The Pack

The Pack is a group of wild dogs living mainly in the forest near the moor.

## Skills

Hunting, fighting, swimming, fishing

The Pack is the only documented wild group of domestic dogs living in the forest. Their territory consists of three different biomes and areas, even though their territory is primarily deciduous woodland. The founder of the Pack, Aetheria, did not come up with an official name for the Pack, but her ancestors named their land of the dead after her.

## Overview

The Pack is rather peaceful, and each leader has consistently pushed this agenda in order to provide the highest level of security to not only members of the Pack, but to other wildlife and other dogs. They have often taken in other wild dogs and given them a place of refuge if they need it, and have sometimes even made these dogs full members of their Pack (such as the case of Flightfeather and Puddledrop's family). They are incredibly brave, resilient, and loyal, and will stop at nothing to defend their ideology, their history, their laws, and their members.

The Pack has many sources of natural prey, consisting of mice, squirrels, chipmunks, voles, small birds, and fish. Apprentices are trained to learn how to make efficient use of their bodies and natural skills so they don't startle prey and cause it to run or swim away. They are trained to hunt in all types of surroundings, particularly in the forest, on the moor, and in the river.

The Pack dogs are rather agile, strong, and well-muscled, despite their naturally large frames.

## Territory

The Pack's territory consists largely of three biomes: woodland, moor, and river. The following landmarks and biomes are what the dogs observe and take part in.

### The Camp

The Pack's camp lies in the hollow of a cliff where the forest gives way to the moor. The ravine is rather sheltered by the trees, and the entrance leads directly to the moor. The camp is where the Pack dogs live and carry out their daily routines.

### Star Rock

Located deep in the Calotherian Mines, an ancient rock stands that allows dogs to communicate with their ancestors. Legend has it that the ancients would come into the mines and pray to their ancestors using this stone, although this has yet to be proven since the mines were discovered during Larkstar's leadership. When it was found, the dogs discovered that by pressing one's nose against the rock was an extremely easy way to contact the Ancestors. However, the tradition was abandoned when the entrance to the mines was blocked off by a rockfall. Now, dogs mainly rely on their dreams and reading the earth around them to search for signs or any kinds of messages that the Ancestors are trying to communicate with them.

### The Calotherian Mines

The Calotherian Mines were an ancient landmark that the Calotherian Kingdom Dogs used to mine ores for trade and other distribution purposes. They were discovered during Larkstar's leadership, and the dogs were fascinated by the carvings and symbols on the rock walls of the caves. However, the entrance ended up being blocked off after a rockslide.

### The Moor

The moor is best described as a rather open field with little to no coverage from weather or predators. This is where the Pack does most of their hunting, and beneath these fields was where the Calotherian Mines, or the most easily accessible part of them, were located.

### The River

The river lies west to the Pack's camp. It is a wide, deep body of water that leads to the bay over where the remnants of the Calotherian Kingdom lie. The Pack dogs often catch fish as prey in the river, and in the summer days they splash and play in its cool waters.

## Known Leaders

### Aetheria

Aetheria was the founder of the Pack. Originally a loner, she grew up in a rather harsh and lonely area, and she was inspired by her struggles as a young dog to come together with other dogs. She didn't expect to get as far as a Pack, but her accomplishments ensured that many dogs were born into a secure, comfortable, loving environment, and were brought up to serve their Pack for the better.

### Larkstar

Larkstar was Whitestar's predecessor. She was not the leader following Aetheria; in fact, there were many, many other leaders who served before her time. She was an incredibly strong, brave, and loyal leader, although she could be very hot-headed and rather vengeful at times. Her leadership was noted to be the most natural disaster-heavy in the Pack's recorded history.

### Whitestar

Strong, resilient, and kind-hearted, Whitestar was the one who truly brought along a new era of peace after the death of Larkstar. She had a tendency to start battles that she couldn't win, and his attempt at restoring the peace with nature and with other dogs was rather successful. He was very inspiring to many dogs during his lifetime, so much so that he was naturally rewarded with a higher position for the dogs in the afterlife.

### Reedstar

Reedstar was regarded as perhaps one of the greatest leaders in Pack history. He essentially completed Whitestar's plan to restore peace to the wild, after promising to do so before the battle that took Whitestar's life. He led his Pack away from their camp in order to protect them from the storm that would destroy them, and only moons later took the initiative to rally them together once again to fight the rising forces of the demons and dogs of the underworld. He gave his life in this battle, beginning yet another new era of peace to be instilled within the Pack and with nature for years to come.

### Eaglestar

Eaglestar is the successor of Reedstar and the current leader of the Pack. Only serving as Reedstar's second deputy as Eaglefrost, he stuck by his leader through and through all the way to his final days. As a way to pay homage to Reedstar, he has promised to place a great emphasis on peace and to continue to spread Reedstar's message and ideas.

## Trivia

* The Pack does not have an official name.
* The Pack's ancestry possibly reaches all the way back to the times of the Calotherian Kingdom. It is highly likely that Aetheria had Kingdom lineage.
* The Pack's territory most likely is located around the Penwith Heritage Coast in the UK. The fjord that the Kingdom's bridge was built across was fed by a bay. The Pack's territory is approximately 15 to 20 miles away from this bay.