Raksha

***Raksha*** is an adult gray wolf living within the Bajelous Jungle. She is Alexander's mate, biological mother to Grey and Bhoot, and adopted mother to Kimba, Bravo, Tango, and Sierra. She is also known under the alias as "Raksha the demon".

## Appearance

Raksha is a standard-sized gray wolf, with white patches of fur on her face ending in three points. The white coloration leads from her muzzle, along her neck, and down her chest, just pass her front legs. Her eyes are blue.

## Personality

Raksha is a level-headed, calm, and caring individual much like her mate. Comparing her to Alexander though, she is more secure, wise, and is usually the one to help calm down her mate whenever he would end up worrying over something. Because of this, she sometimes is considered the head of the family, and the one to take charge in numerous situations when said situation calls for it.

She is shown to be much sterner than her mate, however, which many would note makes her much more intimidating to the point of earning her current alias as a "demon".

## History

### Volume 01. Arrival

Raksha is first shown within the Wolf Den along with the rest of the family. On the following morning, not long after Tabaqi arrives and their children leave, she mainly tries to make sure Alexander is calm, seeing how worried he was for their safety. She promises him that they will be fine as Baloo wouldn't dare let them be harmed by anyone. Raksha is also the one to make Tabaqi leave the den after said Jackal tries to worry Alexander by sharing news of Shere Khan's return. Once Tabaqi does leave, she questions her mate over why he would even listen to him, noting that Tabaqi's just trying to scare him and worrying over the problem won't actually help anything. She assures him that whatever comes of this, that they all will handle it and to have faith in their children.

This continues on to that night, her, Alexander and Bravo going out to find Kimba when he didn't come home. Raksha made sure to keep Alexander calm and quiet when he tries calling to Kimba, confident that Kimba will be fine. She and the other adults help Kimba back home with Steven Universe once they learn of him.

That morning, she and the wolf family head out and managed to hunt down a scale bird, greeting Steven on arriving home, offering him to join them for breakfast, and telling her children to not overwhelm their new guest. She does remain quiet throughout much of breakfast, but once they hear of Shere Khan's approach, she remains with Alexander and Bravo to confront him. She specifically tells Shere Khan that they don't have any spare food for him if that was what he was looking for, having more than enough mouths to feed as it is without him taking anything. Still, she tries protecting the family, promising Alexander than they won't let Shere Khan do anything to them. Luckily for them, things do calm down. Raksha decides that Steven has to stay with them to keep him safe from Shere Khan and potentially the other members of the Bajelous Wolf Pack and Animalian Tribe, going as far as to tells the family to keep it a secret as to not get the others of the tribe involved. She also instructs her family to keep an eye out for any more humans in the area, and to try to get them to Steven without provoking them.

Few days later, despite the instructions, she eventually agrees to bring Steven out into the jungle with them for the first time, bringing him over to the creek with them for the day. At first, she calmly went along with it, and enjoyed much of the trip, but she started getting concerned when Steven and their family first encounter a Titan Hollowhorn by the same creek. When Steven tries following it, Raksha got in the way and tells him he had no reason to keep going after it, and how dangerous a Dinosaur of that size is. Although she and Alexander try to stop him, in the end she decides that they all can go with him, although she does make Steven promise to be careful while they follow it. She and the others arrive near the Savannah, and while she lets Steven go ahead, she sternly keeps the rest of the family back to keep them safe, stating for them to "not push it". Things only got worse though, as Rqaksha started to sense a nearby predator in the form of a Werewolf, forcing her and Alexander to fight it off while their children rushed to safety. She specifically tried keeping them safe after she saw Bhoot under attack by a hollowhorn, making sure they're all alive until everything starts to calm down again. She's the main one to talk to the Crystal Gems once they finally find eachother, her catching up with Kimba on what happened, and wishing them all best of luck on their way home.

Later that night though, after finding the Crystal Gems at their den, Raksha specifically is the one first to tell them how little they know of their actual home, and she is the one to fully tell them the story of "Human's Folly". Raksha tries confirming to Steven of being the only human left, but she gets cut off by Kimba. Raksha (joined by Bravo) try encouraging him to tell them the truth, Raksha explaining that a truth like that can't be hidden away from them forever.

## Abilities

* **Senses** - Although having similar senses to a standard wolf, she is shown a higher sense compared to those in her own family, such as being the first one to sense a nearby Werewolf well before the other wolves were able to.