Yasu

Yasu was a dark gray she-wolf with a lighter underbelly and deep golden eyes. She was born outside of the Domain, eventually entering Xassa, where she serves as one of Nineveh's most trusted Magi. Her story is ongoing. Yasu was created and RP'd by AngelTheShifter.

## Personality

* ***Open-Minded.*** Yasu is very open-minded, she is always open to others words and everyone's opinions. She believes everyone should do what they believe in to be right. The young female also believes everyone has a right to speak, no matter what facts are there or not, everyone should have a chance to voice their opinions and she will support those who need and deserve it.
* ***Helpful and Dedicated**.* She is very helpful and loves to help as many others as she can weather it be lending a shoulder to cry on or lending an ear to listen she is always there and always wants to be there for her friends and family. Yasu also is very dedicated to her work and she refuses to give up, when she is doing a task or just simply following her thoughts and imagination, she will follow it until the end if she can help it.
* ***Sensitive and Shy.*** Yasu is a very sensitive female, and just someone simply explaining something can actually hurt her feelings by taking it too personally as if it was aimed at her negatively. She just wants to please everyone around her and doesn't want to be looked down on. Yasu is also very shy, she get's very nervous around strangers and tends to stay in the distance until she gets comfortable enough around others. Being shy and tending to want to please everyone causes her to usually stay in the distance and keep her life private focusing on everyone else around her.
* ***(Overly) Idealistic.*** Yasu sees the good in everyone no matter what, even when they're really horrible, she will tend to make excuses for them. But unfortunately this usually causes Yasu to set herself up for failure as bad things happen in the world and no one is perfect, but she wants to believe that all are good and perfect anyway. With this she is also known to be a "people pleaser" trying to please everyone to not cause any conflict.
* ***Curious, but Cautious.*** Yasu is very curious of the world and can sometimes be full of questions although she treads lightly into new things. Her parents used to tell her things about other lands and worlds and she used to want to go see those places. Her curiosity though can get her in trouble with sneaking into others business and learning things she isn't supposed to know and for that she tends to try not to pry too often.
* ***Mentally Ill.*** The poor female having been through a lot suffers from, Depression, PTSD, and Anxiety. She tries to hide this as much as possible from others, she refuses to show how upset she is, and would rather ignore her own problems by helping others. If her PTSD is triggered she will usually disappear to deal with it alone. Yasu also suffers from Anxiety mostly Social Anxiety and will tend to sit in the distance and just watch and listen.
* ***Religious.*** She believes in any higher being, Yasu strongly believes that there are many different gods and goddesses that are good and evil and believes that no ones religious beliefs are wrong. She also believes that it may be that some gods and goddesses that are believed by some, might be all the same higher being just given a different name by others. She will on occasion have a slip on her faith and fear she may not be as connected to the Gods/Goddess as she thought she was, but she will always fall back on her faith. For now she Follows her pack's Religion to heart and prays to Xerxes multiple times a day!

Yasu has a big heart but a lot of fear and while she does eventually open up to those she cares about, she would rather focus on anyone else's issues or lives rather than her own. It's lead her to be quiet and reserved in her own way she'd rather listen than talk. She's known for doing things asked of her without asking questions  Yasu is often hunting or going for walks on her own to help keep herself distracted from her busy mind - She is also known to hide in the caves by Susa's water Praying or Meditating. Yasu is also not big on fighting or getting on others bad side, she wants to try to be a friend to everyone if she can. If she was to get into a fight she would most likely resort to running away unless she had the help of others.

## Pre-Group History

Yasu doesn't like to remember too much about her past. What she really only likes to remember is her mother, Aiko's scent, she smelled like earth and mint. Her mother was pure white with a little gray on her back and legs. She also remembers her strong, brave father, Gaster. Yasu remembers how large he was, he was a huge, black wolf with specks of gray scattered around his pelt.

Her parents were so good to her, Yasu remembers having a good life with her parents around, they adored her. Yasu lived in a very small pack of just family, She doesn't remember any of the other wolves she was with but her parents, It was a beautiful meadow, there were woods on the edges of their land and a small stream that would turn into a river during rain season, she used to play in it with her parents and older siblings. It was always so peaceful and quiet there.

