Post by Crystal on Aug 11, 2009 3:40:41 GMT -5
Scarback said:
Name: Scarback
Birth Name: Shiak (shee-AHK)
Species: Blackblood Dire
Fury: Yes
Age: 7 years
Height 3'10"
Weight: 200lbs
Pack: Blackblood Outlands
Rank: Warrior Trainee
Appearance: Covered in scars and somewhat scruffy-looking, he has something of a snaggletooth, and a thick mane running from his head to the middle of his back. The mane consists of coarse fur, with his tail being of the same texture. His tattoo is a mark over each golden eye (irises not shown in picture).
Personality: Gruff and blunt, Scarback is not altogether unfriendly, he merely seems so on the surface. In truth he has just become a bit awkward from years of wandering alone. He is most at home when fighting, though it doesn't bring him joy, only familiarity.
He also has something of a twisted, perhaps morbid sense of humor. This, too, has a bit to do with his years alone. His defense is that, had he not learned to laugh at death and decay and all things dark and unpleasant, he would not have had the fortitude to carry on.
Voice: Deep, rough, and gravelly. This was developed after his trip to the Man Villages, when an injury to his throat caused some scarring to his vocal cords.
Pre-forum History: He was quite the reckless youth, always the troublemaker though he stuck to harmless pranks. It wasn't long, though, before watching the other guards gave him a thirst to prove himself. By the time he was old enough to travel to the village, he was ready to buckle down and start working.
His name came not from the mammoth hunt itself, but from an event shortly after the kill. He does not know what his name would have been otherwise, but as the group headed back from the hunt with Shiak in the rear, a half-starved rogue saber got a whiff of the meat and attacked the wolf from behind, giving him his first scar. It was this same encounter in which his voice was permanently altered. The gaping wound across his back gave him his name, a reminder of his first real fight. The saber did not survive the encounter.
It was not long after that the Blackbloods were exiled from Inaria. Scarback's first reaction was anger. Anger with Whitewind, and anger with Swiftkill. He followed the others to the Outlands, but left soon after in frustration.
During his wandering he had time to think, and began to realize that Swiftkill was not truly at fault for their exile. This realization sunk in fully when he first felt the Fury's madness - a fight with a hungry bear in which he lost his leg. After this he began to feel ashamed of his frustrated departure. Though Swiftkill likely knew nothing of why he left, he decided his only course to ease his troubled mind must be to seek her out and apologize.
To this day he still resents Whitewind and the rest of Inaria for their judgements, but if Swiftkill has not led an attack against Inaria then neither will he. For Swiftkill of all wolves was most deserving of revenge.
And so it is with a renewed respect for his once-captain, once-alpha, that he seeks her out by traveling toward the Blackblood Outlands. It is his hope to someday rejoin the pack, and to be with his kin once more.
Forum History: At long last in the Glacial Beaches he came across Swiftkill, on his way back toward the Outlands to rejoin the old guard. It was there that she offered him her forgiveness upon his confession, and he finally left the last shreds of his childhood foolishness behind.
He made it to the Blackblood borders, accepted by Reicher. He is slowly starting to get a feel for pack life again after so long alone, though he may never get used to the fact that Whitewind's old insult is now being used like it's what they've always been called.
Official Reference:
Please note: The teeth are normal sized, they just stick out of his lips a little.
Right side scar ref:
