Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope resting at the From Ashes To Ashes Den, Lost Echoes episode 36

## Genealogy

Kaleidoscope, or Kallie, is the daughter of Bee and Cliff, sister to Lilac, Jet, Honey, Plum, and Morning Glory, and the granddaughter of Rosetta and Troyus. She's mates with Sulphur, and mother to Mirage, Horizon, Pyrite, Coal, Ash, and Odyssey. She's also the former mate of an unnamed deceased wolf, and the mother of an unknown number of deceased pups. She is the heiress of the Dark Moon Pack generation 6, and together with her distant cousin Echo the start of a new era in Lost River.

## Biography

Kaleidoscope was born to Bee and Cliff in April at the Honeymoon Den. She was the third pup born, second female and the second smallest in the litter after her sister Morning Glory. After she dispersed, she roamed around for a bit and found a mate who she spent a season and planned on having pups with. They were a young and happy couple who had just found a den and had their first litter, when a human made forest fire swept through the lands and took away the life she could've had as her family and their den were taken by the blaze, injuring her badly in the process. After wandering around grieving, a year later she ended up in Lost River, still haunted by the scents of humans she recognizes from the fire.

In Lost River, she slowly started searching for a new mate, while getting to know her new surroundings. During a hunt she took some damage and broke her front leg, so she was forced to take things easy for a while. During that time she stumbled upon the Star Rock, feeling drawn to it and understanding it was a sign from the Moon Pack Ancestors. That gave her hope to continue, despite her injury. A while later she met Sulphur, a big and strong male who immediately fell for her and became fiercely protective of her. Despite his airheaded and cocky personality, she found him sweet and funny and they became mates. They started looking for dens and forming a territory to the north, since Kaleidoscope was very intrigued by the waterfall she had heard stories of up there. Thinking it could protect them from another eventual fire, she wanted to keep as much water in her territory as possible. After an unusually long winter and no luck finding a den to the north, Kaleidoscope found herself running out of time, as she went into labour in the early spring without a den. She and Sulphur rushed to find the nearest possible den, and much to her dismay it was in the burnt forest. Having no choice, she had to settle down there and give birth to her second litter of pups, and named it the From Ashes To Ashes Den. They had a litter of 6, Mirage (2F), Horizon (2M), Pyrite (3M), Coal (4M), Ash (5M), and Odyssey (6M). (story pending)

## Personality

With the scars from her past to prove it, Kaleidoscope is a survivor. She has seen life at its worst and therefore takes nothing for granted, and never lets her guard down. She's cautious and analytical, and never acts on impulse. Kaleidoscope’s personality drastically changed after the forest fire she was in, before that and as a pup she was always bright and cheery, and loved to wander around. She was sometimes compared to her grandmother Rosetta with how much she loved to explore and wander off. After the fire and her terrible loss, she lost much of her bright personality. Ever since the tragedy, Kaleidoscope is extremely afraid of fire and anything reminding her of fire. Because of this she finds water and ice very comforting, and prefers to keep any river or lake she finds in her territory. She is weary of anything that smells of human, and despises all traces of humans in Lost River except for human beds, which she is particularly fond of because of how soft they are.

Kaleidoscope is very loving and sweet towards her loved ones. She’s often overprotective, because she knows what it’s like to lose everything, so she does everything she can to keep them safe. When Horizon was sick, she was very worried, and tried to stay close to him as much as she could. (fill in)

## Appearance

Kaleidoscope is a mixed colour wolf with her underside, legs, and lower half of her face and muzzle being white, and her back, sides, chest, forehead, upper cheeks and ears being black with some dark gray spots. The upper half of her tail is white, and the lower half is black. Kaleidoscope’s eyes are very bright green. She also has scars from burns on her right side, belly, left front leg and right hind leg. The burns are all from the forest fire that killed her first mate and pups. She’s almost identical to her sister Morning Glory, their only difference being their eyes, Morning Glory’s scar, and Kaleidoscope’s burns, and she also looks a bit like her grandfather Troyus and her great grandmother Catalina, with a similar black and white colour scheme, only hers has much more contrast. As a pup Kaleidoscope's fur was a mix of brown and gray shades, with her head and legs being lighter sandy gray coloured and her back a mix of dusty red and light gray. The tip of her tail was black.

## Trivia

* Kaleidoscope was a generation 6 fan favourite from very early on, because of her vibrant and cheeky personality and longing for exploration and adventure, much like her grandmother Rosetta was.
* Story-wise, Kaleidoscope is said to be 3 years rather than 2, which would mean that her story is either set a year after Echo's or that the Dark Moon Pack generation 6 litter was a year older than the Dawn Moon Pack generation 6 litter (the latter could make sense since the Dawn Moon Pack heir to generation 5 Atlas III supposedly stayed with his mother Cinder for a long time after the tragic bear attack and was the last to leave her side).
* She almost always goes by her nickname, Kallie.