Hellion

Demogorgon (Adoptive Daughter)

Vergil and Damien (Brothers)

Persephone, Ravka, Epione, Helh, and Hestia (Maternal Half-Sisters)

Thanatos, Orpheus, and Phaeton (Maternal Half-Brothers)

Iris and Veron (Adoptive Siblings)

## Application Sheet

Hellion, born with the name Dante, was a dark reddish-brown male wolf with piercing, deep brown eyes. Born to Hekate and Andras of Vektren alongside Damien and Vergil, Dante was considered a prime candidate to follow in his mother's footsteps - until he betrayed Vektren and killed his mother in order to save the life of his beloved Elisabet, who would become his mate. Since betraying his pack, he lived as a loner with Elisabet, just the two of them after their pups - Caelan, Priscilla, and Synnove - grew up. He has not been seen in the Domain since, but it is believed he still lingers in the lands of Vale. He was created and RP'd by Halkuonn.

His half-siblings include Persephone, Ravka, Thanatos, Epione, Orpheus, Phaeton, Helh, and Hestia. He also served as adoptive father to Solitaire's pups, Damon and Demogorgon.

## Personality

* ***Audacious, Overconfident and Active.*** Hellion believes he can take the world with bare fangs and live through it. Aware of his physical prowess, potential and the powerful bloodline of assassins he belongs to, he makes little planning when deciding to become involved on several situations. He's often led to more trouble his wily-self can take it, though experience and training have naturally led him to use more logical-thinking in his endeavors, though it hasn't stopped him from *getting* into it anyways. At the end of it all, Hellion is the perfect type of front line soldier.
* ***Witty, Ambitious, and Versatile.*** Dante is in fact very intelligent, even if his overactive and bossy personality often doesn't let it show - which is also used as strategy for him. His ability to adapt himself to the environment, situations and outcomes is impressive for his age and personality, and his overactive mind sometimes manages create insane yet intriguing plans and solutions out of nowhere. He doesn't quite have a *grasp* of the concept of evil or goodness, turning him into a double-edged blade, but it is no secret that his determination and spitfire behavior will lead him to greater things if he manages to control his demons.
* ***Petulant, but Laid Back.*** Lot of Hellion's life has changed, but some things did not. Now mostly secluded around his own family, he rarely has reason to confront others, but remains uncaring for authority all the same. Even though he can be hot-blooded and enjoys pursuing problems on purpose, the responsibility of parenthood has finally bent him into shape and he now avoids seeking fights, redirecting this pent up energy on hunting or just patrolling the area where their family lives. Don't go on thinking he won't snap if provoked, but at least, Hellion is not the one provoking anymore.
* ***Melancholic, yet Caring and Loyal.*** There's a layer of melancholy buried deep within Hellion, result of a life of war, blood, conflicting feelings - and treason. Even if a free-willed spirit, the adding difficulties of his cultist life and the ultimate push that lead him to murder his own mother, something finally broke and sadness has managed to creep through the crack. Still, as he carries the burden of a life of atrocities and the responsibility of ending Hekate's legacy, he redirects all of it inwards for the sake of enjoying his new life, with the she-wolf he loves and the family they ended up building. He cherishes every of his daughters, and is iron-hardened loyal to his mate.

## Pre-Group History

Born to in late winter to Mistress Hekate and the assassin Andras. Hekate, the chosen herald and Mistress for new Vektren - a cult like pack of skilled mercenaries and assassins who survived off of the bounties of hired contracts and missions - rebuilt the once glorious brotherhood by gathering the most feared of all Domain, among which was the silvery assassin Andras, whom she have had crossed paths before in a distant time. The two shared an unusual bond of lust and power, and it was no surprise when Hekate persuaded Andras into giving her worthy heirs for her empire.

## Group History

Born alongside Damien and Vergil, Dante was a very active pup, always putting his nose where it didn't belong. Often, Hekate would enlist the help of Sionn to help keep an eye on the rambunctious little heir. Dante took to hunting everything that moves (like frogs and lizards), and frequently stuck his nose where it didn't belong (often exploring traps as they were being laid).

