Keme

Dasan and Kele (Brothers, NPCs)

Adsila (Sister, NPC)

Rutnik (Adoptive Brother)

Nanayi (Cousin)

## Application Sheet

Keme was a black-and-cream she-wolf with brown accents and light amber eyes. She lived in several packs throughout her life, originally joining Kausen, before she moved to Fellfang (her cousin Nanayi's pack) when the pack merged with Chandor. However, she fell in love with Loki of Vale, and went there to be with him. She was steadfast in the Dark Ages at his side, but when Keme was tortured and nearly killed at the behest of King Regent Alar, she was rescued by her former Fellfang packmates and brought to her old pack to recover. Unfortunately, she would never return from Fellfang, and would actually vanish from the Domain after she recovered. Nobody knows what became of her. Keme was created and RP'd by spacepurrs.

## Personality

* ***Cooperative, Dignified, and Disputatious.*** To most, Keme is a reliable companion, though a distant one. She is almost always around other wolves, giving way to her extroversion, but prefers to speak only when there is a real need to do so. Most would find her to be eloquent in her words, and, more times than not, her aim is to please those around her. However, she *does* enjoy watching others argue, and, if put in the position to do so, may very well push someone over the edge, if it means getting to see them snap at someone else (this may be derived from her desire to make others happy, as it gives her the opportunity to mend friendships/alliances/etc, but not even she knows why she finds delight in things like this). She is against physical violence, though, and knows when to refrain from her devious ways.
* ***Felicific, Judgmental, Stolid, and Dissembled.*** When one begins to really get to know Keme, they will eventually discover the core of her being, and, with that, obtain the knowledge of her actual personality. The Keme most wolves know is the one she *allows* them to know. What she keeps to herself is her truly judgmental nature, her sharp tongue, and a more bubbly personality. She has thoroughly suppressed this “true” self, believing that those around her would rather know someone willing to defend and care for them than someone who will sass and annoy them. As mentioned, it is possible for someone to break through and find this part of her, but it would take quite some time.

## Pre-Group History

Raised in a family of loners, Lilee didn't meet Orphyn until he'd been banished from his father's small pack (if it could really be called that). At first, the two didn't see eye to eye, but, as Orphyn got along famously with her parents, the brute was allowed to stay. As they were young when they met, it was easy for the wolves to learn to trust and respect each other as they grew, and, after some time, find love in one another. Lilee confessed to her friend when he'd mentioned to her his desire to leave the family, but he quickly rejected her feelings. After telling the family of his intentions, the male left, leaving Lilee's broken heart behind him. It was only a few days later that Orphyn came back, professing his love for the she-wolf, and her family urged her to accept his heart. After an inner quarrel, she accepted, and the two left together, heading northeast to start a life of their own.

It was a few seasons later that Lilee fell pregnant with her mate's pups, and the two wolves settled down near a brook in a small forest clearing so that they might obtain some peace and quiet in which to raise their new family. Naturally, they had to stave off other wolves and dangerous creatures, but, after a couple of months, their efforts paid off, and Lilee gave birth to four pups- two males (Dasan and Kele), and two females (Adsila and Keme). Of the four, the strongest was the second-born, Dasan, with the youngest sister, Adsila, being the runt. Keme, born between the two, was, like her eldest brother, average, and her parents hardly paid her any mind for a good while. When the first three could walk, speak, and eat solid foods, Adsila was still struggling to get her words out and her legs working. In an effort to cheer her sister up, Keme would often goof around and make jokes, which caused Kele to snap at her. She began doing this only when he wasn't around, causing Dasan and Adsila to become her closer siblings, and leaving Kele to feel bitter towards his siblings.

It was late into the winter months that both Lilee and Adsila fell ill. As the young female was already malnourished and slow to develop, she passed away within a short amount of time, as was remotely expected, though it still hit her parents hard. It may have been this depressing act that caused Lilee's sickness to worsen, and, before long, she perished as well. Keme's attempts to lighten her family member's moods only caused all of them (even Dasan) to punish her, though Kele was still the worst. After some time, Keme learned to suppress her rumpus behavior, and worked on becoming more refined and submissive to suit the males' requests.

Less than a year after his mate and daughter died, Oprhyn, too, passed away. The brute hadn't been taking care of himself properly, and had lost a crazy amount of weight after his pups learned to hunt properly. The three remaining wolves left their father's body behind and moved a little more north, where they nearly crossed paths with a larger pack and promptly headed west instead, towards the mountains. The new terrain was something terrifying all on its own, putting more stress on the young family. Keme received the blunt end of her eldest brother's temper, but it was easy to tell that even Dasan had been Kele's victim.

