Magpie

Ruby (Sister)

Finch (Nephew)

Guinevere (Niece)

Bunny, Frosty, and Pidge (Sisters, NPCs)

## Application Sheet

Magpie is a dark gray-and-white she-wolf (AMAB) who resided in Chandor under Aethelynda's reign. She started a family with "Devil's Grin" Davis, raising two pups they had rescued, Graham and Payton, before they left the Domain. Magpie would then find her sister Ruby in Aryn and spend the winter with her and her pups, Guinevere and Finch. She returned briefly to Chandor before she decided to leave the Domain. She was created and RP'd by fairytalekitty.

## Personality

* ***Charming.*** Magpie isn't a downer, or a dweller. She chooses to live in the moment, because the past doesn't matter, only the present does. She is pleasant and appealing company, always open to share a bit of humor over a rather dark situation, but knows when the time is appropriate or not. When she is with her friends or strangers she met for longer than two minutes, he'll get right on his charm. She likes to express herself anyway she can, and she shows that by flaunting his fur around, and giving as many compliments as her mouth can spew. She means every single word and action.
* ***Confident/Sarcastic.*** Magpie is rarely ever unsure when she is stuck in a predicament or whatnot. She takes time to think about his plans and she makes sure to execute them as best he can. She loves having fun with more shy, less-confident wolves. Using sarcasm, she tries to break down the doubts and/or worries of his friends and strangers. To her, it's silly to worry. Whatever happens will happen.
* ***Supportive.*** Magpie can be just as supportive to others as she is to herself. Like a good friend, she'll be their through thick and thin, though sometimes not as enthusiastic about it. She will try to give her best advice, sounding wise and sure, like she's been through the same experiences. However, she wont hesitate to knock some sense into a wolf who is doing wrong, or planning something awry.
* ***Flirtatious***. Some might mistake her luscious compliments as flirting, however it is hard to tell with the deep succulent tone that rolls of her tongue. Sometimes it can cause some mixed messages. Fluffy or strong-bodied wolves become victim to her wandering eyes, sometimes she just cant help herself.

## Pre-Group History

On a warm, bright day in spring, a mother wolf had a litter of five. The litter consisted of four little girls, and a single boy. The little family were secluded from other packs, so they lived their young wolf years in a peaceful, wide meadow. The mother provided them with small kill, but it didn't matter how big the meal was, it was still food.  Magpie and his sisters, Ruby, Frosty, Bunny, and Pidge, all got along together. Magpie became the fifth sister, participating in all their games, chatting, exploring and putting flowers on their ears and tail.

Even as time passed, things were still the same with the sisters, that was until their mother, Aurora, decided she should talk with Magpie. Magpie was a bit surprised to hear of his actual gender, but he didn't want to change, and neither did his sisters. Despite the news, they all kept believing Magpie was their sister, and Magpie couldn't be happier about it. Eventually Aurora got past her critical thoughts, and accepted his choice as being the fifth daughter of her litter. She only worried for his future and what others would think of him, it was a good thing Magpie grew up not to care about it.

Once the sisters' third winter passed, and the fourth coming soon, it was about time to leave the nest. They pledged to travel together, but that pledge only lasted so long. The winter was long but warm, as long as they stuck together, but once spring had arrived, things had changed. One of the sisters, Ruby, was becoming more independent, and wanted to split from her sisters. She had found a pack she was interested in joining, but not all her sisters agreed. However, Ruby was always the 'leader' of the sisters, and Frosty and Pidge felt more safe with her. That was when they split.

Magpie and Bunny were now on their own, trying to keep each other strong. When winter had come again, it was a lot more hard to live through. In the middle of the winter, Bunny felt like they should return to their mother and live with her. Magpie didn't like the idea, but did not like the idea of Bunny walking alone in the freezing cold. She accompanied her through the journey back home, and once Bunny was safe with her mother, Magpie left to go on her own, as a loner.

It wasn't the best experience living on her own, and Magpie felt the need to go back to her sisters in the pack Ruby wanted to go. However, she had no such luck finding it, but in the warmer seasons, she discovered a pack territory, Chandor. There, an alpha female lead, which Magpie was pleased about. Instantly feeling a connection towards the pack, she felt like it was the right one to start off her new life.

## Group History

Magpie wasn't long in Chandor before she met a rather roguish-looking male skulking around the borders. She had caught a rabbit, and Davis bargained to get it: he offered her anything she wanted, suggesting that he would guarantee Chandor's safety from his band of 'raiders'. Magpie was intrigued, and agreed to it, allowing him to have her catch, and they discussed their respective 'packs'. Both were keenly interested in the other, and would end up meeting again in the future.

Another wolf pressed on the Chandorian borders, and Magpie intercepted them: Endolyne. The she-wolf was from Morrow, and the pack had just lost its leader, Howl, to rabies, and the pack scattered to the winds. Endolyne was terrified, being without a pack, and begged Magpie to take her into Chandor. Magpie agreed, and assured the frantic female that she would be welcomed, and possibly even find some familiar faces amongst the ranks of the pack.

Truly, Magpie was welcoming and friendly to all of the wolves she met. Pups were often quite fond of her: Epona played games with Magpie, thinking of her as "Patch" (as she was deaf and couldn't learn names), and Magpie gave young Tamarack fishing lessons (though the youngster wasn't very good!). Other wolves, like Anais and Mist, were also welcomed by the black-and-white she-wolf.

