Sheranee

Wick (Adoptive Son)

## Application Sheet

Sheranee was a cream-furred she-wolf with warm pale amber eyes. Formerly a Ravager in Damasca, where she adopted a pup named Wick, the dissolution of her pack led Sheranee to Riverfell, where she aspired to be a Gold Feather. While in Riverfell, she became mates with Deonte, and bore his pups: Atsila, Teba, Karna, and Jericho. She was created and RP'd by ShishiNoSeirei.

## Personality

* ***Seeker**.* To become someone great, you need to seek it out...and then grab it when the chance comes. Shera is constantly searching for something, sometimes its information, sometimes its just simple training session to become stronger or new skill. Her mind is always full of plans but said plans seem to come to a stop when she gets distracted by other things like helping a friend or other packmate.
* ***Acquiescing**.* While knowing the difference between right and wrong, Shera's need to provide for any member within the pack pushes her into doing everything that is possible to keep all her packmates happy, even if her inner voice and mind are screaming no. Almost any request she gets ends up being fulfilled even if she is hesitating about the true motive behind it.
* ***Doubtful.*** From time to time, Shera can doubt herself about many things that she sometimes shares with those that she has known for a while. Her inner doubts are usually closely connected with her habit of taking requests and fulfilling them without questioning the other wolves' motives unless the request is too morbid.
* ***Shadow*.** While this may look funny or really bothersome for others, this trait helps Shera to study and take in her surroundings, overhear interesting conversations between the one she is following and the wolf they are meeting - most of the others see a shadow as either a silent follower, slave or helper who isn't worth to pay attention to or be worried about.
* ***Gentle.*** Despite her fiery character Shera is pretty well-mannered (most of the time). She will greet and treat other wolves in a very neutral, respectful way until they give her a reason to either a) pummel them into the dirt and rip their neck-fur off, or b), when they give her a reason to be openly friendly with them on a more daily basis.
* ***Provider.*** While being doubtful about a lot of things, Shera is pretty confident once she has taken time to both explore and understand a certain task or skill.  Once she reaches the point of being able to take care of said job herself, she makes sure to put those skills in a way that will help the pack gain something.
* ***Ruffian.*** Once she is pushed into a corner, or she meets someone who is threatening her pack and her comrades, Shera puts her gentle side aside to take care of whoever is creating problems. Her rough side comes out only when she feels pushed into a corner and forced to accept a task or request against her will, and her own doubts and worries are ignored. One thing Shera cant stand is when decisions are made for her by others "for her own good". This usually triggers memories of her mother and her own agenda in this world, with Shera has learned to hate with her heart.
* ***Determined.*** While determination can be seen as a good thing, in Shera's case determination is what gets her in situations where she needs outside help to get herself out before it becomes too much for her - or the others to handle.

## Pre-Group History

Sheranee was born in a pack that lived in a wasteland, where only those who could navigate and were strong enough survived. Food was scarce and being on one's own was a disadvantage, with lead to Sheranee's mother to make a deal with another family to have her daughter become Sheru's mate once the time has come. Believing she has secured her daughters future Sheranee's mother Vikreta ( meaning "seller"), decided to name her daughter Sheranee as a reminder for the other family about their plans and the underlying promise behind it.

Growing up Sheranee was fully aware of two things; one, her future was already planned and if a better option came up it would be used to make sure she was able to survive and keep their family line in check, and two; if better option besides Sheru came up, she could easily be "traded" and promised to someone else as far her possibility of becoming the Mother of "the great lineage of great Traders" was intact.  Vikreta's plans to ensure her worthless blood became valuable one day knew no limits and if keeping it intact by selling her daughter while gaining security in their lawless wasteland pack, it was exactly what she was willing to do.

Vikreta managed to keep herself and her daughter well-fed thanks to her ability to steal things and trading them for food, unfortunately, this trading meant that she had to travel long distances during the night, leaving Sheranee behind with Sheru and his parents. Sheranee herself wasn't too concerned about the plans -with full meaning still escaped her mind, and what kind of sacrifices came with them-, ending up befriending Sheru and becoming his friend and at times brawl-buddy. Her need to engage in fights with other pups made her strong but also led to her mother's decision to train away from her fighting needs. Unfortunately, her mother's training led to Sheranee losing her strong will and self-confidence and changing her Ruffian-side into a partly suppressed problematic trait.

Once Sheranee became a juvenile, Vikreta started training her how to steal and trade things. Long walks back and forth between the pack and other places that had those shiny, interesting things were necessary with limited her playtime with Sheru who was undergoing his own training. Despite that Sheranee managed to sneak away from the boring lectures about the true value of things and look after her stubborn friend who - outside his training sessions with his father- loved to train outside of those sessions to stay in shape. Meeting up with Sheru was also the only time Sheranee could openly let her ruffian-side go loose and ended up brawling with her stronger friend almost on daily basis, and following after him like a shadow whenever she could with led to her developing a smaller crush for the serious Sheru.

Unfortunately, once Sheru left, his lack of knowledge about his parents and Vikretas deal was out and Vikreta was sent into rage. Taking her daughter with her she took her away from the pack that was slowly falling apart, ending up in another pack - comparing to her old one- ruled by tyranny. Fearing for her life Sheranee decided to make a clean break with her trade-crazed mother and left that pack before something could be decided. Her escape became possible once another member of that pack called Revelan decided to leave Sheranee took this opportunity to once again become someone's shadow and followed him out from the territory, leaving her mother behind. Shera was pretty old juvenile when she joined Damasca, and once she ended up there she stumbled upon interesting rumors about a wolf that sounded like her father. Knowing he was dead, she tried to track down the source of those rumors and ended up finding her half-sister instead. Gaining new family to interact with was a pleasant surprise, giving Shera someone to turn to when she needed help and gaining a friend for life.

