Reiwen

Roddwen (Twin Brother)

Tiva (Adoptive Sister, NPC)

## Application Sheet

Reiwen was a taupe-brown she-wolf with dark gray eyes. She was born outside of the Domain as one of the traveling band of wolves who would become Mhor under Archqueen Rowena. She was the twin sister to Roddwen, though he left the pack to live as a loner. Reiwen served Mhor as a Scourger, and lived with her chickadee familiar, Navi. Ultimately, Reiwen and Roddwen were able to find one another shortly before losing their lives to the Hive during the Hive Wars, in the final battle against the Queen's forces. Reiwen was created and RP'd by sshouryuu.

## Personality

* ***Outwardly Taciturn*.** At first glance an aloof wolf. Outwardly - and under regular circumstances - she displays a limited range of expressions. But, despite the serious disposition, that might have her perceived as detached, those who know Rei on a personal level know better than to let themselves be deceived by appearances. Rei is foremost ruled by her emotions.
* ***Emotionally Intense and Inwardly Vulnerable.*** The antithesis emotional intelligence. Her feelings tend to get the best of her when they get out of control and they might inhibit her ability to think rationally. Rei has had trouble managing the intensity of her own emotions since she was a child, and so, she relies heavily on the guidance from others as to how to deal with them. She's aware of her lack of insight in regards to herself, and her lack of control over her own intensity is a common source of frustration for the young wolf. Rei loves intensely and possibly to a fault. She forms emotional attachments surprisingly fast, sometimes without realizing. Her devotion for her a big drive for her, which combined with the strong hold her emotions seem to have on her, means she can be easily manipulated if one knows which string to pull. Her aloof facade is a deceivingly fragile one too, and will break if the girl is feeling tortured enough.
* ***Unbending and Intimidating.*** If someone has been proven to deserve punishment or has actively acted against the welfare of her pack, Rei will act with no remorse, nor hesitation as long as it is or the greater good. Her over the top emotions might give her a distorted view of the severity of someone's actions. Rei strongly believes that justice must be delivered and the cycles must be kept above anything else, to allow a criminal go unpunished is no act of mercy (despite how easy it might be to think otherwise), and she will do whatever need to be done to mend things right.
* ***Straightforward, but Gullible and Impressionable.*** A pillar of her personality, and the reason why at times she can be very capable, yet on other occasions hopelessly dense. Rei acts and speaks from her heart, and will much rather state things as they are rather than sugarcoating them. It might make her come off as insensitive but she’s a firm believer that truth should always go over tactfulness. Her blunt honesty might not make her the most popular among sensitive wolves, but it redeems her a reliable source of honest opinion. She can get easily confused with life's complexities and double meanings and preffers to take things with a direct approach. She takes others for their word, and doesn't usually expect them to lie. She is quick to assume others will see things the same way as her, and has trouble relating when they don't.
* ***Obedient and Practical.*** A wolf of firm beliefs. She tends to follow the path others set for her and is deep-rooted in doing things by the book - which might redeem her as inflexible at times. Stubborn to a fault, she struggles to relate when the feelings or the reasons of others don't match with her own. She tries to be respectful, but her blunt nature might also make her come off as tactless when approaching someone with a different mindset.
* ***Devoted, Obsessive and Stubborn.*** Rei is highly dependable when granted responsibilities. She can work for long periods, and go as far a disregarding herself if it proves out to be useful. Her stubbornness might be the only thing strong enough to put up a fight with her emotions, and if there is one truth in this world, it's that Rei will carry out any order she's given. She's is most comfortable working in small parties or alone. She feels no need leadership and carries no sympathy for the spotlight. Her place -she believes- is on the back. She doesn't care about looking good, for being useful is one hundred times more important to her.
* ***Puzzling and Unrefined.*** Unintentionally eccentric. Her personality sets her up for a lot of misunderstandings which can either get her in very humorous, light-hearted situations or in very aggravating ones. Rei has a weak grasp on context; she makes odd comments, and her observations are usually accurate only on surface levels. It's like she's unable to lay a hold of anything that lies deeper than what's into clear view. Social complexities are no exception to this. She holds being honest above everything else, and doesn't seem to quite have the grasp on what's polite and what's not - or when to say certain things and when not. She shows her appreciation in her own awkward way, and her actions might come a bit hard to understand at times - but the feeling is always sincere. She's not one for nonchalance - and ''formalities'' don't really hold much meaning to her. That being said Rei is still willing to step out of her comfort zone to console a loved one-- though her *fix it if it's broken* attitude doesn't do much help and she lacks the acuity to be of any real help in emotional matters.
* ***Sense of Interconnection*.** Souls are recycled. They come back from The Otherworld to interact with the physical world one with the other again and again. The same souls interacting with eachother for eternity. Ultimately, everyone is tied together by the cycles, and a wolf that seems like a stranger now might've been a father in a distant past life. Rei treats strangers with the same consideration she would treat an acquaintance - not to dishonor the potential past bonds that might exist between herself and them.
* ***A Vessel.*** The soul is the true self. Rei believes that the fact that she's alive - that her soul exists in the physical realm means that it has not fulfilled its purpose through its previous lifetimes. By that logic, she's reached the conclusion that as long as she's alive, she's in the search for something her past selves have failed to give their higher self. Much in the same sense she sees herself as an asset for the pack, this body- this *life*, are an instrument as well. She's the means for a goal. This existence does not belong to herself, but it belongs firstly to serve the higher self (the soul), and secondly to all its physical selves (her included).

