Andromeda

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Andromeda was a black-furred she-wolf with orange and white markings, and a blind, scarred eye. She was an Enforcer in Vektren, before she vanished in the aftermath of the Deep Freeze. She was created and RP'd by lilbeantrix.

## Personality

* ***Self-Centered and Selfish.*** It’s hard for Andromeda to care about others. She often times has no interest in sharing or even considering their needs on a day by day basis. Being a loner for awhile had taught her that it was best to not rely on others or vise versa.
* ***Nasty, Bitter, Vengeful, and Barbaric.*** There is one thing you must know about this girl, she has no desire to let any pain given to her be unpunished. Andromeda will make you suffer no matter what, even if it may lead to her own death, once her mind is set about it, she'll never back down. She usually will attack her target or hurt someone else that the person cares about. She'll be watching the target till she knows who would have the most effect if hurt. Andromeda is well aware of the consequences of her actions and she knows that some wolves will try to get back her for what she does.
* ***Vulgar, Disrespectful, and Rude.*** Once again, this trait is heavily seen when she's around the opposite sex and will hardly be seen around the same sex, unless they provoke her and/or taunt her in some shape way or form. Andromeda will make nasty comments or jokes toward anyone she dislikes and maybe just because she finds it funny.
* ***Unceremonious***. Andromeda may seem as if she is always in a hurry, like she has to get something done, but sometimes that's just a cheap tactic to get out of a conversation.
* ***Dominating and Proud.*** One thing Andromeda fights for other than for revenge is dominance. She’s proud and tends to demand respect from others no matter what rank she my posses in a pack. However she prefers to show that she’s worthy of such treatment.
* ***Ambitious***. This she-wolf has the strength to achieve anything as long she believes she believes in herself. Nothing can bring her down without putting up a fight.
* ***Stoic***. It’s not very common for Andy to show any deep emotion, she prefers to keep to herself if at all possible.
* ***Well-bred.*** Despite all her disrespect or smug comments, Andromeda was taught to be a lady of a high status, which means she had to be well mannered. So on some occasions she will be more formal towards others, mainly if she’s in a good mood.

## Pre-Group History

Andromeda was born in a massive pack called Thermotine. The pack was quite popular in the region it was in. It was known for its matriarchal lifestyle, for it was majorly run by females and that’s what it’s population mostly consisted of. Thermotine was founded by a she wolf who went by the name Androdameia, who just so happened to be Andromeda’s great great great great (and possibly more) grandmother. Somewhere down the line Androdamche was born and she was Andromeda’s grandmother. Some find it funny that their names are all quite similar, but some suspected it was just their way of showing off their heritage.

At the time the Andromeda was born, her grandmother was still Queen and hadn’t stepped down to make way for her daughter Evandr to rule the pack. Instead the warrior princess would be doing usual pack duties or creating more offspring. One thing about the pack is rather strange is their lack in males, so many could assume inbreeding wasn’t too uncommon. No one outside the pack would know the answer to why Thermotine seems to have a strong distaste for the opposite sex, but it was what structured them in a way.

Her mother Evandr had taught her many things as she grew up, but the most important thing she was determined to teach Andromeda that most men were out to get you and couldn’t be trusted. Being young and all she never took this seriously at first, she didn't find anything wrong with them. In fact, she enjoyed spending time with the male pups that were born, even though she rarely saw them for the Thermotine females segregated them off, to protect the female pups from getting brainwashed by them. Those who knew about it thought it was already too late, the thought Andromeda had too much exposure to the opposite sex that she had come to submit to them.

Androdamche especially wasn’t too fond of the news and would often blame her daughter’s incompetent parenting skills. Knowing she wanted her granddaughter to become the next queen, she decided to raise her herself.

Evandr of course  was opposed to the idea, but not wanting to dishonor her mother’s wishes, she basically gave all her parental rights of Andromeda to her.

Unlike Evandr, the alpha didn’t just teach Andromeda to not trust men, but to learn how to be more cunning than them. The young she-wolf had also went through intensive training to become the warrior princess she was expected to be. Throughout the months of endless lectures, spars, hunting lessons and more, Andromeda quickly surpassed her expectations. In fact, she even became the lead huntress in her back, where previously it was her own mom. Her grandmother was definitely proud to raise such a fine successor to the throne and soon deemed her ready to go through her ready for the final test.

Andromeda and handful of other juveniles were chosen to participate in the gladiator. This test

was designed for young females, outsiders and occasionally juvenile males to prove their worth to the pack. It wasn’t common to see the clan born males in the gladiator since most of them weren’t kept alive to get to that point. Sometimes they used as a way to get weak females to understand their views of their opposing sex, cause they know not all females believe like they do, so sometimes they just gotta force them by putting fear in their hearts. Sadly the latter was one of the reasons why Andromeda had to go through it.

