Bourne

Leander (Brother, NPC)

Anderson (Maternal Grandfather, NPC)

Bourne is a gray-brown male with thick, wavy fur and sage green eyes. The son of Ruth and Rhaegar of Riverfell, Bourne fled the Domain until his father was killed in combat with Shiloh. He returned to his home pack to begin anew. He was created and RP'd by LunarShadowCreations.

## Personality

On the surface, Bourne is a **friendly**, **outgoing**, and **supportive** wolf, with a delightful **sense of humor** and a slightly wicked, **reckless** streak. He is, for all appearances, a great guy to be around and an excellent asset to the pack. He's **loyal** to the pack as a whole, but wants to be the best friend he can be to whoever's open to it (which might make him seem a bit **annoying** to those who aren't terribly interested) and sometimes he **doesn't know when to** **stop running his mouth**, but he means well.

But looking below the surface, one starts to see imperfections and drawbacks to Bourne's personality. The bubbly, outgoing part of his personality formed in his first six months of life, but when he entered young adulthood, another side formed - a darker side, shaped by the pain his brother went through as a Young Feather. Bourne's instinctive **selflessness** and **altruism** served him well when it came to caring for his brother, but the less noble aspects of these traits come through as **recklessness.** He was never able to form strong connections to his pack mates, even though he loved being around them (a true **extrovert**, Bourne thrives just having others *around* him). There's a sense of **desperation to be loved** under the surface - he's never been able to form a true relationship, friendship or otherwise, with anyone before, and he wants it *so badly* he can practically taste it.

Bourne never wants to speak to anyone about his family. Everything involving his father or his family's abuse is a closed topic for him, and he'll become **hostile** if a wolf tries to pry. He lives **in the moment**, choosing to leave the past behind him while also **lacking forethought.** He never considers the consequences of his actions and only focuses on doing what's best at any given time. The only other time Bourne will truly become aggressive is in the face of inequality - Bourne's is completely **intolerant of inequality** in both directions, and nothing will make his personality change on a dime like mistreatment of others.

Admittedly, Bourne is quite **vain** when it comes to his appearance. Although he has no problem getting scuffed up performing duties, and scars are a sign of strength under pressure, a frumpy, dirty coat is shameful and doesn't get much positive attention from the ladies. He's **flirtatious** and doesn't let rejection temper his flirtation - it comes from a mix of wanting every female to feel loved and respected, and his own flirty, outgoing personality.

Ultimately, all Bourne wants to do is put the past few years of suffering, inequality, and loneliness behind him, and to enjoy life as a pack wolf - and make sure his fellow Riverfell wolves live their best lives, too.

## Pre-Group History

In the pack, Riverfell, a female Sage named Ruth and her mate, Rhaegar, had two pups - Leander, who was named for Ruth's father, Anderson, and Bourne, named for their place along the river. Rhaegar, convinced that Leander, the larger of the two, would be a perfect Gold Feather, trained his son from the beginning. Bourne had more freedom. At a very young age, Bourne watched Kara lose her Gold Feather standing - and then vanish from the pack. Rhaegar thought it was right for her to be cast out, but Ruth secretly told her sons how unjust it was for Kara to be punished, for a deed it took two wolves to commit. She explained how poorly females were treated by some of the males in the pack, how they were 'lower' than males - especially her, in Rhaegar's eyes. Bourne vowed never to mistreat a female, ever.

When he reached the cusp of young adulthood, he trained to be a Hunter, and he reached the rank of Delta within his first few months of training (though that might have been because of his father's importance)

Meanwhile, Leander is struggling greatly with Gold Feather training, and often talks in private to Bourne about how he wants to quit, but won't out of fear of their father.

When Rhaegar discovered that Leander was doing poorly in Gold Feather training, he became verbally, emotionally, and physically abusive towards his son - and used force and fear against Ruth, as well. Bourne was never a target of his father's outrage Bourne has enough of it and challenges his father to a Fight Night. If he won, Leander would be spared and get to change tasks. If Rhaegar won, Leander would become a Gold Feather or die trying.

Bourne lost - badly. His father nearly beat him to death (more to say).

## Trivia

* Bourne has a tendency to chew on twigs. He doesn't often relax, as far as sitting still, and is often in motion, but when he does need to rest, he'll often have a twig in his mouth and work his jaw while he's resting.
* He has nightmares about fighting his father during Fight Night. He often flashes back to it in his dreams, and wakes up with tear-strained fur. That was the moment he feels everything went downhill (though it was pretty bad to begin with), and it's the single worst memory he has. Even worse than his brother's death is his father attacking him.

## Quotes

* "When I'm big enough, I'll make sure he *never* hurts her again." (Bourne to Leander, *Bourne's History, Part I*)

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
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