Hani

### Children

Seava, Lidya, Altaeya, and Beatrice (Daughters)Harley, Yamarashi, Cage, and Athens (Sons)

### Relatives

Risoria (Mother, NPC)Brute (Father, NPC)

Korgia Clan (Numerous Brothers, NPCs)

Starke (Adoptive Brother)

## Application Sheet

Hani was a golden-furred she-wolf with bright blue eyes. She was a Beta Courser in Aryn, and the mate to fellow Courser Lawson. She was the mother of Yamārashi, Harley, Seava, Lidya, Cage, Athens, Altaeya, and Beatrice. She has served her pack loyally for many years. She was created and RP'd by Aerial-Vew.

## Personality

* ***Playful/Humorous*.** Naturally childish at heart, Hani loves to make tedious and boring tasks fun. There’s always time for jokes and messing around, especially since such actions were frowned upon when she was young. She has to make up for all the little things she missed out on, so don’t be a party-pooper or she’ll be forced to cheer you up!
* ***Intelligent/Observant.*** Hani’s always been a rather smart she-wolf. She sees and hears things differently than most, able to read others’ expressions and body language like a book and soak up knowledge like a sponge. Problem solving and strategy come easy to her, and she loves to share her knowledge.
* ***Trusting/Faithful/Respectful.*** Hani shows respect to all she meets. Even when arguing or fighting, Hani has a level of tolerance she shows in hope to end the feud before one’s dignity or feelings are injured. Those who outrank Hani in her pack are always shown high esteem, and she would never disobey one of them unless she saw it *absolutely necessary* to protect those she loves. Her heart belongs to her people and to the Great Spirit himself; nothing will ever change that.
* ***Dedicated*.** Hani always needs a certain purpose in life that she can hold onto and live by. Once she’s found this, she fully commits herself to it whole-heartedly. Very little can stop her from following through with what she decides to do.
* ***Talkative*.** Hani’s a hell of a conversationalist. Traveling with Starke, she had to learn to be the voice of their little group. Whether it was filling the awkward silence that always floated about Starke, or apologizing to packs whose territory they intruded in, she knew how to fix a situation with a simple phrase. She knows how to comfort, reassure, and motivate wolves when they’re at their lowest, and can pry information out of even the most stubborn wolves.
* ***Fierce*.** Hani’s a tough gal. She’s more than capable of taking care of herself in a scrap. Fighting is easy enough, as her size and speed have the advantage at times, even if she isn’t the largest or strongest of wolves. She doesn’t enjoy fighting, but when pushed she can be ruthless.
* ***Dependent*.** Although she has knowledge of herbs and fighting, Hani heavily relies on other wolves. It’s not quite that she can’t survive on her own, but more that she needs the moral support and mental stability; a rock that keeps her grounded and gives her hope for a future.
* ***Wary*.** Hani's reunion with Starke left more than physical scars on her. Usually bubbly and welcoming, Hani falls into periods of doubt and caution when around strangers. The war on Vektren has only worsened this.

## Pre-Group History

Hani was the youngest of her family in a pack consisting of only her parents and many brothers. Being the only girl, Hani’s mother took her under her wing and taught her the ways of a healer at a very young age. Her father, a cruel and vicious alpha, taught her brothers to be warriors, turning a blind eye to her existence. Hani was grateful for her mother’s teachings, but felt as if her parents saw her as their silly, useless little daughter. While she played around with her mother and learned which herbs were good for a scratch, her brothers were learning how to take down prey and kill trespassers. Desperate to prove herself to her parents, she had her older brothers train her in secret. Though her brothers feared for her safety and the loss of her innocent ways, they did not turn her away. Their training was rough and brutal, just as their father had taught them, and Hani never backed down. She pushed herself through their forbidding ways to mold herself into a daughter her father would take notice of and be proud of.

By the time she was a young adult, Hani was equal in skill to her elder brothers. Waiting for a moment where Hani and her father were alone, she finally confronted him. She told him of how she had practiced hunting skills and fighting techniques all to earn his respect, pride, and love. However, he was enraged at her actions, telling her it was not her place to do such things. She was a she-wolf, she was below him and her brothers, and she would never have his admiration nor love. Appalled and infuriated, Hani went blind to her morals and attacked her father in a fit of rage.