His adventurous personality would get him in a lot of trouble, though - once, he wandered too close to the border of Vale, where he met Shenandoah and Alar. Open about his status as heir of Vektren's throne, he bragged of this to young Shen, who was very much unimpressed by his childish braggadocio and saw him off, with Alar escorting him back home. Alar used the return of the young prince as a means of offering Hekate a proposition - to continue to serve Vale in exchange for open use of their lands. Hekate would speak over this with Alar, leaving young Dante to be escorted home by Klaus.

As Dante aged, he trained, and eventually was traveling on patrols with his packmates. One day, he fell into a river, and would have died if Jerikoh hadn't been there to save him. Jerikoh needed to weigh the benefits of saving Dante, however, as he bore a serious grudge against his mother Hekate. Ultimately, saving Dante resulted in Jerikoh being granted a place in the ranks of Vektren, as a Scythe.

Dante - going by Hellion more often than not - was the wolf who found Iris caught in one of Vektren's traps. Iris, adopted by Hekate, had vanished and was presumed deceased, until Dante found her. She had lost her memory, and didn't remember Dante or the rest of Vektren, but Hellion was determined to help her remember.

Hellion became a proud older brother when Janus and Hekate bore a litter, and he was eager to meet his new siblings Persephone, Ravka, Epione, and Thanatos.

However, Hellion would tire of the same faces, the same places, that Vektren had to offer, and often found himself wandering in the lands just beyond Vektren's swamps. It was out here, near the border closest to Valerian lands, that he met Elisabet. Liss, exploring her newfound freedom and hoping to become one of Vale's Outriders, was friendly and outgoing towards Hellion, who was equally friendly, enjoying the bubbly attitude that was essentially absent from his dark pack. The two would continue to meet in secret.

Their meetings would be interrupted, however, as Hellion needed to take on a lead role when it came to defending his pack. After Hekate carefully inserted spies into Aryn, and those spies kidnapped Merrill, a posse of Arynians gave chase - Lawson, Killian, Nero, Raghaalr, Tzuriel, and Athena. Hellion was tasked with leading a group of Vektreni to stop this posse from reclaiming Merrill. He led Ruebane, Ender, and Shirubafurea in a counterattack. Unfortunately, Hellion's party was outnumbered, and would have been beaten - but the Vektreni kidnappers called for a retreat, and Hellion led his packmates away, successful in thwarting the Arynian rescue efforts.

Hellion was curious about Merrill's presence, and the plans his mother had for her. Though she wouldn't share all of the details of her plans, she assured her son that Merrill was not to be punished for Adrian's actions. She was curious about why he was so worried, and disobeyed direct orders concerning the kidnapped Arynian, and confronted him about it.

He tried to kill time by visiting Liss, though - pushing the war to the back of his mind when he was around her. Her carefree spirit enticed him.

Their bliss couldn't last, however. One night, when they were meeting, Loki, the Astir of Vale and thus, Elisabet's pack leader, discovered their private meeting and lashed out, demanding that Liss step away from Hellion immediately. Hellion ran off, apologetically glancing at Liss as he went, ultimately having to leave her to Loki's wrath. Loki didn't hurt her, but he was disgusted by how easily she had been ensnared by the Vektreni 'snake'.

The pair would have to be more careful thenceforth.

Hellion was tasked with seeking out Belladonna when she betrayed Vektren (refusing to kill a wolf that had trespassed on Vektren lands by mistake). As bounty hunter, he stalked her and her new group (led by Shiloh) for a time before approaching, ready to make an offer to spare Bella's life: if she could bring him the heart of another wolf, he would present it as Bella's to Hekate, and she would officially be 'dead' - at least, according to the wolves of Vektren. They'd be none the wiser.

Bella was mortified, but some of her companions were willing to help her secure a heart and save her life. Hellion took the heart back to Hekate, and the Mistress of Vektren believed Hellion had successfully executed the wanted traitor.

