.THE BASICS. Full Name: R’noku Asvel-kray Lachime Name Used: R’noku Nickname: none Name Pronunciation: rin-OH-koo AZ-vell-kray lah-KEEM Name Meaning: “dew in the spider web” Title: Birds call him 'One Who Would Be Silk Tongue,' after the fox Kruis. (see http://ecarderif.proboards.com/index.cgi....hread=550#2310) Age: 47 moons Gender: Male Height: 50” at the shoulder Weight: 180 lbs. Species:Canis lupis arctos – arctic or “ice” wolf
.THE LOOKS. Eyes: Deeply set and the color of honey-dipped chestnuts. Fur: Pearl white, lustrous with health. Build: R’noku is a broad-backed, barrel-chested wolf. His girth is composed of rigid muscle and sheer size. Scars: This wolf’s body is a baseball jersey marred by the signatures of worthy opponents. Angry scars sprinkle the length of him. Only two did not come from fellow wolves, and he refuses to discuss their origins. One is a small, round starburst south of his left shoulder. The other is between two ribs on his left side, three inches long and half an inch across. Unless the wind parts his thick fur perfectly, all of these are hidden from view. Wings: none Jewelry/Accessories: none Overall: Although he boasts an impressive height, R’noku’s legs are short in proportion to the rest of him in order to conserve heat. This is a result of his arctic heritage, which is evident in every inch of his body. Your biggest clue is his milky, windswept pelt. Devoid of any other color, this glossy coat allows him to melt right into the snow-frosted plains of his homeland. Rather than soften his bulk, R’noku’s coarse fur enhances the ripple of powerful muscles beneath. Unless acting a part, he walks with the fluid confidence of a brute that has repeatedly dealt with disaster. Between strides R’noku will survey the landscape, picking out both a course and any threat. He wears an expression of grim resolve. No hesitation breaks his step. In every move he makes, there is purpose; R’noku at least thinks he knows what he’s doing. Two other traits that set him apart as a wolf of the frozen realm are his rounded ear-tips and stocky muzzle. But the most distinct feature of his face is his high, sharp cheekbones. These draw attention to his piercing amber eyes- and it’s difficult to tell whether that warm light behind them is compassion, or contempt.
.THE (KNOWN) FAMILY. Father:Rain Mother:Nero Sister(s):Ellithia Brother(s):Aerye Cousin(s): Eustace*, Canbrie*, Joseph* Aunt(s): Eleanor* Uncle(s): Steph* Grandfather(s):R’larou Grandmother(s):Kesphire Current Mate: none Current Pup(s): unknown Grown Pup(s): unknown Past Mate(s):Rhea, Avela *assumed to be dead
.THE FRIENDS AND THE ENEMIES. Past friends:Rhea, Jeta, Avela Current friends: none Past allies: Arctic Snow Pack, his own pack, Aerth Current allies: Enol-Tenmele clan and its candidates, rogues, light wolves Past enemies: Men, Herin, Rhekkaru, Low Wind, Malignant, and brief, countless others whose names are lost Current enemies: Ironesh clan and its candidates, lones, dark wolves
.THE CURRENT RELATIONSHIPS. Keza convinced R’noku to apply for Enol-Tenmele. They get along well, united by lifestyle and a mutual understanding of skeletons in the closet. That the elder respects his privacy fills him with gratitude. He handles Keza cautiously, sensing that the other will not jeopardize anything for him. The goal is to learn everything about the elite member while revealing next to nothing about his own past, in case the candidate situation ends badly. Others to be added
.THE PACKS. Birth Pack/clan: Lachime pack Past packs/clans: Lachime, Arctic Snow Current pack: none Current clan: none Past Ranks: heir, beta, alpha, lone, pack-mate, high wolf Current Rank: Enol-Tenmele candidate
.OTHER. I'd love for R'noku to meet one of his children before he dies. I have two requests. First, that the character physically resembles R'noku, even if slightly. Secondly, that the child knows very little about him; his name, that their mother loved him, and maybe a made-up story about why he left. Send me a PM if you're up for it!