But she was no match for a wolf of his size. She was sure that he would kill her when miraculously her brothers discovered them and intervened. Disgusted by her traitorous actions, her father chased her from their lands, swearing to kill her if she ever returned. Scared and alone, Hani ran and lived in solitude.

After a month of living on her own, she was attacked by an emaciated male named Starke. He was incredibly weak and she easily overpowered him. He put up no resistance. Fueled by the heat of the fight and outraged that he had thought her an easy target, she almost killed him. Almost, but to kill him was to walk her father’s footsteps, and that wasn’t who she was. Armed with all the knowledge her mother had taught her, she cared for Starke and nursed him back to health. Through his recovery Hani grew close to him. He talked to her, comforted her, and gave her the company she had been craving during her exile. They traveled, hunted, and fought together, for she thought of him as her brother, and indeed they were as close as kin or real blood.

But, during a harsh blizzard, the two were attacked and separated. Confused and alone yet again, Hani desperately searched for her brother. During that time, though Hani grew weak. She was unable to function without someone by her side to help her along. After three months of living on her own, Hani crumbled. She would never find her brother. With this realization in mind, she succumbed to her exhaustion, not knowing what to do or where to go. She no longer had a purpose.

It was then that she was discovered by the wolves of Aryn whose territory she had unknowingly wandered into. Hani willingly let them ‘capture’ her and take her to their alpha, Athena. Desperate to find reason in going on, she immediately asked to join them, pledging her loyalty and faith in exchange for a home. After being accepted, it took mere moments for her to fall in love with the pack’s ways and religion...

## Group History

Hani was shown around her new territory by an Arynian named Seaver. She took on the task of Courser, like Seaver, and he became one of her very best friends. She fell in quite nicely with the rest of her packmates, putting the skills she'd learned in her birth pack to use when Alexandro was attacked by a bear in the Wispwood.

Then, she met *him.*

*Lawson.* Lawson would complete what would ultimately become the three musketeers, the Courser Crew of Aryn. She helped Lawson through a thunderstorm, as he dealt with this fear of the thunder, and showed him that beauty can be found even in scary things. They'd have nicknames for one another - Hani became Fawn, Lawson became Porcupine.

Gradually, Hani would take on more and more of a central role in the heart of Aryn. She ranked up to Gamma Courser, leading her packmates on successful hunts. She took on the duties of pup-sitting for Athena and Charaka, forming a special bond with young Kane, which would develop into a lifelong friendship, and feeling particularly affectionate towards Athena's young litter. She served her pack well through the winter. But she missed her brother Starke desperately (and, naturally, she missed her Korgia siblings as well).

She was stunned to hear news of Starke when she joined an Arynian diplomatic party to Vale. Nyru told Hani that Starke was alive, but Hani, refusing to believe it, returned home, refusing to believe it to be true. Another heavy blow would hit, with Seaver leaving Aryn and the Domain for good. Lawson and Hani, the last two members of the original Courser Crew, found comfort in one another, growing closer than ever before in Seaver's absence. The two stepped up to become Beta Coursers, in Seaver's honor.

One day, the pair would see none other than Starke. Hani was thrilled to see him alive, but when he demanded Hani leave Aryn and go with him, and she refused, a fight ensued. Lawson and Hani severely injured Starke, who vowed never to return to Aryn. Relieved, Hani finds herself able to move forward from her past that she'd clung to for so long, to embrace the future.

With Starke gone, Hani could dedicate all of her energies to Aryn. As a member of the Rah'at, she was a member of the advisory council for Athena and Alcatraz when Teva caused the death of Vasilis in a hunt. Hani stood opposed to punishing Teva, and insisted that knowing she was responsible for the death of a packmate was punishment enough for the young she-wolf. Lawson stood opposed, believing Teva needed to be punished for her behavior. This was the first time the pair would stand so bitterly opposed to one another.

An awkward distance opened between Lawson and Hani after Teva's trial. She turned her attention to her packmates, and noticed that Alec was acting suspiciously, sneaking off frequently. She followed the younger male and discovered he was meeting secretly with Monty - a secret she kept close to her heart. After the death of Vasilis, and the decision by several other packmates to leave, or wolves who vanished (Alexandro, Charaka, and Pharah, most notably), Hani found herself struggling to cope. Losing packmates was impossibly difficult for her to bear.

