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Post by Azaelia on Jun 2, 2019 23:06:22 GMT -8
R I V E R • H A V E N
Abel's Forest 
The Somnus wolves discovered a secluded water hole after venturing far east for the first time since the dreaded coywolf war. Once residing here was a small, powerful pack of coywolves who, after much bloodshed, were finally driven from their intrusion by an enraged Somnus pack. None have traveled here in fear of returning to old, devastating memories, but one fateful day, a young alphess Eureka found herself a new haven, and named it after her mother, who was a leader in war. Before one can find the grotto, they must travel through a thick, green forest on the edge of the eastern outskirt mountains. The forest is home to many prey and predators long thought to have been eradicated in the famine. It is named after Eureka's sister, Abel, who died near the area as a young pup. G A M E
| (venemous) Snakes & Lizards | Opossums | Ground Turtles | Hogs | Moose | 
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| Ariel's Pool 
Wolves traveling from the eastern territories, including the muddy pines and rocklands, will first discover the eastern borders of Somnus, a green, mountainous terrain that overlooks nearly all but the ocean of Eastern TPR. The trek to and from these borders is no easy task when stalked by the lurking mountain lions eager to snatch a lone wolf. These borders are safest to approach in groups. G A M E
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| Hidden Grotto
Behind the falls of Ariel's Pool is a desolate, somewhat small grotto. It is wet from the floors to the walls, but home to little life nor sound but the small trickles of water and the gentle flow of the small waterfall just outside. It's no home for a wolf, but it does certainly serve as a welcoming spot for rest, and that little peace of mind that never seems to settle anywhere near the heart of Somnus.
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Seldom seen
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Alphess
Female
2½ Years
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Post by Alphess Eureka on Jun 6, 2019 21:35:18 GMT -8
- the constant happiness is curiosity -
--birth timeskip--
The water pouring from the waterfall at the mouth of the grotto screamed loud to muffle the sounds of her rushing thoughts. Why were they so quiet? Not one peep had come from any of them. No whimpers. They had ailed her so formally just to arrive in bliss. They hardly moved but to attach to her stomach. Her body still trembled, and the worst was far from over. She couldn't hate what was only a consequence of somebody else's mistake. But, though she tried, she could not look at these creatures and say she loved them. She loved their life, but not as her own.
"Draco..." Eureka whispered as she stared down at her creations, giving everything she had in her heart just to feel something for them. Her eyes throbbed until tears began to well from them, as her efforts failed completely. "How could I do this to them?" Eureka cried. "How could I give them a mother who does not love them?"
Her face fell into their furs, the three bodies failing to react to her touch. They simply took her nutrients, and that was all. She wailed into the squirmy beings with her eyes pressed shut, unwilling to look upon their faces any longer. "This wasn't supposed to happen. I was supposed to fall in love, find a mate to lead Somnus with me, have my own family." She glared up into Draco's eyes and screamed with hideous hatred, but not towards him. "It was supposed to be my choice!" This was the first time she'd said a word since she returned home, and her voice was unaccustomed to the strength it took to raise. It broke in the air like glass, and she was defeated once again.
"Maybe if I had fed them, if I had let them hear my voice, maybe they'd love me. But I'm just a stranger to them as they are to me. How can I call them mine? How?" Tears streamed down her face as she lacklusterly suckled them, wincing as their tiny claws drew blood from her underbelly. She suddenly fell silent, and what little was left of her voice escaped in tiny whispers. "I can't do this. An alphess cannot be if she cannot be a mother. I've failed you. I'm so sorry. It's unbearable, Draco."
She had no tears left to shed, but it showed in her shaking frame that she was utterly broken, and quite on the verge of death. If her body had allowed it, she wouldn't be alive. All it took was one decision, the mental lightswitch that turned every organ off if she so pleased. She met eyes with Draco again. How he hated her. How he strived for the power she took from him. How she killed his sisters. She didn't blame him for his hating her. She would, too. "It should've been you. I'm sorry."
She winced again from the pain, a small groan escaping her as her head fell to the ground, her bloody and deformed body sprawled across the floor. Only enough air was keeping her alive, allowing her body to function, but it was crippling all the same while her insides died. There was more to survival than the persistence of the flesh. She had given up looking for a way out of her fear and pain. "Help me do this," she begged from the wet floor, a distortion of the beautiful girl she once was. The girl who brought sunshine, whose rays were no longer there. Her body was a cruel mockery of the beauty she once adorned. With every breath she took, she felt less of that girl inside of her, and less desire to see another day.
Somnus didn't deserve this. She knew well that damage did not stop at one individual. It latches to those around the host like a virus, and trickles down through the generations. It ruins even the lives yet to be called into existence. If she were to lead alone, the girl who was once the light and new dawn of Somnus would be its demise.
