Renae

Alastor (Brother)

Ravka, Epione, Persephone, Helh, and Hestia (Half-Sisters)

Orpheus, Thanatos, Phaeton, and Honiahaka (Half-Brothers)

Ira (Aunt)

Gabriel, Charlotte, Nikolai, and Elisabet (Cousins)

## Application Sheet

Renae was a cream-furred she-wolf with icy blue eyes. She was born in Havir, alongside a brother named Alastor, to Nadina, after she was taken advantage of by Vektren's dark Viper, Janus. She grew up never knowing her father. She didn't live in Havir long, however, for the pack was destroyed by a meteor. She grew up in Vale, but was kidnapped by Vektren, remaining their prisoner until her escape, when she moved to Damasca. After *Damasca's* departure, Renae, injured, wound up in Xassa. She served as a steadfast Marduk of the pack through the Hive Wars, but disappeared from the pack a few seasons after its conclusion, and hasn't been seen since. Renae was created and RP'd by smimley.

## Personality

* ***Cautious*.** Renae is always extra careful when it comes to situations that could have any source of consequence. She takes the time to think out each and every possible outcome, and is hesitant to anything out of her comfort zone.
* ***Cold*.** After having been captured by the Vektreni Alizarin, and losing all hope in Vale finding her, Renae shut down. She rarely shows emotion, yet angers quickly. She has put up an incredibly thick wall and refuses to let anyone into her head. It would take an extreme amount of time building a friendship to see the side of Renae that she used to be when she lived in Vale.
* ***Skeptical*.** From a young age, Renae has always been questioning about the world around her and her existence. She has more smarts to her than many give her credit for, and she is often found diving into the depths of what certain events or words spoken to her mean.
* ***Realist*.** Renae is neither optimistic nor pessimistic. She takes what facts are before her and creates an outcome based on that. She is not a firm believer on hope, but she doesn't always seek out the negatives in a situation. Rather, she comes up with the most realistic response, and sticks to it.
* ***Irreligious*.** After the events that took place in Havir and her experience with the uber-religious Alizarin, Renae has always doubted that any Gods exist. She will always aggressively debate anyone who tells her otherwise, and refuses to change her mind. She has no faith, and does not believe in any sort of external being that controls their world. In her mind, it's just them and the threats of the elements, and only they are looking out for themselves.
* ***Competitive*.** Renae always has a competitive side to her, and strives to be the best at everything. If she can't be the best, then no one can. She will find any way to turn something into a competition, and tends to perform better when competing against another.
* ***Pushy*.** While Renae is undoubtedly ambitious, she tends to do so in a rather bossy way. If something isn't going the way she wants, then she will take the reins and control the situation. While she does not deem herself as a leader, she refuses to be labeled as a follower, and will push herself as close to the top as she can get.

## Pre-Group History

Renae was born into the illegitimate litter of Janus and Nadina. Janus claimed to be the Havirian God, Adetunji, to Nadina, who mistakenly believed him. Janus took advantage of this for his own pleasures, which resulted in the conception of Renae and her brother, Alastor.

## Group History

Shortly after her birth, Havir's lands were wrecked by a meteorite, to which the religious wolves took it as their gods punishing them. Some blamed Renae and her brother's birth for the destruction, the two bastard babes born with light coats. The survivors of Havir took shelter in Vale, where Renae and her brother were raised. Renae had always been against religion, yet continued to have dreams of the Havirian and Vektreni gods. To the religious, it would be seen as a clear sign, but to Renae, it was just a nuisance.

It was easy to feel lost and confused in her new pack of Vale, and was helped out by the Valerians, like Loki, whenever she became lost. She grew older and wiser, but ultimately, her wisdom wasn't great enough to prevent her from leaving Vale - she was tempted, led astray, towards the darkness of Vektren.

Dazed, she found herself dangerously close to the Vektren borders, where she met one of their Necrolytes, Alizarin. She was captured by him and kept secret from the rest of the pack as he questioned her. However, it became too dangerous, and with both of their lives on the line, they fled. While attempting to flee, they were ambushed by another Vektreni (Seraph), who nearly took Alizarin's life. Though, by some miracle, both Renae and Alizarin managed to escape. In his weakened state, Renae took the opportunity to leave him where he was, not looking back nor caring if he lived or died.

