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Paws raked through cold snow, kicking up the icy substance as the canine desperately sprinted through the thick pine forest. His ears were pinned to his skull as though trying to block out the horrific wailing of a dog in pain. They yowled with agony, their terrorizing screams howling in his ears. He could not escape the sound, nor the memories of the frightened face of the shiba inu Acca as he sunk his fangs into her throat, feeling her terrified heartbeat stop as he shook her in his jaws.
“Octavius.” A soft voice called, surrending the wolf-like husky to a abrupt halt. His yellow eyes widened in frenzied terror as he felt skin brush against his legs, colder than the icy snow that had begun to pelt down onto him. He turned his head to see Acca. Her eyes possessed no familiar amber glow of joy, nor did her tail wag violently as she studied him with her focused eyes. Her eyes, oh gods, her eyes. They were emotionless pools of inky black darkness, with black tears dripping down her cheeks, staining her cheeks. Her throat was bleeding the same black substance, the deep puncture wounds that he had inflicted upon her visible as she craned her head up to look at him.
“This is the afterlife that I will endure for eternity, because the gods did not approve of me.” Her voice, once light and friendly, was emotionless and dead. “This is what you did to me, you killed me, only to have me die again in the eyes of my gods and all who loved me.”
He felt a instinctual yearning to apologize, though as he opened his maw he spoke nothing of this guilt. “No! You did that to yourself, you weak pup!” He snarled back, viciously lunging forth to strike his paws into her side, leaning down, his muzzle centimetres from her throat. “You deserved it.”
Hee towered over her, ready to make the killing bite, before his vision faded out, replaced by a pool of darkness. The cries of terror from Acca echoed in his ears, ringing within them as his vision suddenly returned. He swiftly lifted his head up from his paws, his breaths quick and eyes frantic as he looked around, trying to make sense of what had happened. It wasn’t real. It wasn’t. The husky assured himself worriedly, recounting the horrible words he had snapped at Acca. Why did I do that? I didn’t want to… or maybe I did in the moment, but I don’t now. Oh gods, help me.
Around him where the sleeping bodies of a few fellow packmates, and beyond that, at the doors of the castle room, where two guards standing watch, Stheno and Pheme. Stheno kept her intent gaze focused as she stood, but Pheme appeared acutely focused on the kangal next to her rather than her assignment.
Octavius felt an instinctual pull to share his supposed dream —or rather, nightmare— with Stheno, as he felt as though the high-ranking fea was wise and controlled, although the thought of Pheme possibly eavesdropping and spilling his confidential information worried him immensely. He gave a quick glance in Stheno’s direction, then slumping down with a silent whine.
He was being chased. Chased not by Acca, but his own demons, and what he feared the most, was that he wasn’t trying to run away. He was embracing them.
“What have I become?”
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“You know, I think you’re my most frequently injured patient, Kronos.” The ibizan hound, Daedalus, chuckled lightly as he watched the mixed-breed gingerly rise to his paws. “You really need to be more careful.”
“Yes, Socium.” He replied courteously, dipping his head in a respectful manner as he tested his weight on each of his paws.
Daedalus shook his head slowly, slapping his tail on the larger canine’s muzzle. “Enough with calling me Socium, I’ve told you before I much prefer Daedalus. You needn’t remind me of my rank everytime you address me.” He scolded gently, continuing to bear a friendly smile.
Kronos, flashing a sharp grin, nodded his head. “Sorry, Daedalus. It’s kind of instinctual to call you that.”
“Just as you call me sweetness all the time?” Another voice suddenly chimed in. The caller was Veradis, a fierce pitbull mix that so happened to also be the mate of the cane corso before her. She brushed against him briefly before tilting her head to Daedalus. “So, is Kronos ready to go back to his regular duties?”
“Yes, but I would caution he sits out on intense hunting or patrolling missions for now. ” He paused, watching Kronos and Veradis share a look of concern. “And if it is Erebus you’re worried about snapping, I wouldn’t.” His eyes twinkled as he scooped up a few leaves from his herb pile. “We already discussed it, so long as you’re doing something to contribute to pack work then it’s all good to rest for now.”
Kronos smiled with relief, grateful that the hound went to speak with Erebus. He had a track record to get injured, and now Erebus’ anger was steadily rising. He recalled how the bully kutta knocked him into the frozen lake after he had sprained a paw, threatening to drown him if he didn’t pull his wait around pack. The corso wasn’t one to be easily frightened, but the wrath of Erebus was something that even the most valiant would cower at. “Thank you.” He murmured gratefully to Daedalus, who simply wagged his tail and pranced away, presumably to the royal quarters to visit his pups.
“Now that Daedalus is gone...” Veradis began hesitantly, “I wanted to speak to you about something.”
Tilting his creamy-furred head, the brute blinked quickly. “What’s wrong?” He inquired, a look of concern worn upon his face.
