Bloom

Sylus and Caspian (Brothers)

Estella and Sava (Sisters)

Polaris (Adoptive Sister)

Sparrow (Brother, NPC)

Jay, Pegasus, Colt, Annabelle, and Nemesis (Half-Siblings)

Thea (Aunt)

## Application Sheet

Bloom was a reddish-orange-furred she-wolf with green eyes, born in Blutwald to Alpha Stallion and his mate Winema. Bloom had four littermates - Sylus, Sava, Estella, and Sparrow (NPC). She was also raised alongside an adoptive sister, Polaris. Her younger brother would be named Caspian. Bloom was taken captive by Aryn during the Blutwald-Aryn War, but ultimately ended up joining the pack when hostilities ceased, living there briefly before deciding to leave the Domain. She was created and RP'd by SeleneTheWerewolf.

Her half-siblings were Nemesis, Pegasus, Colt, Jay, and Annabelle.

## Personality

* ***Spiritual.*** In the beginning of her early puppyhood years, Bloom never once thought up there being anything other than the physical world. Her birth pack never didn't believe in Spirits, however after fortuitous events, she ends up in a Pack who believed in a Great Spirit. This opened Bloom's eyes to the fact that there was more than just the physical world and that there was the in-between where physical and spirits met together.
* ***Inquisitive and Playful.*** Just like her mother, Bloom loves to learn. Her mother was a healer and Bloom was taught 5 years of herbal remedies in an entire year. Bloom always wants to learn, especially about the new wolves that inhabit this new World. She is courageous enough to seek other Pack's ideals and thoughts and bold enough to stand up for herself. As a younger pup, Bloom was always playful. She had many siblings and always liked to tussle with them, especially her older brother. If she wasn't bothering her siblings for play time, she sought it with her puppyhood and life-long friend Howl. However, since she was captured and held prisoner in a Rival Pack, she hasn't been the same. Perhaps after a long time of trust she may become playful; but in extremely rare cases.
* ***Loyal.*** Loyal to a fault. Her loyalty to her pack caused her entrapment to a rival pack. Bloom would probably kill if it meant the protection of a loved one; family or friend. She is a good listener and willing to help anyone, even if it might be an enemy. Her loyalty however is hard to gain, but much easier to break. More than willing to keep a secret if it doesn't harm anyone she loves or trusts.
* ***Stoic.*** Not too long ago Bloom was witty and such a spitfire. Her emotions were easily read and she spoke her mind without consequence. After this past year, it recently changed; a cool collected wolf taking iths place. When meeting new wolves or wolves she does not quite trust, she hides behind a mask of nonchalance. Hiding her emotions is a shield she hides behind so she won't get hurt.
* ***Mercurial.*** Her emotions can change so fast it could give you whip lash. Irritation often can cause her to lash out unexpectedly. Though, she'd never draw blood on purpose, wolves that know how to push her button will rightfully get her emotions to show. However, as she has gotten older, she's got a more thicker skin. A powerful event, such as death or an extremely happy event shall get her mask to slip and show her true colors.
* ***Suspicious.*** Suspicious of strangers, until one has gained her trust. Bloom was never betrayed per say, except by her Father who left her Mother. Her suspiciousness is more of a protection for herself, til she knows who can she trust. In this new land she knows nobody, having left her old home behind her.
* ***Unstable.*** Sometimes old memories can't stay deep enough. Given certain triggers, Bloom may withdraw into herself and become extremely fearful. Babbling incoherently or snapping at anyone near can be a result of one of these attacks. She doesn't understand why these memories trigger such fear or untapped aggression. The only explanation is the deep set trauma of seeing her Mother mutilated, her father disemboweling the same wolf who mutilated her mother and mostly because of her near death experience of which the physical scars are plain.