The young female went up against a strong he-wolf named Kokumo, he was one of the few who were raining champion.

At first when the battle started Andromeda was absolutely terrified, she avoided the male a much as possible. Despite all she was raised up to be, she couldn’t help but feel a knot in her stomach whenever the other lunged at her. Andromeda often was the one being beaten up and tossed around, basically she was losing. This was quite disappointing to the Queen, however she did not stop the battle, because she believed the more pressure her granddaughter was in, she’d soon get pushed to her limit. It was the only time.

Eventually Kokumo had inflicted serious damage on her, which resulted in the loss of her left eye. This was the breaking point the Queen was waiting for, this gave Andromeda a reason to bring revenge on her opponent. It sparked up Andromeda's adrenaline to believe that this battle was a fight to the death and she knew for a fact that she did not want to die. Once this sudden desire flooded her thoughts, she fought tooth and nail to survive, it didn't help that she had lost an eye and blood blinded her other.

The fight was long and vigorous, but the barbaric she-wolf was the victor, she conquered over the champion and earned her place in the pack, but she wasn't satisfied till she took something that belonged to her enemy. Though this was usually against pack rules, especially when a gladiator fight has finished, Andromeda believed in the saying “an eye for an eye”, so she got her grandmother’s permission to take out one of his. Although she never got to remove it for Kokumo fought to keep it, though it got damaged, he did escape Andromeda and fled the pack.

After that day Andromeda's world changed. She didn't treat males as equals, she believed they were all like Kokumo, power driven, ruthless and dangerous creatures. That wasn't the only thing that changed either though, she also grew distant from her mother and started to treat her grandmother as a replacement for her bio mom. In fact she challenged Evandr for her beta position and won. Sadly she didn't stay one for long do to war breaking loose between a patriarchy pack who wanted the Thermotine territory. Though the beta wanted to stay and help fight, her grandmother didn’t want to risk her only approved heir’s life. Thus Andromeda had been sent away to the mountains in advance by Androdamche, in hopes she could save one of her descendants and the descendants of Androdameia. The future queen would only be allowed to return if she got word from one of the she wolves who stayed to fight, though if she did not, she was instructed to flee as far as possible from territory.

So she waited, and waited, and waited, but none came.  Andromeda has assumed the battle had been lost, though she did not want to believe it at first. However as she attempted to return, she learned the borders had been remarked and whatever scent of her previous pack was faint, if at all there.

Because of this, Andromeda fled the area as she was told before, although she vowed to one day find her pack again.

After the war the Thermotines fled the territory and went into hiding. No knows if they are all dead or alive, no one knows if Andromeda made it out of the area in time before the start of the battle, but they do suspect that if she is alive, she'll come back and if not, her descendant(s) will.

## Group History

Andromeda found herself near the borders of Vektren, and joined the cult. Vieste showed her around, telling the newcomer about the pack and what her responsibilities would be.

Shortly thereafter, while checking the traps at the borders, she encountered a she-wolf named Alice. Alice had not trespassed, and Andromeda took interest in the loner. Alice revealed that her previous pack had been patriarchal and cruel, and Andromeda told her of her own, matriarchal birth pack. Eventually, she decided that Alice would be her "passion project", and offered to teach her some defensive tactics. Alice was hesitant to agree to this, and Andy told her that if she accepted the offer, she would be back the next day, in the same spot.

Meanwhile, Andromeda worked on helping her pack by hunting hares and deer. She was a fairly skilled huntress, but ultimately set her paws on the path of Enforcer, completing her Trials and becoming a delta. Her skills tracking would be put to good use, in a rather unfortunate way.

The Mistress, Hekate, had been killed by her son Hellion. Andromeda and Ivar were sent to try tracking down the wolves whose bodies had not been found: Janus, Hellion (who they knew *must* have escaped), and Elisabet, the intended sacrifice Hellion had killed his mother to protect. Their search, however, was in vain - neither Ivar nor Andromeda were able to find a trail to follow.

The Enforcer had another great opportunity to flaunt her skills, though, when a Damascan, Nysien, crossed the border. She would have killed him, had he not bashed his skull against hers and run away as swiftly as his paws would carry him!

She didn't get along well with a newcomer named Hanz, but no major drama unfolded with the two. Andromeda would vanish in the aftermath of the Deep Freeze, the coldest winter the Domain had ever seen. Nobody knows what became of her, but she hasn't been seen since.

## Trivia

* Andromeda is blind in her scarred left eye.

## Quotes

* “Y’know missy, you’ll be my new passion project. How about, I teach you a thing or two about combat. Like for self defense and hunting. You’ll need it if you want to survive on your own or provide for those you love.” (to Alice, *First Encounter*)

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