Hold Your Head Very High~Stray Dog |Semi-Lit.|Accepting

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~Hold Your Head High~


In big cities such as this one-Los Angeles, CA- many people have dogs which they pamper. You know, the tiny little rats of dogs that no one likes? The little spoiled pooches that get whole rooms, no whole houses to themselves. They go to all the best parks and get their pelts groomed and all that. Well, what people don't know is that there are also plenty of dogs that don't get that. They don't get their own rooms, not even a decent bed. They don't get to go to decent parks, or be groomed when their fur gets matted.They don't even have a home, or owners who love and pamper them. But they don't care. They don't need all of that to survive. They just need each other. They live in packs, with their own ranking system, border lines, and their own enemies and allies. They defend themselves, their pack, and their territory with tooth and claw. They're not afraid.
They depend on each other for survival, not some human who they can't trust.

Table of Contents

Intro {You are here}
Facts; Need to Know Information
Rules; Skelly
Packs and Allegiances
My Dogs

(all pictures taken from google images; also this is a remake of a very old role play of mine.. fixed up)

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~Facts; Need-to-Know Information~


Ranks, in order of importance.

Alpha~The Leader of the pack. They are the most respected of the pack. They often deal with things such as what battles to fight, who are the enemies, and who are the allies. Also, they choose who is allowed to join the pack. There are most often two alphas.
Alpha Male~ The alpha male leads the pack into battle and makes such that the pack is safe. He also sets borders. He keeps watch over the pack, and is responsible for the safety of every member. If he is challenged and loses, the alpha female also loses her position.
Alpha Female~The alpha female makes most of the decisions for the pack. She is always the alpha male's mate. She often has pups, and is normally too busy with her pups to do things such as fight and hunt. When it comes to decisions of who is allowed to join the pack, and earning higher rankings, the alpha female's opinion is (usually) considered more important. (However the alpha male must also be consulted)

Beta~ There is only one beta in the pack of strays. They help the alphas with duties such as organizing who hunts and when, and doing frequent border patrols. The beta is highly respected by the other dogs, but still submits to the alpha. When the alphas both die or retire, the beta becomes alpha (male or female), and chooses his/her mate as the other alpha. The alphas both decide on who should be the next beta. Often only the most experienced dogs get chosen as beta, only if they've proven themselves.

Elders~ Elders are the oldest dogs in the pack. They are also some of the most respected. They are highly taken care of and well guarded. They make the pack strong, even though they are too weak to fight and hunt. A pack with many elders is a pack well lead. When a dog gets too old, or severely injured to where they can't fight or hunt, they retire and become an elder. They minimum age for a dog to retire to an elder would be 5 years of age; the maximum 10. By pack laws (depending on the pack) the alpha can force an old, or injured, dog to retire if he/she thinks it necessary.

Pup Mothers/Queens~ The pup mothers, also known as 'queens' are the females that are pregnant or nursing pups. They do not hunt, patrol, or fight while they are pregnant or nursing. The entire pack cares for the queens, just as they do elders. When her pups are weaned she may leave the nursery. Some females choose to be only queens, and not fight. They help all of the young and new queens take care of their pups, and look after them if she needs to go somewhere. They are often reffered to as 'pup-sitters'. A queen cares for her pups until they are weaned, at the age of six months.

Pups~ Pups are between the ages of 1 day and 6 months and live in the nursery.

Apprentices~ Apprentices are pups aged 6 months or older. Usually 6 months to 1 year olds. They are trained by older members of the pack, normally the warriors, to fight and hunt.They live and sleep among the regular dogs and are fully weaned from their mother. They are trained by every pack member, equaly. They are usually trained in group sessions, given by 2-3 warriors, and sometimes even the beta or alpha.

Warriors~ Warriors are any dog that does not fit into any of the above categories. They are more respected than the omegas. Their main goal is to keep the pack safe. They are normally omegas that get accepted, or apprentices that have grown. Any warrior has the chance to become beta. Warriors all help out in hunting, patrolling, and training the apprentices.

