Affogato
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6 years old
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Female (she/they)
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Subordinate
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Aspires to be Shaman
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Affogato... couldn't be called the nicest wolf in the world. She can't imagine anyone who isn't close to her could view her in a positive light. Then again, it probably isn't a negative light either, pe se. Just a bit... snooty? Yeah. She's snooty.
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Confusing, that the alpha would just disappear, but she can't say she's entirely distraught... She hardly knew the wolf, all considered. It is... very strange, though, and she's very keen to work out why.
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Affogato is more chuffed than any, to see her brother become alpha. She's proud of him, if not just a little itty bit jealous. But that's natural.
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Affogato is a very dark brown wolf, almost black. She has lighter brown markings on her head, neck, belly and thighs. She has white streaks of fur along the bottom of her tummy, around her muzzle, her toes, on her back just behind her shoulder and across her elbows. Affogato's legs are a little darker than the rest of their body.
Affogato has sectoral heterochromia, her eyes being a mostly dark brown, with large spots of green in them, symmetrically. Their skin is a darker brown than the rest of her, and they have an overbite, so their canine teeth poke out like a vampire. Affogato's hip is also scarred from an... accident.
Affogato is quite slender, she's a bit of a slack-off, and she doesn't tend to work on her muscle as much as other wolves may. Affogato may be shorter than most, but that doesn't stop them from holding their head high and acting like she is. She walks with long, graceful strides that do not match her personality. She thinks it makes her look more dominant. Like she has more purpose than the low-lives.
Affogato has quite thin, wiry fur. It's kinda gross. It has a way of feeling greasy. You could extract the oils from her fur to use a deep-fat frier, I'm sure. Gross. Her tail especially, the fluff kinda compresses down. It's like she never learned how to clean herself. She doesn't like, smell bad. Well, not any worse than a wolf typically would but she's obviously never heard of cleaning yourself in a river, or a lake, or something.
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Apathetic | Ambitious | Snooty | Gossip | Rude | Determined | Spiritual | Jealous | Curious
Affogato struggles with empathy, which she supposes could be a good reason she was never chose to become the Shaman's apprentice. She doesn't understand why that'd be a dealbreaker, though? As long as she does their job, why should apathy towards her patients be such an issue? It's not like they don't have ANY empathy... they think.
Affogato is very ambitious, with her main ambition being becoming Shaman. However, that's... probably never going to happen. Instead, she settles for aiming to be, well, better than everyone. Although, it is a bit hard to be better than everyone when you're a subordinate... maybe being the alpha's littermate could be something...? Probably not.
Affogato has a chronic need to be viewed on a pedestal, so she demonstrates dominant behavior on anyone equal to or below her (which is few).
Affogato balances between curious and not caring. If something piques her interest she'll go to pretty grave lengths to work it out, but it's not often something like that comes around. This missing alpha case very well may be the that...
Affogato is a pretty big gossiper. To many it would seem like she has no filter on her speech, but honestly? She just really enjoys starting rumors. She'll hide rudeness behind the label 'honesty' and sometimes, if she's feeling too bored, they might just make something up. Who does it hurt, really?
Affogato has a spiritual connection, as far as she's aware. She does recall it being stronger in her youth, but a lack of it being nurtured as a Shaman's apprentice has muted it. They have started having a strong connection again since the alpha's disappearance, she's sure of it.
Affogato is a very jealous she. She is jealous of Juniper, for getting to be Shaman apprentice when they didn't. She's jealous of [Shaman Name] for... well, kind of the same reasons. She lacks interest in any other role in the pack and it's completely unfair, to her, that she didn't get it. She can't understand why she didn't get the role, and is sure it's some big conspiracy against her, or something. Maybe. What is the POINT in all the ambitious... something bubbling inside her if it's futile to go for what she wants? There's no use in trying and it makes her furious.
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Affogato's apathy is a bit of a double-edged sword. She's unbothered by other wolves' needless whining and pain, overall she's able to live in her own zone without feeling all that sorry for anything. But... those are some of the same reason's her apathy is a weakness. She struggles to make friends with other wolves due to her inability to put herself in their shoes (paws?), and she sees nothing wrong with lies she spreads about wolves.
Another thing that could go either way is her keen curiosity. It leads her to seek new knowledge and work everything out to it's core. However, sometimes, there are things that should not be messed with like that, and could lead her running straight into danger's paws.
In terms of strengths, Affogato's determination, ambition and spirituality could be considered positive. However, lacking an outlet for them makes it pretty hard to make the positivity in them show.
Her ambition could be displayed in her futile acts, few that there are, to become Shaman? Her desperate attempts to no longer be stuck as a stupid subordinate? To finally, finally, be in a role that suits her?
Her determination lies in the fact she hasn't given up, and settled for something else. And why should she? Why would a wolf like her settle for a scout? Or, a hunter? They're not fit for that, and someone needs to realize that before they blow a gasket.
Affogato likes to think her spirituality is a guidance in their life, and has kept them from going apeshit long ago. It would have been nice if the Above Ones had swayed things in her favor, just a little... No. She shouldn't think like that. Affogato is grateful for... whatever guidance into... albeit strange offerings to give her what she wants. The Above Ones have grown a bit sinister over the years, they were definitely a lot less macabre when she was younger, but if it's their will... it's their will. She will follow the divine whispers in her ears to the ends of the Earth.
For weaknesses... most parts of Affogato are weaknesses. She thinks she's above most wolves, and there's very few who enjoy that attitude. She can only really get along very well with her brothers.
She's "brutally honest" and most wolves wouldn't like that either, unless they're... weird.
The gossiping doesn't help her case either. It's not like she cares all that much about being a nice person, though.
Her jealousy is perhaps the worst part of her. She can't say her jealousy applies to anyone but the Shaman and Juniper, though. In fact, she's actually quite proud of her brothers for their high roles. But... she doesn't want those roles. They do want Juniper's. Affogato is sure any interaction between her and Juniper wouldn't go the best. She'd end up doing something she'd regret, if she knew how to regret.
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No current affiliations- PM me.
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Súsán - Littermate (not made yet)
Amarok - Littermate (not made yet)
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No mate. She has very little interest in one.
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No offspring.
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If I didn't make it clear, Affogato did have a connection to the Above Ones in her youth, however her connection is now aligned with the Beasts of the Night. Hope that's okay to do, lol.
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