Ruby

Magpie (Sister)

Frosty, Pidge, and Bunny (Sisters, NPCs)

## Application Sheet

Ruby was a red-and-black she-wolf with dark brown eyes. Though she originally lived as a loner, she eventually joined Aryn to be with her mate, Tristan, and brought their two pups with her: Guinevere and Finch. She reconciled with her sister Magpie before ultimately deciding to leave the Domain. Ruby was created and RP'd by fairytalekitty.

## Personality

* ***Scornful***. Ruby developed a more snappish behavior over time when she grew up. She was always the easiest to annoy out of her siblings, and was always the target of their sneaky antics. With little effort, she can easily be ticked off if she is rubbed the wrong way. She shows little patience for others if they try to bother her.
* ***Consciousness***. Ruby has learned to always be aware of her surroundings. She is also aware of the feelings of others. Being the way she is, she is not the most compassionate wolf, especially with her words. Ruby is well aware of the effects her words have, but she does not take them into consideration til a little afterwards. With her sisters, she could be a little mean-spirited and make one of her sisters upset when she doesn't mean to. Despite looking like she doesn't care, in her mind she is trying to think of a way to make amends for her spitefulness.
* ***Family-oriented and Protective.*** As a young pup without a father-figure, Ruby felt it was her job to look out and be the strong one in the family. She had very little time to relax and play, making her the 'stick in the mud' in front of her siblings. Despite her great love for her sisters, she wished they could understand how important it was to be mindful of their safety. Ruby sees the world as a cruel place, and to make sure to put trust in the right animals or else you risk dying a fool. That is why she usually takes the lead when she finds the opportunity to.
* ***Perfectionist***. Ruby has never been comfortable with herself. After some life spent inside the laws of a different pack had made her more tense with others. She finds it hard to trust and love others like her sisters do. She keeps herself alert and always tells herself she has room to improve her strategic skills. It's never good enough.

## Pre-Group History

Ruby was born in a litter of five sisters in a secluded forest with only a mother to look after them. What might have seemed like a rough start, turned out to be better than what the lonely mother had expected. Ruby always stayed close by to her gentle mother, keeping her safe and making sure she was in a good mood. Aurora, the mother of the litter of five, would always tell Ruby to stop worrying about her and join her sisters in their games. On some days, Ruby would join in with her sisters, but on others, she would sit and watch them rumple around in the flowery meadows. She grew up close to her sisters, saw each one of them cry, and comforted them whenever they did. They always looked up to her for advice and comfort, making Ruby the more independent sister of the litter.

Once it was time to leave their safe haven, all sibling eyes turned to the eldest, Ruby. Ruby gladly guided her sisters through the wild unknown. It wasn't as she expected. There were many things she needed to learn, and while she was worrying about that, her sisters were more concerned on finding a mate ad settling down. At one point, Ruby found it hopeless to continue in fear she had no idea how to provide for her sisterly pack. She joined in with another's, splitting the sisters apart. Ruby had wanted all of her siblings to join her, so she wouldn't have to stress out how they were doing. However, the second eldest and the youngest of the litter left her with the sisters, Frosty and Pidge.

Ruby felt betrayed and misunderstood by Magpie, and has held a grudge against her ever since. That grudge however was aimed more towards herself than to Magpie. The remaining siblings did not like their new home, but Ruby grew fondly of it. She was taught well by the Alpha and his Beta, risking whatever embarrassment and belittling tasks they put her through. Her sisters were much more weary about their new pack, but Ruby found herself and personality growing in with it. She had barely little consideration for her siblings who had already arranged mates their first year in the pack. Ruby became engulfed in the responsibility as the Alpha's second Beta, constantly trying to win his approval until she realized she was making a fool out of herself in doing so, discovering the harsh treatment she was going through everyday just trying to fit in, and worst of all, the neglectfulness of her sisters' warnings and uncertainty. She was never able to forgive herself.

She immediately picked up her sisters, and their newborns, and left the scene of the rather precariously outlandish pack. Surprisingly enough, her sisters' mates also joined them without blurting out their location to the alpha, or so she thought. One night, she woke up with a shock. Turns out the clever mate of sister Frosty, named Oliver, ratted out their position. The pack was almost upon her and her sisters, so she quickly devised a plan to get the small gathering of wolves to ignore her siblings' escape. She distracted the attackers into chasing her straight into a ravine, where they lost her and assumed she had been killed by the fall.

Ruby had only suffered minor injuries, and was happy to find that her sisters and their offspring, including the mate of Pidge, had made it out safely and were heading towards' Magpie's location. Ruby did not join them after she made sure they made it safely. She decided it was time to go out alone. Her guilt of what she put her sisters through grew heavy in her mind, and she saw it better if she left them alone. However, a little visit wouldn't hurt.

