Isolde

## Application Sheet

Isolde was a gold-and-black-furred she-wolf with rust-colored eyes. She lived briefly in the Domain, first in Aryn before becoming a loner, and ultimately leaving the Domain. She was created and RP'd by MatrixPotato.

## Personality

* ***Short-Tempered and Grouchy.*** The most defining characteristic Isolde has is her short-tempered behavior. It doesn't take much to set her off, and beware if you do. Even if she's small, she still packs a punch and can easily take down larger opponents!
* ***Spirited and Fiery.*** To go along with her grouchy disposition, Isolde is quite driven. If she wants something bad enough, she figure out whatever it takes to get it. She's resourceful and observant, able to use her surroundings and opponents to her benefit.
* ***Aloof and Withdrawn.*** Before contracting amnesia, Isolde was in fact very solitary. However, now that she can't remember who she is, the distance she puts between herself and others has only grown wider. She doesn't know anyone, and if she did, she wouldn't realize it anyway.
* ***Brave and Heroic.*** She may not like to admit it, but Isolde would jump into a fire to save someone if she saw them burning. She tries to be a tough power-hungry hard ass, but in reality, she would make an excellent leader, one that would risk her own life for the well-being of her people.
* ***Loyal and Devoted.*** If you do end up getting yourself inside Isolde's personal bubble, she'll make sure you have no way out. For the ones she cares about she's an anchor, a devoted friend who would never let them down or leave them when they needed it. Sometimes she can be a bit overbearing with this and treat you like a child, but mostly, it's hidden deep under layers and layers of grouchy sarcasm.
* ***Sarcastic and Curt.*** Usually, when you do get to chatting with Isolde, she's very blunt. She doesn't sugar coat things, no matter your age, gender, or rank.
* ***Confused and Muddled.*** Because of her amnesia, Isolde finds herself uncertain and confused a lot. She doesn't remember what her past was like and she doesn't remember what she did so sometimes that makes it hard for her to make decisions about what to do or say.

## Pre-Group History

Isolde was born small, much smaller than most of her litter mates. Because of this, as she aged, she was constantly picked on, pushed around, and stepped over. She felt as though she were worthless and eventually sought solace in being alone, away from the pack. However, when the other pups found her secret hiding place, they tore it up and destroyed it. That was when she had had enough; she made up her mind that day to become the alpha, so no one could ever push her around again. As she got older, she began to train secretly with a guard, the only friend she ever really made in the pack. Although, they were only friends because she needed his help, not because she actually liked him.

Soon enough, Isolde was a fledgling adult, strong and driven. It was time to put her plan into action. Since she was young she'd been devising it. The alpha, Gerard wasn't too old yet, young enough for her to still be interested in and so she took her chances in trying to woo him. It wasn't hard; he and the alphess, Maxine, had been betrothed at a young age, so their relationship was more business-like rather than lovers. However, when Gerard felt that Isolde and he were beginning to grow too close, he broke it off, saying he had duties as the alpha and couldn't tarnish his reputation. This, of course, didn't sit well with Isolde, but whatever she said, she could not turn him again. Nevertheless there was another plan in the back of her mind. She hadn't wanted to put it into motion, still she felt that there was no other choice.

A few months passed and winter was upon the forest. Maxine had not been back from her mission at the border yet and so scouts were sent out to find her. About a day later, a howl rang out over the territory. The alphess was dead. From the injuries, it was obvious another wolf had killed her, but who could it have been? Gerard had a hunch, even though he hoped that it wasn't true. He confronted Isolde. At first, she tried to deny it, play it off. But when he wouldn't let up, she became outraged and finally confessed. Yes, she had done it. She had done it because she deserved to be alphess; she had never loved him, she only wanted to use him for his power. Anger and betrayal was obvious in Gerard; without a second thought, he chased Isolde out of the territory, banishing her from ever coming back. However, he didn't stop there. He continued to chase her through the heavy snowfall, five miles away from the border. He would've caught up to and killed her, but his body sunk into the snow. Luckily for Isolde, her light stature gave her the ability to almost run along the top, only sinking a little bit.