Hellion continued his duties as Scythe within the confines of Vektren lands as well - he and Shirubafurea, a fellow Scythe, were a good team when it came to hunting. He'd also become acquainted with Zinnia when hunting bugs (though Zinnia was not hunting them - they were her FRIENDS). His empathy also led him to take mercy on Solitaire, when the red-furred she-wolf became pregnant with an outsider's pups. He decided that he would raise her pups as his own, and make them loyal Vektreni, once they were born.

Hellion's two new pups (or rather, Solitaire's two new pups) were named Damon and Demogorgon, and he was as proud of them as if they were his own.

His role in the great Aryn-Vektren war was not finished. He was given a prophetic warning by Elias of Aryn, who, after crossing into no-wolf's land, told Hellion that he and his pack would be spared if they would repent for their actions, to the One, to Aryn. Hellion refused, but let Elias go, instead of trying to kill him. For all his confidence in the face of Elias's 'prophecy', the Arynian's words chilled Hellion to the bone. What darker things could this "One" have in store for Vektren?

Ultimately, darker things would, indeed, come to Vektren. Three plagues - all from a single source (the eruption of the Forlorn Peak of Old Fellfang territory). Sickness, painful sores, insanity - and the sun was hidden from view. Hellion worried that this was punishment for letting Elias get away - after all, he shared the blood of Athena, through his father, Tzuriel. Hekate assured him that letting Elias go was not why the plagues were occurring - it was *not* punishment from Xibalten. This reassured Hellion somewhat, though his pack continued to suffer.

When the plagues *finally* began to subside, Hekate set her final plans for Aryn into motion. She managed her way into Aryn territory, capturing Merrill and Raphael alone. She seized Raphael, and Merrill told her that she'd bring Athena - that Athena would willingly trade her life for her son's, for her *Cricket*. Raphael begged her not to, but Merrill fetched Athena, Alcatraz, and Adrian, and brought them to the location where Hekate had Raphael. Unknown to Merrill and the Arynians, however, was that Hekate had Vektreni backup - her son and heir, the Reaper himself, Hellion; consort and Lord Cobra, Janus; and Warchief Nimh. Hellion went to battle with Adrian, viciously attacking the dark-furred Vicar.

And then he saw his mother.

Hekate, grievously injured after her battle with Athena, lay in sight of Hellion. Outraged, the Reaper renewed his attack on Adrian with vigor, and would have killed Adrian had Raphael not managed to throw him off-balance. Raphael managed to sink his teeth into Hellion's face, but Nimh ripped the Arynian Vicar off, and the Vektreni took their prizes (Athena and Alcatraz's hearts) and the injured Hekate back to Vektren lands, satisfied with their victory.

Hellion fretted over his mother's injury, worried as it took so *long* for her to recover from her injuries. His worries for his mother - and her declining mental and physical health - was secondary to his affections for Elisabet, who he continued meeting in secret.

Until their secret was uncovered by the Cobra.

Janus, discovering the affair, captured Liss and brought her to Hekate, informing her of Hellion's treachery and breaking of the rules. Hekate snapped, and demanded that Janus bring Liss to the Howling Peaks, where they would kill the former Valerian in the hopes of deterring the wrath of the gods. Janus's goal, in exposing Hellion and Elisabet's secret affair, was to secure the title of heir fall to one of his own children with Hekate - with Andras's children gone, Hellion being the last of them, one of the children of Janus would be next in line.

Unfortunately for both Janus and Hekate, Hellion caught wind of his mother's plans. He charges after the three wolves (with Nimh, feeling a strange call by the gods, following along after them as well). Hellion, discovering that his mother was prepared to murder his beloved Elisabet, was overtaken by wrath, and in a battle frenzy, he attacked his own mother - ultimately impaling her on the Shrine, her blood filling the Sacred Pool.

