Wren

## Application Sheet

Wren was a light-furred she-wolf with green eyes, who was a Medic, and later, unwilling Queen, of Vale. She fell in love with Renier, who overthrew her beloved alpha Faust, leaving her grief-stricken, confused, and the mother of a single daughter: Shenandoah. The 'death' of Faust caused the Dark Ages. Overwhelmed by what became of her life, she left the Domain, believed by her daughter (and many others) to be dead, despite being alive. She was designed by LadyYoona, created and RP'd by Wildfire-Tama.

## Personality

* ***Sincere*.** Wren is not a liar. She is not afraid to be blunt and straight forward if she thinks that is best. She tries her best not to be rude, of course, but would rather be a bit rude than fake. She acts the same toward everyone and never puts up a façade that changes depending on who she is with. She takes everything at face value and does not assume without knowing.
* ***Down-to-Earth.*** Wren is quite a sensible wolf. She is realistic and cynical. While she is not particularly a pessimist, she is also not an optimist. She is very mature and able to handle herself and difficult situations.
* ***Loyal*.** If Wren likes you then you have a friend for life. She is fiercely loyal to those she loves and will defend them with her life if she must. She also has a lot of trust in those she cares about and assumed they will show her the same loyalty. This loyalty makes her act coldly to those who she feels does not treat her friends right. It takes a lot for you to be removed from her list of trusted friends once you are on there, for she is quite forgiving of those she cares about and gives them the benefit of the doubt whenever possible.
* ***Stubborn*.** Wren is not a push over. If she wants something or feels something is wrong, she will bring it up. She is not a she-wolf to turn belly up when faced with a challenge. She will face it, and usually even enjoys a good challenge. She also is not a wolf to be told what to do and does not like being controlled. But she is not a loud and bossy kind of stubborn, but more of a calm and dignified rock that will not move no matter the forced. However, she has a good sense of her limitations by now and will back down if she knows she has lost.
* ***Reserved*.** Wren is not the easiest wolf to get to know. Ever since the misbehavior of her father and the death of her family, she has hardened up quite a bit. She is kind to others unless they give her reason not to be, but she is also is not usually the one to start a conversation or make herself known. Due to her quiet nature, she is also quite calm… unless fire is involved, anyway.
* ***Compassionate*.** Despite her often blunt and stubborn impression, she is very compassionate and hates to see others suffer. In her old pack she was training to be a healer, but did not get very far in her training before she had to flee from the fire. She loves the feeling of helping others and is resolute in her desire to help them recover.

## Pre-Group History

Wren was born to the alphas of a small wolf pack with her brother Marik. Wren had a very fortunate childhood. Her parents were loving and supportive of her and the whole pack joined in the raising of her and her brother. This care free and prosperous childhood instilled a deep sense of community and kindness within the young female. She learned of the importance of family and love and how it should be the stable in every wolf’s life.

As she reached her juvenile age, Wren began to notice a change in her father. He grew more distant with his mother and spent less and less time with her and the pack. Wren found herself worrying often about him but luckily she had her older brother Marik who helped distract her from the growing issues within the pack by playing with her and being there for her. Her mother was getting concerned as well, trying her best to find out what was wrong and be a supportive mate to her beloved, but he just grew more distant with every attempt she made. Wren tried to confront with him several times about his behavior, but she never got far with his roundabout answers and vague excuses.

Soon Wren’s mother was expecting another litter. This brought great joy to the pack, especially Wren who was so excited to help raise her little brothers and sisters. Wren thought this was the perfect way to get her father back on track from whatever he was so distant about. What could be better than another litter of sons and daughters? Soon three lovely pups were born, but her father was as absent as ever. Wren could feel the sadness of her mother at her inability to figure out what was wrong with her mate. She felt like she was losing him, and Wren felt the same about her father.

