Tate

Shiloh (Adoptive Mother)

Sawyer (Sister)

Finnegan and Quill (Brothers)

## Application Sheet

Tate was a gray-furred male wolf with cream-and-brown accents and leaf green eyes. He was born in the midst of the Hive Wars, and was orphaned as a result. He and his siblings (Sawyer, Quill, and Finnegan) were found and adopted by Lady Shiloh of Riverfell, where they'd be raised. His story is ongoing. Tate was created and RP'd by Lachtaube.

## Personality

* ***Aloof.*** Tate, for lack of a better verbiage, simply has no attention span. His mind often wanders, seemingly when the most important events or lectures are happening.
* ***Clingy.*** In spite of his aloof behavior, Tate must always stay very physically close to a trusted adult (a select few, at the moment,) unless throwing a tantrum.
* ***Selectively Mute.*** Apart from his siblings, Tate has yet to speak aloud to any wolves of Riverfell. He does interact with others, the younger generations he seems especially quicker to trust, but few wolves actually know what his voice sounds like.
* ***Undisciplined and Difficult.*** To the point of nearly being accused of deafness, Tate cannot seem to be controlled by any means. He will almost always choose his own way of doing things over any instruction, and deliberately walks away from someone trying to tell him what to do (particularly if they're telling him *loudly*...) Engaging Tate is difficult but *possible* if one can get on his level and show a genuine interest in *his* interests.
* ***Fearful and Stuck.*** The recent events of the death of his parents have left Tate with a bad taste in his mouth--for absolutely everything. Without his parents, Tate is lost. Being thrown in with an entire, massive pack of unfamiliar faces only serves to fuel his fear and he copes by keeping quiet and physically removing himself from signs of danger or confrontation. This causes a huge inner turmoil because he feels significantly safer at the side of a capable adult -- in case whatever it was that came for their parents might come back for them... Tate doesn't yet know how to cope with these conflicting emotions and often regrets his decisions when presented with conflict.
* ***Precocious and Observational.*** Tate is a sponge for information. In spite of what everyone thinks, Tate is *always* paying attention. He just shows it in an unfamiliar way (looking all around, walking away to inspect something else, etc.) He greatly prefers learning from experimentation and observation at his own pace (which is much faster than suspected) than lecturing or being shown how to do something by another wolf; to him, a lesson is pedantic and patronizing until he can figure out not everyone will teach him the way he prefers to be taught.
* ***Opinionated (and a Devil's Advocate - for Science!).*** Tate is quick to formulate his own opinions on how to complete tasks and on what is right and what is wrong, sometimes at odds with his siblings or Shiloh. As he grows, he leans more into Shiloh as a mother figure, respecting her opinions more, and learns from her reasoning--though he may ask "why" a hundred times to get there.
* ***Caring and Protective.*** Although he is not particularly mindful of his own words and actions, when Tate cares about someone he will go far out of his way to put a smile on their face (on rare occasions to the point of absurdity) or come to their defense. At the moment, this courtesy extends only to his siblings, but as time goes on will include Shiloh, Heather, and anyone else he invites into his inner circle (which is capable of growing quite large.) Even so, Tate's highest priorities will always be, first and foremost, the well-being of his littermates.
* ***Candid.*** Tate doesn't understand, or at least appreciate, the benefits of having a social filter. As a result, he speaks what comes to mind easily, without sugar coating. While this can sometimes lead to conflict, Tate's frankness can diffuse situations of social tension. Tate has no interest in what other wolves think of him until he reaches adulthood, garnering more responsibilities and becoming more influential in his pack whether he means to or not.

## Pre-Group History

Ever since they were very small, he remembered they would move. Almost every night was a different sleeping spot; it wasn't unusual and it wasn't scary, it was just their way of living. He had known nothing else. Until, for more than just a few nights, they had to stop because Sawyer was "ill." From what he could gather, being "ill" meant complaining, coughing, and having an upset tummy to complain about even when Mama and Papa couldn't do anything. It was worrying, but Tate mostly felt irritation every time Sawyer opened her mouth to complain again. After a while, he began to wonder if she was still "ill," or if she just liked Mama's and Papa's extra attention.

He didn't see it with his own eyes. But the sounds Mama and Papa made...

When their noises stopped, another wolf came. One they had never seen before, a grown-up but not a relative. Then more, and the shouting and snarling stared again and Tatum couldn't really remember what happened after that, but they were leaving their hiding spot? Leaving the area they had been staying? Without Mama and Papa? He was afraid to tell the new grown-ups, afraid what they might do to them if he spoke up out of turn, but they had to wait for Mama and Papa to come back from where ever they'd gone. He kept lagging, trying to go back to the spot to wait for them like a good boy, didn't want to listen when they told him, "They were gone." He knew it, really he did, deep down. But it was too hard for him to logically accept. He hadn't seen it with his own eyes. Would it have been easier if he had? In the immediate aftermath, Tate felt stuck, completely untrusting of the new strangers that were starting to care for him. The feeling was along the lines of having been kidnapped, though he wouldn't know the word for it.

## Trivia

* For the first several months of his life, Tate has no idea what an Alpha is, what Shiloh's role in the pack means, and has no comprehension of how "looked after" he is by the rest of the pack. He just assumes she's popular with the other wolves because of her updo.

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
* Lachtaube's deviantART Gallery