Troyus

Troyus from the finale episode of Wolves Of Thorns

## Genealogy

Troyus is the mate of Rosetta, and the father of Beaver, Rosethorn, Rosebud, Journey, Delphinium and Bee. He’s also a distant relative to Iasion, and has an unnamed brother.

## Biography

Troyus met Rosetta when he was hunting elk, as she was after the same elk herd. He saw her kill two cow elk alone, and was impressed by her strength. Right after the hunt he and his brother walked up to her and he immediately started to befriend her, playing and wagging his tail. He found out she was also playful like him and very kind. They became mates and went down to the river to hunt some beavers, Troyus’s favourite prey. After many failed attempts they took down one beaver, and Troyus made it his mate quest to hunt 1 beaver to each pack member.

He and Rosetta went to Slough Creek, and due to her bad sense of direction and the unusual long winter it took them a while to establish a territory and have pups. After the pups were born Troyus usually stayed home and watched them, but he enjoyed to give Rosetta a helping paw on hunts. They had a great life at the lake, and Troyus just like Rosetta put family above all, and didn’t really care about territory. Despite beavers being his favourite food he was pretty bad at beaver hunting, losing focus easily and playing around with Rosetta instead of helping with the hunt. But as time passed he became better and better at it and in the end he managed to take down several beavers with Rosetta.

After 2 failed beaver hunts in early June, Troyus and Rosetta tried to hunt an elk calf to feed their hungry pups, even if Rosetta had low health she insisted she was going to be fine. But she took many bad kicks, too many kicks. Rosetta suffered a lethal blow to her head and died from her wounds, leaving Troyus alone with the pups. Heartbroken he raised them alone, but ended up losing Rosebud and Rosethorn. 4 of the pups survived to adulthood, and his daughter Bee was chosen as heiress to the Dark Moon Pack. Troyus’s mate quest was never completed, they hunted totally 5 beavers out of the wanted 8.

## Personality

Troyus is incredibly playful, kind and friendly. He showed his love with all of himself and always saw life from the bright side. He was very curious, and easily distracted during hunts, especially beaver hunts. He was energetic, and almost never had the patience to lie and wait for beavers. Clumsily, he usually scared away the beavers by rushing towards them, easily noticed, or letting go of them to play with Rosetta or do something else more interesting. Rosetta was never upset with him though, she loved his puppy-like, playful behaviour, but let him stay home with the pups when she was hunting beavers. After Rosetta’s unexpected and very tragic death, Troyus heart was broken and his playfulness shattered. He continued to raise their pups but with a heavy heart, missing Rosetta very much. He raised 4 of the pups to adulthood, losing Rosebud and Rosethorn which sadly ended the entire rose line.

## Appearance

Troyus has dark gray fur that fades into black on his back and silver gray on his legs, paws and belly. His face is light silver gray and he has a dark gray nose stripe, and the tip of his tail is white. His eyes are dark amber. He looks very similar to Rosetta’s mother Catalina.

## Former pack

Troyus came from the Pahaska Pack, as 19M. He and his 2 year older brother 18M was travelling together until he met Rosetta, and joined the Dark Moon Pack, and they parted ways. The Moon Pack have no conflicts with the Pahaska Pack, and it’s also the birth pack of Demeter’s mate Iasion.

## Trivia

* Troyus and Rosetta are like a second generation of Catalina and Basil, with Basil and Rosetta (the heirs) having the same coat, and Catalina and Troyus (the mates) having the same coat.

* He’s the second mate to raise the pups alone after an heir’s passing, after Cinder.

* Troyus had the same designation as Iasion, Pahaska 19M. This probably means Troyus took over Iasion’s position in the pack after he dispersed.
* Seri once called him “Iverson” which was a nickname for Iasion. This was a pure coincidence, but still it’s funny since the two belonged to the same birth pack and had the same designation.