The three lived a remotely nomadic lifestyle for the next year or so, moving just a little when they found prey hard to come by, though seldom traveling long distances in an effort to conserve their energy. With the arrival of their third winter came more bitter feelings and the memories of the two they'd had before. Tensions rose high, as was expected, and, as always, Kele took his anger out on his sister. At one point, Dasan finally snapped, ending his silence and tearing into his elder brother for tormenting their other littermate, but Kele would hear none of it. The two wolves fought viciously before Dasan backed down, not wanting to fatally injure his brother. Kele, though, had other intentions, and soon had his little sibling's blood smeared on his paws, chest, and over his maw. As soon as she was sure Dasan was actually dead, Keme got the hell out of there, running and never looking back. To this day, she still doesn't know why Kele didn't chase her.

Keme didn't stop until she literally blacked out on the ground from exhaustion. Some time later, she woke up, and, with no sign of her last remaining family member, continued north in the search of prey, and eventually caught a rabbit. She'd barely settled down to eat when another wolf arrived, promptly asking why she was on their territory. In a daze of sorts, Keme hadn't realized she'd crossed any borders, but was informed that she was barely over the territory lines of the Kausen pack. With wide eyes, the female quickly apologized and offered her rabbit to the stranger, saying she'd just caught it and that his pack could have it, if they just spared her. The other took a moment before accepting, and then asked her to come with them. They led her to the middle of a forest, quite similar to the one she'd been raised in so long ago, and she was introduced to the pack. After a few moments, she was asked to join, and, after agreeing to their rules and customs, Keme was accepted as a Kausen omega.

## Group History

Not long after she joined, however, the pack alpha, Gregor, announced that he would be disbanding the pack, and those who wished to follow him in joining the Chandor pack were welcome to do so. Keme debated this for some time before leaving her pack, not so sure that the Chandor way was for her. Before long, she came across a member of the Fellfang pack, having been skirting their territory in her travels. She was welcomed in the territory for a day to rest and clear her head, and, before the night had settled, she requested to join the pack's ranks, already intrigued by their lifestyle and wishing to learn more about it. She was accepted, and joined the pack as an omega. Before long, she moved up in the pack, and was assigned to the vanguard. Keme began making friends among her packmates, including Alvaro, a brute who had also been a member of Kausen; Rutnik, who revealed his dark past to her; and Baely, a wolf with well-fortified walls built up around his heart. She also began meeting up with the Valerian wolf, Loki, after quickly befriending him, and, against their better judgment, the two spent a lot of time together outside of their packs' territories.

After Vale was taken over by Renier, Loki and Keme coincidentally found each other at one of their meeting places, and spent the night together after realizing how much they felt for one another. Since Loki had been injured in the fight, and things in Vale were looking down, he promised Keme that he would come to live with her if the situation in his pack did not improve. However, after a surprise encounter with Loki's loner brother, Cody, Keme became increasingly worried for her friend, and left to find him and make sure he was okay. The brute confessed his love for her, asking her to stay with him in Vale as his mate, to which Keme finally agreed, returning home to inform her packmates of her decision, and hoping that whatever was going on in Vale would not prevent her from loving Loki and being by his side.

Life in Vale was rough. She was friends solely with her mate, and found it almost impossible to enjoy the company of her new packmates. As the moons passed, it was brought to Keme's attention that the Queen, Wren, as well as some others were planning a rebellion against Renier. Although wary, she began to train in combat alongside Loki and his grouchy friend, Brunhilda. While this helped occupy her mind some, the she-wolf found it odd that Loki only seemed to be friends with she-wolves, and grew jealous of his relationship with Wren - something that didn't help the fact that she was already yearning to return to Fellfang, as well as Baely, for whom she harbored feelings strong enough to rival the ones she felt for Loki. Her mate eventually caught on to the way Keme didn't seem to want to stick around in Vale, and she confessed her longing to return to Fellfang, as well as admitting to her love for Baely. This put a strain on their relationship, and neither was sure what would happen next for them. It was also around this time that Alar was mysteriously made the new self-proclaimed King of Vale, after a mysterious disappearance by Ren and Wren.

