Larken

Larken was a common raven with dark feathers and gray eyes. He lived in the Domain as the familiar to the Archqueen of Mhor, Rowena. His story is ongoing. Larken was created and RP'd by iBadge.

## Personality

* ***Loyal, Courageous, and Good-Hearted.*** Larken, for all his quips and often sarcastic banter, has a good heart. He may not be the softest or gentlest of souls, but he does try to do good, especially for those he cares about. Which... has been a shockingly few number of creatures, lately. He's bold and courageous in many ways, and tries not to let fear stop him from doing what he deems as the right thing. (As stupid as that may be, sometimes. He doesn't think that far in advance.)
* ***Perceptive, Thoughtful, and Empathetic**.* From his bird's eye view, Larken sees a great deal, and when up close, he often has the tendency to see *more* than what's on the surface. Because of his good-hearted nature, he can often be labeled as kind, because when he sees something wrong, he'll often try to do his best to fix it. Whatever that may look like - be it cheering someone up, bringing them their favorite snack (which, of course, he would notice that too), or just taking it upon himself to do something about it. He'll come to playfully blame Rowena for "making him care" so much, but... in the end, it's just how he is.
* ***Unceremonious, Stubborn, and Impulsive.*** As Larken might say, he's a bird, not a spirit guide. He has no taste for the grandiose and has a distaste for pride and righteousness. So he can come off as a little blunt, especially when he impulsively says or does something because he hasn't thought something through. This is a raven who can *also* be remarkably stubborn. If he thinks he's right, he's not going to budge until, by some "miracle", he's proven wrong (which could happen more often than he thinks).
* ***Moody, Reactionary, and Repressed.*** For all the sarcasm and games and good-heartedness that Larken tends to display, he also has a slightly darker side within, aimed mostly towards himself. A raven with no family, no mate, no offspring or really *anyone* that he finds connection with, he's pretty lonely. As such, he has a bit of a depressive attitude and can come off as rude or moody, and while he tries to keep it to himself, it sometimes can't be helped. Larken is a raven of many flaws, and he perhaps knows this better than most.

## Pre-Group History

Several generations ago, there was an unkindness of ravens. It lived in a valley with a pack of wolves, where there had always been plentiful leftovers from kills. During one particularly hard winter, however, the food began to grow scarce, so that unkindness took flight and made the harrowing journey to the mainland. Those ravens, however one might choose to classify them, were Larken's ancestors. In the generations following, they continued to make journeys of their own as the unkindness grew. Every decade or so, it was deemed The Great Flight, to make a symbolic journey like the ones their ancestors had to find a new home. The irony of this being, of course, that no raven amidst them really ever *found* a home, because of the frequent moves. Eventually, amongst them, Larken was hatched to his mother and father, alongside his sisters. For much of his youth, life was normal amidst the valley they had found and called home. But, eventually, when Larken and his sisters were still young, the elders of their unkindness declared that it would be time for another Great Flight.

Thus, they took off. But during one particular nasty storm, Larken ended up separated from his family, and by the time the storm passed a day later, they and the rest of the unkindness were nowhere to be found. For the past few months, the raven has been searching to no avail, and perhaps getting even more lost as time went on. Little did he know that soon he would find a new family, though perhaps one with four legs rather than two with two wings...

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
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