Aiden

Diana and Smew (Sisters, NPCs)

Nanuk (Adoptive Father)

## Application Sheet

Aiden was a taupe-and-brown wolf with a striking pink nose and aqua blue eyes. Born outside of pack lands, he entered the Domain as a loner alongside his adoptive father Nanuk. Ultimately, fearful of the Hive, he left the Domain towards the end of the Hive Wars, and hasn't returned since. Aiden was created and RP'd by OddAika.

## Personality

* ***Amicable, Loyal, and Intelligent.*** Aiden is a likable wolf who finds great pleasure in being among others and though he has a tendency to come with small snarky comments, they’re never really meant seriously. He is fiercely loyal, especially to those he depends on. There’s nothing he won’t do to repay their help, even if he has to sprout wings and learn to fly. He is a quick study, always up to find out about new things, and definitely learns by doing rather than simply hearing about it. He is curious and always ready to go down paths that others before him may not have been willing to take. He loves looking at bugs or keeping track of how plants grow around him, as well as trying to figure out how the world around him works. He likes spending mealtime figuring out how the prey works rather than actually eating, and might forget to eat, even with food right in front of him.
* ***Dependent, and a Creature of Habit.*** Aiden is not great with change. He is very much a creature of habit, preferring to do the same thing day in and day out, and preferably at the same time every day as well. He gets uncomfortable when things don’t follow his routine, and is easily irritable when it happens. He is pretty dependent on having people he trusts around him, people he can lean on, who can help guide him through life, and calm him down when his feelings take over. Someone who has his back and reminds him to eat when needed, or even just someone who helps him learn as much as possible.
* ***Skittish, Conflict Avoidant, and Sensitive.*** Aiden is quite skittish of nature, easily surprised. As a wee pup he liked hiding between his parents’ legs, and with his experiences with the cat he will continue to be nervous, especially when meeting strangers. He gets so caught up in what’s going on inside of his brain that he is easily surprised, even without others actively trying to do so. He also does his best to avoid conflicts like the plague. He just hates when others raise their voices, and usually slinks away if he can. He is quite sensitive, to both words and emotions whether they are directed towards him or others, and he easily adopts the feelings of whoever is around him, though more often than not, especially the negative ones. His emotions are especially very attuned to those of Nanuk. After the hive wolves attacked him and Nanuk, he’s even more skittish than before, and his sensitivities have been heightened as well. He is especially easily surprised if people approaching him from the left don’t make their presence known to him.

## Pre-Group History

Blanche and her sister Diana were born to Azriel, the princess of the pack, and Elgyn, a knightly protector.

The first few weeks of their lives were happy and full of attention, but then both their parents started to grow a little distant, Azriel busy with having fun as the princess of the pack and public relations, and Elgyn being busy doting on her as well as protecting their pack. Until just recently a big threat had been nearby, a female lynx hunting down the pups of the pack. But then, a stranger had caught one of them, bringing peace to the pack.

The two pups still had a happy childhood, even though their father was a distant figure in their lives, and their mother was unable to see.

Despite this handicap, Azriel loved being around her pups, though she did have a tendency to be very busy with her own things in the pack. She tried her best, as did Elgyn, but Blanche always felt as if she was at fault for her parents not being more involved with them. After all, the fault couldn't be Diana's. She was funny and gorgeous and though she tried to ignore it, Blanche did feel jealous at her sister from time to time.

She never worded this out loud however, not wanting to possibly sadden her sister. Instead, she simply kept close to her sister and her mother for the first weeks. Part of her loved being a princess, especially as long as she was by her sister’s side, yet another part of her wanted to be out in the mud, playing with her father and the other pups of the pack, learning to fight and hunt as soon as possible. She felt like she was too small and too slender for how she felt on the inside, but she kept it to herself. Maybe that was just how it felt to be a pup, right?

Diana was unsure of the world, not wanting to stray too far, and thus, the two stayed at each other’s sides, close to the den where they had been born.

As time passed, Blanche felt more and more out of tune with her body, and at some point, he decided to ask his family to call him Aiden instead. He didn’t know for sure if that was really what was causing the turmoil inside of him, but it seemed to help. He just felt more comfortable in his own being that way. His family was open to the change, and they still cared for him just the same, though if he had to be honest, he felt a little removed from them, and it felt as if Diana looked at him differently. But still, he felt like he had to stay close to her, he felt as if he didn’t know how to function without her.

But of course, the day soon arrived that the siblings had decided to explore the area around their home den. They were about 9 weeks old, and it of course wasn’t their first time outside the den, but they had talked about it, and decided to see if they could find their grandpa. The big fluffy male doted on his grandchildren and they always loved being in his company.

