Name: Nola (NO-la)
Gender: Female
Age: 2 years; Spring
Island: Mitane
Race: Zaelin
Personality: Nola is a strong-willed wolf. She's a fighter, and has been since birth. Passionate and determined, she has her own way that she thinks things should be done, and she's willing to fight for her say. Nola has a strong sense of justice, and will always seek to follow what she believes to be the right path. Sometimes the well being of her pack must come first, but she makes an effort to be fair to every wolf. Her ambition and vision have led her to strike out on her own to make her own family, for Nola could never be happy following the ideals of another leader. All she wants is to gather a family around herself and carve out her own portion of the world. When it comes to dealing with other wolves, Nola tends to be open-minded but cautious. While optimistic and generally friendly, she isn't one to throw caution to the wind and trust without cause. She tends to judge others based on their morals and generosity; she herself is honorable to a fault, and selfless when it comes to her kin or close friends. Loyalty and honesty will win her respect, and eventually her trust; those who are self-serving or cruel have no place in her pack.
Appearance: Slender and slight of build, Nola is the typical small female wolf. Nowhere near as large as the average adult male, she relies more on speed and strength of will than on physical power to fight her battles. She is tall and willowy, and has a graceful, loping gait that belies her speed. Her fur is medium length, and very thick and warm. Pure white on her legs and most of her body, it darkens to silver on her back and forms a black line down her spine. Her tail is pale silver on top, and is tipped with black. Her silver ears are white on the inside, and her face is white as well. Nola's eyes are large and tilted at the tips, sky blue in colour. Around them are delicate, fluid silver markings. They are the physical manifestation of the powers that run through her veins and symbolize her kinship with the clouds.
History: Nola was born on the island of Mitane, along with four other pups to the alpha pair in a small pack of unrelated wolves. Their father had put together the pack from nothing, grouping with two other male wolves for convenience and then finally having pups of his own after meeting his mate. The five pups were born in the spring, all healthy and strong despite the modest size of their pack. However, shortly after they were born a late snowstorm blew over their territory. The temperature dropped to freezing and prey went into hiding until the weather improved. Their father and the other two males worked hard to feed the lead wolf's mate and pups, but Winter proved too strong for all of the pups to pull through. A few weeks after the storm first arrived, Spring bloomed in earnest, but by that time two of the pups had died, too weak to stand the cold. After that terrible storm, the pups' lives progressed without any problems, and they grew quickly.
Nola and her siblings were all quite different, despite having the same parents. Her sister was an ordinary-looking grey she-wolf. She had no powers or mutations as far as anyone could tell, and she was extremely jealous of both of her siblings. Her brother was a dark wolf with glossy black wings. He was the kind of wolf who relied heavily on violence to solve conflicts, and he believed absolutely in male superiority. And Nola was the youngest and smallest of the three. From birth, the symbols under her eyes made it obvious that she was possessed of some sort of magical ability. Her youth was not an easy time for her, however. Her brother was constantly bullying his two siblings, and her sister often lied to their mother in order to get Nola or her brother in trouble.
Cene hated her siblings. He didn't dislike them or find them unpleasant; he hated them. He made it his mission to keep the growing Nola as safe and relatively unharmed as possible during their first several seasons, watching out for her constantly as she grew. For his part, her father saw no point in dealing with the rogue pups. He left them to their mother, who did her best to keep order. Still, by the time she was eighteen months old, Nola had had enough. With a formal and (barely) polite farewell to her pack and kin, she struck off on her own for parts unknown. Nola and Cene traveled Mitane for months, roaming the wilds of the island in search of a new land and a new life. Eventually, once she got old enough, Nola decided that she wanted to start her own family. She vowed that when the claimed land for herself and started to gather a group of friends and kin, she would never let a wolf be treated unfairly. This was the rule that she had always lived by; the only difference was now, she was strong enough to enforce it.
Other: Kay, I'd like to squish the appearance thingies all into one paragraph, if that's alright. It's easier for me to write out my thoughts that way.
Name: Cene (KEEN)
Gender: Male
Personality: Since they were born, Cene has acted as Nola's personal adviser and closest companion. Cool and collected, he is strictly analytical, thinking situations through logically and not letting emotions cloud his thinking. Whereas his companion may sometimes go out of her way to help others, Cene is solely interested in the well being of himself, and most importantly, Nola. Despite their shared love of justice, he is most likely to object whenever his partner gives in to acts of kindness at her own expense. Cene notices everything, and his greatest skills are his observant nature and his sharp intellect. He is cunning and a schemer, and often seems cold to those who do not know him. Only Nola, who feels his emotions as if they were her own, knows that he does indeed feel pity and remorse. Cene regrets the misfortunes of other animals in distress, but unlike Nola, he doesn't concern himself with trying to fix all the world's evils. Practical and unrepentant to the end, he simply steels himself against the hardships which he sees as inevitable and moves past them.
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Subject: Nola & Cene 
Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:21 am
