Ashira

Navindru (Brother)

Jlipsa (Sister, NPC)

Henkor and Tugon (Brothers, NPCs)

## Application Sheet

Ashira was a warm brown-furred she-wolf with piercing green eyes. She was the sister of Navindru, and a founding member of the pack Dawnguard under Nahimana's rule. Shortly after Dawnguard merged with a neighboring pack to create Heylguard, however, she would vanish from Domain, never to be seen again. She was designed by Zoketi, and created and RP'd by MatrixPotato.

## Personality

* ***Daring, Spirited, and Positive.*** There is hardly a time when Ashira does not have a smile on her face. A first impression might leave you exhausted, as Ash takes enjoyment from everything life has to offer. You could say that she’s “high on life” almost all the time! This young she-wolf is spirited and daring, never afraid to step outside her comfort zone.
* ***Ambitious and Determined.*** This isn’t to say she doesn’t suffer from anxiety or uncertainty; she’s affected by trials just like any other wolf. However, she chooses to push forward because she believes her ambitions and the ones she cares for are more important than giving in to her fear. There is only one thing that can cause her to want to turn back and that is her fear of icy bodies of water.
* ***Anxious, Uncertain, and Timid.*** Though Ashira is daring, she’s also very submissive and timid. When meeting new people, she can become tongue tied and embarrassed.
* ***Quirky, Clumsy, and Naive.*** She has a very quirky nature about her, where she may do things that seem unusual or unnatural for a wolf. Not only that, but she’s also pretty clumsy sometimes. These quirks are what bring out her anxiety and low confidence the most; she does not want to be viewed as a fool. However, Ash is young and still very inexperienced with the world, even though she’s been a loner for some time. She’s naïve and can be gullible depending on the situation. She tries her best not to be fooled, but sometimes her positivity can see too much good in someone and blind her to their true nature.
* ***Loving.*** Speaking of her positivity, Ashira is definitely an optimist. If something bad happens, there is always a good side, even if it’s simply that she can still breathe. Ash tries her best to see the good in others and although this can be a downfall in some cases, she truly cares for other creatures even if they turn out to be worse than she originally thought. This is not to say that she won’t get angry or fight back, but it’s more likely that her anger will be short lived and soon turn into sadness. It’s very rare that Ash will hold a grudge and if she does, it would have to be for something extremely dastardly or evil.
* ***Humble.*** Above everything else, Ashira is a humble wolf. She doesn’t view herself badly, but she doesn’t put herself on a pedestal either. She sees herself modestly; good at some things, but bad at many others. She never really knows what to do when she’s complimented, especially when it’s about her appearance (which she believes is one of her lesser characteristics) and can become flustered. Ashira knows she has a lot to learn and many more years of growing- in both mind and body.

## Pre-Group History

The beginning of Ashira’s life was normal; she was born the second female in a litter of five pups to the alpha pair of her pack, Dhengr her father and Frillra her mother. She had one sister, Jlipsa, and three brothers, Henkor, Tugon, and Navindru. She and Navindru were close, though they both tagged along with their other siblings to play as most pups did. She was a little more daring than her brother, but less than the rest of them. All was well for a while as they played and ventured about as curious pups, but a time came when curiosity would be their downfall. They had been playing dangerously close to the edge of a steep, rocky cliff. They hadn’t noticed just how close until it was too late and Henkor lost his footing, fell, and landed with a thud on the rocks below. It was a swift death and he did not suffer.

From that day on, Ashira and the rest of her siblings were to remain near an adult at all times, under careful supervision. For a while, Ashira was unhappy about this, but as she aged, she came to understand why her mother had ordered it as such. Now that she and her siblings were older, they were given more freedom and soon they were all hunting and living as vital wolves to the pack. Jlipsa and Tugon departed to start packs of their own elsewhere while Ashira and Navindru stayed behind. Ash had no intention of ever leaving the pack; she loved her family and wanted to help new generations that were sure to come.