One hot and dry summer day a wildfire blazed through the territory. With the high winds it was spreading fast and Wren’s mother told her and Marik to follow the rest of the pack to safety while she and Wren’s father took the puppies. Wren reluctantly followed her brother as they ran off. However, Marik saw their father flee from the corner of his eye and called to Wren that they needed to go back. Wren was completely in shock and remembers the rest of the moment only vaguely. She and her brother turn back to help her mother but were met with three dead puppies with their fur still burning and their mother trapped beneath of burning branch. The fire was advancing quickly and smoke billowed through the air all around them. Wren was completely mortified, frozen to the spot as their mother begged for them to run and save themselves. That was when Wren snapped. She stayed at her mother’s side, howling for her father, refusing to believe that he would just leave his mate behind. He was still their father, their noble father who they loved and respected and who raised them under the very virtues of loyalty and love. What had happened to their perfect family? Their perfect life? Everything that Wren knew and loved was burning around her and there was nothing she could do to stop it! Marik had to drag her, yowling and crying, from her mother’s body.

With one last anguished look at her mother, Wren turned and followed her brother. The two siblings ran from the fire, trying desperately to get away when their father reappeared. Wren was frantic as he saw him, her voice thick with bitter despair as she demanded to know why he did such a thing to their mother. Their father didn’t answer at first, trying to lead his children away from the fire. The siblings found out that their father had another mate with more pups that he was getting to safety first. Wren refused to believe it even as the flames blazed around them, but before she could even respond, the flames were upon them. Wren was separated from her brother and father. She frantically tried to find them again but soon gave up and just headed for safety.

She ran for a long, long time. Long after the flames were far behind her. She could not believe what had happened to her and she could not stop running, as if running would make all her troubles go far behind her and when she reached her destination it would be her old territory, completely intact, with her loving parents and brother waiting for her. She finally slowed down after a full day of running, struggling to compose herself.

She returned to the site of the old territory only once a few days later, but after finding several bodies, so burned that they were unidentifiable, she could take no more and left. And now Wren wanders the territories, looking for her beloved brother or any other members of her pack, or anywhere she can call home.

## Group History

Wren entered the Domain as a loner. Although she was alone for awhile, she did meet a lot of other wolves while she traveled, such as Diomedes, Shania, Lydia, Augustine, and Navindru. She even met a snake, Ivy, and helped her to find an area to hibernate in.

Wren met several other wolves, such as Nahimana (who told her about her beliefs), Fable (who was injured), and Charaka. However, the wolf who would change her life as a loner was named Faust. He was intending to build a pack, and took note of her skills as a healer, and invited her to join him. She was very excited by the opportunity to join a pack, to have a new family, and agreed.

And so, Wren joined Vale, one of the founding members under Faust, along with Delu, Parker, and Blitzen. She was quick to show her skills as a Medic, and was friendly to all of the new wolves who entered the pack. She was a great help to her packmates when they were hurt, aiding Notah with a splinter in his foot, giving a checkup to young Copper, and she tended to Jane when she was injured in a hunting incident. Brunhilda would also benefit from her medical skills, and she was quickly elevated to a Gamma. Sgorr helped Wren to collect herbs in the dead of winter, so she considered him a good acquaintance.

And then, one day, when she was out...she met *him.* The wolf who would change her life forever: Renier.

He warned her that he was dangerous, and to tell her packmates that he was dangerous, and yet...they found one another captivating. She would meet with Renier again and again, discussing all matter of things after they would help one another with the wildlife (boars, for instance, and Ren once saved her from a cougar!) The dark, handsome stranger won her affections over time, and Wren, in turn, won hers. *Especially* after they shared a bit about her past...about *fire.*

Wren worked hard to divide her team between her work and her relationship. There weren't any Medics who ranked as highly as her, so her services were needed often. She didn't only heal, of course - she participated in pack hunts on occasion!

Mostly, though, Wren was her pack's best Medic. She was a good healer as well as good at providing comfort and advice to her packmates when needed. For instance, Notah was devastated when Jane left, and she offered him comfort. She'd tend to Quinn's wounds at one point as well.