## Group History

Ruby would go to visit Magpie in Chandor again after splitting from her siblings and their families. She was a bit surprised that Magpie had two pups with her partner, Davis: Graham and Payton. Ruby had wanted to ask Magpie to be a loner with her, and explore, and when she realized her sister had settled down, was disappointed and bitter that Magpie wouldn't come with her. She lamented, privately, that she and Magpie weren't as close as they used to be.

Ruby ended up getting stuck on a frozen pond, unable to stand up on the slick surface. Fortunately, another loner named Tristan came to her aid, and he was kind in spite of her grumpy personality. Tristan offered to let Ruby stay with him in his den overnight, since it was getting late, and Ruby hesitantly agreed. The two discussed their pasts, and when Ruby realized that she might have a crush on him, she squashed those feelings down. But she stayed with him for a bit longer, about a week, before parting ways. He went to Aryn, and she went to find her sister.

She'd been avoiding her family for well over a season now, and she admitted, when she was with Tristan, that she'd been depriving herself of her family but missed them. He encouraged her to try and fix things with Magpie. She eventually did so, after months without seeing her, and tried to rebuild their connection. It would take a bit of time for their bond to become strong again, but it was a start.

It was Magpie who realized Ruby was gaining weight during her visit.

While staying with Tristan, Ruby had fallen pregnant. She left Magpie to go find Tristan, and gave birth to two pups: Guinevere and Finch. Tristan hunted for her, and was delighted to see that she had their pups. Ruby, on the other hand, was extremely worried. Tristan brought her hope, though. Being with him made the situation seem manageable.

And she did love her children. She really, really did.

It wasn't long after the pups were born - really, their eyes were still closed - that Ruby and Tristan discussed the best path for the family. Should they remain loners, or join Tristan in Aryn? Ruby wanted to wait a little before making the decision on whether to start living as a pack wolf, but eventually, she decided Aryn was the best place for her pups to grow up.

The pups and Ruby joined the pack when they were a few months old - not quite juveniles. The pups were eager to get to spend a lot more time with their dad. Ruby was a bit uncomfortable, but made the most of her new life in Aryn.

The pups grew up, and things were going well for several moons. Gwen and Tristan were out one day, and Tristan got bitten by a venomous snake. Gwen rushed off to find help as his health declined, but they were never able to find his body...which meant he either wandered off and died elsewhere, or somehow survived, but never returned.

Ruby feared she'd never be able to bring happiness to her children without him. She accepted that Tristan was gone, that he wasn't coming back, but she couldn't bring herself to think much about it. She had to be strong, for their kids. She knew Gwen was devastated by the loss of her father, but Ruby promised her daughter that she would always be there for her, even if she wasn't as good at it as Tristan had been.

Several weeks passed, and Ruby was struggling with the emotional weight Tristan's death left her with. Their children were struggling. Ruby desperately tried to find answers, and eventually, she concluded that bringing Magpie to Aryn, to help the three of them find some sense of peace, would work. She begged her children to wait in Aryn for her, and went to fetch her sister from Chandor.

Magpie forced Ruby to take time to rest before they went to Aryn, because Ruby had been traveling as quickly as she could. When they reached the border, Ruby and Magpie met with Alcatraz - the pack's alpha male - and he inquired as to Magpie's arrival. He warned Ruby that, for leaving and bringing a wolf back without permission, there could be consequences. He brought them to Athena.

Fortunately, Magpie's arrival helped, and Ruby was heartened to see her children's recovery. They found a sense of peace and happiness, acceptance of their father's death, after some help from Magpie. Even Ruby found herself feeling better, knowing that Tristan, whatever had become of him, was still with them in spirit. Finch and Gwen ended up leaving Aryn when they felt better, and Ruby wasn't saddened by this. She was *proud* that her children had found the strength to move on, to forge their own paths, with each other by their sides.

Meanwhile, Ruby hunkered down and considered taking a task in Aryn. But she didn't. Instead, a few months after her children left, Ruby, too, left the Domain, never to be seen again.

## Trivia

* The scars on Ruby's face were obtained when she fought to defend her sisters from their old pack.
* She has terrible spring allergies.

## Quotes

* "Alpha, I have been gone since some time to retrieve my sister. I bring her because I believe her presence to be beneficial to my children's health. They have not taken the loss of their father easily..." (explaining her absence to Alcatraz, *Bringing Back Family*)

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
* fairytalekitty's deviantART Gallery