Until one night, tragedy struck the small family. The moon was full and at the very top of the sky as storm clouds gathered in. The juvenile can remember it like it was yesterday (though she prefers not to), she remembers how cold it was from the sudden strong winds, and she could hear the sounds of the rain and the wind whistling like she was right there. A loud crack of thunder blasted across the sky as lightening flashed and Yasu was scared awake by it all. Yasu was still considered a pup at the time and got up frightened to get closer to her parents, but they were not in the place she last saw them before sleep took over. Then the young, frightened Yasu heard her parents outside the small cave for reasons she didn't know and since she was scared she ran outside to go after them.

She could barely see her surroundings as the rain poured down from the sky, it was as if the world was so angry it was crying. She could finally just make out her mother's white pelt, and she called out to her, Yasu's mother, Aiko looked in the pups direction with fear written on her face, she seemed to yelled something, *"Go back."*  But she didn't hear it so she ran in her dearest mothers direction, but before young Yasu could even reach her, the pup tripped and fell into the stream which flooded into a river that was separating them.

Yasu was swept down the river in rapid speed, Yasu frantically trying to keep her head above water could just barely make out both her parents running along the edge of the river but they weren't fast enough and the visibility being horrible due to the rain she could no longer see her parents.. Before Yasu knew it she was very far away from home in a land she didn't recognize. She was alone, she was scared, cold and wet, she just wanted to find somewhere safe to go.

Yasu had been wondering the forest and grasslands aimlessly, starving to death it seemed. Eventually she was found by a couple loners which she at first ran away from unsure if they were going to kill her. The loners tried to gain her trust by leaving food a far enough distance from them that she would eat, but the young female was so jumpy that once one of the loners moved she would bolt into the bushes. Eventually they gained her trust over a couple days and they helped nurse her back to health and treated her as their own.

They tried to help her find her home and parents but couldn't track down where she had come from, and since she wondered for a while she seemed to be much farther away from home than she thought. Poor Yasu believed she would never see her parents again but continued her search.

Unfortunately the loners she was with had their own mission to attend to, they gave the young female a choice to go with them or to go on her own. Yasu decided to go off on her own even if she was scared to be alone again. Thankfully, for her, they promised to teach her how to hunt small game and even fish before they left the young wolf on her own. The loners brought her to an area of land they believed she would be safe, they told her that there were packs around the land and that it would be safer for her to join one but were not gonna force her, since now she was healthy and could take care of herself. They said their tearful goodbyes before the Yasu found herself in the land of Xassa.

## Group History

You can find all her in group stuff here!

## Trivia

* She's scared of getting in water, and thunderstorms, since that's how she got swept away from her parents.
* Suffers from PTSD triggered by thunderstorms and heavy rain. If triggered, she violently shakes usually having the past replay in her mind. She will usually run away without notice to others around to hide and be far away from the rain and the sound of thunder as possible.
* Social Anxiety triggered by large crowds and being approached by strangers. If triggered, she will usually stutter, shake, drift off into her own world and distance herself from others. Won't really be able to focus on having a conversation.
* She has very little social skills while the loners loved her and helped her. She still remained scared and distant and really doesn't understand or know how to interact with others. This usually causes her to just be anxious and struggle with small talk.
* Because Yasu is known to not want to cause conflict or possibly say something wrong Yasu is known to tip toe on her words and maybe not say exactly what she means at times.
* Yasu was taught how to fish in really shallow lakes or ponds. But will not pursue fishing in large bodies of water, especially those that break off into rivers and streams.
* There will be times she will try to brave through her fears and most of those times she will end up having a panic attack and refuse to try and other times she will proceed with braving through for it to end up in disaster due to her own anxiety. She will need to at times look for the help and support of others if she wishes to fully conquer her fear.
* Her theme songs are as follows:
	+ Song 1 Blurry - Crown The Empire
	+ Song 2 Home - Cavetown
	+ Song 3 Talk to Me - Cavetown

## Quotes

* “Xerxes, please spare me from this terrible weight in my chest.” (praying by herself in the Caves, *The Battle Is Behind Her Eyes*)
* “Life isn’t meant to be easy, this is just a test. A test by Xerxes himself to see if we can and will practice Xerxes Peace with all.” - (to Anshar, *Wanna Talk about it?*)
* “We’re gonna get through this though...All of it. Xerxes will make sure we get through it.” (*Home*)

## External Links

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