Omegas~The omegas of a pack are the lowest rank. They have this rank because either they have just joined the pack, and are not still fully trusted by the alphas, or they have challenged/threatened the alpha male in any way. If a dog joins a pack he/she is automatically an omega. They can earn the trust of the other pack members, though, and earn a new rank.

Loner~ When you join the roleplay, your dog(s) starts as a loner. They belong to no pack and must ask the alpha to join one and become an omega. Or they can band together with other loners to create a pack. (see rules)

Territories:
The dogs live in the city, but sometimes venture to the outskirts of town where there are hills and wooded areas. Some packs, like Moon-pack, live in an abandoned building. The dogs that live in the outskirts eat mainly rabbits and mice and other such things. The dogs that live in the city eat what they can steal from humans.

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Rules; Skelly


Rules for Members

~Use my skelly
~Be polite
~Post at least a good 3-5 lines per post
~Try to keep the male/female even! (make 1 male for every female)
~If you are just joining than you do not have a pack; you must request to join one (by asking the alpha)
~The alpha of each pack chooses who may or may not join, please don't complain if your request to join a pack is denied.
~When you join a pack you are an omega-there is no starting as beta.
~Message me about starting your own pack
~No being your own mate
~You may kill your character if it furthers the plot, and makes sense. (No _(character name)___: *dies randomly*
~Try to use the best grammar and spelling that you can.
~Don't RP until you're accepted.
~ Edit your forms! I can't stress this enough, your character will develop throughout the RP. They will change, find new love, or gain a higher rank. Make sure you edit.
~Message me about being a mod. (I will most likely need some)

Rules of the Pack (Can be broken for drama, but not too often. Might lead to alpha kicking out the character that breaks the rule; break at own risk. Loners do not need to follow)

~Respect your alpha(s) and beta
~Your loyalties lie with your pack, and your pack alone.
~Care for the elders and queens
~Beta becomes alpha when both of the alphas either die or retire.
~Queens, pups, and elders are all protected before any other; even the alphas.
~Hunt and stay within your own pack's territory.

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[b]Pups:[/b]
[b]Siblings:[/b] (could be littermates or otherwise)
[b]History:[/b] (Please put something. You must have some reason for why they are a stray etc.)
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Packs and Allegiances


Moon-pack
The dogs of Moon-pack live in the city in an abandoned building. They usually eat food stolen from nearby humans.
Moon-pack is one of the oldest packs in the city and was named for its founder, Half Moon. Half Moon is considered to be a legend to the pack, now. It is a story passed from mothers to pups for generations. How Half Moon was the strongest dog in the city, and led his pack to be the best pack. Now, although it was exaggerated, Half Moon was a great leader. Moon-pack was a great pack, as well. They were very respected by every other pack. However, as of late they haven't been living up to their legacy. It started when they got into a war with a neighboring pack. Although they won the war, it left their pack damaged, with almost half of their warriors dead or severely injured. This was generations ago, but Moon-pack still isn't fully restored to the great pack it once was. That is alpha female, Amber's, greatest wish. She is working to bring this great pack back to what it once was, will you help her?

Alpha:
Male: The alpha has no mate, can you impress her?
Female: Amber ~Female~ |Desime|
Beta: The alpha has not chosen a beta! Can you prove yourself worthy?
Queens: There are no queens! That's not very good.
Apprentices: There are no apprentices! What about the next generation of warriors?
Elders: No elders? These are troubling times, indeed.
Warriors: No warriors? What kind of a pack is this?
Omegas:
Rocky~Male~|Desime|

Mates:
(male)+(female)
None

Forest-pack
Forest-pack lives in the outskirts of town, in a wooded area. Forest-pack is an old pack that used to live in the city. They used to be called Oak-pack, because they used to live in a park that was known to the dogs as Oak Park. Well, because of increased animal control in the area, they needed to leave to find a new home. While most of the pack searched in the city for more territory, one warrior left away from town. He found them a much more suitable home for them. Although he disobeyed orders, he did save the pack. Because of this, the pack was renamed to Forest-pack -for the area he found- and he was promoted to beta. Now, the pack is still a very small pack, but they are relatively at ease. Since they are the only pack in the area, they are very peaceful. Will you join them?

