((Mind if I join with this fellow? This is my path~))
Name: Mouse
Gender: Male
Age: 4 years
Breed: Borzoi/Shepherd/Husky/"that-mangy-mutt-down-the-road" hybrid. There's probably a bit of wolf in there, too.
Rank: Hunter
Appearance: Mouse is a very scruffy character who doesn't seem to care much for taking care of himself. He is very skinny and extremely tall with a rough light dirty-brown coat. His markings include four golden-brown socks, two golden-brown spots above each eye, and a golden-brown belly. His long tail curls over his back slightly. He has golden-brown eyes and an unreadable expression most of the time. His left ear has a nick in it and flops down while his right ear stands tall with the tip torn off.
((I don't currently have a picture for him but I'm working on drawing one. =P))
Personality: Mouse has just about cut himself off from all emotions. Ever since his mother died he has become a cold-hearted dog with the only goal of surviving. Though he will not kill or attack for no reason, he never minds spilling some blood. In battle he is ruthless and will do whatever it takes to win, even if it means using some dirty methods. He has no ties to anyone and looks out for only himself.
History: Believe it or not, Mouse was quite the momma's boy when he was a pup. He loved her with every fiber of his being. Even when his littermates all left to make their own way in the world, he stuck with her. She was a very kind and caring dog and tried to teach Mouse to be the same way. He grew to be much larger than she was and became a sort of bodyguard for her, as living in this world on your own without battle experience, as his mother lacked, was a dangerous thing. Despite her trying to raise him to be kind, he knew that kindness would never protect her, so he remained quite wary and mistrusting of other dogs.
When he was almost two a small pack of five dogs tested Mouse's limits--and ultimately broke them. They waited until he was gone in search of food to gang up on his mother. They attacked and she was gravely injured when Mouse returned. Anger took over and he attacked the group. But anger has no place in a battlefield; he blindly clawed and bit, but was quickly overtaken by their numbers and pinned down. His mother tried to help, but she was no match for the larger dogs. They quickly killed her, and that's when something broke inside Mouse. The anger fled, and he felt nothing but calm as he broke free from his attackers and turned the tides.
Since that day he has felt almost nothing but a calmness that has helped him in battle. He vowed to never again be ruled by emotion, for he felt that it was his anger that rendered him unable to save his mother. He wasn't against forming another bond with another canine, but he just hasn't been able to. He found the pack of stray dogs and joined them purely for his own amusement. \