## Pre-Group History

Bloom was born in Blutwald, one of the original packs in the Domain. Before she was even a thought, the pack she was born into was ruled by a vicious tyrant named Roman. Her mother Winema had joined the pack to become its Healer. After joining the pack Winema later met her father Stallion, who was a high-ranking wolf and the two soon fell in love with each other. Stallion had plans to overthrow the aging alpha and take his place, which he did one fateful summer. He slaughtered Roman, who was crazed due to contracting rabies, and then proceeded to attack Hexa and Ivan, the old alpha's most loyal supporters. After overthrowing the Alpha, he chased the rest of his bloodline from the pack and banished them.

## Group History

Seasons went by and soon Bloom and her other four siblings were born - Sparrow, Sylus, Sava, and Estella. Unfortunately for her family, when Stallion merely banished Roman's bloodline, he did not account for Ivan, the former heir, to return. Ivan killed her youngest brother, Sparrow, in cold blood, and forever sought a blood war with family.

Bloom, as a pup, was friendly and outgoing. She liked the company of a dark-furred female named Agatha, but Winema, concerned that Agatha's good interactions with her pups would make Stallion consider Agatha as a future wife, quickly distanced Bloom from her rival.

However, Bloom and her siblings were more welcome to play with Winema's friend Gypsee's litter. Gypsee and Caidan had three pups: Howl, Ellis, and Madelene. Bloom played frequently with Howl, who was a bit shy around her at first, but gradually they became good friends.

Bloom was walking with her mother one day when the blood feud was brought to Winema herself. Bloom was hidden by her mother when she was attacked by Ivan - and Bloom's unknown half-uncle, Chunta. When Chunta amputated one of Winema's legs in an act of astonishing cruelty, Bloom brought her mother some herbs before running to get get help from her father. Stallion came to Winema's rescue and slaughtered Chunta. Bloom fretted over her mother as she recovered.

Bloom was still just a juvenile when she was attacked by one of Ivan and Hexa's brood: Rhaegan. Rhaegan had borne a hatred for Stallion and Winema as long as he had been alive, and had been prowling the borders, waiting for an opportunity to take his revenge upon the family. When he saw Bloom in the orchard, collecting herbs, he took advantage of the opportunity. He didn't realize that Bloom was a skilled fighter, like her father, who managed to hold her own and deliver some devastating blows to Rhaegan. Both were beaten severely, and called their battle a draw, and Rhaegan left the territory.

Her worst injury was to her shoulder. Fortunately, her close friend, Howl, was there to help her with her recovery. He supported her both physically (working through the pain in her shoulder) and emotionally, and she developed a bit of a crush on him. She also trusted him with her secret - she'd told everyone that it had been a bear that attacked her, but she confessed to Howl that it was Rhaegan. He reassured her that the pack would keep her, and Winema, safe.

Before she had reached young adulthood, Bloom lost her father. Stallion left Blutwald, leaving Winema alone to rule the pack. Bloom's brother Sylus left the pack as well, desperate to find Stallion and bring him back. Unfortunately, Blutwald slowly dwindled, leaving only a few loyal wolves at her mother's side. When the winter hit, a famine had taken hold of pack and with Winema having a newborn pup, Caspian, to care for, and another litter in the pack, Bloom sought out food beyond her pack's borders. While hunting, she chased a deer into another pack territory; needing the food for her family she pressed on and took down the deer. Upon entry she was quickly set upon by the leader of the rival pack whose territory she entered: Athena, of Aryn.

Bloom was taken as a captive. While in Aryn, she spoke to several of the Arynians, learning about them. Everyone was on edge. Some were friendly, and saddened that the situation had gotten so out of hand. Alexandro, for instance, was told to only guard her, and not feed her. However, he snuck food to Bloom, seeing how desperately hungry she was. She felt guilty about eating it, because her pack was starving.

Athena went to bargain with the Blutwalders for Bloom's return. Things did not go well. Tensions grew. Bloom confessed to Alcatraz that she was worried Aryn would be wiped out by Blutwald, because Winema had been so unstable since Stallion left her, and she would be desperate to get Bloom back.