Magpie and her packmate Gabitrix spoke on occasion, enjoying one another's company. When they first met, Magpie asked Gabi if she had anyone special in her life, and later, Magpie kept her distance as Gabitrix frolicked through the mud. She also had some flirtatious encounters with a loner named Kaiser, and Davis, of course.

Magpie was happy, and a valued hunter in her pack.

Her life only grew fuller. One day, Davis came by with a pair of pups: Rhaegan and Aleksey, his nephews via his brother Ivan. He told Magpie that he was tending to the pups because their father abandoned them, and he was a bit overwhelmed by it all. Magpie considered the situation, and asked Davis if he'd like her to watch the pups while he hunted. Davis was surprised, but accepted the offer, and she would tend to his nephews some days while he was away, just outside of Chandor's borders. She continued to do this until Aleksey and Rhaegan were juveniles, and could be left alone when Davis went about.

One day in winter, Davis came to visit Magpie, and they were interrupted by a cry for help. They ran to the call, and found a male wolf attacking a female with pups. They were too late to save the female, who pled with Magpie to save her pups. Magpie took the pups with her to Chandor, Davis alongside her. Without even knowing it, the four had become a family. They named the pups Graham and Payton.

Ruby came to visit when the pups were young, and, unfortunately, the sisters parted on unfriendly terms. Both had hoped the other had changed - perhaps Ruby would be more willing to settle down in a pack, perhaps Magpie would be open to wandering - but neither wanted to change their respective lifestyles. Ruby left Magpie in Chandor with her little family.

Of course, life with Davis and the pups wasn't all rainbows. Payton often butted heads with her adoptive mother - she was more fiery and tomboyish than Magpie, and needed things from her mother that she simply wasn't getting. This devastated Magpie, because she wanted to be close to her children, but it was difficult to span the distance between the pair.

Davis wasn't one to be tied down to a pack, however, and he often left for long periods of time. But he always came back to Magpie and the children, although this took a toll on Payton, particularly.

Time flies, and the pups grew into juveniles. Payton slowly began to appreciate Magpie more, and Magpie was able to understand Payton better as she became a young adult. Magpie realized that Payton had blamed her for the loss of their mother when they were pups, and Payton realized that Magpie wasn't to blame, and that she had been unfair to her adoptive mother. They made up when Payton had become a young adult.

When they were old enough to take care of themselves, Graham and Payton decided to leave Chandor - this saddened Magpie, but she knew that her children would be okay, in the great big world. After all, they were hers and Davis's pups! They could conquer anything. She hoped for them to come and visit, however.

Without their adoptive children, Davis felt solemn and unhappy in Chandor, and he realized he could not bring himself to stay. He left for a period of time longer than usual, and when he returned, Magpie wasn't there - because in midwinter, Magpie's sister, Ruby, grief-stricken by the death of her mate, left Guinevere and Finch in Aryn and set out to find Magpie and reconcile with her.

Magpie was shocked, but delighted, to see her estranged sister. They traveled together back to Aryn, and were able to give directions to a lost wolf named Angelito. When they arrived in Aryn, Ruby expected to face repercussions for leaving to fetch Magpie without informing the alpha. However, Magpie was offered the opportunity to stay permanently, if she so chose - otherwise, she would be welcomed as a guest until Guinevere, Finch, and Ruby had some time to work through their grief. Guinevere and Finch decided that they would explore the world outside of the Domain, encouraged by Ruby and Magpie.

Magpie decided it was time to leave Aryn after that, and she and Ruby were on the way out when a raven caught their attention. Drawn by the raven, which reminded her so of Davis, she followed it, and it led her closer and closer to Vektren. Magpie was cautious as she went that way, but she happened upon a Vektreni named Ender near the border. She'd thought, at first, he was Davis, but she was mistaken. Still, she couldn't shake the feeling that he was somehow connected to her former partner...she had no idea he was Davis's son, from a time before Magpie was in his life. She continued to Chandor.

She returned to Chandor, intercepted briefly at the border by an old...'friend', Kaiser the loner. She told him about her visit to Aryn, and her encounter with Ender, and he offered his own advice. They spent a short time together before she returned to the pack, where she hoped, perhaps, Davis had returned...only he hadn't.

And she could not remain in Chandor, either. Shortly after returning from Aryn, Magpie vanished, and nobody knew where she went. Perhaps she went to find her children, or join her niece and nephew on their journey. Or, perhaps, she went to find her sisters and join the families they were building together. Whatever the case, Magpie has not been seen in the Domain since.

## Trivia

* Though Magpie and Davis never officially became mates, they were long-time partners and ultimately had a family together.
* There is some uncertainty over whether Magpie or Davis left Chandor first, but it is believed that Davis went traveling longer than usual, and Magpie, believing him gone for good, left the pack - and when he finally returned, and discovered Magpie had left, Davis, too, left Chandor.
* Magpie's design originally featured a dark mask over the eyes, and she was only redesigned in the last few months she was in the Domain!
* The magpie feather she wears was a gift from Kaiser.

## Quotes

* "Magpie, what made our bond special before was that we all had each other’s backs. Now, we all have our families, and we still find a way to be close. You helped me Magpie, with my children, but the ones that helped you, when I left, are the family you should stay with." (Ruby to Magpie, *A Path We Follow*)
* "...if I were to consider a long life by Davis's side, I would have to cut a lot of strings that are hard to lose. For now, I'm happy with his visits." (from Magpie's Secret Crush Meme)

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
* fairytalekitty's deviantART Gallery