She lived as a loner for quite some time. Renae fought for food and shelter, and in doing so, honed her fighting skills. Though her numerous scars may tell you otherwise, Renae often won these fights, and it started to get to her head. She would seek out wolves who would fight her, willing or not. A few of the fights were to the death, and she earned quite the body count. While Renae would never admit it, a part of her reasoning for all these fights was anger. Angry at the Havirians for blaming her and her brother for the destruction of their home. Angry at the lack of attention she sought after with her mother. Angry at Alizarin for taking her captive. Angry at the Valerians for not seeming to care about finding her, and leaving her to suffer. Angry at the Vektreni for just existing. Fighting, and sometimes, taking lives, made her feel better, even in the slightest.

For a time, she lived amongst the Damascans, but not for long. She used her strength and their tendency to thieve and ambush to excuse her behavior. But then Damasca left, and she remained, a loner again.

Full of herself and drunk on the power she thought she had over the other loners of the Domain, Renae sought revenge. She lurked near the Vektren borders, watching and waiting for any sign that Alizarin may be alive. Renae grew restless the longer it went on that she could not find him, and she began to slip. Not paying as close attention to her footing, she fell into a Vektreni trap. Luck was on her side, however, that a wolf had seen her fall into the trap and came to her rescue. This wolf was not a Vektreni nor a loner, but a wolf of a nearby pack, Mekhit. After getting her out of the trap, she urged her to return with her to the pack, where she would stay and rest. Though she no longer enjoyed pack life, Renae knew she could not live the life as a loner, not at the time. She slowly learned about the pack, Xassa, and agreed she'd stay there for a while. Though, what these wolves were not aware of though, was Renae's violent history prior to her arrival in Xassa, and her complete and utter hatred for any sort of religion. For the time being, she'd follow their laws, only seeking out a place to recover before she'd be on her way again.

That wasn't what happened, though.

That winter was the coldest and longest the Domain had ever seen. Renae had no difficulties with the cold, being a Havirian, and had little to no patience for her shorter-furred companions. She was a skulking presence in the pack, intimidating her packmates and not attracting much in the way of friendship, but she was valued as a Marduk after she took on the role. It suited her best, after all - she knew how to fight, and was good at it.

She joined her packmates on a rescue mission to Chandor, when some of her packmates were trapped there by hostile Chandorians. She paired up with fellow Marduk Ajax to battle Dare and Laureline, and held her own very well against these wolves. Still, she was injured, and after they made it back to Xassa, she tended to her wounds. *Herself*. She didn't need anything from anyone else.

After the Winter War had ended, Renae and Mekhit decided that the Xassans needed training. They were unfamiliar with battle, and they thought with Renae's experience, they could help teach their packmates well. Renae oversaw the training of Odin, Caldera, Aisha, Nayeli, and Issa, offering guidance (and roasting) the participants. She was never exactly a *kind* teacher, but her advice was solid and helpful. Still, mostly, she kept to herself.

Wolves *tried* to befriend her, and give her the same respect as other packmates, but it was tricky. She was short and snappish with anyone who tried to befriend her, like Khamira. She *did* form a bit of a connection with an equally short-tempered Marduk (Ajax) though, and the two often complained to one another and provided "helpful" advice to one another's problems (mostly "suck it up"). She also attended Majavis and Anshar's wedding, though, again, she kept to herself.

While patrolling one day, Renae fell into the Araxes River, and was saved by two loners - Samiel and Dodge - who wanted to join Xassa. She hated being in debt to other wolves, and was even further upset by the fact Anshar had witnessed her getting saved by the loners. She could handle *herself*, thank you very much!

Another training session was hosted, which Renae wasn't the leader of, but decided to attend. She sparred against Issa, while Zarina, Samiel, Dodge, and Wick sparred against Nayeli, Caldera, Ajax, Aisha, and Mekhit. These training sessions were intense, but important for honing the skills of the Marduk.

On occasion, she went as a guard for Cyrus Nineveh when he went to meet with wolves from outside of the pack. She and Mekhit stood at his side as he spoke to Chandorians, Navindru and Dayanara, when they came inquiring about the pack. She was bristly and aggressive as Nineveh explained the war they had recently fought with Chandor, but didn't have to do any fighting.

