Tenshi

Emerald (Sister, NPC)

Orpheus (Brother, NPC)

## Application Sheet

Tenshi was a dark gray male wolf with vivid green eyes. Born outside the Domain, he lived a rough life in his previous pack before becoming a nomad and trying to start a family. He left his daughter Sparrow behind with her mother and moved to the Domain, settling in Fellfang to serve as a Vanguard before departing to live the nomadic life again, outside of the Domain. He was created and RP'd by Halkuonn.

## Personality

* ***Fair and Impartial.*** Tenshi has an holy vow with neutrality, the best way to achieve justice as must as possible, even if justice itself is a complicated concept. Usually a maverick among the society he's currently living, he adjusts himself as best he can to the laws and beliefs of the pack but still follows mostly his own thinking - which is not entirely negative, since his loyalty lies with the well-being of wolves and not to a particular individual or ideals.
* ***Solemn and Amiable.*** Being born among the high society made its mark on the wolf, and he usually is very controlled and has a tranquil approach towards others. Tenshi is polite by nature and even manages to promptly ignore any attempt at unbalancing his self-control, unfazed by scorn or mocking. Quite empathetic and tired of needless quarrels, he rather take his life and approach to others as kindly and respectfully as possible. That doesn't mean he isn't able to relax and act more casually with others, nor that he is entirely immune to disrespect and won't snap at some point if provoked.
* ***Stoic but Brooding*.** The battles both physical and psychological that raged through Tenshi's life soon taught the wolf to wear a mask of serenity. While he is not entirely able to manipulate his feelings and reactions, he is extremely good at not displaying any of them. However, most of Tenshi's time is spent by dying a slow death with his own emotions. The gloom that taints his mind and soul has become something he deals naturally on a daily basis, even though it hurts all the same across the seasons.
* ***Skeptical and Realistic*.** Tenshi strives to achieve, or at least try, justice and fairness to wolfkind. However, this not does him any less faithless when it comes to life and society itself, always hanging by a last delicate and thin string of hope. Not easily convinced, he is more attached to practical truth than anything, mainly because actions need to be based on rational and effective facts and not on possibilities and uncertain suppositions. Tenshi is although quite the dreamer once he finds some peace and quiet, even if this does not apply to his actual, active life.
* ***Scrupulous and Officious.*** Being an experienced veteran, it's fairly easy for Tenshi to know the best way to perform an activity, or how to achieve a certain line of thinking. Observant and quite critical (even if unprejudiced), he often tries to help and ends up being somewhat too nosy for his own good. He means well, but it's not uncommon that someone ends up pointing out he is being disruptive - which prompts him to immediately back away a bit.

## Pre-Group History

Tenshi was born amidst the sugarcoated venom of diplomacy and the dangerous games of court on a renowned and ancient pack, member of one of the founding families, vassal to the two leading ones that occupied the Throne of Moonspell. Named initially William, he soon learned that not simply belonging a smaller house inside the greater society, they were actually a faction that worked with an already assigned function: espionage and quiet elimination. His family held a vast bloodline of spies, thieves and rogues, serving the Throne as their Spymasters and Ambassadors - ready to intercept trouble before it rose, to soothe gossip and to discreetly exterminate threats. A grim responsibility, but necessary in order to keep peace nonetheless. He embraced their duty to the fullest, aware that someone had to be the herald of death in order to keep the rabble protected.

With his mother suddenly becoming incredibly ill, William had to take the reins of the family alongside his father and siblings while still very young - which forced him into becoming more mature than someone his age would be. It was during such troubled times, with his mother still at deathbed and the lands currently going through an inner war between the two main families and their vassals, that William met Naara, a powerful she-wolf from one of the leading factions. While their love developed unscathed and pure despite the diplomatic war that raged in the territory, it did not remain unnoticed by the rest of the mischievous wolves from Moonspell.

