Iscariot

## Application Sheet

Iscariot was a mountain lion with pale topaz-yellow eyes. His story in the Domain is just beginning. Iscariot was created and RP'd by goosened.

## Personality

Genuine - Powerful - Brave - Passionate - Spiritual - Manipulative - Private - Habitual - Hot-Tempered - Spiteful - Volatile - Intense

It is not personal pleasure which guides Iscariot to do the horrible things he does. He sees they are cruel. He sees in the faces the pain of those around him. But he knows he is doing the right thing. The Earth has instilled in him Her guidance, and he is Her vessel to do the brutal things She requires in order to create a just world.

That is not to say he does not take part in his own earthly pleasures. As a Keeper of the Earth’s Will, he knows he is free to indulge as he pleases so long as he takes care of Her needs and keeps the balance.

When he is not enforcing Her will, he is perched among the branches of a tree where he sits, and he watches. Among the clutches of the trees, he is safe, and he is at his most powerful. When he is at his weakest, he will craftily find a way to put himself back on top, even if it means crushing those around him.

Iscariot is paradoxically both a creature of habit and one of change-- so long as he is the instigator. He thrives in creating chaos, distancing himself from it and soaking up the superior feeling.

The Wolf is the greatest sinner. And so it is them he watches. If they would not listen to Her will, he would make them.

## Pre-Group History

This beast’s history is held close to him. Only bits and pieces of his true story are ever told, and never enough is said to paint a full picture-- he makes certain of that.

There are three truths, however, that Iscariot speaks freely:

The first is his role as Keeper of the Earth’s Will. He was blessed, he says, with the desires of the Earth and he alone knows how to make Her happy. Despite all the wonders She blessed upon her Animals, they have betrayed her, and committed sin after sin. He swears on his life he will right this wrong.

The second is his mother. No creature holds such high esteem in Iscariot’s memory as his mother. It would not take much conversing with him to realize he reveres her to an almost godlike degree. She represented what was good and pure and right, and he lives to serve her memory. She was brutally killed by the wickedness of wolves.

The third is that wolves are the greatest sinners of all. The Packs of the Domain make the Earth cry, hurt Her and defile Her. And for their sins, they must pay in blood.

## Trivia

* The name given to him at birth by his Mother was Jonquil, another term for a daffodil.
* Fun fact: He’s gone through a lot of names in concept. It was Anshelm for a long time, then Iago, and then Iscariot because I thought the idea of having the nickname “Scary” was too funny to pass up.

## Quotes

* “It’s too generous of me to permit you to walk away with as much as your life" to Leone from *Guidance from the Wicked*.
* “You will never have to carry a burden as heavy as mine. But I will carry it, for serving the Earthen Mother is the highest act a creature can perform” to Leone from *Guidance from the Wicked*.

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
* goosened's deviantART Gallery