Euphrates

Yossarian (Brother)

Gabbara and Palka (Brothers, NPCs)

Giedruis (Uncle, NPC)

## Application Sheet

Euphrates was a gold and black she-wolf with white accents and deep red-orange eyes. She arrived in Vektren during the Hive Wars, where she lived in the pack alongside her brother Yossarian. She disappeared from the Domain in the midst of the Hive Wars, and hasn't been seen since. Euphrates was conceptualized and designed by Flug-Bug, and created and RP'd by Fangedbite.

## Personality

* ***Driven, Gregarious, Principled, and Clever.*** Euphrates is a driven wolfess who will relentlessly feel the need to accomplish a goal, she's hard-working and quite ambitious once she has a clear idea of what she wants. Being quite sociable when it comes to a pack; she is very fond of company and enjoys being around others. Due to her upbringing she is quite principled and will act according to what morals she was taught and what she upholds. Her high status she learnt how to be clever; may it be with her words or it could be her strategies. She’s quick to understand, learn and put skills to use once taught.
* ***Stubborn, Reckless, and Dismissive.*** She can be quite hard headed and stubborn, she won’t change her attitude or thoughts on something once she makes up her mind even if there are good arguments against it. Due to that; Euphrates can be quite reckless with her decisions and behavior as she can be careless of the consequences she may face once action has been taken. The wolfess can be a bit snide in her actions at times; sometimes it can clearly be shown on her face when something is unworthy of her as she’ll just dismiss it and move on.
* ***Vengeful, Melancholic, and Spiteful.*** Euphie has suffered a lot through her growth; a lot of betrayal and hurt that brought out her vengeful side. A side that she would show to certain people that she is resentful at; willing to harm them for what they had done to her. There’s a gloom inside her soul; it’s like a dark stormy day raging inside her from the pain of loss that she had to suffer from. She can be caught melancholic at times when alone; a trait where she likes to keep hidden and all to herself. She had her fair share of betrayals and heartbreak; she can be quite skeptical and have doubts or reservations about people when they approach her. Not easily trusting anyone; scared to be hurt again.

## Pre-Group History

She hailed from the political landscape of the Harrowood Pack, ironically, a harrowing affair. They were a pack that was a convergence of two smaller packs, the Darkwoods whose lands had been destroyed by a fire; and the Harrows. Who had nearly lost their lands to murderous marauders if not for the assistance of their neighbors. There was a very clear lack of mutual understanding between these packs, the Harrows being peaceful herbalists who looked down on the rough and tumble Darkwoods as lesser, ignorant beings. While the Darkwoods saw their host as nothing but weak-willed, high-nosed fools with not a lick of sense between them.

Euphrates was given birth by her mother; Pirrisati who was a primarily Harrow wolfess while sired by Gedymin a primarily Darkwood wolf. She belonged to a litter of four, three brothers and herself. The cubs were raised decently well, being there were four til ‘Zuri’ also known as Yossarian was plucked away from them and left to the heirs in Harrowood. It was down to three pups; all exactly robust and thick-muscled compared to the runt that had left.

The time spent with both parents didn’t last long, nor with her littermates because as soon as they were weaned and was able to freely socialize with the pack her mother had up and left with both brothers following her. There was no fighting from Gedymin since they had done their job, both assigned to do what they were married for.

Euphi being the only pup left; she was kind of treated like the princess of the Darkwoods. She was well loved by the Darkwood wolves and barely interacted with the Harrow wolves themselves, it helped that her father Gedymin was an offshoot of the Harrow line due to his bloodline so he was seen as the leader of the Darkwoods as they were the bulky brutish half of the Harrowood pack. The only Harrow she actually interacted with was another pup called Hellebore, just like how her younger brother was taken; she was gifted to them to be raised amongst the Darkwood wolves and was also her playmate.

Early in her puphood; Gedymin had taken in and became involved with a Darkwood wolf named Oxanna, she was his beau from their adolescence that he had given up when he was betrothed to Pirrisati for political reasons. Due to her missing mother figure she was mentored by the wolfess and the two had a really close mother daughter bond even though they weren’t blood related. She taught Euphie to always trust her own judgment and to treat others as they deserved if she wanted the same treatment and respect.

Due to her upbringing Euphrates had a strong attachment with her father, but he was often pulled away from her to settle disputes and advise the alpha as he was also responsible for the hunting and defending of the territory as the leader of the Darkwoods. When that happened, she was left in the care of her uncle; Giedrius. A figure that instilled a lot of wariness and dislike for the Harrows, it stuck with her as she grew up due to how young she was when it was imprinted into her mind. As much as it lingered, Gedymin had always taught her to be respectful and understanding though. To find unity and peace when she could, since living in anger and war was pointless.

