Name: Enzo
Why I Love Him:Well, to be honest, I was looking at the teenie page to get to the WOI page, but then I saw him. My stomach tightened and my heart raced. I know I've fallen in love with other Warriors of Isket, but none of them made me feel like this. I was stunned by his beautiful, simple markings, yes, but what really got me was his face, the serene look in his eyes and the sense that behind the shy wolf, there was a strong one. A wolf that could conquer anything he put his mind to. Enzo.
Short Story:(just note I'm using the parents' names :3 Saphrina (Saa f ree na) and Ratheus (Ray thee us))
The early daysSaphrina staggered into the whelping den, her paws sore from carrying such a heavy load of pups. Ratheus came in quietly after, nudging her gently from behind to make sure she kept moving. Saphrina barely had time to lay dawn before the contractions came. Countless hours later, I came into the world along with one brother and one sister. Since I was the runt, I always found it hard to find a spot on mom; I'd always gotten angry at my brother and sister for getting there first and pushing me away. In those moments of pure puppy fury I'd let out a minuscule squeak that, at the time, I thought was most terrifying. My mother, kind and gentle as she was, would move my siblings around to make room for me. We were only a few weeks old when we gained sight. We all played and jumped around and used Saphrina as a playground. When we got to rough, Ratheus would step in and tell us that our mother needs to rest and that she was tired. Then, when he say the fear of being yelled at he'd chuckle let us play some more. The first few weeks with my parents in the den started out fun and exciting then soon the excitment faded and we all wanted more, to know more about the outside world. We wanted out.
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TrainingToday is the day I thought as I readied for training. I went over to the wooden armor that I had. It was beautiful armor, I looked over at my sibling's armor and thought that mine was really stunning. I was so excited I could hardly contain myself. I took a walk to calm myself. It wouldn't be good if when I met Rayo I portrayed myself as a foolish, jittery pup. My parents helped me get ready, putting on my back and chest plated and tightening the leather straps. Once we all have our armor on we ready ourselves to meet Rayo and all of the alphas.
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We head on our way into the vast unknown; or so it felt for me, having never left the dark cave in which I'd lived in my whole life so far. Of course my parents escorted us to the center of the cliffs for there were many passageways of which I and my siblings were unfamiliar to. When we reached the vast entrance to the Alpha's cave my parents bid us farewell and I didn't turn to face the alphas until I saw my parent's tails swish around the corner. Then, I turned to head into the cave and found myself scooting to a halt right on top of Rayo. I shuffled awkwardly backwards and came to a halt on my behind. "I-I'm so sorry, sir" I said nervously.
So much for not being a foolish, jittery pup. I thought. At first Rayo gave me a somewhat confused/ serious look and seemed to be sizing me up. Then he chuckled and said "C'mon, we have some work to do." and turned abruptly on his heels. We walk into the cave to meet our mentors and the training begins with a rough couple hours.
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The Breaking pointRight before the end of our training and all of our first birthdays, I and my siblings have improved greatly. My parents thought it was time to go on a hunting excabition. Of course we went to the safest part of the region, away from any and all threat of a Kronador attack, still we wore our bulky wooden armor. I spotted a little rabbit-mix a little ways off and automatically dropped into a well-practiced hunter's crouch. I stalked the thing for a good long time before it spotted me as the wind changed, I cursed myself for having not gone in to kill the rabbit quicker. I was so hoping to show my parents and siblings what I could do, to show them up even; although I know that'd be wrong. The rabbit bounded through the woods rather quickly and I chased it down like there was no tomorrow. I could hear my mother's warning about getting to far in the distance and I take no notice of it. I also don't take any notice of the large hoof print in the dirt in front of me. The rabbit scampers away and I skid to a halt, panting. What fun I was having, until I look up into the bloodthirsty, cold eyes of the Kronador.