"Help me lead, at the very least until I'm... alive. I need you, Draco. I can't do this alone," she cried, voice breaking at every word so that each was almost indecipherable. Her eyes closed as she broke down into uncontrolled whines, spatting everything left in her dying vocabulary at her brother. "Please. Please. It hurts so bad, Draco, please..." |
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Alpha
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2.5 Years
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Post by Alpha Draco on Jun 6, 2019 22:40:36 GMT -8
| D R A C O
A L P H A
S O M N U S-Birth Timeskip- He had stayed with her the entire time she gave birth, making sure that she was alright, that she was going to make it. With the Salutaries back in the Commons, or having lost them when they entered this new territory, it was solely up to Draco to make sure that she was alive and well, and able to give birth to all of them. He had watched Murdoch, Corvidae and Nevermore help Aelin give birth, and this was no different. Thankfully, he had been there to help her enough, and now she was with three little bundles of fur, although she was not entirely happy. These were not her choice, they weren’t from the beginning. But there was nothing that could have been done. He wished he had been stronger, that he hadn’t let that male take control and keep him from being there for his sister. He would have been able to protect her. These little beings that were oh so quiet would not have been born. But alas, everything had been planned. They knew their weaknesses, and Draco had lost. He had never fought anyone besides Ocean and sparred occasionally with smaller opponents like Violet to keep himself on his toes. But he had no idea what lay beyond the cozy interior of his pack, until that day. Now he was sat near Eureka, looking down at her with concern. Her frail frame being even more so smaller after the birth. She had lost a lot of weight since he had last seen her, which was months ago. He hated himself for not checking up on her, forcing his way into her den to make sure she was okay. But that was now in the past. He had to focus now on being there, and making her better. He listened to her, every word she spoke making him even more so anxious to have her better. This wasn’t her. The devastations that lay at her belly were still silent as their mother wailed and raised her voice. He listened to her, not knowing really what to say. But he listened, his ears twitching as he did. She spoke of her failure, and a small flash of anger came across him. If anything, he had been the one to fail her. To fail protecting her from that monstrosity that planted these demons inside of her. And then that sentence made him snap. “I believed that all my life. That it was supposed to be me. The one to lead this pack. I was the first born, why shouldn’t I get the position since my brother abandoned the pack and I was the only real heir? That turned me into this bitter and hateful being. It took me too long to figure that out. And in the process I’ve pushed myself from you and the rest of Somnus. You deserved to be the Alphess of this pack. You deserved it because as I grew bitter over Abel and Ariel’s deathes, you brought yourself closer to others. You brought the pack together. It would have fallen and been nothing had I been the Alpha,” He said, looking to her with an earnest expression on his face. “You haven’t failed anyone,” He whispered, looking to her. As her next sentence came, he was shocked to say the least. She was asking him to lead the pack with her. To be the Alpha alongside her. Mother had always spoken of packs that were built upon a sibling ruling, but he never thought that they would be the ones to enact it within Somnus. “It’d be an honor,” He states, looking towards her with a smile smile. After some time, he brought her food so that she could eat and become a bit stronger, and after a few more days, they would head back to the commons with the new litter in tow. -Exit-
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Post by Merida on Oct 28, 2019 15:18:33 GMT -8
Make room for the things
that add beauty to your life Sweet, flaming optics were parallel to the massive swarm of trees arching above her. Their massive bodies reminded Merida of how tiny she was, not just physically, but in the grand scheme of nature’s will, she was only a small fraction of the world’s system. She wanted to feel grateful that her soul had been created to play even the smallest part in something so much bigger than her, but all she could feel was used. The shadows of the trees surrounding her closed in on top of her as terrible flashbacks swarmed of those beasts attacking her like her life didn’t matter; she existed just to glorify the existence of others. She had always lived to serve others, and those years had proved it. She couldn’t help considering that Percy had helped her escape from that place just to lock her back up here. She never even wanted to find Azaelia. And now her sister had gone mad! Leaving Merida to clean up the pieces without any sort of recognition… again.“Nev?” Merida whimpered when she realized that one particular shadow was not at her side. Had the apprentice even come along? Did Merida lose her?!She knew the panic had set in when the rays of the spring sun had become so cold upon her back, and she could not bear to open her eyes to confront such a massive barrage of light. She shunned herself away in the forest and began relentlessly swirling, shouting Nevermore’s name. She didn’t know that Nevermore had left looking for Blue, and without that knowledge would continue to blame herself for her disappearance.After minutes, possibly an hour, of jostling through the thick garden of evergreens, she collapsed, exhausted, onto a curiously wet floor. The sudden energy surrounding her, the burst of colors splattering in this strange clearing, woke her from what could have been a deadly episode of mental mutilation. If she only extended her tongue from her maw, it would be tasting crystalline water from a beautiful, hidden grove. Opposite of her was a peculiar depression in the stone wall. If her eyes were better, she wouldn’t have had to inch any closer to realize its depth. What a lovely hideout this was.She giggled softly to herself as small fish tickled her paws while she made her way through the water. It was pleasantly warm compared to the air above the surface. As she swayed in the water, all troubles left her. For a moment, she had no memory of her past. Even as the shock of the small waterfall collapsing over her jolted her heart rate, she still felt completely at peace.A curious little fairy dipped her nose into the bend of the cave, smelling for anything especially out of the ordinary within the out-of-the-ordinary. She could hardly smell the faint stain of blood across the cave floor. It had been slowly washed away by the mist, but its ghost remained. She knew immediately that this is where Eureka had disappeared to, and where she had given birth to her bastard children.The room became darker, and she was surrounded by haunting visions of Eureka’s tragic labor, an eerie cone of thought shaping her unsteady breaths as she imagined what that could have possibly been like for her. The poor girl. She had brought herself back so much pain from the outside world that would stay with her forever. It wasn’t something that could be taken back, couldn’t be changed. All the alphess could hope for was for somebody to help her through it. Yet how alone she always seems.As Merida planted her body beside the pool of the past, she found that gratefulness she had been looking for back in the forest, that feeling of being put on the earth for a reason. Nature had given her a life, and Merida would repay it by saving other lives. Maybe she was stuck here, but she wasn’t stuck there, where she could have been if she hadn't been saved. The acceptance was enough to sedate her so sweetly into a deep, meditative sleep. She would wake up in a few short hours and trek back to the commons in thought.
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