Keahi

## Application Sheet

Keahi was a brown-furred she-wolf with bright green eyes. She lived for a time in Aryn, as a Ranger, before ultimately departing the Domain. She was created and RP'd by HatiMoonchaser.

## Personality

* ***Cautious, Observant, and Untrusting.*** Keahi has seen some of the worst things the world has to offer, and while she has managed to escape physical harm, it's left her with emotional and mental scars. She is cautious and a little bitter. She is extremely observant, noticing little gestures and inflections on words that some others might not. She is tight-lipped; trust does not come easily and must be earned.
* ***Loyal and Motherly.*** That said, Keahi also knows that kind, pure souls are hard to find, and once she finds a friend she knows she can trust, she is undyingly loyal and ferociously protective. While she's generally cold with strangers, pups are an exception. She would gladly risk her life for the safety of any young one, no matter who they are or if she's met them before. She had to watch her own son's life snuffed out before it even had the chance to begin, and she vowed to never allow it to happen again.
* ***Kind, but Prone to Snappishness due to Bottled Emotions.*** If you can manage to get through the walls she's put up around herself, Keahi is a very sweet and caring being. She strives to make sure her loved ones are safe and cared for with everything they could possibly need. Even so, memories of her past still roll through her head, and it's not uncommon for her to snap from kind conversation to cold silence without warning. If pressed, she gets irritable and snippy, insisting that she's "fine." She most certainly isn't, but she tends to bottle these feelings up until she explodes, taking her anger and pain out on whatever comes near, whether that's a packmate, an unlucky loner, a hunt, etc.

## Pre-Group History

The pack that she was born into had a strict social structure. While those related to the Alpha's line were held at the highest value, all females were at the very bottom of the rankings, treated more as objects and property. They often weren't granted names, unless they gained the favor of a high-ranking male who gave them a suitable title. Her father, the Alpha's brother, offered her as a broodmother to the Alpha's son, Ekimmu, so as to keep the bloodline of his pups pure. Ekimmu accepted his uncle's "gift," but he was cold to her. He saw her only as a body to bear him perfect pups. He had many other females in the pack who fawned over him, and he showed them affection much more readily. Though she hated her situation, she kept her head down and tried to live as peacefully as possible. Her existence wasn't so bad until the old Alpha passed, and Ekimmu took his place as head of the pack. He wished to have pups immediately, little heirs to teach he pack's vile ways. The female didn't want to mate with him. Ekimmu was her cousin and it seemed wrong to her, but he make it very clear that she had no choice.

A few months passed, and eventually she did have his pups. She had a litter of four - two stillborn girls, one perfect little boy, and one... the last male absolutely broke her heart. The pup was smaller than the others, and his back legs seemed deformed. They were stiff, unable to bend or flex, and his breath came in short, wheezing gasps... She nosed him gently, silently pleading with him to live, but the poor thing died within a few hours. When Ekimmu heard that his pups had been born, he came to inspect them immediately. He was disgusted when his eyes fell upon the imperfect pups that she had birthed. He told her that she didn't deserve the larger male that she'd had... He dove for the remaining pup, his intentions clear. She tried to fight him off, but he was much larger than her and easily thew her aside. She watched, helpless and horrified, as he snapped their son's spine, killing him instantly. He left her then, telling her that she was to remain in the den with her dead pups until her next heat cycle, a punishment for her shortcoming. She did not sleep that night, her placid acceptance of her lot in life entirely shattered, a raging fire ignited in its place. She had never felt right about this arrangement, and had often dreamed of running away, but now... Now she had no choice. But before she left...

She easily slipped past her sleeping guard. He had thought her too soft to try something like this. She found her mate curled in a small cave with two of his other females- this only served to fuel her fury.

She fell upon him like a demon. Ripping and tearing his flesh before he even realized what was happening, each stroke of her fangs spilling his blood across the cold ground. When she had finished with him and he lay gurgling through a tear in his throat, his females had already ran, waking several of the guards. They were closing in on her, and she knew that she could not survive an attack from so many. She would not die tonight, not when this new-found vitality, this vigor for her own existence, had only just been formed. She fled, adrenaline fueling her limbs as she was pursued by her furious packmates. She did not know when they stopped chasing her - she didn't care. She was free.

Now that she was on her own, she gave herself a name: Keahi, "the fire", after the burning passion for life she now felt.

## Group History

After escaping from her old pack, Keahi ran and ran until collapsing at the borders of Aryn. She was found by a Courser named Hani, who helped to bring her in to safety. Athena, the alpha, agreed to let her stay as long as she liked, even join the pack - and Keahi wanted just that.

In Aryn, she met a few of her new packmates. She met Seaver and Riley, who made small talk over a meal. It was a little awkward for all involved, but at the very least, they hadn't become *bad* acquaintances. Things were just a bit weird.

Still, she celebrated her newfound freedom, and chose to become a Ranger, so she could continue to experience her freedom. But in moments alone, Keahi found herself thinking of her puppies...the lives they could have lived. What if things had been different?

Eventually, Keahi would leave Aryn and never return. Nobody knows what became of her, but it is hoped that she was able to find some semblance of peace and a new life beyond the Domain.

## Trivia

* Keahi wasn't allowed to truly live in her birth pack. She was seen as an item, not a being with hopes and dreams of her own. Now that she's escaped that hell and has the freedom to think and act and express herself, she clings to life with robust vigor. She fears death above all else, for she has only just begun to live, but she's a stubborn, hard-headed girl and usually refuses to back down from a fight. She has the courage to stand up to whatever she may fear, but lacks the wisdom to know when enough is enough. On the positive side, she's learned how to appreciate little beauties - sunbeams streaming through a forest, the peaceful sound of a waterfall, the vibrant color of a bird's feathers; Keahi sees these things in a light that most others do not. She does not take things for granted easily.

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
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