Nikola

Kaito (Brother)

Chise and Padavina (Sisters)

Polarstag (Stepfather)

Icicle, Sleet, Lunelle, and Elderberry (Half-Siblings)

## Application Sheet

Nikola was a black-and-white-furred male wolf with yellow eyes. He was born in Chandor, to Kaen and Malachi (though he never met his father). He had three littermates: Kaito, Chise, and Padavina. A volatile wolf, Nikola fled Chandor to live as a loner after hurting his sister, only returning several seasons later to meet new siblings from his mother's second mate, Polarstag: Icicle, Elderberry, Sleet, and Lunelle. After losing one eye's sight in the Hive Wars, Nikola fought fiercely against the white wolves and, after they fatally injured his mother, he and Icicle left the Domain, never to be seen again. Nikola was created and RP'd by toboe5tails.

## Personality

* ***Introverted but Loyal to Loved Ones.*** Nikola is a troubled young pup to say the very least. He's an introverted sort who takes a fair bit of coaxing to spend time outside his immediate family, and even then he's usually very shy. With other wolves, Nikola tends to open up and relax a little faster the closer they are to him in age, and once he considers someone his friend he's deeply loyal to them. He can even be a bit overprotective, defending them from perceived threats legitimate or otherwise.
* ***Emotional and Volatile.*** Highly emotional, Nikola rarely feels anything subtly. He also has a bit of a volatile temperament, going from pensive to frightened to defensive to aggressive rapidly when confronted. He's easy to frighten, easy to anger, and quick to lash out violently when he feels threatened. This is somewhat of an impulse for him, though he feels horrid and guilty whenever it does happen. Even if he stubbornly refuses to admit he did anything wrong or feels guilty for what he did, hurting his loved ones and packmates weighs heavily on Nikola.
* ***Protective, Self-Doubting, and Prone to Violence and Outbursts.*** Despite his frighteningly fast changes in disposition and fearful nature, Nikola is by no means bad natured. Above all, Nikola wants to protect his loved ones, whatever it takes to do that. He wants to be a defender, a savior like his fabled father, but he fears that he may never live up to that ideal. Feeling as if he lacks the courage to be the wolf he wants and feels expected to be, Nikola resorts to brute strength and at his worst, needlessly violent outbursts. This makes him feel somewhat detached from his packmates on a base level, as if he's the secret monster amongst the peaceful collective just waiting to destroy it from within. Though he struggles, he wants to be a wolf his mother can be proud of one day.

## Pre-Group History

Nikola was born to Kaen and Malachi of Chandor, the last born of a litter of four. Though his parents union was a happy one, it was not to last, for the day after they became mates, Malachi was swept away after saving Kaen from drowning. Kaen hesitated returning home without him, but when she realized that she was pregnant Kaen knew she had to go back, and weeks later Nikola and his siblings were born safely back in Chandor.

## Group History

Born to Kaen, whose labor was attended by Elk Totem Tieru as a midwife, Nikola had a typical start to a single, loving mother. Sometimes, as he was growing with three siblings, he'd feel a bit crowded and enjoyed stepping out on his own to explore. Other times, wolves would come to visit he and his siblings in their mother's den, like Remus, who told Nikola about his mother's duties as a Lynx Totem. Nikola was impressed by Remus's title as a Bear Totem, and wanted to be just like him. He met others too, like young Mirakel!

Still, the enthusiasm young Nikola had began to wane as he became a moody, emotionally turbulent juvenile, and later a young adult. Kaen tried to cheer him up at the Springfest, offering her son a flower crown, which he wore as he continued brooding.

His training as a Bear Totem wasn't going well, either. He was skilled at harming his opponents, but lacked self-control. Remus pitted him against his sister, Chise, in a sparring match, and he made a terrible mistake. Nikola ripped his sister's ear off, causing Remus to intervene, and, horrified, Nikola fled the pack.

He lingered near the borders for a few weeks, uncertain what to do. Eventually, Mirakel found him, but she didn't force him to go back. They talked briefly about what had happened, and what his plans were next, before parting ways. He left, then circled back towards Chandor again. He needed to see...*someone.* Sure enough, Mirakel found him, and she gave him an update on Chandor he didn't want to hear: Remus was dead. Nikola was *devastated* by the news of his mentor's passing. After that, he left the borders of Chandor once again.

