Selena

Atlas (Father, NPC)

## Application Sheet

Selena was a silver-furred she-wolf with light turquoise eyes. She was adopted by Cassandra into the pack of Aryn as a pup after getting separated from her parents. She grew into an athletic young Ranger, and served her pack well in the Hive Wars. After the Hive was defeated, Selena and a packmate, Priscilla, left the Domain for adventure, and haven't been seen since. Selena was created and RP'd by Willowbyrd.

## Personality

* ***Calculating*.** Tending to lean very analytical, she is very cool and calculating for her role as the Lady of Aryn's daughter. Tending to be very deep and thoughtful. She has very high standards for everyone and everything.
* ***Cool*.** With the help of her mother, she tends to be very confident. Selena tends to stay calm in the most stressful situations. Her mother made sure she could take anything thrown at her and still keep that pretty smile going.
* ***Observant*.** Going along with her cool and calculating side, she tends to stay quiet to observe those around her, so she can formulate a plan to get her way. She makes sure to keep up appearances, but helping when necessary.
* ***Vain*.** The young she-wolf knows she is very pleasant to look at and uses that to her advantage. She is very into keeping her coat pristine and clean and hates getting dirty.
* ***Manipulative*.** The she-wolf typically tries to be polite as much as she can. However, with that politeness there is a manipulative nature to her. Always making sure something goes her way. She is very good at manipulating those around her when needed.
* ***Perfectionist*.** Due to her perfectionist ideals, she tends to be very critical of others if they do not perform to her standards.

## Pre-Group History

Luna and Atlas were a lone pair that happened to be born right outside of the Domain to a long forgotten pack. They had recently made their way to the Domain due to knowing Lady Cassandra of Aryn when her and her family were loners. With the deep freeze of the Domain, they barely survived the harsh winter. They had recently had a very small litter just after the freeze had finally melted. They were happy first time parents and doted on their pup lovingly. There were only one pup luckily, so they both took turns carrying their precious pup with them and headed toward Aryn to hopefully join the pack that Cassandra had told them so much about. However, during the light of a bright full moon, Atlas takes off to hunt in hopes to feeding his family. After hours of waiting for him, Luna begins to get worried. It was so unusual for Atlas to be gone so long on a hunt. Since she wasn't far from Ayrn, she decides to take her small pup to Aryn lands in hopes to find someone to take care of her small pup while she goes to look for Atlas.

During this time, Lady Cassandra and Ori were headed in their direction because The One had called out to her, leading the way towards her old friends and their new pup. The light of the moon leading her and Ori to the border where she comes across Luna with her small pup. Happy to see her old friend, Luna was over the moon to see her but begs Lady Cassandra to take her child so she can look for her mate. Happy to help, Cassandra agrees and with a sad nuzzle to her daughter, she takes off into the darkness to find Atlas.

Days go by and no news of the couple. Lady Cassandra worries while taking care of the small pup. From then on, Lady Cassandra decides she would adopt this pup for her own and name her Selena. Due to following the moonlight on the night Luna brought Selena to Aryn.

## Group History

Selena was absolutely doted upon by her mother. Cassandra cared deeply for her young adopted daughter, and she knew how to flash her puppy eyes and get whatever she wanted from her mom! Of course, as the pack's alpha, Cassandra couldn't always be tending to Selena - on occasion, she'd enlist the help of her packmates to watch the youngster. Among the first to be called upon was Amara, who loved puppies and was happy to tell Selena stories about being a Ranger.

These stories, in part, were what inspired young Selena to become a Ranger herself. She approached Amara when she was a juvenile and asked if she would mentor her. Amara wanted to make sure Selena had considered all of her options, perhaps following in her mother Cassandra's footsteps and becoming a Courser, but Selena was determined. Amara agreed to be her mentor.

She trained hard, taking her studies as a Ranger very seriously and loving every minute of it. Because she was away so often, however, she didn't get as much time to talk to her mother as she liked. Selena sought Cassandra one day, but they wouldn't have a chance to talk about *her* for the time being. Lidya raced into the camp, bloodied, and told Cassandra that the Hive had attacked her and Ragnarok, and Ragnarok had lost his life protecting her. She would have to make an announcement to the pack.

