Valek

Kobal and Paimon (Brothers)

Mewlin (Niece)

Baby (Nephew)

## Application Sheet

Valek was a reddish-furred male wolf with magma-orange eyes. Born outside of the Domain alongside brothers Paimon and Kobal, he and the latter entered the Domain at the end of the Hive Wars as loners, searching for the missing third. He found his brother by kidnapping his niece, Mewlin, and the two fought nearly to the death. It is unknown if Valek survived as Paimon tossed him over the edge of a cliff, severely wounded. He hasn't been seen in the Domain since. Valek was created and RP'd by Phelza.

## Personality

* ***Driven, Charismatic, and Playful.*** Valek often wears a smile when he meets others. He’s very good at convincing them that he’s just a friendly face who has no trouble lending a paw. That is until he turns his cheek. He can soothe and charm any wolf with his words but often his demeanor and smile full of too many teeth give him away. He is a dedicated wolf to his promises and his ambitions and will see them through no matter what. He has a relentless drive to accomplish his goals and stay ahead of the curve. It’s important to him to keep himself in power and he will always use his strength to his advantage when he feels that his position of power is being threatened. Valek can be playful too. He is often teasing and flirting with individuals just for the fun of it. When he’s in a good mood he liked to joke around with his brothers and even play with them peacefully. He likes to know that he can make others blush and has the ability to make them feel a certain way. But he tends to quickly flip a switch that turns his play into aggression. Perhaps his play is a decoy to make others feel comfortable before he reveals what he truly wants. He has always been the creator of games, he fancies himself an artist or master of these games. His crimson-soaked games are nothing to snicker at for they have been the downfall of many creatures. Especially wolves.
* ***Jealous, Dependent, and Unpredictable.*** Valek is unpredictable and not an easy-to-read book. He’s dangerous and will do anything to anyone to get what he wants regardless of the damage it causes. He often burns bridges and then extends a paw to regain that trust only so that he can burn it again. It’s all fun and games. Valek is dependent on his brothers, however. He feels insecure and uncomfortable without them, he holds family in high regard and has a hard time letting go. He hates when others don’t pay him attention and can’t stand when his brother gets more affection or attention than he. He’s not a straightforward character and will lie his face off to get what he wants or to deceive others. He must have his way or else things get violent or perhaps eerily silent as he plans his next strategic moves.
* ***Malicious, Explosive, Sadistic, and Manipulative.*** There is nothing in this world that satiates Valek’s bloodlust more than causing others pain. It is his ultimate weapon against others. Pain is how he controls others and puts himself on top. He likes to find new ways of hurting others whether it be emotionally or physically he likes to experiment when he can. He aims to cause chaos wherever he can, even if it means sowing small seeds of doubt in others. He is incredibly difficult to insult, in fact he likes it when others call him mean things, they feel like trophies to him. He has a tendency to treat others like stress toys. Either biting them without warning or making sure that he can pull their strings to get them to react the way he wants.

## Pre-Group History

Valek was born between Paimon and Kobal to two Arachnise tribe wolves, Abbadon and Yanek. He was blessed with the red coat of his mother and the somewhat finer figure of his father. Valek was in a sense the golden child. He looked so much like his mother and was excited to learn everything from her. He was thirsty for the praise of others and the pride in his mother's eyes. Valek never thought much of his father, he often brushed him off and antagonized the broody male. Valek wasn’t oblivious to the fact that other children ran away from him and his brothers under claims that they were sons of the boogeyman, he hated that fact. Valek wanted to be loved and accepted by all of his peers and elders. It was easy to hate Yanek for causing their ostracization.

One night, Valek went crying to his mother. Complaining about how nobody wanted to play with him and his brothers because of their heritage. Abbadon, no wolf of love, did her best to console him. As she tucked Valek and her other children to bed, she told him to not worry about monsters anymore.

The next day Yanek, Abbadon, and a newcomer all went for a walk in the woods. Yanek never returned from that walk.