Hellion, stunned by his actions, was unable to defend himself from Janus's resulting attack, and both wolves plunged from the Howling Peaks. Janus's fate remains unknown, though he is presumed dead by his packmates. Hellion, on the other hand, recovered from his fall sufficiently enough to escape Vektren's lands with Elisabet (who escaped from Nimh using her mountain-climbing skills, a skill fostered in her Valerian roots). The pair were *free* - and nobody was able to find a trail to follow, to track them down.

Hellion struggled internally with the fact that he killed his mother, the Herald and Mistress of Vektren, but he was immensely relieved to be free to be with Elisabet. The pair retreated to old Valerian territory, where they hoped they would be safe from any Vektreni wolves. Before long, Elisabet was expecting Hellion's pups. Though he had some experience with raising pups (having adopted Damon and Demogorgon, who despised him for his treachery, though he was unaware of this), he considered himself more or less a first-time Dad with his three new daughters - so pure, so innocent, untainted by the darkness of the Vektreni gods.

Their daughters were named Caelan, Priscilla, and Synnove, and Hellion settled into his new role as father and provider for his new family, taking them to the relative safety of the Valerian highlands. He would spend several moons raising his daughters alongside Elisabet, and when the trio of pups grew old enough, they left their parents. Rumor has it, somewhere deep in Vale's highlands, Hellion and Elisabet enjoy a quiet and peaceful life, though none in the Domain have laid eyes on him since.

## Trivia

* He was given his preferred alias of Hellion by Stallion; he began to love the moniker and decided to introduce himself as Hellion thenceforth.
* Hellion is ADHD.
* He eats everything considered edible - both animals and plants - and all the time, mostly because his mother always insisted that he remain well-fed. He's proud of his bugs-eaten count.
* Hellion is an incredibly efficient assassin and hunter. Though one can easily double-think or even doubt his ability to kill, they can very much also witness Dante performing the deed with a cold blood and with eagerness to get the job done. It's hard to suppose such light-hearted wolf could possibly find joy on acting as death bringer, and indeed, he sometimes finds no pleasure in it - but plays along and perform his task without complaining.
* As a parent, Hellion is fully dedicated on helping Liss raise their children and is a present, encouraging father. Though he doesn't quite hide his past from his children, he doesn't speak about it with pride nor shame. They may not know the full aspect of Hellion's past life and how deeply embedded the assassin ways are in his character, but he won't hesitate to use all he has learned to protect them or their mother.
	+ Hellion and Liss were too often chafed by the strict regimes of their birth packs, and take a much more open, present, and affectionate approach to their parenting.
	+ As their pups grow, Hellion will explain to them the *basics* of what Vektren is and how the pack operates, but these are not happy or encouraging stories, and the pups will be aware that these cultists are dangerous to them. He will go into more detail if prompted, and he and Liss tend to encourage curiosity from their children.
* The scars on his face are from his fights with Raphael and Adrian, when Athena and Alcatraz were assassinated.
* According to Halkuonn, Hellion and Elisabet are still alive and living in Vale's highlands, rarely ever crossing paths with other wolves.

## Quotes

* "I *am* smart! And if anyone here kills me, mom will get really angry and send the assassins to kill them back! She can do that anytime she wants." (to Shenandoah, *Unauthorized Wanderer*)
* "We are the architects of our lives and actions, but sometimes we can't fight against fate." (to Shenandoah, *Kindness*)
* "Whatever your feelings, they don’t matter…it’s tradition. You had two options: the brotherhood or an unknown stranger. And you choose the latter, *right in front of a Beta*." (to Belladonna, *Belladonna's Fate*)
* "I am Hellion, son and heir to Herald Hekate, Lord Reaper of the Grounds of Senisteros. You'd do well to realize the power you believe to carry is null as you near these swamps. Your *One* stands too high above us, as do your clan. You and him have no comprehension of our world, our tendrils reach the endless chasm too far beneath us, and unless your Highness is bold enough to walk the murk fearlessly as we do, then his light is as useful as the moon on a bright day. Until then... the lands shall keep us unchallenged." (to Elias, *Arur*)

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