Alpha:
Male: Midnight~male~|Desime|
Female: The alpha has no mate. Can you impress him?
Beta: The alpha hasn't chosen a beta! Can you prove yourself worthy?
Queens: There are no queens? That's not very good.
Apprentices:
Poppy~Female~|Desime|
Elders: No elders? These are troubling times indeed.
Warriors: No warriors!? What kind of a pack is this?
Omegas: No omegas? That could be a good thing.

Mates:
(male)+(female)
None

Loners
The ones without a pack
Tyler~Female~ |Lumix|
Kyran~Male~ |Lumix|
Callie~Female~ |Ｔｏａａｓｔ|
Shepherd~Male~ |Ｔｏａａｓｔ| (<is apprentice when joins a pack)
Titanium Shield~Male~ |.applejack|
Luca~Male~|leblade72|
Phoebe~Female~|Kale_dragon_keeper|
Aikita~Female~|Forever.alone|

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Name: Amber
Age: 3 years
Gender: Female
Pack: Moon-pack
Rank: Alpha Female
Mate: -----
Pups: ------
Siblings: None that she knows.
History: Amber lived as a modest author's dog for the longest time. She had great faith in her human companion. She loved living with him and doing all of the things that dogs do with their owners. She would always await her owner's arrival at the front door of the house. One day her owner never came home from work. It worried Amber greatly. The neighbors always looks sad when they would bring her food, and she soon came to the conclusion that her owner was dead. New people came to live in the house, and they adopted her. However Amber soon found that these new people were nothing like her old owner, they were very cruel. So she ran away. She lived on the streets for some time until she ran into an older dog on the streets. He seemed to be an elder. She noticed that he was being attacked by some much younger and stronger dogs. She helped him escape from them,and he convinced the alpha to give her a spot in the pack. She quickly proved her loyalty to the pack and became a warrior. When they had problems with a rival pack, she came up with a great strategy on how to attack them. It was after this that she was promoted to beta. The alpha died in that very battle, though, and she became alpha.
Personality: Amber is a generally kind-natured dog when it comes to all of the dogs in her pack. She will make sure that everyone else is taken care of before she is. She can be hostile to other packs, though. If they belong to another pack she has a low tolerance for them. Though she does have a soft-spot for loners. She has a great sense of right and wrong, and she always tries to do what she thinks is right. She wouldn't hurt an elder, or pup, of any pack, because of her great respect for them. She also doesn't believe in hurting humans, unless absolutely necessary.

Name: Rocky
Age: 2 years
Gender: Male
Pack: Moon-pack
Rank: Omega
Mate: -------
Pups: -------
Siblings: ------
History: Rocky used to live with a family that loved him. The children used to play with him and chase him around the yard and such. He would get in trouble alot, but the family loved him. Or, so he thought. One day he tore up the father's shoe, all in fun and play, but the father didn't think it was funny. He was soon taken to the pound. Because of his breed, he was never adopted. He escaped from the pound one day when a careless worker left his cage open. He ran right into Amber's territory. He was scared at first, but after explaining his situation she let him join the pack.
Personality: He is very playful and loves to have fun. Although he has a playful nature, he would never think of speaking out to the beta or alphas, and is very submissive. He considers his playful nature to be a flaw. He tries his hardest to be serious when he needs to, and is working very hard to convince Amber that he should be a warrior.

Name: Midnight
Age: 5 years
Gender: Male
Pack: Forest-pack
Rank: Alpha Male
Mate: -------
Pups: -------
Siblings: His younger sister is Poppy.
History: He was born a stray, in Forest-pack. Awhile back, when he was still a new warrior, the pack had to find a new territory, due to theirs being over crowded by animal-control. He disobeyed the alpha and went on a scouting mission to try to find new land. He did discover a great new territory, but he had to be punished. Although he was stuck doing double patrols and hunting every day, the alpha thought he had potential. After much decision, the alpha had decided that Midnight had done the best for the pack. Since the previous beta had died right before they moved, Midnight was chosen as the new beta. The previous alpha later retired, leaving him as alpha.
Personality: Midnight is a strong and wise leader that has plenty of experience. He always does what he thinks is best for the other dogs. He has a rough appearance, but a soft side on the inside. If someone from another pack were to intrude on his territory or break the rules, he wouldn't jump to punishing them. They would get punished, but he would never think of hurting them.