Valek never spoke about Yanek ever again. But he felt a pit in his stomach when he thought about it. Was it his fault? Valek’s first kill… was when he was a child.

Of course, that sinking feeling didn’t last. He could find moments in time where it was forgotten. He could finally play games with the other kids. Only… he made them play games. Valek learned at a very young age that sometimes you have to take matters into your own paws. And games he played. He and his siblings played for long periods of time with the other pups. Most of the time they could all have fun together. But Valek was getting bored. The games felt so repetitive. Slowly the fun turned to boredom. And boredom to frustration. Valek’s aggression came at an early age with his mother's lessons in stalking, tracking, and butchering. Valek began to practice on the other children. It was fun to chase them. It was fun for the game to be about the chase and the catch.

As Valek’s games evolved, he noticed his dark-coated brother slipping further away from him. Paimon was always off on his own uninterested in whatever Valek was doing. He hated that. He wanted them to be together. To be a team. But Paimon wasn’t the same as him and Kobal. It wasn’t fair.

What wasn’t fair was the special treatment he was getting. Why Abbadon turned her gaze from her spitting image was beyond his comprehension. Why Abbadon gave Paimon an egg instead of him was criminal. All of a sudden it felt like no one was looking at him. No one could see Valek and his potential, no, guaranteed success in the Archnise tribe. Valek turned to Kobal and devised a plan on how to rescue their brother from the inevitable separation that was to befall them if they let Paimon keep his raven friend.

If Paimon didn’t want to play games willingly. Then they would have to make him one by surprise. Valek was the orchestrator and Kobal was the distraction. Valek was about to teach Paimon the importance of staying close to family and doing whatever Valek wanted.

He waited patiently. Just like his mother taught him to do. He waited for the right moment. He chattered with the young raven and offered to scratch for worms with it as Paimon often did. Valek gave the bird a smile before it turned away to flip rocks over. Valek pounced. He snatched the bird in his teeth and gave it a shake. Feathers flew every which way and stuck to his tongue. It screamed and cried far louder than any wolf puppy he’d chewed on. It was an awakening sensation. His heart hummed with pride and excitement. Paimon came running into the clearing, only to be stopped by Kobal, his loyal, obedient, brother Kobal. Valek set the raven aside, leaving it clinging to life for Paimon to tend to. The message had been received. But the effect Valek had desired was not the effect he received.

As they grew older, Paimon drifted away even more from his brothers. Valek tried his best to reel his brother back in. He envied Paimon in some ways and loathed him in others. Paimon was beginning to be assessed by the council. Valek could feel his blood begin to boil. It was his dream to be above the rest ever since he was small. It was his goal to one day be on the Arachnise council and lead the tribe through victorious battles, conquering land, and expanding the tribe. But Paimon? Weak pathetic Paimon who fell so easily under his feet was being tutored for the future? There was no raven left to punish Paimon with. So Valek did his best to push both of his brothers around.

In the blink of an eye. Valek’s world changed. Kobal came to him and delivered the news. Paimon was gone. What happened? Did he get taken out for a walk just like his father? Or did he leave on his own accord? Slowly the details trickled out and Kobal understood. Paimon abandoned the tribe. Valek snapped. Before he knew exactly what he was doing he was on top of Kobal and branded his mark into Kobal’s back. "I won't lose you, either." Valek cried, burying his face into Kobal’s fur. Even though they had their mother. What use was she when she was hardly around? Not even to play with them? Even though he was surrounded by wolves. Kobal was all he had left.

So Valek grew. He trained and he became stronger. He had gone through his coming of age ceremony gaining a title and a blessing by the spirits towards his ambitions of bringing chaos and order to his world. However, the promise of Arachnise’s acceptance wasn’t enough. Valek didn’t see a change in how others treated him. They were all afraid of him. Afraid to the point they would steer away from him. Not even the elders looked at him. No one wanted Valek to join their ranks. No one wanted him.

Valek’s mind spun. He left Arachnise’s territory for the first time. On his own. Armed with the knowledge he had been learning since he was a child. He sought out the first wolves he could track down.