During her pup hood her playmate, Hellebore was someone she enjoyed being around. Euphie enjoyed the frankness of the other and the lack of care in how they were perceived by others; Hellebore was someone who was very standoffish and cold, they hated the Harrows which made Euphrates and her get along so well due to the ingrain of Giedrius. Helle hated them for offering her as a consolation prize to the Darkwoods; other than that the two had spent the majority of their time together.

There were sporadic times where Yossarian, who she still called ‘Zuri’ was dropped off so he could spend time with his blood family. But due to the teachings from her uncle she had by that point formed a poor opinion of him which resulted in tussles and bullying directed towards her younger brother. Her father had to always break up their fights and reprimand Euphie, which caused her distaste in Yossarian which resulted in their relationships getting much worse than it was. As she grew older, Zuri had visited less which caused Gedymin to be depressed; which in turn made Euphie upset and angry at Yoss for making her dad upset, but a part of her hoped that he’ll wise up and return to their family to make her father happy.

Hitting the adolescent milestone was a big change for her; not because of her growth or knowledge but the fact that Zuri had returned home due to his adoptive mother rejecting them. Euphrates had tried to put her wariness and distaste to the side and make an effort to become friends with Yoss, but he was cold and awkward around her; there would be a slight flinch away if she had tried to be affectionate and always rejected any invitation to hang out with her. But in the end it didn’t work out as the Darkwood wolves had started haunting him and dumping their problems on him since he was a direct avenue to the alpha. Which caused Euphie to think that the younger thought himself was all high and mighty; above the Darkwoods cause of this and resented him more than she had before.

When the talks of the Rebellion started, she was heavily involved as she was the daughter and heir of Gedymin who the Darkwoods were rallying behind for being made alpha. She heavily disliked the fact that her father allowed Zuri to be present for the talks as she didn’t trust him, as he was more family to the Harrowoods than the Darkwoods themselves. Which made her begin trying to convince her father that Yoss wasn’t at all trustworthy enough to be involved.

After one of the meetings; she decided to follow after her father as she wanted to talk to him more about the rebellion and also Yossarian themselves. He had already left but she could still catch his scent which led her towards the Alpha’s densite, as she trotted her way closer she halted in her steps as she ran into Yoss. He was being escorted, she glared at him as she coldly askes “Where’s father at?” but there was no answer but a horrified facial expression before he was hustled away. With a shrug to her shoulders she proceeded to move on deeper into the den site before she stumbled upon her father’s body; as her body froze as a roll of anger and sadness mixed together racked her body as she stared at the lifeless body that belonged to him.

She wanted to turn tail and run after her brother; to avenge her father and cause havoc but she was too focused on the body that lay in front of her. Someone very important to her, Gedymin meant a lot to her and she knew she had to stay to grieve for him. After the incident; her uncle Giedrius had the Harrow alphas imprisoned while her step mother had gone on patrol to try and find Yoss and Rohesia but came back empty handed.

She was made alpha at the ripe age of one, she leaned heavily on her step mother and uncle for guidance when she took over. Giedrius was her beta, which had prompted her to expel all Harrows from her territory; however, Euphrates, still believing in her father’s wish for unity in the pack, decided against it. She came forth with an official announcement, eyes peering towards the pack.

“You know we’ve all had our differences in the past, but if you wish to leave you can. Just know that you will not be treated any differently if you stay.”

After that, a lot of Harrows had taken their leave which didn’t affect Euphie; she gave them an option and they took it. Including her birth mother and her two brothers, they had left amongst the Harrows that left. The remaining Harrows that stayed were not treated any differently just like she had promised but they were fearful and kept to themselves. Euphrates continues to promise punishment towards anyone who dares to threaten or kill a Harrow out of malice.

There was one person she got reunited with; her childhood friend Hellebore who was forced by the Darkwoods to leave and return to the Harrows when they were adolescents. On her return; there was often a subject of harsh debate between Euphie and her uncle Giedrius, with the latter believing their claim to the title of Alpha threatens Euphie’s rule. Due to Hellebore being the last remaining direct descendant of the Harrow alpha line as Erikas’s sibling, which makes him propose to eliminate Hellebore but Euphie rejects the idea, instead keeps her even closer for their protection.

