Tamarack

Philip (Father, NPC)

Tusca (Sister, NPC)

Mason, Reed, Juniper (Adoptive Brothers)

Nadia (Adoptive Sister)

## Application Sheet

Tamarack was a scruffy brown she-wolf with green eyes, adopted and raised by Aethelynda in Chandor. She moved to Vale when she became a young adult, but, feeling out-of-place, she made the decision to leave the Domain. She was created and RP'd by Spicerooni.

## Personality

* ***Positive and Energetic***. Tamarack is nothing but a fuzz ball full of positive energy. Every day she wakes up on the right side of the den, and she is always looking for something new to discover. She has no memory of her real parents or birth pack, or how she even came to be tucked underneath the roots of a tamarack tree, but this lack of knowledge never seems to phase her. She idolizes Aethelynda and always will for the rest of her days. Even during the darkest of times she always holds a lively disposition and speaks with a quirky, high pitched tone. Not once has she ever complained or appeared unhappy, which can be a good and bad thing. Sometimes others wonder if she bottles it up.
* ***Naive and Youthful.*** Her positiveness and endless youth can sometimes be seen as naive nature, and who could blame her? She never sees the bad in a situation, and views the world in a 'glass half full' perspective. She gathers joy from entertaining others and making them smile, even when they are down in the lowest of lows. For a little wolf not knowing anything of the real world she really shines bright in the darkest of situations, never ceasing to be extinguished by others who seek to put her down. She almost never realizes when she is the target of teasing, she'll either laugh with her bullies or be proud that their jealous of her uniqueness.
* ***Determined and Bold.*** Tamarack has completely NO regards for personal space. She loves to get into laps and submerge herself in the awkward attention of the wolf she forced herself upon. She believes everyone in her pack is her friend, and she loves everyone and everything unconditionally. Her large green eyes can never hide her true feelings, and she truly loves the world around her. She likes to watch nature and the older wolves doing their tasks, and sometimes "help" them, however being a small scruffy female she mostly gets in the way, but does she care? Nope.

## Pre-Group History

Tamarack was born a little ways off outside of the Kausen boarder to a pair of lone wolves who had ran away from Blutwald. She was part of a litter of two, her twin sister sharing her exact appearance. Due to the fact that her parents were refugees from Blutwald, their small family was hunted down by guards, and they attacked the family in the middle of the night. Tamarack was thrown against the den wall, her head developing a very large and painful bruise. In attempts to save her, her mother snatched her up and ran while the guards were distracted by her father. Barely a month old, her mother stashed her away underneath the roots of a tamarack tree in hopes that she would be safe from the guards. She left, only to be met by one of the guards and was murdered, along with Tamarack's twin sister. Terrified and alone, Tamarack huddled underneath the roots of the tree, falling into a deep slumber. The bruise on her head had caused her amnesia, and she forgot everything of who she was and why she was even there.

The next night, a torrential storm struck the valley and she was caught in the middle of it, sloshing and sliding in the muddy trap under the tamarack roots. She was then found by Aethelynda and rescued, and since Tamarack had absolutely no memory of her past Lyn decided to name her Tamarack and take her in as her own, welcoming her to the newly found Chandor.

## Group History

Tamarack, being the first (and, for awhile, *only*) pup in Chandor, was doted on by her new pack, and introduced herself to just about all of her packmates with playful curiosity. She was tended to by the pack's Den Mother, Delu, whose enthusiasm and kindness was the equal match for the young pup. Aethelynda took care of her adoptive charge with as much love as a birth mother, comforting Tamarack when the memories of her family's death came back as a nightmare.

She joined Aethelynda visiting Kausen, where she got to meet her (adoptive) grandfather Gregor, who was delighted to meet his granddaughter. She also met her cousins, Piper and Boone, and - finally! A playmate her own age! She and Boone explored around Kausen's den site, looking for sticks to play with and enjoying one another's company.

Tamarack grew up hoping to become a Shaman, studying under Jaci. As a juvenile, she was wandering through the territory when she came upon another 'Shaman' - Winema of Blutwald - at the border. She was curious about why Winema was traveling while so close to having pups, but Winema explained that she wanted to meet with Aethelynda. She was there in the hopes of making an alliance with Chandor. Tamarack had to go home, as it was getting late, and Winema left for the time being, wishing Tamarack good luck in her studies.

When Lyn finally met with Winema, she received the information that Roman of Blutwald was dead, and Stallion was the new leader alongside the red-furred she-wolf. She decided to send Tamarack and Kha'an to notify Gregor of the development and inform him that he was to keep an eye on the pack while Lyn was gone to see Blutwald.

When Tam became a young adult, however, she felt the tingling in her paws to seek adventure. She approached Aethelynda one day and told her that she wanted to see the world and learn about other packs' cultures and ways of healing. She explained that Jaci knew of plants that only grew in the north of the Domain, and Tamarack wanted to learn more about other packs' ways of healing with these different types of herbs.

When she arrived in Vale, she was greeted by Notah, who, after assessing her skills, sent her to Faust. Faust, dismissing her as a pup in the wrong place at the wrong time, who *couldn't* pull her weight in the pack, told her she could spend the night and then she'd be escorted back to Chandor. Tam stood up for herself and told Faust to assess her skills *himself,* and he agreed to let her serve temporarily as an assistant to his healer Wren, until he could properly assess her.

Ultimately, Tamarack was able to prove herself worthy of living in Vale, and she became a Captain Porter. Her greatest dream was that she someday would finally feel at home and relaxed in a place where she knows she is needed and wanted. She thought Vale would be, but it wasn't. Feeling out-of-place and off, she decided that she would seek her future elsewhere, and left the Domain.

She hasn't been seen since.

## Trivia

* Tamarack was named for the tamarack tree she was discovered under by Lyn.
* Tamarack's favorite stick was about a foot and a half long, with a twisted end and a peacock-pheasant's feather (a gift from Phen) twisted into one of the sparse twigs branching off of it.
* She never met Aethelynda's pups with Rowan, who would be her adoptive siblings - Juniper, Mason, Reed, and Nadia.
* Tamarack's favorite food is fish!
* Tamarack is extremely restless and likes to learn new things all the time. She travels from pack to pack to learn their culture and ways. When she's old and has learned all she possibly could, she will return home to Chandor to spend the rest of her golden years resting and teaching others about her experiences.
* Each feather on her rump have a significant meaning. The gray one is a peacock pheasant feather, which is her very first feather given to her by Phen. The brown one behind it is a brown eagle feather, to represent her mother Aethelynda, while the last white and tan one is a barn owl feather, which represents her grandfather Gregor.

## Quotes

* "Oddie told me all about healers and how mystic the work is, so I wanna be a Shaman just like the healer Oddie knew in his old pack! He said I remind him of their old healer, because of my stick! This is my favorite stick, I love sticks!" (to Impala, about the task she wished to pursue, *Tampala*)
* “With all due respect sir, if you’d just listen to me I can prove to you that I can give to this pack as much as the wolves already here.” (to Faust, *An Audience with the Astir*)

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
* Spicerooni's deviantART Gallery