled to return to Aryn, but Elia...was unwilling to go there.

She felt that she wouldn't be able to feel at home *anywhere*, not Chandor, not Aryn, not Tidal Vale...and it broke her heart. She *needed* to live a wandering lifestyle, the lifestyle of a loner, and she saw that Riley needed stability and family. She chose to separate from him, to allow him to return to Aryn, and allow her to return to Chandor, to visit her family before continuing her nomadic lifestyle.

She was thrilled to see her father, and to see Geoffrey. She apologized to him for the way she treated her little brother when they were pups - always teasing and nipping at him, trying to get him to be stronger, bolder, less afraid. She apologized for all of that, and admitted that she had missed him the most of all their siblings. The pair played some together, Elia's apology accepted.

Later, she went to Frazier, to make amends with him as well. It was a bit of a rocky reunion, but they got on the right track for making reparations, admitting that they loved one another. She wanted to make amends with Moira, too, but learned that she had left the pack shortly after Elia had gone. She tried to assure herself that it was enough, for now, to be on good terms with Geo and Frazier.

Elia took the time to say goodbye to everyone one last time, before allowing herself to leave the pack and start a life outside of the Domain - a life where she could be her own wolf, tethered neither to the wolf who once bore her name, nor the limitations of pack life. She hasn't been seen since.

## Trivia

* Elia was the eldest of Gregor and Mona's pups, and was named after one of Gregor's daughters from an earlier litter, who passed away.
* Elia had a love-hate relationship with rain, enjoying the freshness and how it made everything greener, and how it tasted, but she hated being cooped up indoors by it.
* She fell in love with Riley of Aryn, only to let him go, so he could have a stable pack and family life, and she could continue her nomadic lifestyle. He helped her to come to terms with her identity crisis, and they spent over a season together.

## Quotes

* "I tried to catch a big green bug but its tail came off and wriggled all around. Momma said it was a *lizard* and that's how they get away from you. I tried to make Geoffrey's tail come off, but Daddy said we can't do that." (talking to Nadia as a pup, *You 'n Me, Family*)
* *Even if life takes me far past the ends of this river, you will always be with me, and, Ancestors willing, I with you. I love you. I love you so very much."* (excerpt from her 'letter to her family', *Not Goodbye*...)
* Taz, believe me, I wish I could hush these urges and thoughts. I wish I could be content just to stay home and live the rest of my life--and I've tried so very hard to do so! But, a little voice within me is saying 'this is your time! Go explore!' Do you understand?" (to Taz, *If You Find Her, Bring Her Home*)

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