Sawyer

Shiloh (Adoptive Mother)

Finnegan, Quill, and Tate (Brothers)

## Application Sheet

Sawyer was a pale silver and gold she-wolf with dark gray accents and green eyes. She was born to a pair of loners (NPCs) in the Domain, but was orphaned alongside her three brothers, Quill, Tate, and Finnegan. The siblings were adopted by Lady Shiloh of Riverfell, the pack they'd be raised in - and Sawyer was chosen to be trained as her mother's heir. Her story is ongoing. Sawyer was designed by Tazihound, and created and RP'd by Quaylak.

## Personality

* ***Nervous.** O*nly as a puppy/shortly after her adoption, Sawyer is incredibly nervous, jumpy, and quiet around her new packmates. She'd never seen so many wolves at once that did not belong to the Hive or mean her harm. It takes a while for her to warm up to everyone and leave the side of her siblings (even Shiloh confuses and scares her in the beginning). Eventually, after winning her trust, she becomes very clingy with her adopted mom while she attempts to adjust to pack life.
* ***Gentle**.* A trait that leads to her first career as a Sage, Sawyer has a light touch and desire to learn the best methods of caring for her packmates -- just as her mother had done for her before the attack. She would rather heal than harm if given the choice.
* ***Haunted**.* As Sawyer matures, the uncertainty of her role in the violent deaths of her parents becomes overwhelming *(see history below)*. She continually struggles with residual feelings of guilt and self-hatred. Had she not fallen ill and the family had kept moving...would her parents still be alive?
* ***Indecisive**.* Unlike Shiloh (lol), Sawyer is highly intelligent and always thinks before she acts - sometimes a bit *too* much. This can make her question herself and her decisions constantly; which leads to a frequent inner struggle with her self-confidence.
* ***Scholarly (Nerd).*** Sawyer *loves* to study and learn about the world around her. As she settles into her new pack, this will inevitably lead to her asking how the entire world works and subsequently driving Shiloh insane. Thankfully, there are much smarter wolves in Riverfell than she that can provide all the knowledge little Sawyer's mind can possibly soak up. As she ages, she will fully embrace her "studies" as a Sage and eventually find herself pursuing the highest ranking of all available tasks on her quest for new knowledge and experience!
* ***Outgoing**.* Never one to turn down an activity or way in which she can serve the pack, Sawyer very much enjoys the company of her fellow wolves later in life. Kind and friendly, she thrives on social interactions and events and will rarely turn down an invitation to join someone on an adventure, patrol, hunt, etc. She also loves her mom and siblings very much and will do anything with (and for) them.
* ***Passionate**.* She may have started off skittish as a pup, but as she ages, she gradually learns to be bold. Sawyer is not shy or afraid to approach any wolf. With Shiloh as a parent, she eventually learns to never be afraid to stand up for herself and be sure her voice is heard when it matters most. As a juvenile, some may call that argumentative, but to Shiloh, she is simply passionate about her views and moral code and is not afraid to stand up for herself or others; *especially* her younger siblings, whom she is very protective of at all times no matter what they do (this defensiveness of them may tie into her feelings of guilt about being the cause of their parents' deaths).
* ***Clumsy**.* As a pup, Sawyer is rather uncoordinated and awkward. She trips over her paws a lot and doesn't pay attention to where she's going. This improves over time. *Kinda.*
* ***Virtuous**.* With a parent like Shiloh, it is difficult not to stand on the side of good and justice. Sawyer very much admires this quality in Riverfell's Alpha and is determined to uphold the same standard herself someday.
* ***Inclusive**.* Because she was "born on the road" and goes on to become a wolf of Riverfell exploring the Wilds of the Domain and assisting other packs, Sawyer has a very open mind about the unique cultures and variety of wolves that share her world. This mindset allows her to embrace diversity as she ages and sheath any judgments she may face when first meeting others.
* ***Anxious**.* The reality that she and her siblings were victims of the Hive Wars and were found and adopted by the *Alpha* of a large pack, well - it's a lot of overthinking stress on her already sensitive mind and heart during her most formative years. She struggles with the trauma of losing her birth parents to the Hive and while she understands that what Riverfell was, traditionally, is no more, she cannot help but feel her role as the Alpha's daughter - and, as she later learns, her *heir* - leads to more hesitations about her ability to lead the pack someday. Would she ever be respected or accepted in such a position given her origins and lack of connection to Shiloh's bloodline? Will her heart and mind ever heal from what the Hive did to her family?
* ***Conceited**.* Determined to maintain a clean, silky coat, Sawyer is quite concerned about her physical beauty. She also loves flowers and things that smell nice. Feminine and highly lady-like, she has a slight aversion to fighting later in life simply because it always leads to her becoming filthy in the end. This should not be confused with an *inability* to fight, however -- especially when you consider who likely taught her everything she knows.
* ***Materialistic**.* She LOVES rare/mysterious items and accompanying Riders to trading posts to see what sorts of things she can add to her collection of treasures and trinkets!
* ***Restless**.* Later in life, she will struggle with feelings of restlessness as the pack attempts to plant its roots back in Riverfell's territory. Like Shiloh - who was also born in the Wilds -her desire to always be "on the move" will continue well into adulthood.

