Kelly

Theia (Sister)

Thena (Aunt, NPC)

Leto (Mother's Partner, NPC)

## Application Sheet

Kelly was a gray-brown wolf with pale sky blue eyes. Born outside of the Domain alongside sister Theia, the two were separated long ago. Kelly joined the pack of Chandor alongside their dear friend Ioane, where their story is just beginning. Kelly was created and RP'd by OddGreyhound.

## Personality

* ***Intelligent and Curious.*** Kelly has always been interested in learning everything they could about absolutely everything. Their brain has been constantly spinning, trying to get as much information out of even the smallest things. They're highly intelligent, though they might seem quite oblivious in matters of the heart.
* ***Family-Oriented and Doggedly Loyal.*** They don’t have the best track record of keeping their family together, and while they would never give up on their blood family, they have decided that their newfound family will be the one they get to keep. They are loyal to the core, and it takes more than a simple mistake for them to give up on someone they have put their frayed trust into. Family, trust and belonging is what they crave more than anything else.
* ***Resentful and Mistrusting.*** While they don't have any clear reasons to be distrustful of strangers, it’s simply a coping mechanism they have learned over the many years they were a loner. It takes a good deal of goodwill for them to learn to trust others. They're resentful of their own past and of their misgivings. If they could simply forget about the reason why they left home in the first place, they would do so, but sadly even the sight of the moon reminds them of the white pelt of their mother. They're so used to being left behind that they don’t want to do anything to exacerbate anything by being annoying, so they have taught themself to hide all negative thought and emotion, and will never complain, not even about something stupid like the weather.
* ***Guilt-Ridden and Stubborn.*** The thing they will never be able to forgive themself is also what has kept them going for years, and they feel like a failure. On top of this, they used to be somewhat of a phony, pretending to be happy-go-lucky and rarely being sober. They feel bad for having not been genuinely themself, especially towards Ioane, who they feel like maybe knows someone that Kelly is not. They used to be quite the hot-head, always simmering about having been left behind by first their father and then their mother and siblings, but over time this rage has boiled down to more of a stubborn streak. If he has decided to do something, it takes a special kind of handle on him to get him to back down.

## Pre-Group History

A bit more than 4 years ago two alphas met by the borders of their packs, Phoebus saving the life of the white wolfess Jayce. They had a romantic and dramatic fling, and after a few months, they had finally given their desires' free rein.

Sadly that had been the last time they had seen each other, and not long after, Jayce had heard that Phoebus had disappeared. It had broken her heart, and she had decided that the pups she was carrying wouldn’t be allowed to know about him.

Kelly and its siblings were born in the middle of spring, and while they were still small, Jayce kept them safe from the pack, only allowing her partner in flight and her betas to see them.

As soon as it was able to walk, Kelly was exploring the area, disappearing into the forest as often as it could. It was a curious kid, and it liked exploring the world, no matter if its siblings were there with it or not. But even when it explored on its own, it kept doubling back and keeping an eye on their siblings, wanting to make sure that they stayed safe.

The first months of its life were great. It always had enough to eat, always had someone to play with and could spend most of its time learning about the world. It grew close with its siblings, and adored its mother. While it pretended not to care about the unnamed male who had never been in its life, a rage was simmering deep in its gut every time it thought about how the guy had just left them all behind. Their mother never dropped any hints about him, simply telling the pups that he was a beautiful and proud male who was the alpha of a bordering pack. If he didn’t want them, Kelly didn’t want him either, so it pretended to not need a father, saying that they had the best family in the world already.

Sadly, good things never last. Shortly after its first birthday their mother disappeared without a trace. It was as if she had gone up in smoke, and to top it all off, Leto had disappeared too, only leaving a single black feather behind. Kelly claimed it and would end up wearing it in its fur for years to come. Usually if Jayce had had a reason to leave, someone in the pack would know something, but that wasn’t the case here. Nobody knew anything and there were no tracks to follow.

After only a few days, a power hungry red she-wolf rose took over the pack, saying that since their alpha had disappeared, she was the best they had. Kelly and its siblings disagreed, and while Theia stayed behind to keep track of the pack, and keep things in hand, Kelly left to go look for their mother. It vowed to never return until it could bring their mother back with it.

For the first year or so, it kept hard on its task, barely even talking to others unless to ask if anyone had seen a white wolf, potentially travelling with a raven. None ever had.

