Aspen

Temperance (Stepsister)

Extensive Highvalley Kin

## Application Sheet

Aspen was a gray and brown she-wolf, born and raised in Highvalley alongside her twin brother Alpine. She was also adoptive sister to Temperance. She was raised to be the perfect wife, and was sent away to be wed to a faraway alpha - however, she escaped and wound up living in Fellfang for a while, before making the decision to leave the Domain. She was created and RP'd by Quailmix.

## Personality

* ***Timid and Anxious.*** After her experiences with her former pack, Aspen was untrusting of new wolves and saw all of them as potential threats. It took a great deal of time for her to even begin opening up to her packmates in Fellfang, even Fable, who tried his best to reassure her of her safety and welcome place in the pack.
* ***Soft-Spoken.*** Perhaps a result of being raised in Highvalley to be a perfect wife - well-mannered and obedient - Aspen generally didn't speak unless spoken to, and often kept her voice quiet and respectful, her language rather short and concise.

## Pre-Group History

Aspen was born to Highvalley and raised according to her family's traditions. She received lessons in obedience, good-mateship, and manners, while her twin brother Alpine learned to be honorable, a warrior, an heir to his father's bloodline. She and her brother were well-behaved children who seemed to understand their roles in life inherently, and both brought pride to their family's name.

As a very young adult, Aspen was sent away at a young age according to Highvalley custom, to live with her betrothed. It is not certain what happened while she was away, though we know her former alpha (her betrothed, perhaps?) was cruel and cold-hearted. She was wracked with anxiety in her new home, and managed to escape. As a result, her mate sent word of her death to Highvalley. Alpine mourned his twin in the customary fashion and did indeed feel grief, but moved on easily and does not think about her often.

And Aspen? She set off to live alone.

## Group History

Ashamed and afraid to go home to Highvalley, Aspen settled into life as a loner in the remote lands of the far northeastern Domain. She had no idea it was Fellfang's ancestral lands, and when Fable and his pack arrived from being displaced by the eruption of Forsaken Peak, she was afraid and uncertain of what to do. Fable offered her the opportunity to join his pack, and, missing companionship, Aspen agreed to give it a try, completely unaware that Highvalley and Fellfang were considered enemies.

She settled in with some difficulty, taking a while to relax around her new packmates. She didn't stay very long, though - ultimately, she found pack life with a bunch of strangers very difficult, and despite her desire for company, left the Domain to live as a loner. It was shortly after this that word arrived in Highvalley, when Samwell informed her twin Alpine that she was, in fact, alive and living in Fellfang. Alpine was granted permission by High King Rodwen to go fetch his sister from the Fellfang 'barbarians', taking Ragnor with him. But when they arrived and saw she wasn't there - that she had moved on - Alpine decided to continue searching for her beyond the Domain.

It is unknown what has happened to Aspen and Alpine. We hope that her brother found her, and perhaps they have rejoined Highvalley in its new location outside the boundaries of the Domain. We may never know.

## Quotes

* "Beautiful, isn't it?" (to Fable, describing the ocean under a full moon, *The Ocean's Glow*)