Selena stepped forward to stand beside her mother, an ever-obedient daughter, offering her support to Cassandra as she delivered the news. She was pained by her packmates' pain, particularly Leviathan's, but wanted to be stoic for her mom. After the announcement was completed, and they'd said a prayer for Ragnarok, Selena wanted to offer comfort and talk quietly to Cassandra.

Still, she worked hard as a Ranger. Amara taught her everything she knew, including how to hunt, as a Ranger needed to be able to provide for herself if she was away for an extended period of time. Fortunately, truly her mother's daughter, Selena was skilled at hunting!

Always more lessons with Amara, though. Despite being a good hunter, a good Ranger, Amara always had more to teach her apprentice. She tried to explain to Selena that being a diplomat wouldn't always be sunshine and rainbows, but could involve serious fighting. Her position as a Ranger, a diplomat, carried a great deal of weight. Selena listened and understood what Amara was asking of her to the best of her ability.

She would put this skill to use when she overheard her mother discussing the true nature of the fight against the Hive. Chandor and Aryn would be defeated without aid from their neighbors. They needed their allies' *help.* Selena decided that she could initiate these talks...with their former enemy, Vektren.

She raced off to Vektren's border, spotted by Hieronymus and Hera. They immediately rushed to tell Cassandra, who hurried to save her daughter from what she feared would be an attack. However, Selena had succeeded in asking an audience with Mistress Nimh. The alpha approached the border, accompanied by her son Amon, and another packmate, Arachne. When Lady Cassandra arrived, she was stunned to see that Selena was, in fact, negotiating, diplomatically, with the ferocious Vektreni leader.

This initial approach for diplomatic talks resulted in Nimh's openness to discussing aid with Cassandra. The Vektreni pledged to fight alongside Aryn!

Selena herself would never fight in the wars. She was speedy and had a good memory for messages. She could deliver messages across the battlefield, and did just that, both in the battle against General Hex, and in the final battle against the Hive Queen.

They returned to Aryn, victorious, free of the Hive plague. And yet...Selena found herself questioning her role. She was the daughter of the Lady of Aryn, but questioned whether this role was what she was destined for. Was she meant to be her pack's Ranger? She tried helping her fellow Rangers, newcomers to the task like Cage, learn everything Amara had taught *her,* but she felt rather awkward with the rest of her packmates.

*Selena had been feeling restless about being back home after the Hive Wars were done. She had been questioning herself since returning and if she was the right fit for her job as a Ranger. She didn't know what her place was in the world beside being Lady Cassandra's daughter. She hadn't found herself as to what she wants to be, all she has done is to what she thinks she has to be. After some time thinking about it for a long time, the decision was made. She was going to leave Aryn and find herself outside of the pack.*

*On her way to Lady Cassandra, she runs into Priscilla. After explaining her intentions to Priss, hesitates for a moment and asks to join her in her journey. Caelan recently left after a very tearful goodbye, Priscilla was lost and unsure what she would do. Selena gave her an opportunity to leave but have someone with her instead of venturing off alone. Selena agreed and they both went to Cassandra and explained their intentions to leave to have a soul searching journey of their own. Of course Cassandra was extremely hesitant on releasing her only daughter to the wilds to be a loner, but with Priscilla there she reluctantly agreed. Cassandra lets them know to find her place in the world just as she had done many moons ago.*

*With an emotional goodbye to the mother who had raised her, both Priscilla and Selena leave Aryn to find their place in the world.*

Neither has been seen in the Domain since.

## Trivia

* Selena gets most of her coloration from her father, Atlas!
* Despite knowing her mother would be furious, Selena risked her life to go to Vektren and initiate talks of their alliance - showing how brave and determined Selena was, even though she was young and alone!

## Quotes

* “I have decided on picking a task! And I want you [Amara] to be my mentor. You always made me think of life outside and the adventures. It sounded so fun!” (to Amara, *Joining the Pumpkin Patch*)

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
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