Veradis shook her head abruptly. “No, no. It’s nothing bad—I hope— uh, well, it’s about us. I’ve, well… I’ve been wondering.” She inhaled slowly, closing her eyes as she did so. “Well, I’ve been thinking about, um…” The pitbull seemed nervous to explain just exactly what she seemed to be attempting to tell him, but after firmly planting her rump onto the floor and exhaling, her eyes flashed with determination. “I’ve been thinking about starting a family, Kronos. We’ve been mates since we joined the kennel, but we never really thought about it. I’ve loved pups, and I have always wanted a family, but I never felt ready. Now, now I do.”
Kronos studied her expression in silence, his brows furrowed in intent thought. He opened his maw to speak, waiting momentarily as he searched for words. “Veradis. The second I met you, I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you. To spend the rest of my life with my own pups and my mate, that would be a life well lived.”
Veradis crashed into him, eyes warm with loving affection as she pressed her nose against his muzzle, embracing him. “A life well lived indeed.”
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“And then, the great doberman leapt down from the ledge, sinking his massive fangs into the old kangal. His powerful jaws clamped around his throat, crushing all life out the weak elder.” Bellona grinned viciously as she saw the expressions on the three pups that cowered infront of her. Progeny of the great Diablo and horrid Mira, the trio that sat at her paws seemed to possess the spirit of their weak mother, earning the doberman to curl her lips into a disdainful snarl.
“And that was our dad who did that?” Leto asked with a squeak.
“As I said about fifty times before, yes.” Bellona snapped back to the young pup.
“What was he like?” Diabol asked curiously, brown eyes wide as he awaited a answer.
Bellona smiled bitterly as she remembered him, lifeless in the jaws of Erebus. That bastard dog, he ruined my life, and now I work under his command. She looked down at the pups, stretching out a forepaw to tuck Diabol closer to her. “Like a nightmare. He was cruel, unforgiving and harsh. He was the kind of dog everyone respected, until your mother came along. She was a brat,” Her claws raked across the stone tile, and Leto & her sister uneasily stepped away from Bellona. As she began to speak again, she slowly began to put a paw on Diabol’s head, putting increasingly more pressure as she spoke. “She was a house dog with no respect for anything, but somehow he wanted her. Not any other dog, her. She infected his mind, made him go soft.”
“Bellona! Please stop, you’re hurting me.” Diabol began to whine in pain as she shoved him into the stone.
“Hurting you? How funny. How do you think I felt, huh? When he picked her over me. How do you think I felt?”
“Bell-Bellona please!” Styx and Leto began to cry out miserably as blood began to pour down Diabol’s head. They began to nip at her paws, though she battered them with her other paws, causing them to tumble into the approaching wolf, Valerik.
“Let the little one go, Bell.” Valerik commanded with a low growl of warning. “Now.”
Bellona sneered, narrowing her eyes at Valerik as she pushed away Diabol, who came tumbling into the wolf’s paws. “Oh come on Valerik, we were just playing a little game.”
“Was the game called try to hurt your old leader’s pups?” Valerik snapped, giving her a scolding look before ushering the three pups away.
Bellona growled before striding away past the four canines angrily.
list of breeds commonly found • i accidentally said alerio was the one who was murdered by octavius and not euclid, which is why he is still here and not dead. ──── hunting
♔ stheno leads dante, aello, minerva, hadrian & amara
xxxxx➤ location : western ruins
♔ ophelia leads pheme, alcippe, judas, lyssa & icarus
xxxxx➤ location : pine forest
♔ dioscuri leads vesper, pallas, xenos, khoine & diomedes
xxxxx➤ location : the northern ridge
──── patrol
♔ valerik leads valerik, kratos, remus, chiron & thaleia
xxxxx➤ location : near the river
♔ calytrix leads basil, iantha, hemera, romulus & bellona
xxxxx➤ location : near the village
──── death
♔ nothing happens this moon.
──── castle guard
♔ zariana leads dioscuri, euryale, regulus, ardeen
& octavius
──── work of the clergy
♔ erebus goes to request a clericus
♔ asclepius & daedalus goes to gather herbs
──── life
♔ the imperium consumes a ibex & hog
♔ veradis & kronos try for pups.
──── training
♔ all tiros train with their mentor.
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♔ alerio fights with khoine before going to
the mountains.
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—( 𝑅𝑂𝑌𝐴𝐿𝑇𝑌 )—
♛ ── 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑 :
erebus, 31m, ♂, bully kutta
➪ ★★★★★★★★☆
♛ ── 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 :
name, 00m, ♀♂, breedxxxx
♛ ── 𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐔𝐌 :
daedalus, 34m, ♂, ibizan hound
➪ notes : nick in left ear
♛ ── 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐔𝐒 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐔𝐒 :
daedalus, 34m, ♂, ibizan houndxxx
♛ ── 𝐈𝐔𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐔𝐌 :
anaideia, 02m, f, czech v. x
hecate, 02m, f, czech x
angelos, 02m, f, czech x
alastor, 02m, m, czech x
keres, 02m, m, czech x
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♛ ── 𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐔𝐒 :
name, 00m, ♀♂, breed
♛ ── 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐔𝐒 :
name, 00m, ♀♂, breedxx
♛ ── 𝐃𝐔𝐗 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐔𝐌 :
diomedes, 28m, m, dane
♛ ── 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐎𝐑 :
name, 00m, ♀♂, breedxxx
♛ ── 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐒 :
▷xstheno, 19m, f, kangal
valerik, 60m, m, wolf
kronos, 45m, m, corso x
euryale, 19m, f, kangal
romulus, 20m, m, dob.
caius, 29m, m, boer.