.ABILITIES. "Dew in the Spider Web" is an interpretation of R’noku’s power, which he calls Traveling and Channeling. His parents waited for his talents to emerge before naming him.
Traveling is something R’noku will never do in combat, as this first step renders his body useless. His eyes glaze like the windows of a vacant house while his limbs go limp and frigid: the legs of a puppet. His expression suggests he is looking through what’s in front of him. In truth, he sees none of his immediate surroundings. R'noku has left his host. In the full bloom of his power, his body is but a petal. It sheds, and falls, and is forgotten. Traveling is not the same as being everywhere at once. Think of it as expansion. R'noku feeds his soul out of his body and into the surrounding world. Because a soul is so vast, he can be in the depths of the ocean and the thinnest layers of sky simultaneously. R’noku has no real effect on the place he Travels to but, in a way, he becomes the place. The two drink of each other in a delicate cycle of life and motion which only ends when he withdraws. This is very difficult, either because he does not want to leave the ecstasy or is not able to. In the exploration of his ability R'noku is a babe still learning how to walk. There is a link connecting R’noku’s soul back to his body. Things from the location of his Travel will slip through this link unless he is careful. Imagine his body as a set of gates, and his mind as a padlock on their handles. These gates must remain shut at all times. Usually R’noku keeps them closed with thoughtless ease. Yet every now and then the gates crack. Things travel through him as easily as ripples on a pond, most invisible to the naked eye. For example: suppose he is at the bottom of the ocean on one of his Travels, and allows a hairsbreadth of space between the gates. An essence will be Channeled back to his body on the link that tethers his soul to it (like a balloon to a hand). The salinity of the water in the surrounding area might increase. The temperature around his body him might drop. If he's in the bowels of a thriving forest, a seedling might begin to grow under his feet. In a week, when he has returned to his body and left, a sapling may be rearing its soft brow. Emotion can also be Channeled. Hatred from the dying victim at the scene of a murder could kill plant growth, preventing anything else from growing for the next day, month, or even decade. The results of the Channeling depend on the intensity of the element Channeled, and how much of it passes through. This includes the radius of space affected, as well as the type. Despite all this, the results are in themselves small: things few would notice, or even look for. Combined, the influences R'noku has had on his environment are overwhelming. He has innocently contributed to the length of moon cycles, increased the prosperity of the seasons, altered the powers of newborn pups, and created immeasurable twists of fate in hundreds of thousands of lives.
No one is more qualified to tell you that it really is the little things.
.THE PERSONALITY. Likes: the color indigo, evergreen trees, the morning perfume of fresh rain Dislikes: being persistently questioned, high temperatures, being resisted, being out of the loop. Fears: falling in love a third time, meeting his children, responsibility for a large group of people, death, being forgotten Quirks/Habits: -When with only one companion, he prefers to be on their left side. -Kneads his claws when under great emotional stress -Blinks twice when angry (R'noku can suppress all of these and invent new ones when playing a part.) Strengths: -Remarkable stamina -The ability to tolerate intense pain -Experience -Ruthlessness -Skilled acting -Intelligence Weaknesses: -The effect of his bulk on his speed -A lack of complete control or full understanding of his power -Overconfidence -Selfishness -A deep attraction to wounded, reclusive women Secrets: -Why he left Avela Overall Personality: Pride, intelligence and melancholy are the roots of R’noku’s mindset. For him, requesting aid is less frequent than the emergence of cicadas. Instead he'll dig for what he wants subtly, until either the problem is solved or he sets it aside. R’noku is not a narrow-minded person, just an incredibly stubborn one. Questioning his motives has never been a solution before; why start now? Rather than raze himself over a mistake, he’ll scan the horizon for a way to avoid making it again. Debate is one of R’noku’s great passions. During a conversation he examines a thing from all angles, and may convince himself to switch sides in the middle of defending an opinion. There's never any shame in this. He doesn't believe in right or wrong (or coincidence, for that matter). R’noku believes in perceptions and situations. This mindset allows him to use and then coldly discard people without an ounce of guilt. In everything from speech to moral, R’noku is rich and ruthless. His desires continually fluctuate, making him unpredictable--and very dangerous. Lending R'noku more advantage still is his skilled acting. Given motive, he can assume almost any identity with alarming perfection. Battling other wolves is where he feels most himself, and where he is assured that, even if briefly, even if to one person, he matters. Being an intelligent creature, R'noku knows how talented he is . . . and it can make him overconfident if he isn’t careful. Though he lies on a regular basis, R’noku has a strong sense of justice. Should you need a loved one avenged or a criminal located, he will happily volunteer. Building a good reputation has long been one of his values. He’ll always begin with a pleasant inflection in his voice and an empathetic guise. Nastiness is something he saves up until it’s required. R'noku's love is a thing earned, not sold, and there is an appropriate lack of advertisement for it. Typically he’ll use you before he befriends you. Two romances have already been laid down to dust. Their failure has convinced him that tragedy and intimacy are inseparable.
