Yamārashi

Lidya, Seava, Beatrice, and Altaeya (Sisters)

Harley, Cage, and Athens (Brothers)

## Application Sheet

Yamārashi, or Yama, as he prefers to be called, is a brown wolf with warm brown eyes, a Delta Courser of Aryn. He's the son of Hani and Lawson, brother to Lidya, Harley, and Seava, known for his obsession with rocks and desperation to uphold his parents' legacy. His story is ongoing. Yama was created and RP'd by Aerial-Vew.

He has four younger siblings: Athens, Beatrice, Cage, and Altaeya.

## Personality

* ***Sensitive / Empathetic*.** Yama has never been one to shy away from displaying his emotions. He’s not afraid to cry even as he grows up (though he worries that packmates think less of him because of it) and has the tendency of being a little overly empathetic with others’ emotions as well.
* ***Accepting / Open-minded.*** Yama likes new things. He likes learning about new things, understanding new things, taking in new things. His parents taught him to be kind to those different from him, so he'll do his best to make them proud.
* ***Anxious / Quiet / Afraid.*** Once talkative and overflowing with enthusiasm, Yama has now become more reserved. His mind sets off on worried tangents and swims in paranoia at every possibility. His talkative nature has simmered down and he’s very unlikely to start a conversation with anyone outside his immediate family unless spoken to first.
* ***Eccentric and Easily-distracted.*** Anyone can see that Yama is a tad odd. He's a little all over the place, getting caught up in this or that, not to mention the weird Rock-ThingTM. He has a hard time focusing on one thing at a time, so it's best to help him out every once and awhile.
* ***Helpful and Charitable**.*Yama's got a heart of gold that always cries out for him to help those in need. He likes to lend a helping paw wherever needed, and is always happy to give something up for another. Careful not to take advantage of this poor boy.
* ***Energetic**.*Yama is always full of boundless energy. He never seems to stop moving. Getting him to sit still can sometimes seem impossible, but you just have to know how to tire him out.
* ***Impatient.*** Yama's constant energy makes it hard to be patient. Things just never seem to move fast enough for him. He'll likely whine or huff about if you move too slow for his liking, and that's very often.
* ***Honest*.** Yama is a bad liar. Lying feels wrong. He doesn't like it, so he avoids it whenever he can. It's much easier and safer to just be honest. When he does come into situations where he doesn't feel comfortable telling the truth, he'll likely choose to remain silent rather than make something up.
* ***Passionate / Brash / Impulsive.***Yama is not one to think very hard before acting. He moves on his instincts and parents' teachings but finds it difficult to not escalate confrontations and often finds himself caught up in misunderstandings.
* ***Literal*.** Yama takes everything at face value. He trusts that what others tell him is true, regardless of who he's speaking to, and can have a hard time understanding sarcasm or odd sayings. When given contradicting information, Yama will always side with the person he's closer to relationship-wise.
* ***Determined / Easily Frustrated.*** Yama puts a lot of expectations on himself: as a brother, as a member of Aryn, and as the son of two Master Coursers. He expects himself to be perfect and for everything to go his way, determined to be the best, but of course not everything works out like that. It can be difficult meeting his own standards, impossible even, and leads him to be easily irked by little things. Fits and tantrums aren't unheard of with him, even as an adult.

## Pre-Group History

Yama is the youngest child of Aryn's Master Coursers, Lawson and Hani. Having been best friends for many years, their union was agonizingly long awaited, but a joyous occasion- as was the arrival of their first litter. The birth of Yama and his siblings in mid Winter was a moment of happiness in Aryn's dark times.

## Group History

Yama, despite growing up in the middle of winter, in the midst of a war with Vektren. He and his siblings were doted on by their parents and packmates, for the bright innocence they represented. Lidya and Yama would quarrel over rocks, and Harley would be a little jerk and take the rocks they were arguing over. Things were good.

As they aged, though, Yama became increasingly aware of two major problems. First - the pack was at war. Second - he wanted *so badly* to be a Courser like his parents. And his body wasn't suited to the task. He was simply too stocky and broad-limbed, not lean and smooth like his mother or Seava. He was devastated by this, but determined to try it.

Yama wasn't as swift, or good at jumping, or agile, as the other Coursers, and felt that he was an embarrassment to his family's legacy - especially when his sisters were doing great things as Vicars and Coursers themselves. Lost in the depths of anxiety - and feeling isolated when the Lord and Lady of Aryn passed and left his parents consumed by grief - Yama took to gnawing on rocks to calm himself. One day, while gnawing on Rocky (his favorite rock), Yama felt his teeth snap, and was met by the taste of blood. He lost three of his teeth that day, leaving a big gap in his jaw.

With Raphael's Inquisition, Yama took to being a Kana'im like his parents, reporting wolves who were doing things that were suspicious. He wouldn't hesitate to tattle to Raphael.

His duties as a Courser kept him pretty busy, as well, although he was doing more harm than good, it would seem. While on a hunt, Yama was tasked with using his weight to bring down an elk his family was hunting. Their quarry would manage to escape because the gap in his teeth made his grip weak. He lost his family's catch and, in the heat of the moment, Hani yelled at him, which broke his heart.

On returning to camp, there would be some whispers about Yama's ill-suitedness to being a Courser, particularly from Urs. Other wolves met his sorrowful attitude with sympathy. The poor boy...if he would just find something to do that he could excel at, like healing or ranging or even being a Warden, he'd be happier.

When he caught wind of Lidya sneaking across the border to meet with an *outsider*, Yama was *on it.* He reported Lidya to the proper authorities, so that business would be taken care of. He expected to feel...rewarded for this action. But he wasn't. He was just sad.

And angry. There's a hatred in Yama. A jealously. Why couldn't he be *better?* Why couldn't he do anything *right?* Had he not pushed himself more than anyone else? Had he not turned in *his own sister* to keep the pack safe? Was that not enough? Was *he* not enough? What would it take?

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## Trivia

* Yama loves to collects rocks. A quick way to befriend him is with a cool rock.
	+ Chewing on rocks soothes Yama. Please don't ask him if he's eating the rock - that hurts his feelings.
	+ Chewing on rocks caused Yama to break and lose three of his teeth - lower right canine to premolar.
		- He has three main pet rocks:
			* Rocky: Large gray, angular rock; covered in teeth marks and scratches from Yama chewing on it; Yama has Rocky with him 80% of the time.
			* Mr. Speckles: Long, oval rock; dark gray with white and yellow spots.
			* Lady Egg: Small, near-perfectly-round rock; off-white with a chip taken out of one side.
* Yama enjoys singing with his sister Lidya but he's not as talented as her. Seava keeps an eye on Yama and helps him when she can. Harley is the sibling Yama felt most disconnected with, and he wishes he'd been closer to Harley before he left.
* Yama thinks his dad is the coolest wolf in the world, and that his mom is super-strong - he wants to be just like them.
* He never pronounces the 't' in "don't".
* Yama loves birds, and envies their wings.

## Quotes

* “By the One, he’s less qualified to be a courser than I am. At least I still have all my teeth...it might be time he considers taking a new task. Has the kid considered becoming a Vicar, or a Warden? With a body as large as his, being a Warden should come naturally. Heck - he could try ranging for all I care. But the fact remains that Yamarashi will never be a courser.” (Urs about Yama, "He Will Never Be a Courser")

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
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