Basil

Basil as the heir of the Dark Moon Pack starting his journey, Bountiful Wilds episode 2

### Relatives

Starry Skies Ancestors
Moondancer (grandmother, first life)
Nix (grandfather, first life)
Stardancer (mother, first life)
Geo (father, first life)
Thyme (older sister, first life)
Mira (older sister, first life)
Draco (older brother, first life)
Quartz (older sister, first life)
Kuma (brother, littermate, first life)
Leonis (brother, littermate, first life)
Diamond (sister, littermate, first life)
Aura (younger sister, first life)
Rosemary (younger sister, first life)
Timber (younger brother, first life)
Coal (younger brother, first life)
Meadow (grandmother)
Genesis (grandfather)
Parsley (mother)
Azor (father)
Marigold III (sister)
Thorn (brother)
Hawk (brother)
Owlet (brother)
Catalina (mate)
Rosetta (daughter)
Argon (son)
Badger (son)
Mouse (daughter)

### Affiliation

Starry Skies Pack (currently)
Starry Skies Ancestors (currently)
WildCraft Pack (formerly)
Dark Moon Pack (formerly)

## Biographical information

### Marital status

No mate (first life, never reached adulthood)
Mates with Catalina

### Date of birth

April (both as Stardancer’s pup and Parsley’s pup, in game)
February 17th (Parsley’s pup)

### Place of birth

Slough Creek, Saddle Meadows Den
Slough Creek, Mosstree Den

### Date of death

May (death as Stardancer’s and Geo’s pup before being reborn.)
Date unknown (as Parsley’s pup)

### Date of death

Slough Creek (very near the original 2.7 Summer Hunting Grounds.)
Location unknown (as Parsley’s pup)

## Physical description

### Species

Grey Wolf
African Lion (Starry Skies Ancestor, formerly)

### Eye color

Golden (as a Starry Skies Ancestor lion)
Blue (pup)
Dark brown (adult wolf)

## About Basil

### Basil (Starry Skies Ancestors: WildCraft)

Basil is the son of Leonis and Celestial as well as the younger brother of Shadow and the older brother of Mira and the adoptive brother of Pup and Wildfang.

### Basil (Starry Skies Pack)

Basil was the son of Stardancer and Geo, and the grandson of Moondancer and Nix. His older siblings were Thyme, Mira, Draco, and Quartz, his littermates were Kuma, Diamond, and Leonis, and his younger siblings were Aura, Rosemary, Timber, and Coal. Basil was killed by lightning sent by the Ancestors as they were trying to hit an eagle that targeted Basil, but missed. This caused the Sorrow of the Skies event, a curse that darkened the skies over Moon Pack territory as the Ancestors mourned their mistake. Basil was later reborn as a banyard coated lion in WildCraft.

Basil was a grayish brown pup. Because he never grew up, his eyes stayed blue.

## Basil (Dark Moon Pack)

Many years after the Sorrow of the Skies, Basil was reborn into the Dark Moon pack, a second chance at the life he had lost. Parsley became his mother, Azor became his father, and he was the grandson of Meadow and Genesis. He was the brother of Marigold III, Thorn, Hawk, and Owlet, and the last born pup in the litter. He was by far the biggest, but wasn’t fierce at all. At the summer hunting grounds he caught an illness, but it never ended up that bad, so he recovered.

He was chosen as the Dark Moon heir for generation 3, and travelled to Amethyst Mountain. After some struggle, he found his mate Catalina, who chased away the other females proving to be the strongest. Since she was so brave, he was amazed by her at first sight. They hunted well together, and got along from the start, so they travelled to Slough Creek to have pups. They had 4 pups, 2 males and 2 females: Rosetta (2F), Argon (2M), Mouse (3F), and Badger (3M). Mouse was the runt. Basil’s lifetime quest was to keep all pups alive, and if anyone reached 22 lbs like he did as pup he would get a bonus. Since Catalina loved to look at the stars from mountaintops, they chose rock dens. Their first den was actually a whole mountain. After moving because of fleas, they settled down at Meadow’s first den. After a hunting trip, they found their pups out in the open in the middle of an eagle attack, since the den was flooded they couldn’t go in and hide. The eagle managed to take Mouse and carry her away to her death. The loss of Mouse crushed Basil’s heart, and instead of being gentle and playful he became cold and fierce. He realised that the world can be cruel and understood his mother’s way of raising pups. He became more like his mother, even killing multiple wolves who attacked the den or trespassed. Now his lifetime quest was gone to. But after a while his broken heart healed a little, and he played with his mate and pups again. Seri described his grief period as a forest fire, who destroys everything so it can come back even stronger. His daughter Rosetta became the next Dark Moon Pack heiress.

## Personality

Basil was very gentle as pup, and even if he was the biggest in the litter he was never the strongest. He was shyer than the others and he was a little clumsy. But he was strong enough to survive the illness he had as a pup. As an adult Basil was still very shy and kind, and didn’t want to mess with other wolves unless he really had to. He only avoided wolves and big predators, not other animals. He loves food, so he only hunted big prey, and always dreamed of taking down a bison. He was the opposite of his cousin Demeter, and thought that rabbits were simply empty fluffballs filled with air and in no way a suitable food. Just like his mother, he can be very stubborn, and he got severely injured multiple times hunting because he refused to let go or choose a tactic instead of rushing right in. He loved his mate and pups deeply, and after he lost his daughter Mouse his personality totally changed. His broken heart caused him to become cold and fierce, and his playful gentle personality was lost. His fear of stranger wolves disappeared and instead of chasing them away he killed them, to permanently get rid of the threat. His personality this time was very similar to his mother’s personality. After a while he began to regain his former personality, but it was never the same.

## Appearance

Basil is a gray wolf with a brown stripe on his nose and lighter brown grayish fur, fading into warm light brown on his legs. His ears and the tip of his tail are black. He has white cheeks, paws and belly, and lighter cream white flecks on his back and sides, resembling spots. His eyes are a deep, dark brown. He’s very similar to his father Azor.

## Trivia

* Basil is the Moon Pack wolf who so far has killed the most wolves, that being four wolves.

* His first and second life followed a similar pattern. Both times a pup in the pack died somehow because of an eagle (first time Basil when the Ancestors tried to chase the eagle away with lightning, second time Mouse by the eagle directly), and their death was followed by some kind of disaster (Sorrow of the Skies curse, the Forest Fire of Grief).
* Basil is the third reborn wolf to become heir, after Atlas and Dawn.