Others were less kind to Bloom. Charaka viciously insulted Bloom and her mother, looking for information about Blutwald and its weaknesses. However, all she really managed to do was outrage Bloom.

One day, Athena took Bloom to a ram the pack had managed to take down, to feed. She told Bloom that the pack was torn concerning what to do with her: many wanted her out of the pack, and others were curious and even wanted to offer her a place *in* the pack, like Alexandro. However, Athena seemed convinced that, as long as Blutwald acknowledged that Aryn was not to be taken lightly, Bloom would have a chance to go home soon.

Unfortunately, when Athena took several packmates to Vale on an important mission, the Blutwalders worked to free Bloom by force. Crash came into the camp and tried to get Bloom out, but they were intercepted by Alcatraz, Lawson, Seaver, Varrick, and Alexandro. She was brought back to Aryn, and Crash was taken prisoner as well. Charaka, sent to guard Bloom again, warned that there was danger in Blutwald that she would have to be wary of. She was referring, cryptically, to Rhaegan, but she refused to give a name, only warning Bloom to beware "former Blutwalders".

Bloom was held prisoner for two more seasons before the peace-talks with Blutwald came to a tense peak. She and Crash were brought to a negotiation, and things were going smoothly. Winema vowed to keep Blutwalders away from Aryn's borders, in exchange for the two wolves who had been kept prisoner. Everything was spoiled when Rhaegan leapt in and started a battle. Aryn decimated her deteriorated home pack. In the midst of the battle, she was set upon by a familiar foe - Rhaegan. The male nearly killed her, ripping into her belly, and would have succeeded in killing Bloom, if not for Winema. She distracted him.

Alcatraz stood by Bloom, protecting her from further harm, while the battle wound down. Her mother's falcon friend, Askuwheteau, brought Alcatraz some moss to apply to Bloom's severe bleeding. Charaka came with reinforcements, and brought Vicars to Bloom's aid. Alcatraz and Lawson worked to bring Bloom back to Aryn, where the Vicars would be able to tend to her wounds. She spent her slow recovery in Aryn, with Alcatraz bringing her food and trying to keep her spirits up.

While in the care of Aryn, tensions having finally eased, Winema sought Bloom out and told her she was leaving the valley with her younger brother Caspian. Bloom wished her mother well, for she knew that she would need it, but perhaps she'd see her again. With most of her kin gone from the Domain, with the exception of Polaris and Estella, who had gone to Fellfang, Bloom considered her options for the future.

She served Aryn for a short time as a Delta Vicar, putting her herbal knowledge from her mother to good use.

Ultimately, she decided to leave the Domain as well - wanting to find her future outside of the Domain, and maybe, just maybe, find her long-lost love, Howl.

## Trivia

* The scarring on her shoulder was given to her by Rhaegan.
* Bloom was revived in another group outside of the Domain, called "Crescent Children", where she reunited with Howl and became his mate, and bore his children: Ivy, Starling, Fawn, Sweet, Tulip, and Primrose.
	+ Primrose entered the Domain a few years after Bloom was retired. These five other children were never a part of Domain-of-the-Wolf, and were RP'd in other groups. They have owners in these groups, but for the sake of DotW, they are written here as NPCs from Primrose and Bloom's histories.

## Quotes

* "It was Ivan's son [who injured me]. He was roaming around the Southern Border, near the Orchard. Please, Howl..don't tell anyone! Mom will go nuts! She's still not right after my dad left. I'm afraid that...if she knows Ivan's son is out there roaming around our borders...she'll isolate Blutwald even further than Stallion ever did...wolves weren't too happy after that. If they leave...they'll leave her vulnerable. He wants revenge for Stallion killing Roman and banishing his parents. If the pack leaves mom...he could...he could take her down..." (to Howl, *What Did You Do?*)
* "You are only lucky that your pack has been half-starving me. I'd give you hell if I was at my full strength." (to Charaka, *Aryn Interrogation*)

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
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