Ellesméra

## Application Sheet

Ellesméra was a brown-furred she-wolf with piercing orange eyes. She was born outside of the Domain, where she had a single daughter, Finarel. War caused the pair to separate, and Ellesméra eventually made her way to the Domain with a young companion, Roran, and her niece Nemesis. She joined her daughter's pack Vale to meet Finarel's adoptive father Quinn. After Quinn got injured protecting her from a venomous snake, she became a loner with him when Vale left the Domain. When Quinn recovered, Ellesméra left the Domain as well, and she hasn't been seen since. Ellesméra was created and RP'd by Hirvlased.

## Personality

* ***A Shell of her Former Self.*** Ellesméra is, nowadays, the remains of what once has been a powerful she-wolf; she was the second in command in her previous pack, a position earned after proving her worth and unshakeable loyalty to Teirm through year after years, but had her light dimmed after war forced her to separate from her only daughter - and then to become almost completely extinguished when Teirm fell.
* ***Solemn and Guilt-Ridden, but Kind and Approachable.*** On the surface, she’s solemn but approachable and kind, especially around pups - whom she seems to be especially fond of; projecting in them much of the motherhood she didn’t get to live. Elle will always give off the idea that she’s not being completely honest about her emotions, though she does constantly try to avoid worried glances or anyone prying too much into her past. Teirm is a delicate subject. Finarel’s abandonment even worse. She holds a lot of guilt from her past choices but still fails to see how she could’ve done any differently, and that’s all the comfort she gets to keep moving forward.
* ***Rational, Courageous, and Loyal.*** Ellesméra still values courage and loyalty over any other quality a wolf may have, and won’t think twice before frowning upon those who lack any of the two - though she is much more collected than what she used to be, and can be way less open about it, keeping her thoughts mostly to herself. She’s extremely rational, and most of her actions are carefully planned, coming up with strategies for even the smallest tasks. She always thinks ahead and seems to live more in the future than the present, or even in the past. There’s a strong sense of responsibility within her, and she puts her duties and principles above anything, whatever they are. This explains why she chose to go back to Teirm instead of fleeing to Vale with her daughter when she had the chance. Her mind thinks like a pack more than an individual and she believes that her personal interests should never overcome the ones of her brotherhood.
* ***Confident and Proud.*** Deep down lies a wolf that was confident to a fault, and held her head high with pride for all the accomplishment she had conquered. Though much of her fire is now gone, some can still see past her melancholic aura the fragments of the wolf she used to be.

## Pre-Group History

Teirm and Adurna were two neighboring packs, with very different cultures and way of life. Adurna was a big pack, in members and territory, though they had much more land than wolves to cover it. Teirm, in other hand, was an ancient small pack, located in a valley near Adurna's northeast border. A river crossed Teirm's territory, and attracted many of the large game the pack survived with. However, though it wasn't always like that, from time to time the river would go dry, causing the opposite effect. Still, they habited those lands for more generations than one could tell, and were tied to it by pride. Adurna valued knowledge, culture and science. Teirm valued honor, strategy and strength. Though the packs differed in many aspects, their differences were respected, and both alphas were amiable (Oromis and Murtagh) towards one another. It was the seasons of dry that caused Teirm and Adurna to forge an alliance: Teirm would provide security by sending its warriors to cover Adurnian's border and Adurna would let them hunt/collect herbs inside their lands. Still the packs never merged into one.

Ellesméra was born in Teirm, daughter of two gamma wolves. By the time she was a juvenile, she was already betrothed to Blödgharm, the son of the Lead War Captain. Elle didn't love him, but accepted him as her mate following her alpha's expectations. As a young adult she received the title of Argetlam, becoming the alpha's closest advisor and second-in-command. Also became Blödgharm's official mate. Years later, they had only one litter, which conceived only one pup. Finarel. The tension between Adurna and Teirm started to grow while she was still pregnant, though things seemed reversible at the time.

Adurna's Beta, Vrael, sensed weakness in Oromis' lenient rule. Vrael influenced others to believe his lies, and soon Oromis was seen as weak, foolish and unfit to rule. Oromis was then assassinated by Vrael, though he made it look like an accident. Vrael ascended to alpha, and imposed new, harsh laws that made Teirminians little more than slaves. Teirm decided to break the alliance, knowing that this decision had only one consequence: war.

War was about to break between Teirm and Adurna. Teirm had already made its decision and was starting to gather all the warriors they could (a few were still patrolling Adurna's vast lands and couldn't be reached). Finarel was a pup by that time, unfit for battle and with no chance of surviving, which lead Elle to send out two scouts to nearby lands, in hopes they could find a pack where her daughter could live in. The scouts came back, having observed Vale for a few days. A pack for warriors. Finarel would be close to her true culture. Elle then decided to move, as Teirm still gathered forces before announcing their decision to Adurna, and traveled to Vale with her daughter. She then left Ella at Vale's border and left, never looking back. She couldn't stay with her, not when she knew that all her pack would perish to Adurna's powerful alpha. She hadn't hope to see her daughter again.

Ellesméra, right after she came back from her trip to Vale, stood in front of Adurna's council and told them the decision of her pack. Like it had been foreseen, it was war. Teirm had better warriors, but they were shortcut in numbers. Vrael had killed most of the patrols that were still in Adurnan's lands. Adurna won and Teirm perished, leaving only a few survivors. Ellesméra within them.

Ellesméra was a valuable hostage, being one of the great minds behind Teirm. Vrael decided to keep her alive. First his intentions was to cause her so much pain, by making her feel guilty of her decisions, that she would shut down her emotions and live by his side as a willing slave. However, while she was still in Adurna's prison, Nemesis, her goddaughter, was arrested. Seeing what had left of Teirm, Nemo rebelled against Adurna and helped the few survivors to escape. Before leaving, she and Nemo took Roran, Oromis' son and rightful alpha of Adurna, by force, knowing that Vrael would soon enough get rid of him. As they traveled through the Domain, Roran escaped.

Elle traveled to Vale, alongside with Nemo, in hopes to see her daughter again.

## Group History

She was welcomed to Vale by Quinn, who had become adoptive father to Finarel - but Finarel was not in the pack. Quinn told her that she had gone. The pair spent a great amount of time speaking to one another, about life, Finarel, the pack...and then one day, there was no pack. Loki decided to move Vale to new hunting grounds.

After Quinn nearly lost his life protecting Ellesméra from getting bitten by a snake, she remained at his side until he had managed to recover. After this, Ellesméra left the Domain to search for Finarel.

## Quotes

* “I shouldn’t be afraid of dealing with the past. It happened, after all, and I have to accept it. I am sure they are happy I was given this chance… though probably a bit disappointed too, haha. Besides...I feel like I am ready now." (to Quinn, *Hidden in the Hall*)

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