Karri

*A warning for mentions of murder and manipulation. Coding and art is by Aranga and photo is by Wojciech Celinski.*

DESCRIPTION
From the second she enters, Karri sure can turn heads. It’s not that she's particularly pretty; she's small and lightly built, but her sharp, pointed features and antagonistic manner can send pups running in fear.
Her bone-white fur is kept clean and well-groomed, being strewn with medium-sized rosettes which are the colour of old frost, and her back is blanketed with a flurry of pale night-blue flecks. Her slitted eyes are citrus green, being the only pop of colour to give away her location in the rocky Scindhoch terrain of her pack's territory. Also, she lacks scars or other such wounds, mostly due to her ability to deter her opponents before anyone starts biting.
 She walks briskly and crisply, unlike most other drrnrüftah in her pack; she doesn't dawdle and she never lets her leopard-like tail swing calmly. Any drrnrüf who angers her more than usual is unlikely to find mercy from her verbal abuse, though with the pack's living conditions, not even her hateful remarks can degrade anyone's core. In light of that, her voice is hoarse from her attempts to "give [others] the snarling [they] deserve."

PERSONALITY
There's a word for 'female dog' that would definitely apply to *this* female cat-dog. Even for someone of her pack, Karri is hostile, proud and scornful as a thorn. For the rare few who earned her love, her attention is a double-edged sword. She's the type who values order and social standards for what it can offer her alone, and she will step out of line to enforce the pack's laws on drrnrüftah whom she thinks aren't doing their best "for the pack".
However, despite how naturally she can insult and devalue others, she can put up a sweet goody-two-shoes front if she wants to (or if she must). She's careful to never overdo the act, as she knows that otherwise she would risk her chances of getting her way. Karri knows which sort of role to play for whom she's talking to, whether she'll be a well-meaning bad dog with a heart of gold or a loyal protector who hides her heart or whatever.
The ones who fall for her tricks the most are the ones who hold her closer to their hearts than she holds them to hers, which explains most of her relationship problems. The rest of the problems are caused by how genuinely protective she is of them, though she treats them more like assets than friends or family. However, she *will* cut them off once they stop pandering to her or respecting and obeying what she says, and will strike them down if they dare cross her again.
She doesn't have many regrets, and she certainly has none for what she's done to other drrnrüftah.

HISTORY
- Lives in the Coastal Pack of N\*oyama, a very rough pack bc there's competition for coastal territories

- As a pup, was always the one who got in trouble, usually for bullying

-- *"Death to the unfit" is* not *an excuse for such a young pup*

- Actually managed to have friends

-- One of them cool kids that bully everyone, y'know

- Usually punished harder than others bc she didn't learn, especially by her parents who weren't proud of having the disappointment child

- Better at manipulating adults than other pups her age

- Started to act like a contributing member of society at young adulthood/teenhood

- Apprentice fisher

-- Naturally, she ensured she was one of the mentors' favourites though she was very, very average at the job

-- Would also snack on the job, as long as she had a catch to bring back

- Was a surprisingly successful bachelorette, probs bc of her social status

-- Being friends with her was like being friends with a teacher's pet; kind of hated among students, but there's a direct line of influence to the teacher

-- Could never keep a mate cos they ran out of uses too quickly

- Of course, the whole "contributing member of society" stuff was a front; her first proper front, actually

- Got better at implicitly bullying and gaslighting

- Later on, settled for Bachid as a mate bc he would do anything for her out of love and their relationship would p#ss off his ex (Diyu, one of her longer-lasting victims)

- By adulthood, she'd passed her prime; the rest of the pack were more accustomed to her and less fearful.

- This made her harsher, bc she wanted that fear/respect back

- Most of her anger she took out on Bachid, who had been really opaque to her anyways

-- He let her know nothing at all about what he did when they weren't together, which somehow surprised her and she didn't like that

- Turns out he was cheating on her with Diyu, who took him back for revenge

-- Ofc, she hated that and tried (and failed) to keep them apart, without directly intervening cos that's not how Karri rolls

-- *"Did you* really *think you could hide this until the end of time!?"*

- Conventional, quasi-rule-following methods didn't work, so she killed someone from a neighbouring pack and framed Diyu for it

-- It worked and Diyu was exiled from the pack (which was believed to be equivalent to capital punishment in the Scindhoch)

- ...then it was found that Karri had actually done the murder, so she was exiled too

- Became angrier and more bitter over that exiled time alone

- Started a permanent pack with other exiles she met

-- That's against the Law, but it's not like her pack really followed it anyways

- No one liked her as alpha, but would be exiled again if they ever said so, and any pack is better than living alone

- After some years, the pack disbanded, leaving Karri alone again

RELATIONSHIPS
***Bachid (negative):*** Her husband, whom has copped the most damage from her over most other drrnrüftah. He'd been kept subordinate to Karri, so after her and Diyu's exiles, he wasn't entirely sure where to go next with life.

***Diyu (negative):*** Her husband’s ex, whom she had exiled from the pack. Diyu's reasons for getting back with Bachid were partially because she never stopped loving him and partially for revenge against Karri. Either way, it all went wrong and now Karri holds personal grudges against Diyu.

PLAYLIST
mostly in chronological order bc im like that
⚠ = explicit

Community Gardens - The Scary Jokes, Louie Zong

I'm Gonna Win - Tally Hall

Do It All The Time - IDKHow

Ghost - Wolfgang Lohr, Alanna Lyes

(⚠) I'm An Albatraoz - AronChupa, LSN

(⚠) Dedication To My Ex - Lloyd, Andre3000

Viva La Vida - Coldplay