Eden

### Accessories

Leucistic mourning dove feathers (worn behind ear)Pheasant feather (formerly - buried with Riga)

### Aliases

Sweet-Deer (by Raghaalr); Savta (by her grandchildren)

## Affiliations

### Children

Ursuline and Cricket (Daughters)Barin, Sozin, Phanuel, and Ezra (Sons)

Riga (Adoptive Daughter)

### Relatives

Eeva (Mother, NPC)Salem (Father, NPC)

Abel and Everard (Brothers, NPCs)

## OOC Information

### Voice

Emma Watson (Hermione, 'Harry Potter')

Eden was a brown-furred she-wolf with golden yellow eyes. She lived in Aryn as a Ranger, eventually being promoted to the rank of Kashaf (Lead Rah'at Ranger) by Lord Raphael. She had a mate, Kane, and six pups with him: Barin, Urs, Cricket, Sozin, Phanuel, and Ezra, as well as adoptive daughter Riga, their eldest. She was doted on by her grandson Leviathan. Due to the emotional turmoil of the Inquisition and permanent damage to her lungs as a result of the fire that ended it all, Eden had to move to the south where the weather was warmer. Kane and Barin went with her, and none of them have returned to the Domain since.

## Personality

* ***Social, Compassionate, and Open-Minded.*** Despite coming from a highly isolated family, Eden is the exact opposite of that. A compassionate social butterfly, Eden loves nothing more than whittling away hours talking to her pack mates. She doesn't keep many secrets, reading like an open book, in matters both good and bad. While she's open-minded on most matters, when her opinion differs, she can be incredibly stubborn and unyielding on her own truth. She can deal the truth with sass and a bit of fire, though, to be honest, since becoming a mother, she has mellowed a little.
* ***Faithful, Adventurous, and Intelligent.*** Eden, as an Arynian, is devoutly religious and often wonders about the nature of existence. She thinks the world is beautiful, which is *why* she became a Ranger: to have a chance to see everything she possibly can. She loathes routine, and feels restless easily, preferring to do things new and different as often as she can, experience the world through a different lens at every opportunity. She craves learning, finding that the acquisition of knowledge is crucial to a well-rounded existence. She is quite intelligent, but this intellect is tapered with strong emotions. She feels *everything* at its strongest - the deepest depths of grief, the profoundest joy, the fiercest anger. Generally, however, these are fleeting feelings, and taper off before too much time passes.
* ***Inquisitive and Motherly.*** Always curious, Eden's inquisitive nature hasn't faded even with her general mellowing with the advent of motherhood.
* ***Stressed and Depressed.*** After the Inquisition, Eden fell into a severe depression, grieving her lost packmates and the decisions she'd made. Eden also feels immensely stressed, worried that her packmates think of her as a traitor, and her children hate her. She was a traitor, wasn't she? She hopes her packmates don't take their (perceived) anger at her out on her children.

## Pre-Group History

Two wolves in Aryn had been mates for several years, and yet, they had no pups.

There was a reason, though. The pack had undergone an exodus from its old territory, their lives ripped up from its roots, and they were absolutely terrified to have pups, in case they had to get up and move again. Yet Aryn's new territory began to feel like home for the pair, and the rest of the pack as well.

The pair were named Salem and Eeva. Salem wasn't a particularly handsome wolf, but he had stolen Eeva's heart with his kindness and ingenuity. He was a Warden, though, and unafraid to fight for his pack mates. Eeva was shy and withdrawn - she'd been found, long ago, as a juvenile, wandering the borders of the previous territory, having escaped from a tough, stony pack that exiled her for failing to bring down a doe on her initiation hunt. The memories of that pack had long since faded, though, and Eeva couldn't remember the details, save for fangs bared when she stood, panting, in the dust left by her prey. Both of them were Gammas.

Eeva didn't spend much time with her pack mates, preferring the solitary life of a Ranger, but Salem was more than enough company for her. Salem was well-liked, but didn't have anyone he was closer to than his beloved mate. Still, the pair were considered to be good parts of the pack, beloved brother and sister wolves.