She scaled the side of a mountain as he continued to chase her, when suddenly her paw slipped out from under her and she tumbled down, down the side of the mountain. Her head struck a stray rock so when she landed, she was unconscious, but not dead. Gerard was too tired to check so he convinced himself that no one could've survived that fall. Not to mention the small puddle of blood forming around her head. He left shortly thereafter, leaving the unconscious and wounded Isolde behind.

Several hours later and she finally began to rouse. The hit on her head had given her amnesia; it was like being born all over again. Where was she? Who was she? A name floated to the surface, her name. That was the only thing she was sure of, and even then, she was still uncertain. Isolde remembered the basics; how to talk, walk, hunt, etc. But her past was gone, the events that had lead up to the moment of her awakening were nonexistent. Her mind was blank. The only thing she knew was the here and now- and right now, her head was was killing her. Another stroke of luck came about though when a wolf by the name of Seaver popped out of the tree line in time to see Isolde stumble to her feet. He introduced himself and helped her, explaining that she was in the territory of a pack called Aryn. Without any other previous knowledge of where she came from or who she was, Isolde had no other choice but to stay, if only long enough to figure out what had happened.

## Group History

She was welcomed to Aryn by Lady Athena, who assured her she would be welcome to stay as an Honored Guest, or brought into the pack as a member. Isolde didn't know what she wanted at the time, and Athena understood completely, knowing that sometimes a wolf's path was outside of a pack. The two had mutual respect for one another.

Shortly after arriving in Aryn, Isolde was away from the main den, trying to remember her past. But it was so foggy, and she was continuously frustrated by her efforts. While brooding, a loner named Tristan approached, asking if she might escort him to somewhere safe he could rest. Isolde was short and quite rude to Tristan, but he was unfazed, thinking she reminded him of his brother, Niels. The two parted ways after she'd escorted him across a frozen river (in which they both nearly fell in when the ice cracked!).

Eventually, she *did* meet Tristan's brother Niels! As expected, the two did not get along very well. However, during their 'conversation', it clicked in Isolde's mind that this wolf must be the brother Tristan was looking for! After parting ways with Niels, she decided to go track Tristan down herself. She'd been looking for a good reason to leave Aryn, anyway, and this was as good an idea as any. She hadn't wanted to stay - she had only hunkered down there while she recovered.

She raced off to find Tristan, eventually tracking him down, with a bit of 'help' from Enzo (not really: he told her he'd seen a lot of white wolves lately). Still, even without Enzo's help, Isolde found her target. He wasn't in the best condition - traveling alone had taken a toll on the young male, so Isolde helped him to clean up and find some prey to eat. She was, admittedly, surprised that he had remembered who she was after their brief meeting. The pair raced off to find Niels.

Still, they hadn't found Niels when Isolde began to feel restless. She needed to go find answers to who she was, and what she had been doing before she was found by Seaver of Aryn. In the middle of the night, she abandoned Tristan, her heart aching to part ways with this wolf who had become one of her only friends. But she was resolute, and disappeared from the Domain as the first light of dawn touched the horizon, never to be seen again.

## Trivia

* Even though she has amnesia, Isolde still retains most of her old personality traits.
* Because of her amnesia, she can take a few minutes to reply or say something. It's not because she's an idiot- she's actually very intelligent -but she wages an inner battle about what to say because she can't remember who she used to be. (this is why she's always so grouchy)
* She may be small, but Isolde is a BAMF. She can take on big competitors and still do a lot of damage; because of her small size, she uses her quick speed to her advantage.
* She speaks very elegantly; her vocabulary is large and she acts very much like a lady when she isn't fighting or hunting.

## Quotes

* "I would say that it is nice to meet you, Niels, but I am inclined to tell the truth." (to Niels, *An Impasse*)
* "You and your tender feet seem to find themselves on the path of trouble quite often. We'll get you cleaned, and fed, then we must be on our way. Do take care of yourself better, Tristan. You don't want to see your brother looking like a gutterpup now, do you?" (to Tristan, *You Remember*)
* "Save your petty games for some other fool. Out of my way, you blubbering twit!" (to Enzo, *Playing Games*)

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