Murdoc

## Application Sheet

Murdoc was a chocolate-brown male wolf with warm brown eyes. He was the adoptive son of Lore, and spent his whole life as a loner. Murdoc eventually decided to leave the Domain, and hasn't been seen since. Murdoc was created and RP'd by DodgerMD.

## Personality

* ***Playful and Childish.*** Murdoc is generally speaking a pup in the body of a grown wolf. He is incredibly playful, childish, easily amused and often can be found running around with toys like sticks, stones or dead rodents for days, pretending they are alive and talking to him. Turned into a human condition, he would most likely suffer from PTSD showing itself in him locking himself up like that and using his paranoid anxiety, delusions and intermittent memory loss as a sort of coping mechanism.
* ***Rambling, Clingy, and Annoying.*** Many wolves find him to some point unnerving, due to his nature, which includes him talking to imaginary wolves or pretending objects to be talking partners or of incredible value. He is also prone to ramble and capable of going on about completely pointless things for hours. Once he has decided he’s friends with someone, it’s also usually very hard getting rid of him permanently, as he, despite submitting more likely than fighting, isn’t scared very easily or for long, but will persistently insist on the good core of another wolf and that they will get along just great eventually.
* ***Sweet and Friendly.*** He is often either regarded with suspicion or seen as a harmless fool, who won’t hurt anybody. He actually also is a very sweet, friendly, cheerful, outgoing and winning fellow, despite his sometimes a little annoying antics. So far, a lot of people have ended up liking him, even though he sometimes makes their fur bristle. He is extremely helpful and will gladly jump the gun for a friend. Funny enough, he also is no bad hunter and if cornered enough, knows how to defend himself, even if he will only very rarely do so. He naturally gets along very well with pups and has a thing for finding the softer side in people. He might be a nutjob, but he’s still a very good guy.

## Pre-Group History

Not much is known about Murdoc's past and he isn’t exactly helping in unveiling it, for he keeps telling conflicting stories, depending on the occasion or whom he is asked by. What is known is that he showed up already an adult wolf and that so far nobody ever knew him before he turned up and began roaming the territories restlessly.

Murdoc will usually also not give any kind of real answer, if asked about his past, but just ramble on or tell a pretty wild story that has nothing to do with the story, he told the same person the last time they met. If someone is lucky and catches him in one of his few light moments, the story he mostly tells is that he used to be part of a small, but fine pack that lived to the east of the territories. His pack was happy and everyone was content, until suddenly a mysterious disease began to strike down one wolf after the other. No matter if pup or elder, strong hunter or protector, everyone fell victim to the disease, everyone, but Murdoc.

He tried his best to help his pack mates, hunted for them and fed them, but it was of no use. He even sought out a known healer wolf, in hope he would be able to help, but not even the healer could help, they were all doomed to die, he said. The healer offered to take Murdoc to his pack, but Murdoc refused, he wanted to stay with his own family until the very end. The healer left again and Murdoc stayed. He took care of his remaining pack mates until they were all dead and when they had died, he still stayed with them for a long time. Every night he sang their song, but he sang it alone. He had survived, but something had broken inside him, something that could not be repaired. He eventually began talking to his pack mates, just as if they were still alive, began seeing things that were not there, make up stories and run with a pack that only existed in his imagination.

Eventually he ended up in the territories, yet he did not want to join any pack, he had a pack, after all. Even though he is often regarded very suspiciously due to his condition, the other wolves learned to accept him more or less, as he generally isn’t hurting anyone. He has a tendency to annoy hell out of people though and become friends with other wolves, without asking if the feeling is mutual.

## Group History

Because of his childish mentality, it was really best for Murdoc to have a wolf he could at least *think of* as his mother. When he met Lore, she was so patient and friendly and he ultimately decided to adopt her as his mother. Lore, more or less, accepted him as her son.

He met several wolves, like Nahimana, who taught him how to fish. They spent some time together, along with her companion, Le Serviteur. The trio hunted down a deer and Nahimana offered Murdoc a place in her pack that she was building (Dawnguard) but Murdoc told her he already had a pack, and he couldn't leave them. He politely declined and then parted ways.

He also met Grendel, a Chandorian, who he absolutely *adored*. Murdoc didn't settle in the pack, but he would show up at random intervals to say hello to his friend! One of these visits, he brought Lore with him, and Grendel was immediately smitten.

Time passed, and Lore spent time with her brother, Fable, in Fellfang, but Murdoc didn't want to be part of the pack, so they parted ways, with Murdoc stopping by for visits to Lore and Grendel. One day, when he arrived, the Fellfangir were no longer in their territory! They had moved north, and so Murdoc went searching for them. When he arrived, he was approached by Grendel, who told him that Lore had died in the Night of Fire - the eruption of Forsaken Peak.

Nobody really knows how well Murdoc took the news. He announced that he would find Lore, and bring her back, but he also said that she was still speaking to him, like one of his imaginary packmates. Evidently, she had manifested as a spirit in his mind as well, an imaginary friend like the rest of his packmates. In any case, Murdoc told Grendel a fond farewell and left the Domain, never to be seen again.

## Trivia

* Murdoc struggles with PTSD which manifests as paranoid anxiety, delusions, and intermittent memory loss.

## Quotes

* “Ohhhh, goooood! Y’know, having invisible friends is really nice, but sometimes having visible friends is good too.” (to Lore, *Your World to Mine*)

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
* DodgerMD's deviantART Gallery