As much as she desired to search for Zuri and bring him to justice, she knew her reign was shaky at the moment and decided to stay to strengthen her authority over the Darkwood wolves, as well to stay behind to take care of her pregnant stepmother. Her grief and sorrow aren’t so easily forgotten; she’ll find times where she could secretly visit Erikas and Aleanor as they were her prisoners after Yossarian and Rhosesia’s escape and torture them for leads on her wayward brother.

Giedruis, unaware of these nightly sessions, grows angry with Euphrates due to her wish for maintaining peace and attacks Hellebore outright. Due to her teachings and training; she was able to fight him off with minor injuries which resulted in the face scars she had, while Hellobore was badly injured, they survived. After the incident she takes away her uncle’s beta rank and banishes him from the council, as she crowned her stepmother Oxanna as her beta who had since given birth.

Six months pass by before the lost Princess Rohesia is found at the border of the territory, she was badly starved and sickly but was alive. Euphrates personally takes her into her den and has cared for her, which was closely watched by a Harrow healer. She believed that Rohesia would be the key to finding Yoss, so she treats Rose with kindness and friendliness. Roheisa, who is still very young and impressionable, believes her as she reveals that she split up from Yossarian. However she knows where he had gone, with that information Euphie draws up a plan with her to travel to Yoss’s current location and bring him home, also to find a place for Rose to call home in the Domain since he knew her uncle would snap up the chance to kill Rohesia if he knew she was here. Euphrates told her that Yoss needed to face judgment, insisting that the judgment wouldn’t be anything he didn’t deserve. Rose, who is unaware of the fact that Yoss is responsible for Gedymin’s death, is understanding of Euphie’s plight and promises to travel with her to find him.

One night; she had gone out on patrol with her uncle, hoping to settle their differences as she still cared for him as he helped raise her up along with her father and stepmother. While she was away; Hellebore had lead Rohesia to where Euphrates was keeping Erikas and Aleanor trapped, just in time for Rose to say goodbye to her mother before she passes away after suffering months of torture. Rose’s father Erikas pleads for her to run away and find her brother, to stay as far away from Harrowood as possible.

Which does result in her running away, which Euphie quickly discovers when she returns from her patrol, sending her trackers out to find the lost princess only for them to be unsuccessful in locating her. With the majority of the Darkwoods searching for Rohesia, Hellebore comes and meets Euphrates privately, revealing that she was part of the disappearance of the princess. Which causes her to be heartbroken, with tears in her eyes she demanded why her friend had betrayed her and the reason behind it only for Hellebore to tell Euphie that she ‘didn’t let them go’ which was the end of their talk before they take their leave from the territory. With the betrayal fresh, her heart hurting she decided to take the other’s advice and let them go.

With another loss and betrayal to ruminate over, Euphie decides enough is enough. Her vengeful spirit takes over as she decides to focus all her emotions into anger and desire to find Yoss, punishing him for all that he had caused her. Since it was his fault, he had murdered their father, up and left which caused her to take reign. He was the source of all her pain. With that in mind; she sets up Oxanna as the alpha in her stead, and orders her to choose one of her half siblings as her heir if she never returns back home. With an affectionate hug between her step mother and half siblings; she turns away and sets off.

It took her a few months to finally stumble upon the Domain; the place that Rohesia had told her about. She took in the air around her, hoping to catch a scent of Yossarian but nothing. Continuing her trek deeper in she had managed to stumble upon the marshlands before she caught high wind of his scent, with that she let out a slight growl as trekked forward.

## Group History

Euphrates was *livid* to have found her brother living amongst the Vektreni. She cursed at him, blaming him for everything that had gone wrong. After she'd vented, she wasn't sure if she wanted to remain in the same pack as her brother, but eventually decided that she would make it work. She avoided Yossarian when she could, though sometimes they had to work together, like on hunts.

She tried to engage with her new packmates, like Aubrey, who caught her attention. For the most part, though, she kept to the shadows and engaged only on occasion with the broader pack as a whole.

In the midst of the Hive Wars, Euphrates disappeared from the Domain. Her status and whereabouts are unknown to Vektren, and to Yossarian, for none have seen her since.

## Trivia

* Her facial scars were administered by her uncle, Giedruis (NPC).

## Quotes

* "Zuri! He's gone because of *you*! I needed him; yet you ran away and you think you could have a new life? While I suffered at home!? Did you ever think of what your actions would cause? Especially to *me*?" (cursing Yossarian upon finding him again, *He's Gone Because of YOU*)

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