## Pre-Group History

Born into a chaotic world where her parents were killed within earshot of both her and her siblings, Sawyer is a child of the Hive Wars.

Her parents were common Loners desperate to escape the Hive Queen's rapidly tightening grip upon the Domain. Survival was already difficult enough on the two wolves without factoring in four little ones to protect and care for while constantly on the move. They tried to travel only by day and preferred forests and uneven terrain that would make it easy to stash their pups in an emergency. Little did they know, later failing to stick to that plan would nearly cost them everything.

Sawyer remembers very little of that day, yet those few memories are quite vivid and will continue to haunt her nightmares indefinitely.

She had developed a fever and lethargy just a few days prior. Her stomach was sour and mouth constantly watered. She and her siblings had just begun the weaning process and eating small bites of meat, but even her mother's milk was not something she was able to keep down. Scared that her illness would spread to her siblings, they attempted to keep Sawyer isolated from them whenever possible. With little strength to walk, her father eventually had to carry her in order to keep the family moving each day.

Late one afternoon, the small family stopped to explore an open meadow carpeted by endless wildflowers and dotted with the occasional tree or rock formation. Her mother was knowledgeable in herbs and medicines and began to scour the area for any potential remedies to help her ailing daughter. Concerned that the nights still suffered from the chill of winter's grip, they decided to set up camp in the meadow to give her mother more time to explore the area for healing plants and allow the family to rest. One night turned into two, then three. Eventually, she managed to find the right combination of herbs to bring down Sawyer's fever and help her start eating again, but their prolonged stay in the area had unfortunately caught the attention of a passing Hive war party.

Racing back to her family after a day of collecting plants and berries, Lucia watched as her mate, Dell, forced Sawyer and her siblings into an old fox hollow dug beneath one of the only trees in the area. They could hear the Hive wolves approaching in the distance and, realizing the burrow was barely big enough to fit the pups, her parents knew they would have to fight their way out. Squealing in fear and upset at being mashed into the burrow, the pups were hushed by their mother as their father turned to face the Hive soldiers that had found them. While they witnessed nothing, they did hear the sound of both their parents' screams as the fight broke out. Refusing to leave them, Lucia kept her body pressed against the entrance to the burrow and fought to her last breath to keep them from being discovered.

And it worked.

The sound of the fight had caught the attention of a Riverfellian patrol headed by the Alpha herself. Before the Hive soldiers were able to drag Lucia away from the litter's hiding place, the stinking wolves were attacked and chased off. The wolves of Riverfell only hoped that they were not too late to help...

## Trivia

* Sawyer plans to master *every* task within Riverfell! She will begin as a Sage, rank up to Senior/Lead, then choose a new task to learn from scratch. She feels it is the best way to train to be a leader someday and connect with her packmates and understand all they do to provide for Riverfell. <3
* Sawyer does not like small/enclosed spaces. She is claustrophobic after her experience as a pup when she lost her birth parents.
* Sawyer loves birds of all shapes and sizes -- songbirds, cranes, pheasants. Birds of prey are particularly interesting to her; a fact that makes Swiftwing extra fluffy.
* Ironically...*cough.*..her favorite food is duck. It has something to do with the feathers and how soft they are when you pluck them out? Maybe?
* Her *least* favorite food is definitely fish. They are cold, slimy, and STINK. Mega *gross.*
* Sawyer loves bath time and the opportunity to get clean. She finds the water both soothing and refreshing.
* The Valley of the Fallen is (or will be *hnngg*) her favorite location in Riverfell. She loves to be surrounded by mountains and greenery, yet she also finds herself drawn to the mythology and legends that surround this sacred location...

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
* Quaylak's deviantART Gallery