Rowena (Aryn)

Vericus and Louran (Brothers, NPCs)

Brynn (Cousin)

## Application Sheet

Rowena was a sandy-gray she-wolf with icy blue eyes. She lived in Aryn as a Courser, and was a close confidante to Aivar, the ambitious adoptive son of Athena and Alcatraz. She was created and RP'd by smimley.

## Personality

* ***Stern*.** Rowena rarely shows emotion and holds a seeming forever frown on her face. She doesn't take well to jokes, and it takes a lot to get her to be friendly. She's a stickler for the rules and disapproves of those who are rebellious and break said rules.
* ***Compassionate*.** It is extremely rare, but Rowena does show compassion to others. It is shown only mostly towards those she is close with, and those she pities. If one were to experience this trait, they would notice a change in her expression and voice. It would be much softer and more gentle, and she drops whatever she's doing to tend to them.
* ***Erratic*.** Rowena tends to lash out and become angered quickly. One minute she's acting herself with one person, and then the next with the slightest trigger becomes visibly angered and frustrated with quick responses.
* ***Intelligent*.** Due to her lack of physical abilities, it gave Rowena a chance to work on her mind. Although she seems unstable, Rowena is smarter than she gives herself credit for. She offers a different look on situations and is able to solve puzzles with relatively little difficulty.
* ***Witty*.** Rowena tends to use a lot of sarcasm, making quick, sometimes humorous comments. The sarcasm and wittiness helps her feel more comfortable in social situations, especially when she's around those that she is not familiar with.
* ***Antisocial*.** If Rowena could have it her way, she'd remain a loner to stay on her own. She's independent and knows that, if it wasn't for her physical abilities, she would be able to hold her own. However, due to safety in numbers, Rowena remains in a pack. This however doesn't mean she particularly enjoys being around others. Rowena tends to keep her distance from everyone, making a little conversation throughout the day as possible. The only ones she talks to on a regular basis are those she's close to. She will deny it and just say she "hates interacting", but it's truthfully an underlying shyness that never went away after her childhood.
* ***Venal*.** Rowena is not the most pure wolf. If there is something good that will come out of a situation for her, she'll take it in a heart beat. She's not generous in any means, and refuses to do a task unless she gets something back.
* ***Realistic*.** Rowena is neither optimistic or pessimistic. She evaluates a situation and goes from there, looking for the most realistic and possible outcome. She doesn't believe in hope, but doesn't knock down those who do. Because of this, she can be a bit blunt.

## Pre-Group History

Rowena was born to a litter of a lone pair. Her father, Piranus, was born into a pack where the males were highly sought after and females were seen as weak, only serving to provide sons and food to the pack. Even after leaving their ranks, her father stuck with the traditions and mind set. Much to his pleasure, the first two of the litter were boys. Healthy and strong. Rowena, however, was the runt of the triplets. Not only was she a female, but she seemed sickly. If Piranus had it his way, he would have disposed of Rowena the second he saw her. But thanks to her mother’s protectiveness that came with motherhood, she managed to convince Piranus to leave her be.

As the triplets grew, Piranus spent most of his time with the boys, teaching them his ways, and even at their young age, learning how to fight. Rowena wanted to join them, she couldn’t understand why her father dismissed her the majority of the time, and when he did give her his attention, it was mostly for discipline and with a cold voice. Her siblings didn’t understand it either, and went against their father’s orders and tried to show her love and friendliness. As they grew, though, they eventually grew cold like their father and ignored Rowena. The only one who showed her love through and through was her mother, Gavina. Gavina hadn’t grown up in the same lifestyle as Piranus, so she showed Rowena love and value. Her mother was the only safe place that Rowena had to run to when she was punished by her father, or ridiculed by her siblings in the later months.

About a year passed and the two boys filled out with muscle quickly and proved that they would become strong, muscular wolves in their prime. Rowena remained thin and lacked muscle. She tried keeping up with her father and brothers when they trained in the rare occasion that she was allowed to participate. Though, due to the lack of physical abilities, she often fell behind and ended up returning to her mother.

One training session, though, Rowena managed to convince her father to allow her to spar against one of her brothers. To no surprise, she lost rather quickly. As she walked off with her head low and tail between her legs. She managed to catch a set of words directed at her from her father. **”You are a disgrace of a daughter.”** Those few words burned her heart like a furnace with hate, frustration, and sadness. From then on, Rowena vowed she’d improve her skills, and prove to Piranus that he was wrong. She hunted small and young animals, though even after improvement, showed little success. She convinced her mother to spar her once in awhile, but only had the same outcome she had when sparring her brothers.

A few months passed with this training, and Rowena was confident she would be able to hold her ground for longer than she had previously. She had already come to terms she would never be able to win in a fight, especially against a wolf who had no growth defects holding them back. But nonetheless, she wanted to prove something to her father.