It was shortly after she really began falling in love with Ren behind the scenes, that she discovered a young loner named Akuto, exhausted at the borders. She helped Akuto back to the pack, and tended to her until she had recovered. Faust would inform Akuto that she would train to be Wren's apprentice. Wren was relieved to have a wolf to train (so she wasn't run ragged by her packmates), but Akuto was immensely displeased by the situation - she wanted to be a hunter.

Still, with this new apprentice to train, Wren was promoted to a Theta - to *Lead* Medic. Akuto's presence meant that Wren would enjoy a little bit more free time (just a smidge!), which she spent getting to know who would become her best friend - Loki! She also bonded with Quinn and would consider her little apprentice a friend as well.

All the while, spare time was dedicated to her beloved Renier...perhaps too much time. Renier was caught by Faust after enough time, living so close to the borders of Vale. The meeting was tense, angry, and fierce. Faust threatened that he would be killed if he trespassed again, but Renier was not afraid.

Faust announced to everyone (with Wren in the audience) that Renier was a villain and dangerous, and Vale's number one enemy. He was to be shown no mercy. Wren snuck away that night and raced to Renier, to explain that it was too dangerous for them to keep meeting; however, Renier assured her there was nothing they couldn't handle together.

That night, he asked her to become her mate, and they committed themselves to one another.

Nyru discovered the awful truth of their relationship shortly thereafter. Wren begged Nyru to keep it secret until she could figure out how to approach Faust about it, and Nyru, unable to betray the trust of her friend, promised to keep it secret.

Wren tried to focus on her duties, helping her packmates as always. Orson checked with her about the overeating tendencies of his younger brother, Sid, and Wren assured him that it was normal for a youngster to eat heavily, and if he started to grow a bit overweight, then they would start to monitor it. She also gained a new apprentice in Jade.

For several weeks after they became mates, Wren didn't see Renier. He had left to solve the problem of their relationship - Wren wanted to be with him, but didn't want to betray her pack, so Renier was finding a way to give her both. In the meantime, she (unsuccessfully) tried teaching Akuto to be a Medic. Akuto just didn't *get it* and didn't *want* to. Wren snapped at Akuto during a training session, fearing that she would be put out of commission when she had pups (but didn't reveal the reason for her snappishness exactly), and she would apologize for her behavior after. She and Akuto grew closer after this encounter.

Early in her pregnancy, Wren helped Loki to fend off intruders to the territory. She also helped to tend Nyru's wounds when she was injured. Nyru inquired about whether Wren had decided what to do about her predicament, and Wren admitted that she hadn't...not yet. She offered Nyru advice, though, about her own predicament involving boys - a crush on Kyros. The two of them grew closer as friends after this heart-to-heart.

As her pregnancy progressed, and Wren couldn't find Renier, she decided that she needed to tell Faust about what had happened. But in order to not lose her place in Vale, she told a lie...telling Faust that Ren had taken advantage of her, against her will, and left her pregnant with his pups. This enraged Faust - how *dare* that loner harm his packmate? He rounded up a party of wolves to hunt Ren down and kill him, leaving Wren feeling desperately upset. There was no happy ending to this situation, she knew. Either Renier was gone for good, or he would be found and killed by Faust.

Yet, somehow, an even worse outcome was created.

Renier had gotten Vektren to help him invade Vale's lands and kill the alpha. His band of Vektreni fighters went head-to-head with Faust's party of wolves, and Renier went after Faust. He brought Nyru as a captive, under Andras's control. Renier demanded Faust let him end the alpha's life, without struggle, or Nyru would die. Faust was ready to do anything for his pack, and Renier felt victory was in his grasp...until Wren showed up.

She *begged* Renier to stop the madness, to leave Faust and Nyru alone, threatening to kill herself by throwing herself from the cliff, but Andras grabbed her and knocked her out. Renier completed his task, tossing Faust from the cliff and rushing to Vale to announce that he was the new alpha, and then he went to check on Wren, who was brought to the camp.

