Bjorn

## Application Sheet

Bjorn was a white-and-gray male wolf with sky blue eyes. He was a kind, well-meaning wolf who lived for a time in Fellfang, until his death fighting against the Hive, making him the first Fellfang fatality in the Hive Wars. He was created and RP'd by SanjanaIndica.

## Personality

* ***Friendly and Optimistic.*** A very open and outgoing lad, Bjorn is almost always seen with a smile on his face and tries very hard to make friends with everyone he sees. Bjorn is convinced that everything will work out in the end. He's been lucky in life so far, so surely nothing bad could happen!
* ***Compassionate and Easy-Going.*** Bjorn cares for all of his family and pack and just wants to help and support them. Bjorn is very much a 'go with the flow' sort of guy. Doesn't matter what's happening, he'll work with it all in stride!
* ***Unintelligent and Gullible.*** This is a wolf so clueless you're left wondering how he's managed to live this long. Certainly no one would ever have bad intentions! Bjorn is quick to believe anything anyone says.
* ***Dense and Weak-Willed.*** This guy's head is more dense than a rock. You're going to have to really beat through his skull to get anything through to him. Bjorn is quick to give in to anything. He doesn't have the will to stand up for himself, or withstand suffering.

Bjorn is, to put it bluntly, exceedingly stupid. Every winter he gets his tongue stuck on some ice a minimum of three times. He regularly tries to enthusiastically ask ladies when the pups are due, when really the lady just has a little extra weight. He means well and is a very kind individual, he just does not think or realize what he's doing the vast majority of the time. But when he realizes he's screwed up he does his best to make things right (usually making it worse in the process) and takes it all in stride. Life is little more than a game to him, despite the rough climate he grew up in, and he's convinced that in the end, everything will work out.

However, he is very easily taken advantage of. With his lack of intelligence and lack of will, it's easy to trick him or just flat out bully him into doing what you want - not that you would think as much at first glance, with how huge he is. He DOES appear to be an intimidating figure, but really, there's not a mean bone in his body and he would barely be able to fight to save his own life. Long story short, Bjorn is too pure for this world.

## Pre-Group History

Bjorn grew up in a small pack in a tundra. He had only a single sibling in his litter, and was the biggest and strongest of the two. And also the greediest when it came to food. Without even thinking, since he was just a tiny pup whose only concern was food, he repeatedly pushed his sibling out of the way to get milk, until eventually his sibling simply died. As a result, his mother and father have always felt uncertain of him, and while growing up Bjorn knew something was odd, he never quite understood why. His relationship with his parents seemed so different compared to others. It didn't help that as a youth he was prone to getting into trouble, either through wandering too far, angering some creature, going places where he shouldn't... and every time his parents begrudgingly saved him and lectured him about being careful, only for it to go in one ear and out the other. Bjorn simply didn't understand.

As he grew into adulthood, the pack thought that maybe all of the trouble he'd gone through would be worth it as he quickly showed some amount of talent in hunting. At least, he was strong enough to take down most prey, even if he wasn't the best at following directions. The period in which he got to hunt for his pack was the best of his life, and slowly others thought maybe they would try to be friends with him. One was a younger female, named Thyra, who he was able to relate to more than wolves his own age. They became good friends, playing and joking around frequently. However, a day came when Bjorn and Thyra were playing together, and Bjorn, being so much bigger than his smaller companion, forgot his own strength. After allowing Thyra a moment to pin him and think she'd won at wrestling he turned around and tried to pin her, but he put too much weight into it, too fast -- little Thyra's spine snapped.

She didn't die, not right away. And Bjorn never got a chance to see her die. She was taken away by her parents, where over the next few days of trying and failing to save her, they'd eventually put her out of her misery. Bjorn, however, had his fate sealed immediately. With one death on his paws, and now seemingly a second, despite neither being intentional, they decided he simply could not be allowed to stay. Yet no one could bear to simply chase him away or kill him. Instead, his mother and father took him for a walk. They walked for a few days, far away from the territory, before eventually stopping.

"Bjorn, dear, I'm really hungry," his mother said. "I think I smell a deer that way. Can you go get it for me?" Bjorn, of course, eagerly obliged.

He didn't find a deer. But he did eventually catch a rabbit, which he quickly tried to bring back to his supposed hungry mother and father. Only, they weren't there anymore. He tried to follow their scent trail, but it went into a river and disappeared. He returned to where they'd disappeared and waited. And waited. And waited.

Eventually he decided to try and find his own way home. But his parents had taken a confusing route. He got turned around, and in the end, wandered into the Domain, and to Fellfang.

## Group History

Bjorn embraced life in Fellfang, always seeking to please his packmates and alpha the best he could. He was liked by his packmates, and was particularly close to Dublin and Kaiba. He tried to be kind, and offered comfort to Tadita when she was feeling blue (though he almost squished her in the process!)

One day, he was patrolling with Lincoln, Valera, Valkyrie, and Solstice, when they encountered a group of Hive wolves. When Bjorn saw that these wolves had difficulty communicating, and showed no aggression, he thought that, perhaps, they were just like him! They just needed a little help, a little kindness...someone to show them the way. He approached them, friendly and open and welcoming.

And they attacked.

Lincoln, Valera, Solstice, and Valkyrie fought the Hive wolves off, but it was too late to save Bjorn. He apologized profusely to Lincoln, begging him for forgiveness, scorning himself for disobeying. Lincoln assured Bjorn that he wasn't mad, and Bjorn, feeling forgiven, was able to pass away peacefully. He was honored among Fellfang's dead.

## Trivia

* Bjorn was loosely based on Lenny, from "Of Mice and Men".

## Quotes

* “Li...Lincoln, I...Lincoln, I’m sorry. I...I wanted to help. I did bad, didn’t I? I-I’m sorry, Lincoln. I did it again. I did a really bad thing. I’m...'m really sorry...P...Please don’t be...mad...Lincoln. I’ll...I’ll do better next time...” (his dying words, *Dire Consequences*)

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* Official Application Sheet
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