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♛ ── 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐈 :
▷xxxunit i.
↳ dux: icarus, 37m, m, dob.
hadrian, 49m, m, corso
kratos, 34m, m, dogo
basil, 34m, m, kangal
calytrix, 21m, f, dob.
▷xxxunit ii.
↳ dux: xenos, 30m, m, dob.
ophelia, 46m, f, gsd x
bellona, 48m, f, dob.
veradis, 43m, f, pit x
pallas, 60m, m, rottie
▷xxxunit iii.
↳ dux: corvus, 46m, m, pit
regulus, 19m, kangal
delta, 17m, f, doberman
octavius, 16m, m, husky x
name, 00m, breed ♛ ── 𝐈𝐍𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐒 :
▷xxxunit i.
↳ dux: vesper, 27m, f, dutch s.
asclepius, 36m, m, eskimo
remus, 20m, m, dob.
perses, 25m, m, rottie
khoine, 17m, f, cauc. shep
▷xxxunit ii.
↳ dux: dante, 34m, m, pit
boreus, 17m, m, cauc. shep
pheme, 19m, f, amer. alsatian
minerva, 42m, f, shalom shep.
iantha, 43m, f, cauc. shep.
▷xxxunit iii.
↳ dux: dioscuri, 46m, m, dob.
lyssa, 25m, f, dob.
amadeus, 18m, m, canario
name, 00m, breed
name, 00m, breed ♛ ── 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑 :
▷xxxunit i.
↳ dux: nike, 37m, f, mutt
thaleia, 41m, f, emd
damianus, 18m, m, dob. x
efrem, 18m, m, dob. x
amara, 16m, f, corso x
▷xxxunit ii.
↳ dux: chiron, 45m, m, dob.
hemera, 26m, f, aussie
eurydice, 45m, f, dob.
marcella, 42m, f, swiss s.
judas, 16m, m, corso x
▷xxxunit iii.
↳ dux: aello, 18m, f, lab
alcippe, 21m, f, brittany
eudora, 29m, f, gsd
name, 00m, breed
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upcoming ceremony. daemonium venator dogs in treatment. kronos —( x1 oak leaves ) name—( treatment )
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♛ ── 𝐓𝐈𝐑𝐎 :
▷xxxgroup i.
alerio, 15m, m, shalom shep. x
▷xxxgroup ii.
nymeria, 11m, f, northern inu.
zorya, 10m, f, doberman
hypnos, 08m, m, dob. x
thanatos, 08m, m, dob. x ♛ ── 𝐎𝐁𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐗 :
zariana, 52m, f, mastiff x
ardeen, 21m, f, pyrennes
♛ ── 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐗 :
eris, 30m, f, staffy
↳ anake, metis, eros
♛ ── 𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐔𝐒 :
diabol, 05m, m, dob. x
styx, 05m, f, dob. x
leto, 05m, f, dob. x
ananke, 04m, f, alabai. x
eros, 04m, m, alabai. x
metis, 04m, f, alabai. x ♛ ── 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐌 :
name, 00m, breed
name, 00m, breed
name, 00m, breed
♛ ── 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐔𝐒 :
lucina, 35m, ckcs
name, 00m, breed
name, 00m, breed
♛ ── 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐔𝐒 :
name, 00m, breed
name, 00m, breed
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total deceased dogs. twenty four next blood ceremony. four moons
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♛ ── 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐘𝐀𝐑𝐃 :
slaughter : 017
faust • odyssey
hellion • tempest
hopper • odin
august • hugh • blake
arrow • mira • raegan
costello • atticus
diablo • acca • euclid
other. : 08
rain • zephyrus
aradia • ash • adolpha
bruin • titan • maple
♛ ── 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐒 :
valerik : able to hunt hog
with only four dogs,
scares away predators,
asclepius : gathers extra
herbs, even in winter. ♛ ── 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐘 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 :
total servings: 059
vole • 1 serv. • 04
hare • 2 serv. • 03
eagle • 3 serv. • 05
trout • 3 serv. • 04
ibex • 5 serv. • 02
elk • 6 serv. • 02
hog • 6 serv. • 00
♛ ── 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐁 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄 :
alder bark, 01
burdock root, 01
cobwebs, 00
dock, 01
lamb’s ear, 00
poppy seeds, 01
willow leaves, 01
♛ ── 𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 :
valerik → alerio (03).
romulus → nymeria (01).
calytrix → zorya (01).
perses → hypnos (01).
basil → thanatos (01).
♛ ── 𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 :
[✓ ] the underdogs •
↳ allies.
[ ○ ] ebony pinions
↳ future allies.
[ ✕ ○✓ ] kennel • user
↳ thoughts.