Pollux

[Squeeji]

Name: Pollux

Gender: Female
Species: Grey Wolf
Age: 5
Height: 2'10"
Weight: 73

Pack: Arnlan
Rank: Gamma Female

Personality:
Pollux is very intelligent, always wanting to be useful, but not happy until she's almost overloaded with responsibility, and almost always a bit frazzled. She's what could be considered a power-achiever (meaning she gets things done, and gets them done promptly and well)...even though she sometimes forgets to do something over others...but such is the way when things are so busy…though she does it with a smile. And always brings it on to herself.

She's very considerate, and loves others company, can be somewhat of a chatter bug, but like her hectic lifestyle, also talks in a frantic pace. Though, there’s one thing to note about Pollux, she’s always has, and always will be, a devious pup, regardless of age, delighting in tormenting, teasing and joking…sometimes to teach some sort of lesson, and most of time just for her own amusement.

The thing of it is, is that Pollux, as friendly as she sounds and seems, is very hard to work with. She does things in her own way, and has a very particular way of doing what she does. It's almost infuriating to others to have to work with her, which is fine with Pollux, while she doesn't mind company she knows that there is an important line to be drawn between niceties and when work needs to get done. She hates whenever anyone gets in her way.

Independent as she is, she's loyal to her pack, and will do anything within reason to help her alphas; though she doesn't seem to enjoy her work as much as she used to. Some whisper that she only keeps herself so busy to keep herself from being alone with herself too long; having long since lost her closest companion during a scouting mission seasons ago.

When out on a scouting mission she's very cautious, always logical and calculating, she leaves nothing to chance, doing so once has cost her everything, and she's twice as careful now. Though she's a quiet sort, when out on her own she's more than just a keen eye and sly negotiator...she can hold her own in a fight.

Strengths: No one in Arnlan (perhaps save the alphas) she know s the territories outside of the packlands better than Pollux. She always keeps tabs on the activities of rival packs, and knows where the valuable rotations of the herds outside of Arnlan.

Pollux is the worst gossip in Arnlan, she makes it her business to know what everyone is up to, and usually does much to everyone’s chagrin.

Weaknesses: Is prone to seasonal depression, in Fall it begins the worst, with her seemingly disappearing for spells, and in winter when she returns she’s terribly sullen until Spring returns

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
What qualities do they look for in a mate: Tall, dark and handsome, prefers the ‘bad boy’ sort.
Mate: None
Parents: Navis (mother), Austrinus (father)
Littermates: Apus, Lyra, Lepus and Cepheus (Brother, Sister, Brother and Brother)
Siblings: Orion (Brother)
Offspring: None

Appearance:
Pollux is a tomboyish looking female, tall and slim she's got a lean muscular look to her, making her appear more sleek than lanky. Though it does appear that she didn't seem to grow into her ears, they're a bit on the big side; one of the ears has a notable nip taken out of it for some reason or another. She's got a simple pretty face often flipping expressions from frantic to serene, though she's not as young as she had been, a touch of age showing on her features a bit of white along the muzzle, she's certainly a wolf in the middle of her life. Her eyes are a dark gray, one lighter than the other, which gives her somewhat of a startling appearance, no matter how kindly she looks upon you.

Her fur looks like molten metals of gold, copper and quicksilver, almost shining with a metallic glint from the natural waves in her fur, her coat is thick, and often short and plucky in some places. The majority of her form is gold and silver, with highlights of copper on the paws, ears and on a small mask shape on her face. On her front right ankle she appears to have the remains of a human snare trap roped around.

History:
Since Pollux was a pup she had always called Arnlan home, born to a set of older wolves that had lived in the pack borders, she was raised with her brothers and sisters under the watchful eyes of her parents. Life always seemed normal for the young pup. Though even young she had a certain disconnect with her litter mates; always seeming a bit standoffish from their play. It was not until her father brought home a lost pup he had found on patrol to be cared for with the rest of the litter did young Pollux come out of her shell.