Knowing that her mate was in pain over losing his best friend, Keme did her best to keep him happy, and, while trying to move past the awkward Baely situation, she felt as if she was succeeding. Loki was in a major depression, but they fell back into a semi-steady rhythm after a while. Loki expressed his concern about Shenandoah, now that her parents were presumed murdered, as she'd been taken under Alar's wing and was beginning to shove everyone else away. He wanted to tell the princess of her father's previous reign, and how the current king was tricking her into thinking he was the only good one around. Unfortunately, before he got the chance, Alar must have gotten wind of the brute's plans, because he ordered two new members of his Black Watch - the brothers, Roan and Hidde - to punish them for their crimes, claiming they were part of the rebellion and had aided in the killing of the former king and queen. Keme was ordered to be killed in front of her mate and the rest of Vale, and Roan did his best before Alar called him off, presumably wanting her to slowly bleed out rather than receive a quick death. She and Loki were thrown in a cave and essentially left to rot, and her consciousness faded in and out over the course of a few days.

Fortunately, Loki had made an impression on a young Medic in the pack: Reyna. She would sneak into the cave to help tend to Keme's wounds, much to Loki's appreciation, and he asked another favor of her: to get word to Fellfang...to *Baely*...that Keme needed help to escape. Reyna promised to do her best.

Poor Keme grew increasingly despondent as they sat in the cave. She felt that she had become unloveable to Loki, and he didn't know how to assure her that wasn't the case. They waited, prayed, that someone would come to their rescue.

Fortunately, they did.

Rutnik, Baely, and Temperance left Fellfang's borders with permission from their Jarl, but were warned that, if they were caught, Fellfang would not be able to help them. This mission was undertaken without Fable's involvement, and thus, no political lines would be crossed. Loki and Keme reached the border under the cloak of night, thinking that they had managed to evade detection. They hadn't - Alar and his ravens watched silently from the shadows.

Keme thought that Loki was getting rid of her, that he didn't love her anymore. When she saw Baely and Rutnik's reactions to her mauled face, she only wanted to run away and hide. She was *ugly* now, *unlovable*...right? She thought Loki didn't love her anymore. She was helped to climb upon Rutnik's back, and he would help to get her back to Fellfang to recover.

The last words she whispered to Loki were an apology. But before she was taken away, Loki had sworn to love her, now and forever. She could say nothing, but thought that maybe, just maybe, they could make it through this.

Fellfang was in a bit of a state, having had to flee their territory due to a volcanic eruption. Keme was taken to the Witch-Doctors, one of whom was actually her cousin, Nanayi! The two would bond a bit as the days passed.

After some time recovering, Keme approached Fable and told him that she was uncertain of where her home lie: she loved and missed her Skuld, and felt horribly guilty she wasn't able to aid in the evacuation from their own home, but she also loved Loki. Fable assured her that he understood how she loved him, and that her heart was in Vale - with *him*, not in Fellfang anymore. However, the Jarl told her that she was a welcome part of Fellfang's family, and she could stay as long as she wished, and they would do everything in their power to reunite Keme with Loki when she was recovered.

True to his own word, Loki, after the war had been won and Faust was returned as the alpha, went to Fellfang to bring Keme home. He was intercepted by Baely. The two discussed the politics of Vale, the progress of Keme's recovery, and other matters, terse but polite enough.

But when they arrived in Fellfang, they received shocking news: Keme was gone. She had fled the pack, and her scent seemed to disappear at one point - as if she had made *sure* she couldn't be found. Her packmates searched for her for days, and permitted Loki to remain in the pack to search for her, too. He worked without sleeping, barely eating, desperate to be reunited with his mate. He and Baely even put aside their differences, united in the hopes of finding her.

But Keme was gone.

He wasn't ready to give up hope, though. He approached Vektren and requested their services finding her - speaking to Jerikoh at the border. The Vektreni agreed to his deal, but he could not find her either...she had hidden herself well.

Loki would accept that Keme either didn't want to be with him anymore, or that she had died. He grieved her deeply, but eventually, he had to let her go, or her ghost would haunt his mind forever.

And Keme? Well, nobody knows what became of her, or if she is even still alive. But she has never been seen again.

## Trivia

* She smells kind of like pine and freshwater.
* Keme is understandably scared of revealing herself to someone else. She does not, however, feel entirely bad for judging others.
* The horrific scarring on her body was administered by Roan.

## Quotes

* "Don't give him the satisfaction of an answer, Loki. Don't say a word. It... it'll be okay." (to Loki before her torture, *Do Your Worst*)
	+ "Do your worst." - "If this is your best, you are a sh\*tty killer." (spoken during her torture, to Roan, *Do Your Worst*)
* "I made my own decision to leave, fully accepting the consequences of what would come from a pack in monarchial distress. My feelings towards Fellfang and yourself are none but love, devotion, and gratitude. Please do not feel remorse for me... For Loki... I would choose the same punishment, over him being harmed, again and again, if I could." (to Jarl Fable, *Home is Where the Heart Is*)

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