Needing Lawson's sturdy strength beside her again, she tried and mend the broken bond between them (admittedly, things got heated, but she insisted their differing opinions weren't worth fighting over anymore). Lawson agreed, and so the duo were able to reconcile, falling back into their former routine. When Alec was injured on a hunt, Hani took it upon herself to teach her packmates better hunting skills, and informed Monty of Alec's injury.

Lawson finally mustered up enough courage to tell Hani how he felt about her, and she ran away from him in a panic. She felt as though she could no longer control her actions, and fled Aryn, spending a few weeks wandering near the borders, uncertain of what to do. While wandering, she met one of her brothers, and his family - helping her to realize that what she wanted was to be Lawson's mate and have a family with him, like her brother had. She returned to Aryn, but discovered, to her horror, that they had been attacked in her absence by Vektreni infiltrators.

Merrill had been taken, while Seven, Eden, and Adrian were injured, as well as Lawson. Lawson's injuries were severe, to the point the pack wasn't sure he'd survive, and Hani confessed that she had tender feelings towards him, but asked that they take it slow. He agreed to do so. They continued to spend time together as they did when they were the Courser Crew Dynamic Duo, goofing off and exploring their territory together. It would take a winter storm and a terribly small den to prompt Hani to confess that she loved Lawson back. They agreed to become mates.

Things seemed to get better in the pack, and Hani couldn't be happier. Merrill was safely returned, Mavis came for a visit, and things seemed to be looking up. Border skirmishes with Vektren, lamentably, began to increase in frequency, and Hani decided to help train her packmates by practicing 'tree-running' - movement through the trees via the lower branches. Admittedly, this wasn't a skill most of her packmates would master (but Hani became fairly adept).

Despite the war with Vektren, Hani and Lawson received some delightful news: Hani was pregnant! She was going to get the family she dreamed about! Though, admittedly, she was terrified (her mother, after all, had a litter with seven pups in it - that's a scary thing to contemplate for a first-time mom!).

Hani spotted Monty lurking near Aryn's borders, and he manipulated her into being his 'spy' - with Hani having no idea he was a Vektreni. The pair would meet up frequently - when Lawson found out about this, he and Hani argued about how unsafe it was to trust Monty. They would each storm off to cool down. Days passed before Hani saw him again, and she grew increasingly worried - especially because their pups decided to make their grand appearance. Hani delivered four beautiful pups - Harley, Yamārashi, Lidya, and Seava - but Lawson was nowhere to be seen.

The pack had no idea that he was attacked and left for dead (accidentally) by Monty. Lord Alcatraz found him, however, and brought him back, to where Hani was able to see him again, introduce him to their pups, and tend to his injures.

Then, insurmountable tragedy. Hani would be a part of the party that found Raphael and Adrian severely injured, and Athena and Alcatraz dead. With Raphael taking on the mantle of Lord of Aryn, and introducing the Inquisition, Hani would feel unsettled by the developments, but unwilling to speak out. As paranoia within the pack increased, so too did it increase in the golden girl. Constantly troubled with fear and anger, Hani is gradually worn down by Yama's failures as a Courser, and lashes out at him when he messes up a hunt (which sends Yama into spiraling sadness).

Everything went up in flames at the end of Raphael's Inquisition. After the Old Rowan burned to the ground, and Eden welcomed a new litter of pups into Aryn, Hani desperately tried to resist getting attached to the pups. They reminded her so much of another litter she grew attached to, many seasons ago - Athena's first litter. Cricket, the smallest of Eden's new pups, saw that Hani was sad and, when Ezra gave Eden flowers to make her happy, Cricket employed the same technique with Hani - desperate to be loved by everyone in the pack. Hani was given a bouquet of dandelions by Cricket (delivered via Urs.)

Now we are at the present.

## Trivia

* Hani loves swimming! Whether it's a lake, puddle, stream, or river, she can't help but splash around in the water.
* Hani has an intense fear of blizzards and "being useless".
* Scenting isn't one of Hani's stronger senses, and she usually navigates via sight and sound.
* Hani was the **Spring 2019 Character of the Season!**

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
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