Before she was given the chance, though, Piranus had discussed with Gavina that he wished to return to his birth pack now that the boys were near full grown. They just had one issue in the way; Rowena. If they brought her back with them, the other pack members would simply laugh at Piranus for producing a weak offspring. He wanted to chase her off before they left. Gavina was against the idea. There was no way that Rowena would be able to survive on her own. Piranus eventually convinced her, stating it was for her own good, that she couldn’t have the safety of her family anymore and in order to gain any sort of life skill, she needed to learn how to survive on her own.

Piranus brought Rowena to a secluded area, away from her brothers and mother. Rowena wasn’t sure what to think of it. Was he going to dispose of her? Give her a lesson with fighting, hunting, tracking, something? The wind had a bite to it that morning, the leaves on the trees resembling fire. Winter was approaching quickly. The pair stood at the edge of a small hill, overlooking a vast forest. There was silence, not even a bird cawing overhead. **”You need to leave.”** Piranus spoke in a low voice, never once looking to Rowena. She froze, heart feeling as though someone clenched it and squeezed. **”W-What.. Why?”** She stuttered, legs tensing and shaking in fear. **”You hold no value in this family with your weakness. You only slow us down.”** There was a shared silence between the pair at that point. Piranus would never share to her that he did wish to see Rowena grow into a strong wolf who could hold her own. He was too proud to admit that to himself. When the silence dragged on, Piranus turned to her with bared lips. **”I said LEAVE.”** He boomed, snapping her her legs. Rowena stumbled in shock from the sudden aggression, then bolted down the hill. Piranus chased after her at a light jog, giving the impression that he would continue to chase her. Once she was deep into the forest, he backed off, and returned home. Rowena ran for what felt like days, only stopping once her legs burned and felt like they would fall off. With tears streaming down her cheek, Rowena shuffled over to a tree and collapsed at its base, taking the moment to finally react to what had just happened. Anger, hate, and depression hit her all at once. Unknown to her, though, that she had entered the Aryn territory.

## Group History

Rowena was found by Raghaalr, just a skinny loner skirting near the edges of Aryn's lands. Raghaalr invited the she-wolf to come to Aryn and speak to Athena about a place to stay, and Rowena was admittedly defensive, but...it was too good an offer to pass up. She was welcomed into the pack by another young she-wolf, Seven.

Rowena tried to hunt for her pack, but she wasn't very good at it. She ended up getting stuck when chasing a rabbit, and her failed hunt was witnessed by Tollek. Immediately, she grew defensive, and tried to scare him off, but he remarked that wolves once thought *him* weak, and now he was the leader of an army. Rowena was intrigued by this, and filled with more determination than ever.

It was shortly after this encounter that she met Athena and Alcatraz's young son Aivar. He tried to capture her tail, but she was stern, and caught him in the act, scolding the youngster. Still, he managed to wriggle his way into the skinny she-wolf's heart, and they came to view one another as friends. He tried to emulate Rowena, putting on a stern expression when observing the camp, which amused her greatly.

Of course, Aivar, like many youngsters, got into trouble. He tried to hunt a moose calf, and the mother lashed out at him with her paws. When Rowena heard his screams of pain and fear, she immediately rushed to his aid. But the damage had been done...and Aivar would never become a Courser like he wanted.

Still, she was at her friend's side as he worked to recover, trying to give him the same advice about 'weakness' that had been given to her, by Tollek, several moons earlier. Just because a wolf saw another as weak, didn't mean it would always have to be so. All wolves had the ability to change their own fates.

When Merrill was kidnapped, Aivar went on a quest to find her, traveling to Vale and Highvalley. When he returned, Rowena was quick to greet him, and found herself flustered by the affection he showed to her.

Chandor wanted to make an alliance with Aryn, and sent a party to Aryn's borders, to speak with Athena. The party, consisting of the alpha, Nadia, and Malachi, Arcuza, and Kaen, were met at the border by an Arynian patrol, composed of Rowena, Tzuriel, and Nero. She was a bit defensive, with casual warnings dropped to the diplomats, but there was nothing for her to be worried about.

As the war Aryn was embroiled in with Vektren continued around her, Rowena's focus was on Aivar. He seemed to be growing more and more distant, ambitious, and cold. He was *there*, but she realized they were disconnecting.

It was in the midst of this growing distance between herself and the one thing that truly kept her tethered to Aryn, that Rowena decided to leave the pack, and the Domain. She has not been seen since.

## Trivia

* She likes spring, and is fascinated by insects.
* Despite being antisocial, she is most at ease when she is curled up next to someone. It reminds her of being with her mother.

## Quotes

* "I don’t like to see you upset, and I’ll do everything to the best of my abilities to make things right for you.” (to Aivar when he was hurting from learning his parentage, *Stranger*)

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
* smimley's deviantART Gallery