Life as a loner, especially with as little training as Nikola had in hunting, was tough. On top of that, traveling in the heat of summer was hard on the dark-coated male, who had to limit his traveling to the cooler hours of early dawn and evening. Nikola often resorted to scavenging carcasses he found...even if they were already claimed by another wolf. That was how he got the scar on his face - stealing food from a group of loners. He'd have to be more careful next time.

Three seasons after he'd left Chandor, he ran into a wolf from Vale while hunting: Marrok. At first, he mistook the wolf for his nephew, Balduin, and after a discussion of how he knew Balduin, Marrok decided to help Nikola catch something to eat.

Nikola was still unhappy and lonely, and thought maybe loner life wasn't for him after all. He decided it was time, after two years of being alone, to return to Chandor and rejoin his family...not realizing how much had changed in his absence. Still, he waited for Mirakel to fetch him, and followed her back to the camp.

When he arrived, Nikola was hurt and angry that his mother had found herself a new mate: Polarstag. She'd also had pups with him, giving Nikola four new half-siblings (Icicle, Lunelle, Sleet, and Elderberry). What was worse? Chise, Padavina, and Kaito were all gone. It was as if his family had never existed, and Kaen had replaced them with a new family. Still, perhaps, in some small way, he cared for his younger siblings...though he *never* showed it. Icicle pestered him to train her as a Bear Totem, and he bluntly refused.

In fact, Nikola refused to return to his task of Bear Totem at all, and instead remained an omega even after he had been home for several months. He was dour, and skulked around the den-site, even at pack celebrations like Autumnfest.

Still, he remembered his Bear Totem training, and believed in his heart he'd been trained by the best Bear Totem the pack had to offer in Remus. When news of Chandor going to war against the Hive - a vicious group of white wolves intent on killing the Domainians - came down from the alpha, Nadia, at a meeting, Nikola was skeptical. He would fight, but he didn't think his pack had it in them to battle. Nikola volunteered to join the war party going to Mhor. Along with himself and Nadia were many Chandorians: Anakoni, Mechka, Arcuza, Sleet, Logos, Dare, Polarstag, Duncan, Lunelle, Naiteru Kiri, and Balduin. He feared for his mother's sake, for three of her loved ones were marching to war. He hoped they all would return to her.

They would be ambushed by the Hive.

In the midst of the attack, Nikola worked with a Mhorian named Solune, helping one another to defeat Hive drones and ultimately saving one another's hides. Nikola and Solune shared names before splitting up, and only later, poor Nikola would suffer a massive injury to his face - losing vision in his right eye in the process. Still, he was able to return with the Chandorians to their camp - or at least, to Aryn, where the wolves who'd remained behind had to take refuge after another Hive attack.

At least all of his family (even if he didn't like to acknowledge them *as* family) survived.

Gradually, though the sight in his eye was lost, the injury would recover. Though the Elk Totems advised he stay out of the combat zone, he refused to be left behind, and went with his packmates - and the rest of the Domain - to the final battle against the Hive Queen. He fought fiercely, bearing a deepset grudge against the wolves who hurt his packmates, who *took his vision.* Or some of it, at least.

He came out without any more life-changing injuries. His mother, Kaen, would not be so lucky. As the weeks passed after the battle, a deep infection set in. Polarstag and Kaen called their children and Nikola to their den to deliver the news: Kaen was dying.

*After learning the news of Kaen's inevitable fate, Nikola found he couldn't sit still. Chandor was home, he knew that now, but that home would never truly feel whole again without his mother in it. Ever since that day a feeling had begun to gnaw at him, a sense of urgency he couldn't ignore- his siblings needed to know about this. Wherever they were they deserved to know what had happened- Chise, Kaito, Padavina...*

*He needed to find them.*

*Nikola made his intentions clear to Nadia, he was going away to find his siblings and nobody could stop him. This was his mission, and he had to carry it out for his family's sake. Niko set out under an overcast sky, once again leaving Chandor's borders behind, but he didn't get far from the territory before a familiar voice stopped him in his tracks.*

*"Let me come with you."*

Nikola begrudgingly agreed, and the two set out of the Domain, and haven't been seen since.

## Trivia

* Nikola's scar across the bridge of his nose was from NPC loners who he was stealing prey from; the scar that took the vision from his right eye was received in a fight against the Hive.

## Quotes

* "Well, you know how boars are. You take one hungry glance at a juicy looking piglet and suddenly you're public enemy number one!" (to Mirakel, *A Heavy Heart*)
* “Moron. Those palefurs are gonna eat you alive. You need a babysitter not training.” (to Icicle, *The Ambush*)

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