What they didn’t know, however, was that they were being observed as they went on the hunt for Voche. A silent hunter, a lynx, kept her eyes on them, wanting to avenge her sister, as well as keep her kittens safe. After all, these pups growing up, would mean more wolves to hunt her children. She sat in a tree not far from the small furry potatoes, but far enough for the other wolves to be oblivious to her presence.

The female had heard some of the wolves talk about the new pups to the pack, and she had known that her chance would come.

Meanwhile, Aiden and Diana had found their way to the top of a little hill. For the short legged pups, it had felt almost never ending, but for the lynx, it was just a slight slope. She looked around, and when she realized that no adults were around, she pounced on the darkest pup first.

All that made Aiden aware of the cat was the scream of his sister, a loud crunching sound, and the hit of a paw that sent him tumbling down the hill, into the river below.

He didn’t even have time to scream before he was in the water, swallowed up by the liquid and forced beneath the surface.

The next thing he remembered was being fished out of the river by a big wolf, bigger than Elgyn, though still smaller than Voche. At first he was scared, thinking that he would end up as their lunch, but instead, he learned that his name was Nanuk, and that he was worried for his well-being. Thinking back to his lost family and pack, he presented himself as Aiden and expected some sort of odd look like the ones he had gotten from the other pups in the pack, but instead he just saw friendliness.

## Group History

Although Aiden adored Nanuk, like any kid, he would sometimes wander off. Getting lost in the fog one day, Aiden was fortunately found by a friendly loner named Clementine!

The pair traveled across the Domain, keeping well away from the Hive wolves whenever they could. As Aiden grew a bit older, Nanuk gave him hunting lessons. It was difficult for light-coated Aiden to blend with his environment, so his father gave him some tips on disguising his pelt. For a while, things seemed to be going pretty well for the pair of loners.

Unfortunately, it couldn't last. Not with the Hive.

Nanuk would be attacked by a Hive drone. Terrified for his father, Aiden rushed towards the fight, shouting for the drone to leave Nanuk alone. He was only a juvenile, and couldn't fight off the beast, but they managed to survive the encounter. It was not without both receiving injuries, particularly Aiden. Nanuk led his son towards the nearest pack territory - Mhor - and were fortunately intercepted by a patrol of Mhorians. Theia, Alderwen, and Maeve helped to get the pair of loners back to Mhor, to be treated for their injuries.

After their recovery, the pair remained in Mhor's territory. Mhor would be attacked by the Hive, and though Aiden would keep well out of the way, Nanuk fought. It was only after the battle, as Aiden pressed his face against his father's pelt, that Nanuk realized his son needed a *pack.* He felt like he had failed Aiden, by letting him get injured so young. And Aiden seemed to like the Mhorians.

In the middle of the night, Nanuk left Aiden in Mhor. When Aiden awoke, he was devastated that his father was nowhere to be seen. He didn't know what to do. He would eventually befriend other wolves - even outsiders, like a Riverfell wolf named Jericho - but he missed his father terribly. When Talni asked Aiden what his plans were (whether he was joining Mhor, or helping them fight the Hive), Aiden realized he didn't want to do that. He didn't want to fight, having barely survived his first encounter with a Hive wolf. He decided to leave the pack, and the Domain, to test his luck where the white wolves didn't walk.

Aiden has never been seen again.

## Trivia

* Smells like blueberries and woodsorrel.
* Loves swimming. Would live in the water if possible. Also, he loves jumping in puddles.
* Loves when it rains, and can often be seen dancing in the rain.
* The smell of wildflowers and especially woodsorrel is immensely soothing to him, and whenever he gets afraid, he will seek out anything that smells like home and stay there until the fear goes away.
* The smell of cats, almost no matter what kind, makes him very anxious. Lynxes are the worst though, and he remembers them as huge monsters that steal people from him.
* He hopes that Diana somehow survived as well. He knows that it's not likely, but he can't handle the thought of her being gone, so it's how he copes.
* Sometimes when he bottles things up, he has outbursts of strong emotions, though it happens rarer and rarer as he grows up.
* Is nearsighted and has a hard time seeing far away trees or mountains as more than just blobs. It's also hard for him to recognize others from afar, so he relies a lot on his other senses and has no trouble when close to them.
* Will spend some time questioning his gender and questioning whether he made the right choice or not.
* Dead-name/Birth-name was Blanche(meaning white/fair) and it may be referred to in things depicting his early life.
* He is fully blind in his left eye.

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
* OddAika's deviantART Gallery