I book it. I can't tell if the ghastly beast is chasing me, but I don't want to risk looking. I run straight down the path that I came by chasing the rabbit. Straight back to my family. I realize the flaw in my escape plan much too late. I leap out of the bushes and land in the clearing at which my family was resting. My parents had their armor on and they leap to their paws at the sight of the three Kronadors that had been chasing me down. I slowed to tell them to go, to run away and save themselves, but it was a fatal error. The leading Kronador jumped and landed on top of me. It attacked me and I honestly felt like I was going to die. Then suddenly the weight of the Kronador was lifted off of me and I took a deep breath, glad I was in control of my lungs again. I get up and stumble backwards at the sight before me. My family, my poor family, was fighting for their lives. My family were outmatched by pure brute force versus two pups and two tired warriors. I could only watch as my family torn apart.
Blood gushed from a deep wound on my shoulder and poured from a scratch on the crown of my head obscuring my view. But I could see enough to catch the look my father gave me as he died. He gave me a look that summed up everything. He told me in that look that he was proud of me, he told me to keep going and to never give up hope.
I never will! I wanted to tell him. Then, he was launched into the air, flipped, and came crashing down with a sickening
thud. And that was that, he was gone.
So quickly I thought,
So quickly the life had been drained out of him. "NO!" I cried. "FATHER NO!" I wept, and blood filled tears fell to the ground at my paws. My mother heard my cry and looked over at me and the Kronador that had killed my father. As if killing one Warrior wasn't enough for it, it went for me. My mother screamed "ENZO! NO! RUN!" I only just had time to scramble away before the best lunged for me. My mother leaped in front of it and just before she died said to me "Enzo, I love you." How could this all be happening? My family was gone. All gone. My brother and sister had run, I'm sure of it. They were nowhere to be found and I could smell a trail of them, but it was stale, very stale. I run painfully back to the entrance of the cave where the alphas lived and screeched a cry for help before collapsing to the ground.
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Deal with itI am in the air, high above the clearing at which my parents had been killed. I was in a strikingly beautiful forrest with lush blue grass and a beautiful white river off to the left. There was something inciting and really different about the forrest, it didn't seem to be apart of any part of Isket I'd ever seen. I seemed to be a butterbird. I could see four figures below me and I flew down to investigate. What I saw shocked me: it was my family. I wanted to embrace them, to tell them I was doing okay, and to ask them how they were. Actually how was I doing? As far as I knew, I was a butterbird. I fluttered farther down and landed in front of them and as soon as my little butterbird feet touched the soft blue grass, I was me again, I was Enzo.
I looked at my family, they were healthy and strong, unlike the night I'd left them. We talked a bit and they told me they were happy, then a silence came and for a long while we just stood. Finally to break the silence my mother said to me "Honey, we love you but we must go now. We'll see you again when the time comes." And with that she leaned forward, licked my forehead and disappeared. "No, wait! Please! COME BACK!" I yelled into the dark woods. The moon's light poured into the small clearing where I stood. I looked up and the woods started changing into something cold and uninviting, suddenly I heard a deep, thick, raspy voice behind me. I whipped around and saw large green eyes staring me down. It was the same beast that killed my family. I could tell. I started to run but my feet wouldn't budge, as the Kronador advanced panic rose in my chest and seemed to fill my lungs with fear. I finally broke free of the invisible force that trapped my paws and I ran. I could sees butter bird up ahead and I pushed faster to reach it. Somehow I knew it would be my key to survival. I reached the butterbird and I, without telling myself to, grabbed it's tail right as the Kronador grabbed my tail.
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I wake with a start. I look around the brightly lit cave I'm staying in. I look down at my paws and see that I'm in a luxurious bed of soft moss and lichens, but I also see that my paws are shaking. I look up and see Inigo standing a few feet away doing something I couldn't see. And without turning around he said "Rayo has a message for you." He paused, maybe waiting for a response, but since he never got one he went on "He says that when you are well enough that you should meet up with him so you can prepare to get your armor." My heart leapt out of my chest.
I'm going to get my armor? YES! Wait that must mean.. I thought. "How long has it been since-" My voice broke, I just couldn't get the words out, it was still too painful. Still, Inigo got my message and answered "It's been a week and you are know a year and two days old." He turned to face me and gave me a warm smile. I smiled back and said "Would it be okay if I went to take a walk?". "Sure, just don't go too far." He replied turning back around to do whatever he was doing. I left the bright den and stepped into caves that were outside. Once I found the way out I stepped outside, into the night world.