Times were good after a bitter cold war with Blutwald, and the alpha pair had permitted multiple pairs to have pups that year. Eeva was hesitant, terrified the pack would have to leave their home again, embark on another exodus, but their pack mates encouraged them. They weren't getting any younger, they would make the absolute best parents, they should totally have pups.

And Salem wanted them so badly.

They had three pups - a female and two males. Salem was immediately wrapped around his daughter's paw, from the moment he set eyes on her, she was his whole world. He claimed she was perfect, and so her name was Eden. The others were named Abel and Everard.

Eeva and Salem's pups arrived half a month before Athena and Alcatraz had their pups. Eeva had heard that, in some packs, alpha females would remove other pups from the picture that was the pack, to prevent threats to her pups' leadership claims. Even though Salem assured her Athena wasn't that kind of wolf, Eeva took the pups away, a short distance away from the main camp, and tended her brood away from the bustle of the main den site. Two days after, another litter of pups was born - to Charaka and Alexandro. The eight pups - Teva, Raphael, Storm, and Lazarus, the alpha pups, and Mavis, Kane, Huginn, and Muninn - lived and thrived together, in the central camp, while Eden, Everard, and Abel lived just out of reach.

The pups never knew that they were isolated. The siblings were tighter than typical siblings, and their mother kept them away from the camp, with the little family settling into a strange life half-in, half-out of the pack. Salem continued to protect the pack from where he and his mate had set up lodgings for themselves and their pups, and they met with their pack mates frequently, but they were essentially, loners, due to Eeva’s fear of her pups being harmed.

They couldn't be more different. Eden was bright and bubbly, with an unrestrained curiosity that could get her into trouble sometimes. Abel was shy and timid, and usually looked to his sister to lead him wherever he needed to go. Everard was born with a heart full of bitterness and anger, which he took out on other wolves if they tried to get too close to him. He frequently got into arguments with Eden, though, and Abel was the mediator. He was an excellent mediator, and maintained peace between his siblings. And if Everard got *too* snappy, well, Salem was there to put things right.

They were just young adults when an earthquake shook the Domain, triggering a landslide where the family of five were staying in Aryn's territory. Salem, Eeva, and Everard would die in the landslide and Abel, unable to cope with his anxieties, would flee, leaving Eden alone to reintegrate with the pack she had lived on the cusp of for so long - though not before giving her a gift of a pheasant feather, as a reminder of him.

Although it was a bit unnerving, to be alone all of a sudden, Eden was *ready*. She was *ready* to be a part of the pack she had been a distant member of for so long, to actually live with her packmates and build relationships outside of her family. She would always grieve her kin, but knew that Aryn was ready, waiting, to welcome her with open arms.

## Group History

Upon first arriving in the heart of Aryn, Eden was eager to participate in group hunts. She followed one being led by Hani, a lead Courser, alongside Alcatraz, Lazarus, and Echo. She loved hunting, but still felt the urge to explore her territory, and wanted more than anything to become a Ranger. Still, she greatly enjoyed being around packmates, now!

She met Raghaalr, who gave her a few lessons in fighting and defense, and went ranging with Lazarus - the two accidentally crossed paths with a black bear in a blackberry thicket, and had to run out quickly! Eden also introduced herself to Angus, an Honored Guest staying in the pack after he'd been found wounded. She tried to offer him some comfort in his upset, and maybe she helped a little. Just a little.

Around this time, she also met Kane, a large white wolf. He was playful and easygoing, and Eden greatly enjoyed spending time with him. They played in the leaves and went for walks, and talked about anything and everything.

Autumn shifted to winter, and Eden was asked to escort some Heylguard wolves (Asterion, Samhradh, and Saphira) through the mountains, with help from Lawson, who knew the path well. She learned a bit more about her craft from Storm, who was difficult to get to know, but knowledgable about ranging, and gave Eden great enthusiasm about what the future held.

With spring's arrival, Eden got a bad case of pinkeye, leaving the Vicars Raphael, Juniper, and Tzuriel to treat it. She and Kane would also do some exploring in the mountains together, and when she injured her leg, he helped to carry her down to Aryn's camp.