However, fate had a different path for Ashira. After a violent snowstorm one winter, the pack was left cold and without any food. The herds were sparse, searching for warmer climates, and smaller prey was few and far between. Ashira couldn’t stand idly by and watch her loved ones wither away, and so she made the brave decision to venture to the plains that they frequently hunted to find something, anything to help feed her starving family.

In order to get to the plains, the young she-wolf would have to cross the river. Thanks to the snowstorm, it had frozen the waters. However, what Ashira did not realize was that the ice was thin, too thin for an adult wolf to walk across. In her haste to find food, she hurried across the frozen water only to have it crack beneath her paws. Before she could run, the ice broke away and she plunged into the freezing water below.

The current was strong and Ashira used every ounce of her strength to try and swim back to the hole she had fallen through. The water was so cold that it burned against her, causing her muscles to become stiff. Her vision began to blur just as she caught sight of her brother, Navindru, above her, pawing at the ice. She opened her mouth to try and warn him that the ice was to thin, but only swallowed a mouthful of water. She choked, desperate for air. Moments later and she blacked out, letting the current take her.

Ashira awoke with a start at the bank of the river, miles downstream from where she had started. The moment she regained consciousness she coughed horrendously as her body began expelling the water from her lungs. Her throat burned, her body ached, and she was so cold, colder than she had ever been before. She was disoriented and dehydrated. All she knew was that she needed to be warm. Her shivering form stood, with much trouble, as she searched for any place she could go to escape the cold. She stumbled through the snow for what felt like hours until she came upon a hovel formed out of a large sequoias tree. As her eyes adjusted to the dark, she realized that this hovel was already occupied; deep in the back, nestled in a pile of leaves, branches, and other various flora to keep warm was a grizzly bear. She heard the faintest squeal and smelled the scent of milk; it was a mother with cubs.

All of Ashira’s instincts told her to turn around and leave, she wasn’t supposed to be here. However, the thought of a warm body urged her forward. As quietly and softly as she could, she curled up against the female bear, hoping not to wake her from her hibernation. Ashira fell into a deep sleep and did not wake for several days as her body rested and repaired itself. When she did wake, she was met with the faces of three curious cubs- and an unhappy mother. Ashira shrieked and scrambled out of the den, but her dehydrated and starving figure stumbled and fell into the snow. To her surprise, the bear did not attack her and instead showed her compassion. The cubs had told their mother that Ashira had been with them for a while while she slept and did them no harm, so the mother allowed her to stay with them. Ashira came to know this bear as Hadiyah, and her cubs Sachi, Sabi, and Soto.

Ashira stayed with the family of bears until spring. She would hunt food and bring it to Hadiya to keep her well fed and able to feed her own children while Ashira regained her strength back. As much as she came to love Hadiya and her children, Ashira wanted nothing more than to find her family again; at the very least, one of her siblings. She departed from the family of bears with determination and ambition on her mind.

## Group History

Shortly after leaving her adoptive bear family, she found a group of wolves on the cusp of starting a pack named Dawnguard. She was invited to join them in the pack's creation, and she agreed. Her new packmates included Le Serviteur, Bellanaris, Badger, and Inanna...and, of course, the new alpha, Nahimana. She became good friends with the young alpha.

Unfortunately, shortly after Dawnguard merged with a neighboring pack, Heyl, into Heylguard, Ashira vanished. Nobody knew what became of her, and many feared that she had died. She has not been seen since.

## Trivia

* The bear family she lived with was composed of three cubs - Sachi, Sabi, and Soto - and their mother, Hadiyah. She loved them as dearly as her own family.
* Ownership of Ashira passed from MatrixPotato to Zoketi, who placed Ashira back up for adoption, stating in the guidelines for the adoption that: "If there are no tryouts [by December 1st, 2017] if she has not been adopted, she will revert to her previous NPC storyline in which she drowns." Based on this, we have concluded that Ashira died via drowning shortly after Heylguard was formed.

## Quotes

* "I'm thankful I met you too, Nahi. You're so kind, definitely the most wonderful alpha I've ever met!" (to Nahimana, *My Truest Friend*)

## External Links

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