When actual battle issued and blood started to be spilled, William decided to join the rebels, convinced that their ideas would turn the pack into a prosperous place instead of the nest of vipers it became in the paws of the old lead. Unexpectedly however, Naara stood with the Conservationists and - even worse - willingly got impregnated by her own cousin, who was part of the other alpha family, in hopes that the children of such powerful combination of genes would be of good use to Moonspell. Heartbroken but not defeated, William fought with the Revolutionists, a heated war that did not falter while Naara's belly only grew. The she-wolf ended up understanding the wrong of her ways and eventually fled from the Conservationists, joining the rebels while still pregnant and being mercilessly chased down by them.

Naara was eventually found and assaulted by the Conservationists, and for William's despair, it happened at the same time his own family also received a strategical blow. His mother was finally killed in the process, and his father and siblings were severely injured - they had been betrayed by one of their allies, which allowed their enemies to strike while they were not prepared. He was torn about leaving his family on such delicate time, but went to Naara's aid regardless. He arrived just in time to help his beloved to give birth to 3 stillborns and 1 sole survivor pup. William was bearing the scars of the fight that occurred while protecting his siblings, one in particular looking as if a wing has been tore off his shoulderblades, Naara called him Tenshi, a fallen angel amidst the demons, before dying due to her injuries and the effort of childbirth. It was then that he changed his name.

Tenshi tried to survive in Moonspell even after his life fell apart, firstly by trying to take care of the last living heir of Naara, and by striving to keep the family together and serving the Throne as they should, even after the death of his father during the assault. The Conservationists managed to take the reins once again, even though the Revolutionists were not completely defeated and the pack stood under tension. His spirit was too broken, and Moonspell too corrupted with deceit and treason for him to handle - and he decided to leave, even though this decision would punish him in the future more than he could ever consider to. He attempted to find love once again, becoming mates with a loner she-wolf and having a sole child named Sparrow. While holding an undying love for his daughter, however, he noticed he was just trying to fill an impossible void. Believing it was more honorable to be honest and leave his mate, he still was present at Sparrow's raising and cared as much a father in his situation could, but parted ways as soon their child was old enough to take care of herself.

The broken wolf wandered aimlessly from land to land, helping where he could be it with kindness or with the use of his own fangs, but nothing seemed to fix his spirits. Eventually, Tenshi heard whispers and tales of a once glorious pack that had been corrupted from its old honorable ways, but recently was reformed and now strives to become a new, better pack while still loyal to their initial purpose - Fellfang. With nothing to lose, he decided it was time to begin anew, or at least try it, by pledging his services to the pack of the Witch Doctors and their alpha Fable.

## Group History

Tenshi fondly thought back on the memories with his little daughter, Sparrow, even after he had left her behind. Still, he tried to focus on finding a place to start his life anew, and that was when he approached the border of Fellfang. Here, Tenshi met one of the pack's Betas, Rutnik, who didn't trust him. Tenshi waited patiently while Rutnik threatened him, and then went to fetch Fable to speak to the new arrival.

Tenshi was allowed into the pack, and he took on the task of Vanguardian, to offer his strength and skill in battle to his new pack. However, this skill was worthless in the face of a massive volcano. An earthquake rocked the Domain, causing Fellfang's volcano to erupt. He fled with Asgeir. Most of his packmates escaped...but not all. As the pack moved, trying to find a new home, he tried to offer some reassurance to his packmate Winema.

Fellfang settled in a new territory, their ancestral lands, in the northeast. Tenshi tried to settle, but realized, with a heavy heart, that he was still too broken to attempt pack life again. He thanked his fellow Fellfangir and set off to live as a nomad, never to be seen again.

## Trivia

* While a seasoned warrior, he's on great shape and enjoys to keep his form active and healthy for his own sake, sometimes beating the younglings at staying on good form.
* He has a soft spot for children and eccentric individuals.
* Age and emotional stress prompted his fur to already start to grizzle.
* Fun fact: Tenshi is actually a shape-shifter horse from my own comic/book project series named Firelands, and exists for 10+ years now!

## Quotes

* "Fate often forces us leaving what we love behind, replacing it with anguish and sorrow. However, better face ahead and see the limitless opportunities destiny places before us. We cannot go back nor retrieve what once was, but can certainly enjoy whatever new is offered to us. Or forge it ourselves, if you prefer." (offering hope to Winema, *Past, Present, and Future*)

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
* Halkuonn's deviantART Gallery