.THE HISTORY. R’noku was born to Nero and Rain on a mountainside deep in the bowels of the arctic. Raised in a closely-knit pack of twelve, his acting skills first came to light when as a pup he recognized and adjusted his behavior to the personality of his current supervisor, satisfying them with his maturity only to sneak off later when their guard fell. When his unusual power emerged as well, he was finally given a name. As the largest of his litter, R’noku’s dominance over his siblings, Aerye and Ellithia, was expected. Aerye’s admiration of his brother’s strength was more than enough to earn R’noku’s favoritism. With eleven unique people at his disposal, R’noku continued to train himself as both an actor and a hunter. For the most part he neglected his powers, unsure of how they would benefit him, and scared by his inability to control them. At night he entertained the pack with comical impressions of each of them, often to the point where the morning found their bellies sore from laughter. Patiently he clawed his way up the ranks with a combination of brutality, campaign, and amateur psychology. The passing of two years saw him usurping his parents for the alpha position. Not long after, he plucked a pretty green-eyed girl from the pack for his mate. Her name was Rhea. She and R’noku shared that desperate, ravenous love of which only teenagers are capable. They were devastated when spring melted into summer and she proved infertile. That year, a wildfire caused by one careless man’s matchbox plunged them all into hell. The Lachime pack fell to ruin, its members wretchedly burned, dead, or disbanded. R’noku escaped the worst of the blaze, but was shot in the shoulder and stabbed in the ribs. Bleeding, depressed and choked by ash, R’noku wandered the arctic tundra for days in search of his companions. Finally, his cracked calls were answered by two strangers: Jeta, a wolf-husky mix who needed help dragging her child’s crushed corpse from a fallen log, and Avela, a fiery, petite wolf who’d caught herself in a briar patch. Answering Avela’s plea was one of the wisest decisions he ever made. Jeta turned up to aid him, and after Avela had been freed, she took them both to the Arctic Snow pack where they were nursed back to health and fell in love. It was a different passion than the kind he had with Rhea, something darker and more subdued. Together they slowly learned how to be part of a whole again, and held their own small parts in weaving the pack’s history. The arrival of Low Wind, Avela’s old flame, destroyed it all. R’noku developed a deep, jealous rage that scared them both. He broke three of Low Wind’s ribs, sparing him only out of a dim consideration for his mate. Driven by hatred, Low Wind raped Avela shortly after she lied with R’noku for the first time. One warm night, as she lay terrified and delusional in labor, R’noku left her. Why is something he has not yet revealed. For months all he did was travel, absorbed in his pain. Eventually he wormed his way into the Warrior Lands. Only then did he begin to explore his power again, in a pathetic attempt to forget his sorrows. Keza was the first native he met, and chose him as a candidate for Enol-Tenmele. The anticipation of a (third) new life with a (third) new group of people is driving R’noku mad. At night he’s still haunted by the things he left behind, in particular, his abandoned mate and bastard children.
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Re: R'noku « Reply #1 on Apr 10, 2008, 11:00am »
0.0 Bloody Hell........That is probably one of the best bio's i've ever read......... and the power description is the best i've come across. I'm glad I invited you to join us here Lachime, and i'm glad you came and bought R'noku with you. Accepted. He may be a lone as I've already told you. ^^
« Last Edit: Apr 10, 2008, 11:01am by Greymuzzles »
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