One of the only other she-wolves her age in the pack, Seven, would be a good friend for Eden, too. The two went to Firewater Flats and gossiped about Lazarus and the other males in the pack. Things were good in Aryn - how could her parents have avoided living with these wonderful wolves for so long?

Well, as it turned out, not everything was as it seemed. Three wolves had been staying in Aryn as Honored Guests: Heel, Jerikoh, and Seraph. They seemed nice. They were offered a chance to go on a young she-wolf, Merrill's, first hunt, and Merrill's father Adrian asked Eden to accompany them as well, to help track down suitable game. Eden agreed. Seven came, too, to use her position as a Courser to guide young Merrill.

The hunt went wrong.

Eden tracked a herd of bison, and the wolves followed her in chasing them. As Eden ran alongside the herd, Heel slipped beside her and shoved her into the stampeding bison. She was trampled by a calf, whose hooves knocked against her skull and knocked her out. Though it hurt, and she lost consciousness, she was lucky it was only a calf, instead of a fully-grown bison. The whole hunt had been a ruse by the three Honored Guests, who were secretly from Vektren. They fought Adrian and Seven, and kidnapped Merrill, while Eden slowly struggled back to consciousness.

They would help her back to camp, where more Arynians would try to chase after Merrill's kidnappers, but Vektren were sneaky, and managed to stop them from rescuing her. In the camp, Eden collapsed in Kane's arms, shaken by the events and her injury. He confessed in this moment that he loved her, and would do everything he could to keep her safe. Eden was stunned, but admitted that she loved him, too.

Sometime thereafter, he asked Eden to become his mate, and she agreed. Even though she was heartbroken by Merrill's loss (and Raphael's reaction to this loss) she needed to continue living her life. She wanted to be Kane's mate, and try to move past the tragedy that she kept reliving over and over again in her mind.

Kane actually found a little white she-pup, abandoned, shortly before they were set to be wed. Eden agreed that they would raise the pup together: Riga. After the wedding, the three of them were officially a little family - and Eden was going to bring two more lives into the pack with the birth of pups Urs and Barin.

Eden *loved* being a mother. First to Riga, and then to Riga's little adoptive siblings, the bliss of family life helped to chase away the nightmares of stampeding bison and wolf snarls. She was able to go back to her duties as a Ranger after the pups were weaned, but admittedly, she had trouble assisting on hunts after that. Other large game was easier for her to track, but when she was asked to go after bison...she froze.

That was fine. The alphas and Coursers all understood, and wouldn't demand that of her. She would never have to go *into* a bison hunt again, and could simply do the work of tracking their location and reporting their movements. She'd been lucky not to lose her life to the massive beasts, and didn't want to push her luck.

As her children grew up, tensions with Vektren (the kidnappers' pack) grew. It would be revealed to the pack that their enemy were not renegade Blutwald wolves, but *Vektreni*, a secret that Adrian and Raphael had kept. The two wolves were scarred as punishment for keeping it secret, and Eden felt a strong pang of pain, seeing them bloodied like this.

Drama would unfold in her personal life, too. Eden had often teased Riga gently about her affections for Ragnarok, and that she thought they might make the cutest pups, and she did the same with Urs, pointing out wolves that were 'cute' and would be good matches for Urs. Urs, however, was growing increasingly frustrated with these casual comments, because she held a secret to her heart - she was asexual, and didn't feel attraction to *anyone.* She felt as though her mom was treating her as someone completely different, and she had to hide her true self. One night, Urs snapped at Eden about it, and Eden stood firm, listening as Urs described how she would never be a mother, or find a mate, or be the kind of she-wolf her mother expected, like Riga.

Eden hadn't realized she was making Urs so unhappy, and told her daughter that she would stop, and she accepted Urs for who she was. Though the bridge between them wouldn't be rebuilt in a day, as it had slowly weakened over a long period of time, it would start mending at this point.

Besides, Riga provided plenty of opportunity to be an overbearing mother, when Ragnarok officially became her son-in-law! She welcomed him to the family, pleased that Riga had made such a good match.

The war with Vektren continued, despite these developments. Lawson would go missing when his pups with Hani were delivered, and Eden tried to assure Hani that Lawson *would* be found. Until then, she and the rest of Aryn would make sure the young pups knew love. Eventually, Lawson would be returned, much to Hani's relief.