Wren cursed Renier for killing her alpha, and he had to drag her, kicking and screaming, to the alpha's den, where Faust's scent still clung to the walls and nest. Wren fell into a deep depression, hating herself, blaming herself for everything that had happened. Renier gave her time to grieve, but grew increasingly frustrated when she showed no improvement. Didn't she see how hard he had worked to give her what she wanted? When he realized she was pregnant with his pups, he was filled with new vigor - he would make *sure* she kept eating, for the sake of their children. Even if he'd lost *her*.

Wren hid away in Faust's den, refusing to eat, refusing to come out and face her packmates, even though Renier had announced her as his queen. Eventually, in the depths of her grief, her best friend Loki came to visit, offering her comfort, assuring her she was not the reason Faust was dead.

Wren tried to run away, a couple of times, but was caught every time, by either Renier or the wolves of his Black Watch. Once, when she tried escaping, she was spotted by Quinn. She was ill and heavily pregnant, and Quinn urged her to remain, to have her pups, and then to help the Valerians fight Renier. Wren pondered this, and agreed to return to the camp.

She made silent allies of Renier's Black Watchmen, too (her guards): Rhaegan (his brother) and Kimber. They wanted the best for her, above the best for Renier, and didn't blame her for the situation she was in. Not entirely, at least.

Renier tried to rekindle his relationship with Wren, but she wanted nothing to do with him. Looking at him, now, only as Faust's murderer. Renier insisted that he'd *warned* her he was dangerous - it was the first thing he'd told her - and she'd gone ahead and pursued a relationship with him. He revealed how many wolves he'd killed in the past, how his mate and unborn pups had been killed, how he was desperate not to lose her...and then he left.

Some days later, Wren felt the pangs of labor, and stumbled out into the woods. She hadn't been eating well, and she was ill and emaciated. She prayed the pups would die. She prayed *she* would die. Then her suffering would be over.

Only, Wren didn't die. As she lay, giving birth to her pups, Renier came to her side. He murmured comforting words to her, and tried to save the pups she delivered, but in vain. Three of the pups were stillborn, but one...one had survived. Renier deposited the pup in Wren's arms, and she was filled with so much motherly love...she couldn't hope for death anymore. She vowed to protect her child from Renier's influence. She *swore it.*

Shenandoah was born, and unfortunately, Wren had a lot of trouble pulling herself out of the depression she'd been in since before Shen was born. She had a hard time connecting to her young daughter, and, as a result, Shenandoah gravitated *more* towards her father.

Wren viciously fought to keep Renier from corrupting Shenandoah, but she couldn't completely deny him access to his daughter. She was tense about letting others close to Shen as well, including Renier's other brother, Enzo. However, Enzo was a sympathetic ear, and was kind to his young niece.

After Shenandoah had stopped nursing, Wren took time to speak to Loki, and told him that she would help the rebels to get rid of Renier. There would be a brighter future in Vale, for her daughter and her packmates alike.

Unfortunately, Shenandoah would go missing during a snowstorm one night.

Wren, Renier, and the pack of Vale searched desperately for the young princess, but when enough time had passed that a young pup couldn't have survived the weather in...Wren, heartbroken, determined her daughter must have died.

Wren was shattered, but so, too, was Renier. She knew that, without his daughter, there was nothing left for Renier in Vale. He would leave. So too, then, would Wren. She couldn't go back and face her packmates. All she could do was pray that the remaining Valerians would choose a noble leader, one to take up the mantle Faust had left behind. She didn't know that Alar would lead an even darker period of Valerian rule.

But Wren wouldn't know that. She only hoped that the pack was better off without her estranged mate...and without her. She hasn't returned to the Domain since.

## Trivia

* Wren was the **Winter 2015 Character of the Season!**
* Wren had believed she could change Renier's wild nature, so that he would be able to join the pack as a respectable Valerian, and was shattered to realize he was not capable of this kind of goodness and normalcy.

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