Catalaya

Wick (Brother)

Lycan (Uncle)

## Application Sheet

Catalaya was a black-and-gold-furred she-wolf with smoky blue-gray eyes. She was born to Amara after a short fling with a male named Renjiro, alongside brother John (later christened Wick). Cat was a Courser in Aryn, eventually becoming mates with the massive Leviathan, though she vanished shortly after the Deep Freeze, and hasn't been seen since. She was created by BlackMoonKennels, and RP'd by Uniskorne.

## Personality

* ***Dependent.*** Cat doesn’t know how to live without her family. Though she is a Courser, ranging far and wide within Aryn, she feels better at home, surrounded by the pack.
* ***Curious***. Shy curiosity has changed to juvenile curiosity. She wants to explore, to see everything, and to learn.
* ***Happy***. There exists some children who always seem to be smiling, whose Mothers swear they never cry, who make friends easily, and who can melt the toughest hearts with their laughter. This is Catalaya.
* ***Fighter***. Laya clawed her way to life—literal and metaphorically—and her battles are not done yet. She grows physically stronger with age, but she still fights to earn her place among the ‘normal’ wolves, whether she’s conscious of it or not.
* ***Hindered.*** The Golden Courser’s mind is different from others. Caught somewhere between incredible intelligence and childlike thinking, Cat perceives the world differently with no eloquence to explain herself.
* ***Gifted***. Laya can see pretty colors around wolves that make her feel differently depending on the color. Some are bright and shiny, but some make her scared. Then, there’s the wolves with no colors—they scare her the most.

## Pre-Group History

To be honest, Catalaya was an ‘oops’. Amara went to see the ocean while soul-searching and wound up finding Renjiro of Fellfang. A few months later, she wasn’t ready to become a mother just yet, but Fate had other ideas. She gave birth to two pups—a girl and a boy—but, to her horror, neither moved. Anguished beyond reason, the Ranger covered them and, saying a heartfelt prayer to The One, she left them in His paws. However, The Father moves in mysterious ways, and both pups were found soon after to be very much alive. The boy, John, was taken by a female from Damasca; Catalaya was found by a scraggly Loner who brought her to Aryn—more specifically, to Tzuriel, the Vicar, and from him to her Mother.

The One moves in mysterious ways.

## Group History

Catalaya was doted on by her mother, as well as her Uncle Lycan, and Tzuriel, who became like a father figure to her. She was doted upon by Ragnarok, her cousin, as well. She also adored Dyana, who had vowed to be a foster sibling to the lonesome little pup. As a pup, she got to experience her first winter, and thought that snow was bits of the clouds falling to the earth!

When she was a bit older, and learned that she had a brother, in Damasca, she made efforts to visit him and his adoptive mother Sheranee. She tried to convince Wick to love their real mother Amara, too, but at first, Wick was mortified, insisting he had *one* mother, and that was Shera. Later, however, he grew to care for his birth mother as well.

She started to take lessons in becoming a Courser from Shoshana, though she was still fairly young, and struggled with this first lesson. Still, she persevered, and was proud to serve her pack as a Courser.

She was in Damasca when a terrible tragedy struck Aryn - Vektren, as their latest act of war, had killed Athena and Alcatraz. Ragnarok met Catalaya and Wick at the border as she was returning home, and he tried to explain what had happened to her. Cat realized things were bad, and she told Wick she had go to home.

As she aged, she grew close to another wolf, her cousin's son, Leviathan - who she called "Leafy". She was delighted that he understood her, as well as Wick and Amara did. The pair adored one another, bonding over their shared experiences with health problems. Catalaya tried to explain that running helped you to feel healthy, and she insisted that Levi join her in morning and evening runs. Levi admitted that he found her pretty...and Tzuriel overheard.

Amara tried to assure Tzuriel that their family, as products of Highvalley and Sombra, were used to familial marriages. She told Tzuri she wasn't concerned if the pair started to feel something more than familial affection for one another, but reminded him that they were still young, and she didn't even know if Catalaya wanted a mate or pups. She told him to keep an open mind, and Tzuri begrudgingly agreed.

Catalaya's feelings for Leviathan did grow stronger, with time, and Leviathan tried to tell her that he was a bad wolf, a monster, who had killed his mother, and he feared hurting Cat, too. Catalaya was frustrated, proclaiming that she was tired of wolves telling her what she could and could not do, thinking she was weak, worthless, *stupid.* She told him she cared for him.

She worked hard as a Courser, and spent time with her kin. She grieved when Tzuriel was taken captive by Vektren, and was relieved at his return, even though he had been blinded. Catalaya accompanied him when collecting herbs.

One day, while Catalaya was with Tzuriel, Ragnarok, and Leviathan near the border, they encountered some wolves from Vektren. Vieste, Ghislaine, and Ivar remained on their side of the border...at first. They taunted the Arynians, particularly Tzuriel, their ex-prisoner, and criticized the 'broken' state of the four wolves. Vieste sneered at Catalaya's 'simpleness' and Cat was outraged. She knew she would fight to defend her packmates.

She attacked Vieste, but Vie simply grabbed her face in her jaws, and tossed her aside, to focus on Tzuriel. Catalaya was stunned by the pain in her face and the emptiness of her mind. She Vektreni retreated, and Catalaya joined her packmates returning home.

There were mixed reactions, and a lot of strong emotions, but as long as the anger wasn't directed at Catalaya, she was able relax, and settled into the Vicar's den to get her wound treated.

Catalaya survived the tragedy of Raphael's Inquisition, and she and Leviathan decided to become mates. She loved him, and he loved her, and so she didn't care about their shared heritage. Besides, she didn't expect to have pups with him - if anything, they could adopt. The pack, weary from the war, celebrated their wedding.

Catalaya struggled to understand the tensions between Aryn and the rest of the Domain in the aftermath of the Inquisition, particularly when it involved *Wick!* Her brother came with a diplomatic party from Xassa, composed of himself, Anshar, Mekhit, Aisha, and Khamira. Catalaya joined Lady Cassandra, Amara, Cybele, and Lawson in speaking to the party.

She had to keep pretty quiet, frustrated that she couldn't go speak freely to her brother, and didn't like the tension of the meeting. When it was suggested they visit the river, Cat perked up, saying she could take them there! Still, Catalaya and Amara were the only Arynians to really be excited about the Xassans' arrival.

Catalaya said goodbye to her brother, and settled back into pack life. However, just after the difficulties of the Deep Freeze, Catalaya went missing from her home. The pack searched everywhere, but nobody knew what became of her. Leviathan was devastated. She hasn't been seen since, and is dearly missed.

## Trivia

* Although Catalaya's speech patterns are highly simplistic, her thought process is complex and she is actually quite intelligent.
* She prefers to interact through nonverbal interactions, even though her speech abilities have improved with age.

## Quotes

* "Passed? Passed is gone, no change passed." (response to the question of whether she would change the past, *Aesthetic Board MSE*)

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
* Uniskorne's deviantART Gallery