Artic Plotness!

[RW]

In an attempt to hopefully merge old and new players and also bring some life to the artic sub-boards, which are very limited on permitted species, I had an idea. How do you guys like the sound of two packs of arctic wolves who, due to the vast sprawling territories they tend to have that far north, are having constant boundary skirmishes made worse by the fact that the two alpha males are very much unfond of each other because:
- They both pursued the same female, and only one "got the girl" obviously.
- During one such fight, the losing male tore the ear from said female.
Things that could make this more interesting might include a romance between older juvies soon to leave the packs, pups somehow winding up over boundaries, someone killing a member of the opposite pack, prey chased over a boundary, etc. Throw in a prey shortage, hungry polar bears, frisky musk-oxen, and maybe some poor arctic foxes trying to survive on the same land (characters!!!!) and I think this could be a fun and long-running thing.

I have four characters hashed out for this plot: the alpha female with the missing ear (what can I say, I went pic-surfing), a playful mischevious juvie male, a level-headed beta-position type male, and an ambitious young female who maybe feels resentful that she hasn't been selected as alphess for either pack. I haven't decided who's from which pack other than the one eared gal.

Any takers? Breeze? Stan? Red? Nicole? New people who like playing pups or want to try older characters?

Remember, they have to be ARCTIC wolves. Feel free to join arctic foxes, too.

[Breeze]

You know me -- I'm always willing to join plots. Like a wolf who killed a member of the other pack, but feels extremely guilty for it because she has a secret friendship with that wolf's brother or something.

Or a random newcomer who accidentally steps in the boundaries and gets killed/maimed/causes havoc.

And arctic foxes, of course, because they are too damn adorable. ;D

[Stan]

Of course I'm happy to join in, particularly after browsing some arctic wolf pictures. *laugh*

If you'd like, Breeze, I'll play the character that your homicidal wolf has a secret friendship with.

[Soul]

I'd be happy to join in with the plot, it'll give me something to do after school that wont make my brain hurt xD

[RandomWiktor]

Sounds like fun! For the sake of keeping close to this sub-site's realism rules, let's have our "secret friends" perhaps be older sub-adult wolves who have been wandering farther and more frequently from the pack's lands, kindof pre-diaspora. That was it makes a little more sense than some kind of covert secret inter-pack meetings. I really like the idea of the killer being a friend though, sounds like fun. Anyone want to play this in real time? Like maybe during a pack hunt that crosses a boundary, so that the other character gets to SEE his/her sibling get killed by his/her friend?

Ungh, I need to get my computer fixed so I can actually be on the site instead of just poking in to do boring mod stuff.

[Breezeykins]

RW, that sounds fine; I certainly wasn't thinking anything like Romeo & Juliet. And Stan, you playing the friend sounds great, and I'd be happy to play out the murder in real-time. Anyone want to play the guy who gets killed?

[RandomWiktor]

I've always wanted to RP in detail someone dying a violent death, and I think my other writing gives me qualification! I would be willing to play him.

[Breeze]

Oh, awesome, though I don't know if my fight-writing skills will hold a candle to yours xD We're joining these characters in the normal way, yes? *goes to picture search, likely gets eaten by Google*

[nicole]

Wow I'm late to this thread. Like usual. ;P

Anyhow, I posted a tentative form for one of the alpha males. I'm not too picky about which pack I'm part of.. You can sort of disregard my idea in my join form in this case. I was completely oblivious to this thread! ((Blonde...X3)) I would love to play one of the wolves that gets to see their friend/sibling/whatever killed. I'm all for traumatizing my characters into insanity. =D

Really excited about this plot! Sounds like incredibly good fun.

[RandomWiktor]

Ok so let's see what we have so far.

- I'm playing the female alpha of one pack
- Nicole is playing the alpha male of one pack
- I believe Stan, Breeze, and possibly Red have all said they might be willing to take an alpha slot - make your picks at your nearest convenience. Then we can hash out who goes with who in what pack.
- Soul is playing a 2-year old juvie from one of the packs; I have a young male I'm offering up as her brother.
- Breeze is playing a sub-adult who is the killer of one pack's wolf.
- Stan is playing the killer's friend from the opposite pack.
- I'm playing the character who is killed
- I'm also playing the beta and a dominant to mid ranking female female of one of the packs.

That still leaves us needing a beta for one of the packs. I believe the two "friend" wolves are probably sub-adults, so I think we also need omegas for both packs. I'll take an omega if no one wants it. If anyone else wants to throw any other characters or ranks into this feel free.

[nicole]

I can take take an omega and as I mentioned before, a friend of the wolf who is to be killed.

If that's fine, I'll work up forms for them as well. : )

[Stan]

I'll go point-by-point for the sake of organizing this in my own head, heh.

— I'll take a male alpha. Nicole, I think it makes more sense for your guy to be the "winner" and mate of RW's character (Troika, I think?), seeing as there's a nice dramatic history established there already.
— I'd also like an omega; I'm thinking a submissive, older female who is the "aunt" of one of the alphas, and has stuck around to help raise the next generation. Er, if that makes sense.
— I like the idea of the friends being sub-adults. To clarify, that would make at least one of them a sibling of Soul and RW's characters, correct?

I'll go ahead and modify my char list with the names/ranks/etc. that I've got going.

[Breeze]

I'm willing to play an omega in addition to my sub-adult killer-friend. I'm joining characters now.

Edit - Er, lower rank rather than omega, since omegas are taken.

[nicole]

I joined my three wolves. I listed some tentative personality traits as well as some history that you guys can review and judge. If they don't fit the rest of the plot, they can be changed. : )