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Wait!I walk through the plain of deep blue grass and relish the wonderful feel it had on my paws, and the breeze! Oh the breeze was wonderful. It was the perfect night. I look ahead and see a butterbird in the distance. It seems hauntingly familiar and a shiver runs down my back as I draw closer to it. It is fluttering in the air it seemed to be beckoning me, drawing me closer. When I reached it, it sped off so quickly I jumped beach with surprise, but I followed it. It brought me to the the river that I knew would lead off to the Great Calamari waterfall. I couldn't cross it, I'm sure the butter bird knew that, but it kept flying over to the other side. Thats when I saw her. She was the most beautiful wolf I'd ever seen, her beautiful grey/black fur caught the light perfectly and she looked like she was glowing. She looked my way and I almost fell in the river. She giggled at my slip up and I got all hot and nervous. "I-I-I'm uh, I'm Enzo." I said like an idiot. She smiled and was going to say her name when her mentor yelled "C'mon! We have work to do." And she scurried off. "Wait!" I said "What's your name?" But she was too far gone to her me. I stood, heartbroken as I looked down at the flowing white river below me.
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The next few weeks that follow are some of the hardest that I've ever had. I went on the legendary journey to the hidden cave the held all of the armor and that had drained so much energy out of me. I went on the journey to get my armor with Rayo, Soraya and a few other Warriors. By the time I get back, I'm so tired I just fall asleep in my den.
When I wake up in the morning and really take a liking in my armor. My helmet looks like the (deer crossbreed stated on the WOI page)'s antlers, my chest, back, and shoulder plates looked like the blunt wind rushing throughout the forests and over the plains of Isket, and my tail had been transformed into a lethal scorpion. I took pride in my armor. I really felt like a Warrior now, and I now wanted to avenge my family's death. I wanted to get the kronador that killed my family. I shook my head to rid myself of these thoughts, I just couldn't think of my parents and my siblings just yet. Besides, I had to get to a Warrior meeting.
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I wasn't just going to meet other warriors and discuss war tactics. No. I was here to really meet the fae I loved more than anything in the world. I still didn't know her name and I planned on finding out, and possibly make a lasting impression. Or completely screw up. Like I always do. I hate being so shy, but I just can't help it.
When all of the warriors had gathered they begun a discussion about different war tactics and where the greatest threat of Kronadors lay. The discussion went on for an hour or so and when all was decided, we all broke off and some of us started friendly chatter, others just went off. I went over to the she-wolf I loved and tried to talk to her but she didn't see me and turned. I decided it wouldn't work between us anyway and turned to leave when she stopped me with a flick of her tail. I turned and looked into her bright, beautiful eyes and she said "I think I love you."
I love youI wake up on a particularly early day to find my beautiful mate still sleeping. Today is my birthday, and I decided to do something fun. I gather some berries and hunt a few rabbits and make us a picnic. We eat it up on a high cliff where we know we won't be disturbed. We just sit down, talk and have a nice time. The sun starts to sink below the horizon and we start on our way back to our den. A bright butterbird shows up and lights our way back to the cave that we called home and settle in for the night.
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I bark playfully as my three pups attack me. We roll around while my beloved wife watches with a soft look in her eyes. Weboth agree we couldn't be happier and could never think of a different life. And we could never think of a life without each other. We would live our live over ten thousand times if we could, and not change one thing.
What does he sound like?:He sounds like the singer Goyte (listen to
this if you don't know)
Art:Enzo's furyWalkingStanding tallLookingArmor conceptWhat does Isket look like?:There are beautiful white rivers and water falls, and bold red mountains. There is also strikingly beautiful blue grass and the world is mostly night.
What are the WoI's breeding requirements?:Well in my own words, Alphas can mate with any Warrior they choose. Custom ({c}) males can mate with any female they choose and Custom females can't mate with uncustom males. Custom males and custom females can mate.(I just saw the update)
So now, Custom wolves (with the {c}) can have a maximum of four pups. Ur-litter wolves can have maximum 3 pups. Pups that were from a pound can have a maximum of two to three pups. Finally, newer generation pups can have a maximum of one pup.
Who are the UR WoI's?Mardelius and Laurona