Nearly instantly the two hit it off, it almost seemed that she and the little stranger just clicked. Becoming one another's other half. The two were close in age and seemed to constantly whisper and converse with one another. Never mind being the little scourges of the pack. Two close knit trouble makers which worried their parents and the pup sitters while nearly seeming each other’s shadow. They shared each other’s secrets knew each other’s every nuance, and more than once they would start and finish each others sentences without any prompting. Though close the two were vastly different from one another. As one cub was brash and proactive the other was mild and introspective. They certainly served as each other’s mischief and conscious, of course, it was often hard to tell which was which.

It wasn't long before their close behavior got the two dubbed after the constellation of the twins, Gemini...her being Pollux, and the other being Castor.

As the two grew together they almost seemed to be one creature, hunting, playing and as they got older, even advancing in rank...their...more, adventurous tendencies made them prime subjects as Scouts for Arnlan; which they did their duties with gusto, and gallantry, often telling stories in stereo much to the dismay to the poor ears of the Alphas and elders.

They worked as a team for many seasons always slipping out of danger at the last moment...but of course that sort of luck was never meant to last. Luck does wear thin for folks after all. And it was no different for Pollux and Castor, upon one night of scouting the neutral territory not far from the pack lands, the two had had been lulled by a false sense of security being so close to home. But they were not as safe as they wagered, as the two were ambushed by small scavenger pack of wolves, scrawny desperate things itching for a fight.

Though Pollux protested, it was always Castor was the brash headstrong beast, he wanted to show them what he was made of, just so his partner would get home safe and alive. When Pollux threatened to stay with her friend and fight, he turned on her and nipped her away, hurting her just so she'd go away. With a great pain in her heart she ran to tell her Alphas what may have befallen her companion.

When they returned to the scene, it was as Pollux had feared, Castor laid dead upon the bloodied earth, though he had put up a noble fight, as at least three of theirs were dead that night as well. The howl that escaped the young female was a most mournful noise, as she stayed with the body until she was bodily drug away, a deep depression seemed to fall upon Pollux as though part of her soul had been torn from her body.

It was assumed that Pollux would be out of commission for days after the loss of Castor, but no one expected that the next day the scout would've begged her Alphas for something to do, though they protested, Pollux was unrelenting...

And that's how things have been for years now, though things are still the same, accept that a young scout as grown old, and she's far more frantic to get things done as though her works can somehow patch a hole in her heart that is still as fresh as it was the years ago it was made.

Theme Song:

Regina Spektor- Fidelity

(Shake it up)

I never loved nobody fully
Always one foot on the ground
And by protecting my heart truly
I got lost in the sounds
I hear in my mind
All these voices
I hear in my mind all these words
I hear in my mind all this music

And it breaks my heart
And it breaks my heart
And it breaks my heart
It breaks my heart

And suppose I never ever met you
Suppose we never fell in love
Suppose I never ever let you kiss me so sweet and so soft
Suppose I never ever saw you
Suppose we never ever called
Suppose I kept on singing love songs just to break my own fall
Just to break my fall
Just to break my fall
Break my fall
Break my fall

All my friends say that of course its gonna get better
Gonna get better
Better better better better
Better better better

I never love nobody fully
Always one foot on the ground
And by protecting by heart truly
I got lost
In the sounds
I hear in my mind
All these voices
I hear in my mind all these words
I hear in my mind
All this music
And it breaks my heart
It breaks my heart

I hear in my mind all of these voices
I hear in my mind all of these words
I hear in my mind all of this music

Breaks my
Heart
Breaks my heart

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ART WORK

My Art
Old Ref
Young Pollux

Pictures/Fan-art
By Bandersnatch
By Bandersnatch
By Jarv

[smartie]

You wrote the history beautifully Squeeji! <3 for Pollux and the deceased Castor. ;.;

[Brink]

Awesome character, as always.

[scrii]

One absolutely beautiful character!

[jaksen]

one sweet looking chara Squeeji X3

[barcode454]

Gorgeous lookin char ^^