Once Shera was comfortable with Damasca and its land she got some time over to try to figure out what she herself wanted with her life. Her "helping" others has always ended up failing in her birthplace no matter how hard she tried to fulfill given a task, entertaining her friend with being the most scolded juvenile and pup before she and her mother left. Knowing more about the world and how it worked gave her the opportunity to check out different fields of work she could pursue rather than following in Vikreta's pawsteps. Taking her time with finding her purpose in life.

## Group History

The first wolf Sheranee met was Neith. She initially wanted to engage in a sparring match, but Neith was relatively uncertain about doing so; instead, they went on a run, and talked to one another about their pasts. Even though she may have found an ally in Neith, she still sought sparring partners elsewhere. Not many wolves were up to the task!

Barely a young adult, Sheranee left Damasca to search for something worth stealing, when she happened upon a pair of newborn pups. The female seemed to be dead, but the male was squeaking and wriggling. She looked around for the mother, but, unable to follow the faint, disappearing scent, she took the newborn male and carried him back to Damasca, where she decided to become his adoptive mother. She named him Wick, and she loved him more than *anything.*

He was still quite young when Wick traveled to Aryn, where he learned, to his horror, that Sheranee was *not* his real mother. He confronted her in dismay, and she told him about how she'd found him. Wick was distraught to not be Sheranee's blood kin, and went off on his own to think things over. Sheranee was devastated, and went to their pack leader, Vargas, for some reassurance and comfort.

Shortly after this revelation, Sheranee found that Catalaya had followed with to Damasca. She quickly went to check on the two youngsters, and Wick explained the situation to his sister. Cat was delighted to have a 'second mother' in Sheranee - her brother's mother! Sheranee was affectionate towards her son's sister, and escorted Cat back to Aryn after they had a chance to play together.

Cat tended to visit rather often, and Shera had her paws full dealing with both her and Wick!

Sheranee continued to work her way up as a Ravager, earning the title "Captain" before having a chance to join a good-old-fashioned Damascan raid! Vargas led the party, which included many of her packmates, including wolves such as Gabriel, Samsara, Vidar, Soulstorm, and Roanoke. She managed to snag a hare as a result of the raid!

A good Ravager never turned down a free meal, and when Shera found a dead bird in the desert, she didn't hesitate to enjoy the free food. Tragically, this meal had been poisoned by Soulstorm, her own packmate (though not left there *intentionally* for Sheranee to eat). As a result, she fell very ill, but was convinced she just had a cold. She went to the Shaman for herbs to help, and fortunately, no lasting damage was done, and Shera was never the wiser.

New wolves would arrive in Damasca, and Sheranee was more than willing to show them around. Nysien, for instance, benefited from her knowledge. She, Nysien, and Fawzie would lead an attack against Dayanara and Navindru when they got too close to Damasca's lands, turning the pair away in a heartbeat - not without Sheranee ripping Daya's ear!

The pack, for all of its new members, was struggling. Food in the harsh region was growing scarcer, and Vargas debated moving the pack. Many wolves chose, instead, to leave, including Sheranee. She didn't know what became of Wick, because he had been in Aryn, and then Fellfang, for a long time, and she didn't know whether to wait for him or not. And so, with a heavy heart, she left Damasca. The pack would be moved from the Domain sometime shortly thereafter.

Her travels took her to the west, where she stumbled upon another pack: Riverfell. She was encountered, in a rather desperate situation, by Shiloh. She threatened Shiloh, insisting that she didn't mean harm but would absolutely fight to defend herself, and Shiloh offered her a place in Riverfell. She was showed around the territory by a native-born Riverfellian, Bourne. The two would develop a good friendship.

Sheranee was very interested in the tasks Riverfell provided, particularly the most coveted of them all: Gold Feather. Gold Feathers were elite warrior-types, who would help packs in exchange for contracts with Riverfell. Shera was intrigued, and ultimately, set her paws on the path of Young Feather.

She made several friends in Riverfell aside from Bourne. She patrolled with Rocko on occasion, and the pair accompanied Freya to Riverfell's trading posts when their services were needed. *And* she found a perfect sparring partner in the Guardian, Devina!

As her first winter in Riverfell approached, however, Shera was rather unhappy: her short, silky pelt was accustomed to the desert heat, not snow and cold! However, she persevered, continuing her Gold Feather training with some guidance from an older, more experienced Gold Feather, Deonte.

Strange white wolves began to be sighted outside the borders. Sheranee had noticed them once or twice while patrolling with her packmates, such as Lynx. She spent a lot of time with her best buddy, Rocko, and a *lot* more time with Deonte. The pair were developing feelings for one another, and these feelings resulted in a litter of pups being born. Sheranee and Deo named their children Atsila, Teba, Karna, and Jericho.

## Trivia

* One of her happiest memories was the day she joined Damasca, and experienced 'freedom' for the first time.
* She would never change a thing about her past, even losing Sheru, because changing *anything* could result in her never finding her son, Wick!
* One of her favorite 'moves' is a classic paw-to-the-face, and she often smacked her paw onto the faces of packmates for amusement.
* She loves to tease Deonte for the gray hairs sprouting with age, while she's still young and spry!

## Quotes

* "I may not know how to be a slave, but I do know how it is to be someone's trading object." (to Neith, *Desert Run*)

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