Rikki

## Application Sheet

Rikki was a gray and tan male wolf with piercing yellow eyes. He was a loner most of his life, taking a mate named Evita and having two daughters with her: Keeva and Savoy. After his daughters grew up and left the family unit, he and Evita moved to Heyl, as founding members. He didn't stay long, and eventually, the two left the Domain, never to be seen again. Rikki was created and RP'd by sourlemonfox.

## Personality

* ***Blasé and Bored.*** Even though Rikki is still young, he's already becoming world weary. His expression is often bored or blank and very little seems to excite him enough to actually react.
* ***Dry and Droll***. His humor usually goes unnoticed by others because of the delivery. He enjoys a good joke or story himself but, unfortunately, doesn't seem to be able to tell his own.
* ***Impish and Petulant.*** Rikki will often resort to pup-like behavior when he is especially grumpy or something doesn't go his way. He isn't above petty insults and, because of his size, doesn't mind getting into other wolves faces.
* ***Confident and Dramatic.*** When you're a wolf as large as he is, not much deters you. This has gotten him into more than one sticky situation where only his accidental wits help him escape. Surprisingly, despite his usually tired/bored/unimpressed facade, Rikki has a flare for the dramatic. He enjoys large gestures and expresses himself with exaggerated body language.
* ***Dumb Luck.*** While certainly not unintelligent, Rikki can't be counted among the highest thinkers. Maybe if he actually cared enough to fully apply himself things would be different...but they aren't.
* ***Big Softy***. You'll never hear him admit it but Rikki turns into an absolute puddle around pups. His dramatic streak makes him a fun and encouraging wrestling partner for younger wolves. Though he'd outwardly hem and haw he'd love to be put on pup-sitting duty.
* ***Prince Charming***. Rikki has a lot of respect for females and never fails to show it when an opportunity presents itself. Though he's generally clueless when it comes to affection and attraction from the opposite sex.
* ***Lonely and Sad.*** He doesn't like to talk about his past and has a heavy heart filled with grief and guilt. Sometimes this manifests as violent, and often bloody, tantrums.

## Pre-Group History

Rikki was raised along with his two litter mates by his loner mother. He has fond memories of cuddle puddles and stories told under moonlight. Always a bit of a momma's boy he stuck around after his siblings moved on to find their own paths. He stayed around long enough to help his mother take care of his younger siblings when she had another litter (with a different male than his father). Rikki would watch and protect them while his mother hunted. However, things weren't meant to end happily.

While Rikki was distracted one day his younger sisters wandered further away from the den and were picked off by scavenging predators. Though his mother didn't come out and say she blamed him, things were never the same between them. She began to lash out at him and would mutter things about his father. Rikki decided it was time he moved on and has been alone ever since. He has never met his father but knows of him. He asked his mother once why he wasn't with them and she refused to give him a straight answer. Rikki is determined to find his sire one day and demand answers for why he was never there for them.

## Group History

The first wolf Rikki met in the Domain was a she-wolf named Evita. He had found a rabbit cached by a fox, and was delighted to take the prize...but when he saw how hungry Evita was, he gave the rabbit to her. They spoke to one another before parting ways. They met later, after Rikki had been severely injured in a hunting accident, hurting his leg badly.

Rikki had some trouble hunting with his bad leg, and he tended to search for caches of prey whenever he could. When he stumbled across a cache of food, he dug in...only to be rudely interrupted by the wolf who'd *caught* the doe: Athena. She injured his leg further, handing his butt to him, and he quickly scurried away, thoroughly humiliated.

He met other wolves, too, such as Rabbit, but nobody caught his attention the way Evita had. There was something special about her. Their paths crossed frequently, and Rikki realized that he was extremely protective of Evita, and when he heard rumors of the horrible things happening to females in the nearby pack of Blutwald, he asked Evita to leave the area with him. She was delighted at the opportunity to adventure with him.

Their adventure didn't get off to an easy start. They were attacked by a lone wolf named Huck (NPC) who seemed...off. This was because he was suffering from rabies. Huck wanted Evita to go with him, and Rikki was *not* having it. He attacked the male, and managed to kill him without getting bitten. He was mortified at having killed a wolf, but Huck was sick with *rabies*, and his state would only have gotten worse. Evita comforted him as he collapsed, exhausted and stunned, after defending her.

They made their way to the northwest, and they did everything together: they slept in the same den, hunted together, traveled side-by-side. Rikki realized he loved Evita, and he wanted her to be his mate. It took him a few tries to actually *ask* her to be his mate, but she was delighted, and agreed wholeheartedly.

It wasn't long before they were expecting a litter together. Rikki was overprotective and fretted constantly over Evita when she was pregnant, and was even more overprotective when his daughters were born. There were two of them: Savoy and Keeva.

He had a right to be protective. A loner - Buk - approached the area where his family was denning, and Rikki was ready to attack to protect them.

Rikki was looking for feverfew and wandered too close to the border with Kausen. A Kausenite named Samwell offered to help him find the herbs, and did so before they parted ways. Not all interactions were hostile!

It was harder for Rikki when his daughters wanted to explore. He did the best he could to let them have some freedoms, but they wanted constantly to go off on their own on adventures, and he was desperate to keep them close. Still, the older they got, the more freedom they wanted. Savoy was a prickly youth and often butted heads with Rikki. Evita worked hard to keep peace in her family, but it wasn't easy.

The pair were older juveniles when they decided to leave the family unit. Rikki was outraged, insisted that they were too young to survive on their own, but Evita soothed him, assuring him that this was what happened with all daughters...they grow up.

Rikki missed his children terribly. What's more, the older he got, the more pain he felt in his bad leg. It was getting harder for him to hunt and protect Evita. Evita proposed that the two of them join a pack, for the safety and security, and maybe for some more company to fill the emptiness he felt without their daughters.

Rikki snapped at Evita's lack of faith in him to provide and protect, but she insisted it was just a thought, for *Rikki's* sake as well as her own. Eventually, he agreed to consider it...and the pair of them found their way to Fitu.

Fitu was creating a pack in the mountains, called Heyl. It was going to be a place where wolves of all backgrounds could seek healing for their body, mind, and soul. It was perfect for Rikki and Evita - a small pack with a focus on healing and community.

Rikki and Evita were founding members, alongside Cloud, Starke, Lilly, and Azphen.

But he didn't stay long.

Indeed, Rikki vanished from the Domain a few months after he helped to found Heyl with his mate. Nobody knows what became of him, but Evita went searching for him after a few months of waiting for his return. Hopefully they've been reunited, but they haven't been seen since.

## Trivia

* Rikki has never been especially stable after what happened to his little siblings. He is prone to ridiculous mood swings and deep depressions. It seems his preferred coping mechanism is violent outbursts or fits of hysteria followed by total emotional shut downs.
* His whiskers are long, dark, and visible.

## Quotes

* "I don't want anything bad to happen to you. If they [harassing loners] ever show up again, just howl for me. I'll make them leave. I won't tolerate dangerous wolves." (to Evita, *Friendship is Magic*)

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
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