Name: Poppy
Age: 7 months
Gender: Female
Pack: Forest-pack
Rank: Apprentice
Mate: -------------
Pups: ------
Siblings: Older brother is Midnight.
History: Poppy was born in the second litter of her parents. She took her looks from her mother, rather than her brother who looks like their father. She was born just after their pack made the journey to the new territory. She was terrified when her mother died from a snake bite, when she was just barely made an apprentice, but she has been training with Midnight and it makes her feel better.
Personality: Poppy loves to play, as do all puppies. But, she's also sort of secretive,and cautious. She is always on alert, even when she's asleep her ears and tail twitch around, indicating she's still halfway awake. She loves to learn more to make herself a better warrior.

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Amber
Female
Moon-pack
Alpha

Amber
"Now!" I yell my signal to Rocky, who came hunting with me. At the sound of my words, I can hear him spring into action and playfully distract the human behind the hot-dog cart. Playing with the humans, one thing that this omega is good at. But for the time being I can't concentrate on that. The human will soon be fed up and we'll have missed our chance. I sneak in behind the cart and grab as much of the hot-dogs as I can. It's a good thing that they're clumped together or this would be hard. I run, still behind the human's back, past Rocky as a signal for him to follow me.

Rocky

Rocky
Male
Moon-pack
Omega

I hear Amber's signal and spring into action. On food gathering missions such as this, it is usually my job to distract the humans. This is my job again today. Hello human! I fall into a playful pose. Play with me, won't ya? I jump around and the human seems to get that I want to play. He waves something at me, so he want's me to play with that? Okay! I jump and reach for it, but I miss. He jumps back and looks scared. What did I do? I have no time to find out, because I soon see Amber run off, back to the base already? Amber says that it's usually called a 'camp', but I think that 'base' sounds cooler. I run off after her, and the human shouts at me. Bye for now!

Poppy

Poppy
Female
Forest-pack
Apprentice

"Come on, let's go!" This lazy dog isn't cooperating! I hear Midnight sigh."I'm coming Poppy." He calls. But he doesn't know how important this is, we're going to train! I'm so excited that I left my brother a ways back from me. Suddenly I hear a noise nearby. I turn my head to face this noise. "Show yourself, enemy!" I call to it. How brave and scary I must sound to it! I must've scared it, because a rabbit comes springing out and running away from me. Not today, bunny! I race off after it, I'm going to catch it! I jump at it, but I fall on my face. "Ooof..." I'm getting up as I hear Midnight approaching me.

Midnight

Midnight
Male
Forest-pack
Alpha

Where does this pup get all of her energy? "Come on, let's go!" She calls to me. I follow her slowly, we shouldn't be wasting our energy before we even get there. "I'm coming, Poppy." I watch as she goes into alert, has she found something? It seems she has. She calls out something to it, when will she learn? You need to be quiet. Somehow I don't think that she will ever master that skill. I walk up to her, seeing her fall down. "Are you alright?" I ask, and she nods. "Your first mistake," I begin, "was letting it know that you were there..." I start the lecture. Apparently today we're covering hunting.

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Name: Kyran
Age: Three
Gender: "What are you - blind? I'm obviously a male."
Pack: Loner
Rank: Loner
Mate: "At the moment no."
Pups: "Nope"
Siblings: "Not that I know of."
History: "My mother and I used to live with an old woman, until she went to something called a nursing home. I had been a mere pup at the time, and Mother was protective of me, so the workers who took my owner away got bitten a lot, so they took my Mother away to be put down. I slipped out through a gap in the fence, and I've wandered about since."
Personality: Kyran is a charmer, with his muscularity and rolling Irish/British accent. He is stubborn, and unafraid of challenging the rules. He is a bit of a player, but when he finds a girl he really cares about, he is devoted, and won't let her down.
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((Can you make a female too? Other than that,accepted.))