Western Pack

## History

Western pack has been around ever since the beginning, albeit scattered and split into smaller packs, but formed officially into a one whole pack over 100 years ago at the same time as the other packs. Valley wolves were mostly forced to do so because of The Rearrangement. After the divide, valley wolves have stayed hidden from the other packs, having an agreement for not associating with outsiders in hopes of avoiding conflicts that would devastate the pack (due to past enmities). Valley wolves had succeeded with their invisibility and silence so much that the other packs barely knew about their existence generations later. Until after the birth of a black wolf and rebels in the pack, they had to include in their law outcasting pack members. Outcasting had two effects to the pack: keeping the pack in order but unfortunately also having the risk for other packs finding out about them. They took the risk regardless. Everything was still the same as before until a few months later, an outsider from the neighboring pack (south) was seen in their territory. This outsider had discovered their location and most importantly, their existence.  It has been speculated by the valley wolves that the outsider was told about them by the outcasts as a revenge. The Southern pack was the first pack to find out about them. It didn’t take long until the other two packs found out about them as well. And so, Western packs' privacy was no longer. But valley wolves were able to have an agreement with the other packs that they were to be left in peace. The agreement lasted about 15-16 years until after Kireg’s ascend to the leader's place and his descent into madness. Kireg broke the agreement, attacked the Western pack and kidnapped pack members to be his sacrifices so he can live for eternity.

### Government

Western pack has a theocratic oligarchy, meaning that the power is a claim to be acting primarily on behalf of a divinity and governing according to its principles and requirements. The pack is led by a small group of wolves, consisting of five members, who are mostly males — since they are more favored. Rather than to pass down the position to one's son, new members are carefully selected from among the pack; only the worthy and qualified can become part of the group.

## Culture

### Lifestyle

Valley wolves live in caves and under cliffs.

Valley wolves mate for life and don't separate under any circumstances. The pack has been known to practise arranged bondings, but they do also bond on their own terms. Unlike in the other packs, the valley wolves don't re-bond if the previous mate happens to die or they are allowed to separate. When separation occures, both parties are looked down upon, and if they choose to re-bond, they will get very openly shamed for it. During the death of one's mate, their widowed mate is expected to stay unbonded — a way of showing respect but also submission towards the family of the deceased.

It is unclear if Western pack have their own traditions.

### Religion

Western pack practises Creed of The Heavenly Máivi, aka worshiping The Moon but also paying respect to The Sun. Valley wolves are the only ones known to still practise Máivi after the Rearrangement. The reason why valley wolves didn’t abandon the sun part of their religion was because they believe that The Sun is an equal to The Moon and that The Sun is just a misunderstood deity.

### Pack law

Western pack is quite strict when it comes to its law. For instance, a wolf born as an omega is automatically made an outcast, even if born to parents of higher rank, and defying (eg. the leaders, the deities, the law) can lead to a temporary or permanent imprisonment, banishment or outcasting.

## External relations

Valley wolves are known for their firm isolationism. They believe that interacting with the other packs would only devastate their own, so they tend to keep to themselves. But, despite this, they have been able to form alliances.

### Eastern Pack

Valley wolves have the closest and most durable alliance with the timber wolves, despite not interacting much.

### Southern Pack

By far the earliest recorded instance of pack interaction, the red wolves and valley wolves have been at odds with each other for almost all of their history. As the valley wolves almost never venture outside the Lostlore Woods, their present day experience with the red wolves is largely limited to the leaders of their neighboring pack, and the era of unsteady relations.

### Northern Pack

Relations between the grey wolves and valley wolves are limited and remain mostly unexplored.

## Known members

* Ashari
* Chinook
* Hati'ya
* Huyanah (formerly; outcasted)
* In'ana
* Ki'tok
* Nuatak
* Nodin
* Ruka
* Sadewa
* Shianah
* Ta'keh (unofficially; birthright)
* Vanadís
* Walekh (formerly; outcasted)
* Werni

### Others

* Ka-Bar
* Na-Reh
* Ru'ka
* Ab'ya
* Balta (outcasted by birth)
* Kota (outcasted by birth)
* Nava (outcasted by birth)
* Nelah (outcasted by birth)
* Hyami (outcasted by birth)
* Iva (outcasted by birth)
* Raakel (outcasted by birth)
* Valoh (outcasted by birth)