As time passed critter felt more and more shitty about letting its family down, and the life of a loner had never really fit him, so when it met a band of travelling rogues, it decided to go with them. Several of them were under the influence most of the time, and it didn't take long before Kelly tried it itself.

The next several months were a blur. It found out that while under the influence, it could be as carefree and casual as it had wished for since its first birthday. It was as if a magic spell had been cast.

After it had been in the pack for a few seasons, a white she-wolf, Rivka, and an adolescent male, Badger, joined the rogues. At first Kelly was too lost in its own bliss to really care who was around it, as long as it wasn’t all alone, but soon these two individuals in particular grew on it. If it wasn't actively looking for its mother, it was with them.

The young male seemed sad most of the time, and Kelly had too intimate an experience with that to want to let it get worse for the young one. So whenever they hung out, it tried to wheedle things out of him, though it rarely worked. After a while, it offered to share its plants with him. After all, being under the influence had been its saviour, maybe it could save this young soul too?

With how close they were getting, Kelly started feeling like they might have been siblings. Sure, they looked nothing alike, but it just felt right. It felt bad for letting its actual siblings stay behind, and for not having found its mother yet, but at least now it had two new friends.

Badger listened to its when it lamented about its past, tried to tell its that it wasn’t a bad wolf, and in general the three of them just tried to be there for each other. A small part of Kelly likened it to the bond he had felt with his siblings when he was small.

Then one day, all of a sudden, Badger and Rivka announced that they would be leaving the little band of loners. It felt like getting left behind by his mother without an explanation all over again. The critter tried asking them why they were leaving without it, but it got no clear answers. That was when Kelly really started indulging itself in everything with no remorse.

It was heartbroken, and lashed out at everyone around it. It spent even more time under the influence than before, now wallowing in its pain rather than being carefree and fun as it had been before.

Some of the other rogues had started talking about leaving it behind however, and that had been enough of a reminder of what, who had already left it behind. So while it started contributing to their continued survival, its mood was still quite sour, and when the band of rogues was once again joined by another new soul, it didn’t exactly show off from its best side. It growled its name at the newcomer, but barely said another word to them for almost three moon cycles.

As its heart healed, and it decided that it had to stop indulging itself with anything it wanted, it sat itself down in front of the new stranger, Ioane, and told him about what had brought its ire down on him. It was made clear that Io had done nothing wrong, and that it felt bad for treating him as it had.

The two of them began spending more time together, getting to know each other, and Kelly was a little surprised to find that the male was so similar to them. The critter started to feel comfortable in his company, and though it really tried to not get lost in the feeling of friendship and familiarity, having been left behind too often to feel safe with it, it felt itself getting closer to him.

And then life threw a curveball at them once again. The other rogues wanted to settle down in the empty territory they had found recently. Kelly did not. He could not see itself giving up on trying to find his mother already. it hadn’t seen her in more than 2 years, but it just couldn’t let go of the thought of finally getting to her, especially now that it had a clear head once more.

So it talked to Ioane, not ready to be all on his own again, and was positively surprised to find out that the younger wolf wasn’t ready to settle down yet either.

So as the other loners stated behind, Kelly and Ioane started out on their own adventure. If they had been growing closer before, it only increased as they were now able to travel as far and as much as they wanted, with nobody to answer but themselves.

They could have travelled together like that for the rest of their lives, had they not found themselves tired. They settled down for a while, in what they soon learned was right outside of pack territory. A pack called Chandor.

It had been 3 years without a trace of its mother, and it was ready to give up on ever finding her. With Ioane there, it could even see itself in a pack again. It wouldn’t allow Io to leave it behind too, as he was all the family it had left. So when the younger wolf approached it to hear what it thought about staying, it agreed.

## Trivia

* Used to believe that wolves had partners in flight - that wolves and birds were once the same being - but despite having spent years looking for the bird that could make him whole and let him join Himmelen after his death, he never found them, and has thus grown distrustful of them, and of the religion he grew up with.
* Spent years carrying around the feather of his mother’s partner in flight, a feather they had gotten from him when they got old enough to gain an apprentice task. Lost it in a storm and still grieves it. Feels like yet another way they've let their mum and Leto down.
* They’re definitely an extrovert and will become slightly cuckoo if they don’t socialize enough. They like to think that they could be charming if they tried, but they’re probably not.
* They can still feel the pull to be under the influence sometimes, but they do their best to not indulge in it. They've started to do their best to keep their mind busy instead, often mulling over big topics.

## External Links

* Official Application Sheet
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