## Pre-Group History

The Archqueen was seated in the leaders chair since a young age, it's said. And shortly before the pack started their long journey home two pups were born.

The twins came to be from a couple of the last remaining Mhorians, and ever since birth they where made severely aware of the what and who they came from. Despite their undebatable physical similarity, they were -naturally- different from each other.

Everyone is.

The oldest one, Rodd, was sweet but easy to find his way into trouble. And he saw life through a lens that showed him things for what they could be. The youngest one, Rei, was quiet but prone to outburst. And she sees life through a lens that showed her things merely as they were.

‘’**How do I know my soul didn’t belong to someone bad before?**’’

Nolwen's eyes flickered between his daughter and the other pack’s Jarl, before setting on her with a questioning look.

‘’**Like a murderer, someone evil.**’’ She continued, ‘’**Or a wasp.**’’

He offered the Jarl an apologetic half smile, before leveling down to his young one.

Rei. Of course, it was Rei. The one with the odd questions, and the public outburst, and piercing gaze.

‘’**I’m in the middle of something right now, Rei.**’’ he answered patient, but firm. He wasn't about to cut the diplomatic talks short because his daughter had come up with yet another odd question for him.‘’**I’ll talk with you later, once I’m done with talking with Jarl Zephyr.**’’

But she ignored the presence of the other adult and set her sight firmly on her father.

‘’**How?**’’ She insisted- no, demanded with a stomp of her paws.

The father had to make an effort to hold back a chuckle. Rei, on the other side, was for from laughing. She was fuming. She needed an inmediate answer. And for matters as pressing as this one, she wouldn’t be satisfied with a promise of ''talking about it later''. She needed to know now. Right now.

She would stand her ground, she decided, stomping her paws again firm on the earth. ‘’**How do I know I wasn’t a wasp?**’’

Another stomp rose a cloud of fine dust above the ground.

It was moments after finding this groundbreaking resolution that she also found herself walking away heavy footed, head hung low, back towards the playground with the other pups.

It seemed her determination didn’t last long once her fathers scolding tone came to play. He’d sent her back where she'd come from - with a promise to continue the conversation later before bed time. She never stood a chance.

Rodd popped out from behind a rock not too far away from where the encounter had just taken place. She hadn’t noticed him there before.

‘’**So?**’’ He asked, ‘’**What did Dad say?**’’

Her brother had been watching the whole thing from that spot, she realized, and was now walking towards her with immense interest.

Rei’s expression clouded further, she was staring at the ground while she walked, no consideration for his presence on her side whatsoever.

‘’**Rei-**’’ she heard him press. ‘’**What did he say?**’’

‘’**He said it was rude to interrupt the adults when they’re talking.**’’ she answered, slightly surprised with the hurt in her voice - which only made her frown further. ‘’**He said we would have a talk about my attitude later tonight.**’’

‘’**Oh.**’’ answered Rodd, who was still walking besides her though now giving her concerned side glance. It seemed to him like she’d gotten in trouble. He felt guilty about it - he’d been the one that had started teasing her that morning with the wasp past life thing.

They fell silent and walked side by side for a moment, and as they did, the playground came into view. A handful of pups playing in the meadows within it. The sight lightened his heart, but his sister couldn’t see it.

She was much too busy still glowering at the ground.

‘’...**The pups from this pack say there’s a cool shrine on top of that hill**.’’ Rodd started, and his voice managed to pull her slightly out of her increasingly souring mood ‘’**They said their gods speak to them there.**’’ This time, he even managed to peel her sight off from the ground. Rei turned towards her twin, who was already waiting to lock eyes with her. ‘’**I think we should go.**’’ he continued ‘’**Maybe we can ask their gods - maybe they’ll speak to us too. And they’ll tell us**.’’

Their rhythm had slowed down to a complete stop as they spoke, and he waited expectantly for his sister's response. She was looking past him, towards the hill but he could tell she was thinking about it.

‘’**Yes**.‘’ Rei said finally. Eyes still set past him. ‘’**Lets go. Let's ask them, Rodd**’’.

He smiled satisfied, and picked pace towards the hill without giving a second thought. Rei followed, though on the bottom of her heart, something pulled upon the sight of the hill with the shrine. Right there... she thought there was no possible way any foreign gods could hold any answers her father didn’t have.

