Theia

## Application Sheet

Theia was a light brown she-wolf with jade green eyes. Born outside of the Domain alongside brother Kelly, the two separated long ago. She served Mhor as a Gamma Mage, after joining the pack when it journeyed from the West to settle in the Domain under Archqueen Rowena. Her story is ongoing. Theia was created and RP'd by Lotus-Wolfdragon.

## Personality

* ***Altruistic*.** Theia will gladly give the shirt off her back to whoever needs it, as she knows what it's like to have nothing and to feel helpless. She doesn't mind helping those in need, even if she doesn't get anything in return. The world would be kinder if every wolf helped one another out, so why shouldn't they do so?
* ***Respectful*.** This she-wolf knows her manners and will always be polite even in the face of someone she doesn't like. First impressions are key, and this is a mantra Theia takes to heart. She is not crass nor stoops to a level of being vulgar.
* ***Open-Minded.*** Having a love to learn new things, Theia is quite open-minded on many matters. Ultimately it all boils down to if you are a good wolf or not - she cares not for who you look like, who you like, or what you identify as, if you are a respectable wolf, then you are a good one. She is welcoming to hearing different sides of an argument if to reach a third option or a compromise. If you are looking for someone to confide in, Theia is a good choice.
* ***Inquisitive*.** Because she is always on the hunt to learn new things, Theia is always getting into situations - whether good or bad - if just to know how and what to do. She is an immensely curious creature who always needs to be kept engaged or otherwise her attention is lost fairly quickly. However, this may mean she becomes easily distracted when Theia finds something that gains her focus.
* ***Lonely*.** Though she is incredibly social and is welcoming to making friends, there is a wall Theia keeps up that she doesn't mean nor want to, but does out of habit. For most of her life, she has watched her family and pack life crumble beneath her. She lived alone for a long while and while it provided an opportunity for Theia to develop independence, it only exacerbated on how utterly lonely this wolf feels. She wants to make lifelong connections, but is unsure of how.
* ***Calm*.** Calm to the point of constantly being relaxed, Theia has a long fuse and it takes certain prods at her character to truly get her angry. While she can get frustrated easily, she is also quick to cool off and act as if nothing has happened. In the face of being spewed insults, Theia wears a poker face. She brushes these off easily, not feeling too bothered to focus on them at length.
* ***Guarded*.** In tying in with the loneliness she feels, Theia is disconnected from others on more personal and intimate levels. Having lost almost everyone she loved dearly has left her feeling unsure if she is even worthy of being loved, or if she is meant to be alone. So she tends not to open up easily with others in fear she will lose them as well. Add the fact that she is practically married to her work, and this only exacerbates the issue.
* ***Workaholic*.** Theia puts her all into her work and unfortunately loses herself in it a lot. She feels if she is not being productive, then she is wasting time. Being so absorbed into working without putting a lot of effort into hobbies and other extracurricular activities has resulted in Theia falling into a loop of routine, and because she tends to talk about her work a lot it also isolates her from others who may grow bored of her conversation quickly. This is a trait she is trying to work on correcting, but she falls back into it without realizing.
* ***Self-Conscious*.** While Theia is confident in herself and likes who she is, there are certain things she worries about in the face of others. What if she isn't good enough to do this thing? What if she is too plain-looking to be considered attractive? Will she be alone forever? Why couldn't she have been more like her mother? These are the constant questions that race through Theia's mind, and poking at these insecurities are a good way to get her extremely angry. However, since she rarely shares these thoughts with no one but herself, no one can prod at them.

## Pre-Group History

In a land far away from the Domain, there was a great pack and from that pack came Theia. She was the runt of her litter, born with five siblings to her alpha mother with no father in the picture. Her mother painted him as a strong, handsome male who was the alpha of a bordering pack, but nothing more than that. No name was offered when asked and questions about visiting the bordering pack were denied immediately. So the little family had to contend with a father who would never be a presence in their life. However, this never brought Theia down as she had a wonderful mother and a loving pack community to help her thrive. As a pup she was incredibly shy and quiet, never really reaching out to others and instead observing from a distance, so she never stood out among the crowd especially in comparison to her louder, more rambunctious siblings.

As Theia grew older, though, that began to change. Admiring her mother so, Theia began to take after her. Her confidence built up as well as her social skills, and suddenly Theia was no longer the shy, pudgy puppy of her youth. By the time she turned one, she was a beautiful, confident she-wolf who was ready to fully integrate herself into her pack's way of life.

All of that changed in the blink of an eye.

Theia's mother vanished one day and never came back home; in her place arose a snake - a power-hungry red she-wolf who immediately asserted her control over the pack. Theia refused to give her loyalty over to this she-wolf and began to orchestrate a rescue operation to find her mother and bring her back. There was only one alpha and that was her mother.

However, the operation was null as another wolf stepped in as a challenger for the title. She was Thena, so-called sister of Theia's mother. Though Theia still wanted to search for her mother, they needed an answer against this ferocious traitor and Thena was it. With help, they overpowered and exiled the wolf, and instilled Thena in her place. As an act of good will, Thena overrode the rules made under the traitor's reign and made it so that Theia and her siblings would be the next in line to take over should anything happen to her. Though rough to deal with and not as good with talking to others as her mother had been, Theia grew to like Thena, especially as her aunt began to make positive changes for the pack. Their numbers doubled as well as their territory; food was plentiful, and they were experiencing a surge of litters being born. Their pack thrived in a way it hadn't for a long time. Theia became a respectable member through the ranks, eventually becoming an advisor to her aunt.

Thena had a grand plan - establishing connections with any packs roaming near their location. She trusted Theia to be the one to do it, and Theia took it as an honor. Theia left the pack one day to begin her diplomatic trek, a journey that would last a month before she returned. However what she returned to was chaos - a pack who was splintering under the unstable reign of Thena. As it turned out, Thena was just as power hungry as the previous alpha, but kept it closer to her chest. She had plans to usurp the title of heirs away from her sisters' prodigy by having her own, but lost the litter. The miscarriage led to a series of impulsive and quick decisions that began to sow doubt in the pack, eventually leading them to fight one another. By the time Theia returned, the pack was at its breaking point.

Theia confronted her aunt who refused to listen to reason. There was no choice, for at this point Thena had become a major threat to everyone, including herself. Though not a fighter by trade, Theia took on Thena in a duel that would decide the fate of the pack. It was a quick struggle that ended with Thena's blood painted on Theia's teeth. Now the alpha of the pack, Theia scrambled to try and recover what she could, but fate decided to intervene when the land experienced a major firestorm that left everything in ruins. The pack disbanded, all remaining members scrambling in different directions which left Theia alone and reeling. Her siblings were gone, as was the rest of her family, and the lands would be inhospitable to begin a new pack, so what was left here? Defeated, tired, and lonely, Theia began an ardous journey to newer lands where she would begin a new life.

She spent a year on her own fluttering between smaller groups and temporary alliances made with other loners before she reached the Domain. By then, Theia had turned three years old and honed her social skills further than before. She became savvy enough to survive on her own, but she didn't want to anymore. She needed a pack. Whispers on the wind told her of a new pack that was trying to establish itself, so Theia made the journey to find and join the pack called Mhor.

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