They were a small family of four. Their children were young. Valek was visibly upset. They ushered him close and offered him warmth and food. The mother was sweet and caring. She wiped his tears away and sang sweetly to him. While the father went into the woods to find some other members of their band. Valek considered briefly for a moment staying with them. After all the warmth and love shared with him was like nothing he had ever felt. It filled some longing part of him up. But Valek’s hurt came out of him all too quickly. It was clumsy and messy. He had his jaws locked around the mother’s neck, struggling to bring her to the ground. But eventually, he managed. He turned to the small pups next and quickly finished them off. By the time he had finished with the puppies, the father and two other wolves returned to watch him drop the pup to the ground. Valek ran for his life. A feeling he would not soon forget or forgive. He hid for a long time before returning back to Arachnise to meet with his brother Kobal. “We’re going to leave.”

Valek bid their mother a farewell vowing to her that he was going to bring Paimon home one day. And kill him.

Kobal and Valek left the sanctuary of Arachnise and ventured out on their own. Valek seemed to blossom in the wild. His personality began to change a bit as well. He found himself loosening up on Kobal and becoming more in control of his outbursts. Living off the land for Kobal and Valek was certainly an adjustment but it was a welcome change. Together, Valek felt like they could do anything. He only wished that Paimon was there to be with them.

He hated that. He hated that he wanted Paimon to be with them. He hated the things that Paimon had destroyed when he left. That longing to reunite with his brother turned into pure hatred. He didn’t want his brother to control him when he wasn’t even present. So Valek turned his head in another direction. Something that could make him forget his dark brother for the time being.

Valek always loved games. But childhood games for a grown wolf such as he felt paltry in comparison to the thrill he had felt the day he killed the loners. And thus began his new version of games. Games that were designed to be painful and deadly.

In the high of these games, Valek encountered a dark she-wolf. She looked wild and tattered. Easy pickings with a thrilling chase. He assumed. Valek stretched the game on for a long time. It was fun at first when she ran from them to try and escape. She was brighter and more resilient than the previous loners he had targeted for his experimental games. But eventually, it had become a chore to keep tabs on her. It seemed that many times she was on the cusp of escaping. One day, Valek caught her during an escape. Rage and excitement coursed through his veins as he tried to drown her. He stopped before she took in too much water but that seemed to douse the fire inside of her. After that, things became boring. She never went anywhere interesting. She never asked for help. She didn’t plead for freedom. It drove Valek insane that she didn’t ask for death either. He still found the small things to pick at her and entertain himself. Taking food was his favorite just so he could watch her face change. He loved to watch her lunge at him full of teeth only to get hit back down by Kobal.

Things changed for the brothers and the loner on a fated day when she was hunched over a creature on the ground. And when Valek approached to take it away from her like he always did, he was surprised to get attacked by an angry raccoon. He suffered a kick in the head and struggled with the ferocious critter. When he caught up to the commotion, Valek caught up with the wounded Kobal to glean the events that he had missed. They chased after her but Valek and Kobal didn’t find any sign of her. Valek made a promise to get revenge for Kobal’s marred face. It was one of the only times he ever took Kobal’s well-being seriously.

Within the next two weeks. She was dead by some other loner that had been searching for her. A shame really. But for once… It was the best course of action. Valek could live with the end result.

Valek dragged his games on. He searched for the black wolf. But he never found something that satiated his lust for control. He couldn’t find his games as a potent enough distraction from his promise.

Paimon.

His thoughts were consumed with finding his brother. After all this time it was time to track down his darker brother and introduce him to the better stronger version of himself. It was time to reunite the family.

Valek at long last heard a call. One he could never mistake as anyone else’s.

Followed by Kobal, Valek followed the song.