Growing up, the twins were sheltered, but not in a physical sense - they were travelers after all, born to roam. The traveling band encountered many packs during their journey, and both pups were always kept under Mother and Father's close watch not to let them stray away from the mhorian philosophy. They were some of the last remaining ones, and it was their duty to keep their heritage alive through their children after all.

‘’**How do I know if I’m doing the right thing?**’’

Her mother’s attention shifted away from the medicinal herbs she was working on and towards her. She hadn't heard the little intruder walk up to her but a warm smile bloomed instantly at the sight of her daughter. It wasn't Rei if a question wasn't keeping her awake way past her bed time.

‘’**What are you trying to do?**’’ she aksed softly.

‘’**I mean,**’’ Rei frowned ‘’**in life. How do I know if I’m doing what’s right?**’’

‘’**Well**,’’ Alwen stepped away from her work to settled by her daughter's side ‘’**you can always ask your dad and I if you’re in a squish. We’ll give you the right tools to make your calls.**’’

‘’**But what if I’m alone?**’’ the pup insisted.

Alwen shot her reasurring smile and in spite of sounding like her very own mother a long time ago, she spoke, ‘’**You are bigger than yourself. You’re all your past selves too, and you’re also us - your family- in a way. You're never alone. You’re never alone, you just have to look into yourself.**’’ she nuzzled her pup one last time before standing up. ''**Now, back to bed.**''

The pup followed silently, and stared at the ground all the way back.

She wasn’t sure that she understood it entirely, but there was something about her mothers words that had resonated with her that night. The lesson settled heavy inside her heart -like a rock- while she slept.

*Juvenile*
Rei's juvenile days were, in many ways, similar to her puppyhood.
Though she does go through some important changes, most of the memories from back then remain wrapped in the same warm filter her puppyhood plays  inside her head.
It’s during this phase she comes to the realization that her lense is broken - or at least severely disfigured -  for there’s something wrong with the way it reflects things, she seems to be unable to see beyind things like others.
She stops asking as many questions as before -to everyone’s relief-, but continues to rely heavily on others for guidance on how to *be*. Given that the rest of her packmates seem to have yet a better grasp of the underlying meanings of life, she doesn't tend to challenge what she's told- even when their logic seems flawed through her crooked lense.
It is during this time that Tiva, her third sibling and youngest one of the three, makes an entrance. Tiva is adopted at a young age after being found unconscious in the woods. At first, she's is reluctant to talk to anyone in the pack for the first weeks. Eventually, and with hard work from everyone, their siblinghood blossoms into a close friendship.
Tiva turns out to be an insightful source of guidance for Rei, and they both grow as close as birth siblings in the span of some months.
Rodd is there too, and most of their juvenile days are spent in a warm blur of fun adventures and lessons. (*click link to read Summer Sibling Adventures; the time Tiva (almost) got a new name  and ‘’I’ve got a plan’’*).

At times it is as though her love for her family is so overwhelmingly big it becomes hard to cope with. But with their ever changing surroundings, that same love is also a good constant for the young wolf to hold onto.

*Young Adulthood*

The assasination attempt on the alfa left a deep impression on her, and tainted her previously untouched sense of trust she felt for all her packmates. In a  way, also serves as a stepping stone for Rei's uncertain entrance into adulthood.

Shortly after, and in one of their multiple stops as they continue to head north, the traveling pack runs into another pack in need of aid. There had been a wild fire, you see, the biggest one this other pack had seen yet, and it'd been controlled by now, but they were in urgent need of healers for the victims, and strong wolfs to conitnue the search and rescue.

The work that both these tasks imply is no light matter, and they probably have hard months ahead. Which poses a predicament for the mhorians - they must continue to head north...

Rodd -alongside some other wolves from the traveling band- offer to stay and help, and then catch up to the rest of the pack once the work is done. If her brother’s decision has anything to do with the way he he keeps shooting captivated glances at the other pack’s young duchess, Rei doesn't even notice.

Tiva does, nothing goes over head, but aside from the teasing comments she throws at him when they’re alone, she keeps her mouth shut about it.

Rodd's volunteering consequentially makes Mother offer to stay as well, and just like that - the family is split in two.

To one side, there's Rodd and Mother - to the other, Tiva and Father. Rei has a hard time figuring out her place between all this, so she seeks insight in her sister one night. (clink link to see a tiny part of their conversation; *turnabout goodbye*)

Rei decides to stick with the traveling pack, and continue to head north with the rest. They part ways with the promise to see each other again once the job is done. The remaining of the trip turns out to be as sad and lonely as expected with half of her family gone - but she manages to pull through.

At last, it seems their traveling are gone once Rowena announces they're setting camp where they are.

The new territory is good news, and some days it seems as though she has no time for anything that doesn’t involve getting settled on the new place. Any free time she gets she uses it to advance her training - though every now and then she takes a moment to cast a look towards the horizon, and wish for Rodd and Mother's safe return.

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
* sshouryuu's deviantART Gallery