She did have to be on guard as the Hive started to invade the territory, however. She and Tahmina, the Melchior, investigated the corpse of a deceased Hive wolf. She was disgusted by the creature. With the encroachment of the cannibalistic beasts, Nineveh ordered wolves not to patrol alone. To this, Renae said "I do what I want" and patrolled alone. Sometimes, this led to her getting attacked by Hive wolves, but she survived each of these encounters, usually because her packmates came to her rescue.

She wasn't always alone, though. While patrolling with Ajax and Mekhit, they discovered a dying Hive wolf, which croaked the word "She" before dying. This puzzled them, but Renae didn't care to dig deeper. She continued to focus on her duties, patrolling, sparring with wolves like Issa, and looking grumpy all the time.

She tried to make some amends, too. Renae felt a bit bad about how she treated Khamira when they first met, and so she asked for a few pointers when it came to hunting. Fortunately, Khamira was a very understanding she-wolf! She would later partake in a bison hunt, proving her strength and adaptability to helping a hunt.

Renae was asked to help train younger wolves in fighting, too, like Vivien. However, during a spar, Vivien took it too far, and Renae had to put her in her place!

Renae was chosen to go to Aryn to speak with the alpha, Cassandra, about the Hive threat. She was accompanied by Odin and Dodge. When they reached Aryn, they were told of a pack further west, called Mhor, which also should receive an invitation to the alpha meeting. And so, Renae went with Arynian representatives Priscilla and Ileana to speak to Archqueen Rowena, with her trusted friend Maeve.

They reached Mhor and Renae was stunned to see a familiar face - Charlotte. She fled, trying to avoid speaking to Charlie or confronting her past, but her cousin was swift-footed and demanded to speak to her. She *hated* her family, hated Vale, and wanted to put it behind her. She told Charlotte the only reason she was still standing was because she was there as a representative of Xassa - and stalked off, cursing her cousin and the pack they'd once shared. After all, Vale didn't go to Vektren to rescue her. Why should she spare Charlotte any sentimentality?

Returning home to Xassa, Renae protected packmate Nayeli from a loner, but the Hive remained the bigger threat. After several moons, Xassa answered the call to free Fellfang from their island, and Renae was ready to fight. To *kill.* She contributed to the deaths of several Hive drones, an asset to her pack and to the Fellfangir she was rescuing.

It wasn't terribly long after freeing Fellfang from their island that Xassa marched south, to fight the Hive Queen and end her terrible reign over the Domain. Renae was ready to exercise her strength again, joining wolves like Fiadh and Calumina for brief spars before setting off into the fray, alone, again. She came out of the battle again, alive, and joined her pack returning home to celebrate.

Well, Renae herself didn't do much celebration, but she was pretty smug about her successes. It wasn't long after the Hive Wars ended that she had something else to be smug about - being chosen to track down a traitor to the pack, Nebula, who had left without taking the necessary blood oath. Fortunately for Nebula, Renae was unable to find her, and returned empty-pawed.

Renae met a male wolf at the border who asked to speak to Nineveh: Mason. Mason wanted to know more about the bristly she-wolf, but she froze him out. Still, it was hard to keep secrets from him when Mekhit so openly shared the information he sought!

Renae remained a silent, skulking presence for several moons after this, but vanished from the pack during a vicious hurricane. Despite her packmates searching for her, Renae was never found, and was believed to have been swept out to sea. Still, nobody knows for sure what happened to her, or whether she lingers beyond the Domain...

## Trivia

* Renae has albinism, which dilutes her natural pelt color dramatically. If she was born without albinism, she would have her mother's silver-colored coat.
* Mason felt a bit of attraction to Renae!

## Quotes

* “We are only family by blood, Charlie, and I would let myself bleed out to rid myself of this disease your family has infected me with. Family lost its meaning to me all those moons ago, when I realized no one was coming to save me.” (to Charlotte, *Stormtaken*)
* “You should consider yourself lucky, Charlie. You are still standing. Due to the fact that I am here as a Xassan, representing the pack, I have chosen to spare your life. And, since you still seem oh so sentimental, on the account that we were once family, you are still in one piece. Do not seek me out ever again. You and your pack are dead to me, so it’s better you just continue to live in the fantasy that I died, just like your family wanted you to believe.” (to Charlotte, *Stormtaken*)

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
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