Even though Lawson came back to them, others would perish. Athena and Alcatraz were killed by Hekate and her packmates in an ambush. Eden would remain in the camp while many of her packmates raced after them, to retrieve the alphas' stolen hearts, keeping a heavily pregnant Riga company - protecting her.

Riga would give birth some days later...but things would go terribly wrong. The first three pups arrived relatively smoothly, but the final was too large for Riga's small frame. This last pup, Leviathan, was afflicted with gigantism, and his birth put too much strain on Riga. She died after managing to name three of the four pups: Cybele, Minerva, and Jaeger. Leviathan would be named after she took her last breath, meaning *misery.*

Eden grieved the alphas and her daughter greatly. When Riga was buried, Eden took the pheasant feather Abel had given to her, and buried it with Riga, as a symbol of her motherly love. She and Kane would play a key role in helping to raise Riga's pups with Ragnarok - the pups would come to know Eden as *Savta*, or grandma. She loved the pups immensely, seeing a bit of Riga in each of them.

Eden was very close to her grandson Leviathan. The two of them had a very special bond, Eden making sure to give him comfort and attention as he struggled with his malformed body and the pains that came with it. He was like a second son to her.

After this, the active war against Vektren ended. Things remained tense, and a few border skirmishes would occur, but each pack had its own internal problems to deal with. Raphael, who had become the alpha after his parents' deaths, became paranoid, however. He instituted a strict regime, known as the Inquisition, and placed only the wolves he trusted most in positions of power.

Eden was one of those wolves. She was undyingly loyal to Raphael, and he appointed her as his Kashaf - the highest-ranking Ranger. Kane was appointed as the highest-ranking Warden. They were a power-couple, but things were tense. It felt as though everyone was watching everyone, scrutinizing the loyalty of one another. Nobody, however, could question *Eden's* loyalty.

Eden and Urs grew tense towards one another, as Urs insisted Raphael was being unrealistic and paranoid. Eden criticized Urs's lack of faith in Raphael. This resulted in Lord Raphael learning of Urs's treachery, and demanding her scarred as punishment, while Eden watched, unwilling to intervene for the sake of her daughter against dear Raphael.

As the pack crumbled in this paranoia, Eden found herself longing more and more for the way life was before. Before the war with Vektren, before she had the responsibility of her pups, before she was even mates with Kane! Back when she was young and dumb and things in Aryn were good, even though she had recently lost her parents and brothers. She'd give anything to be free of the burdens that had weighed upon her since the war with Vektren had begun, just for a moment.

Raphael would eventually snap. The situation escalated one day until Grand Vicar Teia and Raphael's cousin Cassandra, along with some followers (including Urs) were sequestered in the Old Rowan, and Raphael and his followers were elsewhere, watching and waiting. Eden watched Raphael pace irritably, but eventually dozed off.

While she was dozing, Raphael had set the Old Rowan ablaze. Cybele found her, and insisted that Eden run away, but she felt a rush of panic when she saw the flames. *Where was Raphael?* He was her leader, her dear friend, she needed to find him! She assumed her family were safe, but Raph was nowhere to be seen. She ran through the flames, calling for Raphael, but breathed in so much smoke, she passed out.

Fortunately, Leviathan found her. He carried her out of the blaze and to safety, where the Vicars would revive her and treat the damage to her throat and lungs from the hot ash. Eden was grateful her family were all alive and relatively uninjured (Urs was burned but she was fine). She desperately waited for news of Raphael returning to them, but the only news to arrive...was that he was likely dead.

Eden grieved. She grieved how Raphael had died, how his reign had gone so wrong, how her packmates had lost their home and were severely divided and didn't trust one another anymore. She didn't think she deserved forgiveness for blindly following Raphael through everything he'd done. She expected Lady Cassandra, who became the leader after Raphael's death, to punish her, but Cassandra only offered her forgiveness.

She tried to rebuild her life. Kane was so relieved to see that she was okay, and after all of the pressures of the Inquisition, they spend the night together, alone. To Eden's horror, however, this gentle reunion of two mates resulted in a pregnancy.