## Group History

*Kobal and Valek arrive to the finale hive battle after hearing about it from various passerby wolves. Valek immediately starts investigating, his skin tingling for the fight ahead. But with so many wolves gathered, there must be signs of his brother. At least he hopes. Valek tasks Kobal with staying close to the battle itself, while he investigates further. He encounters a young wolf who informs him of where he can find the others. Ataw, delivering messages to the wolves in battle and out of it, tells him where Xassa is and where the medical outpost is located. Valek thanks him sincerely and goes back to Kobal.*

At the medical outpost, Valek finally found Paimon, speaking to a wolf of Mhor named Aurith. He didn't approach his brother right away, instead choosing to watch as the storm raged around them. He was enraged to see Paimon *smiling* at this wolf, his blood *boiling* to see his brother *happy* away from *him and Kobal.* He would bide his time. First, he needed to shed Hive blood. He would be stopped by a she-wolf in need, named Nephele. The two chatted briefly, with Nephele deeply unsettled by the loner and ultimately putting him to sleep and slipping away.

Valek woke up after the battle, confused but...well-rested? He managed to find Kobal and they set off to track down Paimon. They would end up following the wolves of Aryn back towards their territory, for that was where Paimon was going. Valek was desperate to find his brother Paimon, near-insane with the desire to find him. Kobal trailed along after, ever-loyal to his brother.

Near the outskirts of Aryn, Valek decided to resort to trickery to get some information about the place his brother was hiding. He thought for sure the pack Paimon was hiding was fierce and terrible, and he didn't want to barge in without having all the information he could find. He lured a pack wolf close by claiming to be hunting groundhogs for his sick mother. The unsuspecting pack wolf - Phanuel - provided a great deal of information. Valek quickly learned about the "flock of sheep" protecting Paimon, and bade the pack wolf farewell.

One more thing was discovered.

A *niece.*

Mewlin. Paimon's daughter was hunting near the border with her father's familiar, Maugre, when Valek made his move. Kobal silenced the raven while Valek talked to his niece, revealing his identity as her uncle. Unsettled, and hearing Maugre croak out an order to flee, Mewlin turned tail and ran. Valek sent Kobal to fetch her, and Mewlin was brought back. Paimon managed to catch up and knock Kobal away from his daughter.

For the first time in seasons, the three brothers were reunited. Paimon tried to explain to Valek what had happened in their old pack, how he got his facial scars, to try and deter Valek from taking him or Mewlin. However, there was no dissuading Valek and he decided the best course of action was to knock Paimon out and take Mewlin instead.

They were in a mountain pass when Paimon caught up to Valek, Mewlin, and Kobal. Valek decided to make his brother a deal: Paimon for Mewlin. Paimon didn't hesitate to offer himself in his daughter's place. He told her to run, and that her mother was in Chandor. But as soon as the deal was made, Valek ordered Kobal to kill Mewlin. Kobal didn't want to kill his niece (naturally) but he went after her anyway.

Valek and Paimon fought viciously. Valek demanded to know where Paimon's mate was (but he didn't have one) and eventually beat his brother unconscious. He ripped Paimon's long cheek fur out and dragged him away, waiting for Kobal to come join him when the deed was finished. Fortunately, Kobal wouldn't actually kill Mewlin...but Paimon and Valek both believed her to be dead.

Valek was vicious. He played games when they came across a Riverfell she-wolf named Joseline

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## Trivia

* He hates that he is shorter than his brothers, and is self-conscious about the shorter length of his tail.
* He is very proud to look like his mother and was definitely a mama's boy.
* Over the years, Valek has used Paimon's name as an alias.
* Valek believes that females tend to be better leaders and are often more cunning than males.

## Quotes

* “He [Paimon] wears his ghosts like a cloak around him. My brother and I- we release our ghosts every blue moon. We are… complete. Noire is unholy. Like our father. He will never be part of our homeland again. But- I. I am his savior. He need only to come back to me and I can save him from his fate. Our pack may not have him back. But I would. I would have him back. He need only… suffer his fate." (to Nephele, *The Dragon and the Oni)*
* “I come from a very different place than this.Where I come from we forgive the gods of their sins and we put a lot of value in ourselves as a whole.Divinity was around us yes, but…We took care of each other more than any god ever did.” (to Phanuel, *Knock Knock*)

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
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