Thallo

Rodwen, Alyan, Taibhse, and Edythe (Cousins)

Extensive Highvalley Kin

## Application Sheet

Thallo was a pale cream, almost white, male wolf of the pack Highvalley, mate to Bronwyn. Disfigured as a result of Highvalley's inbreeding, Thallo found himself without his family's love and would be devastated by the loss of his daughter, Robin. He died in the Spring of 2017. He was created and RP'd by Lachtaube.

## Personality

* ***Guarded*.** Thallo is fully aware his appearance lends to an unfavorable first impression. He reserves judgment of wolves he initially meets and can only hope they have the courtesy to do the same. His packmates and family members generally treat him as any other wolf of average to above-average intelligence, though he can never be certain what they say about him tucked away in their dens. He does not take kindly to pity.
* ***Soft-spoken*.** A quiet wolf, he only speaks when he feels is necessary. The quips he contributes to conversation are largely curt and to the point. However, he does not realize that his silence can largely be seen as stillness in brain activity.
* ***Calculating*.** What Thallo lacks in beauty and brawn, he makes up for in anticipation in the moods and moves of others.
* ***Loyal*.** Only to his family. He expects the same loyalty of them and becomes deeply offended at the prospect of breeding with lower wolves that might tarnish the family tree. The question of his own mate's loyalty to him has driven an irreparable wedge between them. Thallo would defend even his distant kin before he defended his own mate's life.
* ***Honorable*.** Thallo is a wolf of honor and will perform any task or ritual necessary to live up to his family's name. Inbreeding stole away much an opportunity when he was born and his eyes could not be corrected. When his fur grew in flat and thick rather than long and elegant, Thallo kept up his own dignity by keeping in line and following his family's values vehemently. Well aware that many wolvenkind would name his birth a tragedy, he realized at a young age that it was up to him to justify his own existence and defend his family's honor.
* ***Stubborn*.** As suspected of an honorable and loyal wolf, Thallo is particularly stubborn. His beliefs are deeply rooted in tradition and he shall not be budged from that familiar comfort.

## Pre-Group History

Born a few generations here-or-there removed from the High King himself to two first cousins (or uncle and niece depending on your version of history,) Thallo grew up in the shadow of his more pristine cousins' lines, but justifiably so. He was not fit to be any kind of leader, that much he was aware of, and resolved to standing in the wings to help run the show from the shadows.

Thallo was betrothed to a Beta female from a neighboring pack, Bronwyn, and (allegedly) sired one pup from her. The pup was the spitting image of her mother, but her coat became redder and redder as she aged, which raised a lot of questions throughout the pack. Thallo's discomfort with his daughter and deeply-seeded distrust in his mate, however he tried to hide it, eventually drove his pup away. Torn between chasing after her and remaining within the pack border to complete his duties, Thallo elected to stay behind, a decision that haunts him daily.

## Group History

Thallo would continue to search for his daughter after her departure however, sending out Seekers like Gwendolyn and having his group of trained courier pigeons travel far and wide. No news of his daughter returned to his ears.

Torn between his duties as a father, and his duties to Highvalley and his kin, Thallo, desperate and alone, would take his own life by knowingly walking over a dangerous mountain precipice. His body would be found by his mate, Bronwyn, who would mourn his loss in her own way. His Highvalley kin would bury him without the same pomp and circumstance of the average Highvalley funeral - his body was buried and covered swiftly and silently.

Thallo's grave would be the last place Bronwyn and Robin would go before they, too, decided to leave this Domain. It was his death that brought Robin back to Highvalley - his death which made it even more clear that it was not the place for Bronwyn and their daughter. Perhaps, in his last act of desperation, Thallo gave his family what he couldn't give them when he was alive: a way out.

## Trivia

* Thallo trained courier pigeons, and this was how he and his bride-to-be Bronwyn communicated before she arrived in Highvalley.
* In his youth, Thallo wanted to be a Seeker, but he didn't have the eyesight for it.
* Thallo's scent was that of autumnal decay and dandelions.
* As a result of inbreeding, Thallo has several physical deformities. His coat is shapeless and lackluster, his massive paws splayed outward ever so slightly. His ears point too far forward and too low as if they mean to creep down his massive brow. His crooked snout is dotted with unsightly black growths. Suffers from esotropia in his left eye, resulting in a cross-eyed appearance.
* His legs are littered with scars from numerous slips down Highvalley's mountainous slopes.

## Quotes

* "Enough of this *ridiculousness*. A wolf does not bathe itself in *filth*, *especially* not a wolf of your heritage! Now *WASH! What is the matter with you?!*" (last words to Robin, *Ugly*)

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
* Lachtaube's deviantART Gallery