Some of her packmates were privately critical of this decision, but it was an accident. She knew the timing of bringing these new pups to Aryn was terrible, but the One had blessed them with these children. The One *wanted* them to have these children, right?

Eden couldn't regret bringing her pups into the world, not once she saw them. She and Kane had four little pups. Three males, named Ezra, Sozin, and Phanuel, and a single daughter, who Eden wanted to name after Raphael: Cricket. Kane agreed. The pups were the first new pups born into an Aryn not at war, and Eden had high hopes for her young children.

Unfortunately, Eden herself was in declining health. The smoke and ash she had inhaled in the fire had done severe damage to her lungs, and it made it more and more difficult to do her duties. She was already demoted from her position as Kashaf by Cassandra (which she had accepted as fair 'punishment', for Raphael had given her the title in a time of terror); but now she didn't even feel worthy of being part of the Rah'at. She would become, instead, a Theta Ranger, but even then, couldn't do her duties.

She spent most of her time with her children, and trying to rebuild her relationship with Urs, and eventually, things became a little better. But Eden was filled with deep depression, in spite of her best efforts. Her children, particularly Ezra and Sozin, tried to help her to feel better, but they never really knew a happy, at peace Eden.

Eden would barely survive that winter, after getting ill. The Vicars, including young trainee Cricket, would come to an unfortunate conclusion about Eden's condition - she wouldn't survive another winter. She'd be lucky to survive the heavily-pollenated season of spring. Cricket broke the news to her parents and eldest siblings, that Eden needed to leave Aryn if she was going to survive. She would have to go to the dry lands south of the Domain, to where seasonal changes weren't as dramatic and where pollen levels weren't as drastic.

Eden knew this was the right thing to do, but she wasn't going alone, despite her wishes. Kane and Barin would go with her. She said a fond farewell to her family before she and her mate and son departed the Domain, never to be seen again. The trio live outside of the Domain, now, with Eden breathing more easily and less haunted by the shadows of the wolves lost in Aryn.

## Trivia

* Eden is very religious, and it has only strengthened since the deaths of her parents and brother. She believes the One takes care of them now.
* One of Eden's peculiarities is her tendency to look at her paws whenever she is about to say something her parents wouldn't approve of, or she's feeling incredibly self-conscious. This includes asking too many questions, annoying somebody, or instigating a conversation with someone older than her.
* Although she's taken the task of Ranger, Eden is a bit of an oddball. While most Rangers she has spoken to are withdrawn and prefer to be away from the pack, Eden is happiest when she returns from ranging and gives reports before spending some time with Aryn. She's very social, which is unusual for a Ranger.
* Eden gets great anxiety when it comes to hunting bison, after she was nearly killed in a stampede thanks to Heel pushing her in the path of one. She'll track them for the Coursers, but she refuses to engage in the actual hunt.
* She used to wear a pheasant feather behind her ear - a gift from her brother Abel. When Riga died, Eden buried her feather with her eldest daughter. After Raphael's Inquisition, she began wearing white mourning dove feathers behind her ear as a symbol of sorrow, forgiveness, and rebirth.
* She has two scars on her foreleg, given to her by Urs at Eden's own request.
* Her feelings for Raphael were immensely complicated, just as powerful as those for Kane but not of the same romantic nature. She was blindly, undyingly loyal to Raphael, even when he was doing terrible things during the Inquisition.

## Quotes

* "The things I've said to you were never meant to make you feel like this. You can live your life however you want to. If you were interested in she-wolves, I would accept you, no matter what. If you felt that your spirit was a male, I would support you in that, too. But if you're happy just the way you are, and simply don't want to have a mate or pups, I can respect that. I do respect that." (to Urs when she revealed her asexuality, *Who I Actually Am*)
* “Urs, I *have* gotten time away from the pack with your father, but it’s not the time or place for us to be overly affectionate. We aren’t young lovers anymore; we’re grandparents. He seems to think life can just continue in this honeymoon phase, but it can’t. Raphael understands that. The spring of youth has passed and Aryn is not as safe as it was. We can’t console each other with empty promises – we need to be vigilant and proactive.” (explaining her loyalty to Raphael, *You Gonna Kill Me?*)

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