Niels

Tristan (Brother)

## Application Sheet

Niels was a near-black male wolf with orange eyes. He was the older brother of Tristan. Their relationship was immensely complicated. He spent most of his time in the Domain as a loner. Niels was created and RP'd by Anhurs.

## Personality

* ***Just and Self-Sacrificing, but Stern.*** Fearless and self-sacrificing, he is sweet, but stern. Niels has a strong sense of justice and often takes it upon himself to be a sort of point of authority. He will punish those he sees fit without too much remorse if they deserve it, though he is not merciless or cruel. He would go out of his way to help someone in need, and would gladly give his own life if it meant saving someone else's. He would rather die trying than to be proven a nuisance or inconvenience to someone who needed his help. It is the same deep-seeded trust issues stemming from his continual maltreatment within his family that gives him the drive and avidity to work as hard as he does.
* ***Short-Tempered and Internally Angry.*** He has a bit of a temper, however, but he can usually manage to keep himself in check. One wolf who can bring this temper out, however, is his younger brother. Otherwise, he can usually stay under control. He does have a lot of internalized anger, though, that he keeps bottled up. One day it might just blow up.
* ***Stoic and Untrusting.*** He is incredibly stoic, generally, and distrusting of strangers. He forms no real attachments with others easily, though he has a soft spot for pups and young wolves, especially if they need help.

## Pre-Group History

Born to two rather young wolves who were not exactly ready, or planning, for a litter, Niels was seen as a general mistake to his parents. He was treated as a burden and there wasn't a moment where he wasn't reminded of the sheer inconvenience he presented them. He worked hard to try and please his mother and father, doing everything he could to show them that he was useful and not just dead weight, but no matter what he did he seemed to fail them.

His father, Lex, was a violent and angry wolf, twice Niels' size. The brute took to beating Niels and pushing him around ever since he was small, and Niels grew up terrified of him.

Abused by his parents as a pup, Niels was surprised when they announced that Niels would be getting siblings. When Tristan was born, Niels feared for his safety, knowing how neglectful and abusive their parents truly were. When his baby brother was born, Niels vowed that he would protect him at all costs, even if he paid a price.

And he did.

Instead of allowing their parents to neglect and abuse Tristan, Niels turned all their anger and hatred toward himself when Tristan was growing up. He took the blame himself for everything to spare his sibling of any pain. Yet, for all this time, his little brother didn't know. Though Niels loves him very much, he kept his young sibling at arms length when they were growing up, in case anything happened.

After many moons of abuse, Niels found he couldn't take it anymore, and realized he could end up dead if he stayed...but he couldn't leave Tristan on his own with them.

Scared for Tristan, Niels managed to do something to guarantee his brother's future safety and happiness. He would forever become the source of his mother's wrath, successfully putting his little brother in the spotlight, and their father would be out of the picture completely, unable to seriously harm Tristan.

And he did this by killing Lex.

His mother, Vivienne, found them. Believing her son had killed her mate in cold blood, she ordered her Guards to kill him. Terrified, Niels fled, pursued by his former packmates. He hasn't looked back since and has cut off all ties with his parents and his younger brother, even going as far to say that he has no family, if anyone asks.

## Group History

One of the first wolves Niels met in the Domain was Dot. She was being chased by an angry moose, and Niels gave her some help as he passed through near Kausen. Dot asked Niels if he was interested in joining Kausen, but he hadn't had great experiences with packs, and politely declined her offer.

He wasn't so polite all the time, however. He met a she-wolf named Isolde, and the pair did *not* get along. He couldn't *stand* Isolde's "spoiled brat" attitude (but, later, she would be partly responsible for reuniting him with his brother Tristan). Still, he saved a wolf named Valda, so his nobility was left relatively intact. He also met a she-wolf near the borders of Aryn named Crash, who was looking for her friend (and later mate) Paxton, but Niels hadn't seen him. He met another wolf, Kris'tran, at the borders of Aryn as well.

After a while, he actually crossed paths with Paxton, who was living in Vale. Niels told Paxton about Crash's situation, and how desperately she was looking for him. It was a slightly tense meeting, but he listened to what Niels had to say, and followed the loner back to the borders of Blutwald, where they parted ways.

His wanderings through the Domain continued. Near the outskirts of Havir, he met one of the Havirians - Ira - who had *significant* disdain for him. She threatened him repeatedly throughout his meal of carrion, but no blood was drawn. Later, Ira might have regretted not drawing blood, for Valda asked Niels to help her steal a Havirian pup, Veron. He quickly got away from Havirian lands.

After this little interaction, he made his way back towards Aryn. His leg was injured, but an Arynian, Raghaalr, with some familiarity with healing wounds, offered to tend the wound.

Alone again, Niels met other loners. Samwell, recently made a loner by the dissolving of Blutwald, was struggling to learn to hunt for himself. Niels offered to teach the lad how to fish.

Still, he was restless. The Domain was not the place for Niels. He went to Tristan, and he explained to his brother that he was leaving the Domain, possibly for good. He wanted to make sure things were good between his brother and himself, and for Tristan to know that Niels loved him dearly. Relieved to hear that everything was okay, they parted ways, with Niels departing the Domain, never to be seen again.

## Trivia

* Originally, MatrixPotato and Anhurs planned to have Niels and Dot become a couple, but Dot was retired before they had a chance to explore the relationship[1].
* Niels's backstory is complicated, but he killed his father intentionally by attacking him atop a cliff, forcing him to fall to his death.
* He never mentions his family; if anyone asks, they're dead or he simply doesn't have any family.
* He is generally pretty friendly.
* Has several scars from run ins with other loners and maltreatment from his parents (namely his father) however they are all generally well hidden under his dense coat.
* Spends a lot of time in the northern areas, especially during the summertime, to escape the heat, and heads south if it gets too cold for his liking in the winter.

## Quotes

* "Good luck with whatever the hell you were doing. Oh and that spoiled little brat attitude you've got isn't as cute as you think it is. Believe me, my brother was the same way." (to Isolde, *An Impasse*)
* "If you are so prideful, Ira, that you think anyone who has given another the gift of safety and happiness at the cost of their own is *weak,* I would say that you're the one not worthy of *your* friends." (to Ira, *Blameless*)

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