[DotW] Origins of Temperance by Zoketi on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

YEET this is been a long time coming :'') started it months ago, consequently forgot about it, but now it's done! I'm pretty happy with the result, too. <: why are there three parents? let me explAIN 8D

Tempy's family is a rather dreary story. Adelle, her mother, was descended from group of wolves who joined Highvalley when their pack, Peakwood, suffered heavy losses due to natural disasters. Being of a well-respected group, their status was deemed Highblood. Adelle was born a few generations later, still carrying the red genes that many of the Peakwood wolves shared. By then they were Highvalley through and through. Todak, Temperance's father, had been among Highvalley his entire life, though he was unaware of his history prior. He was a Lowblood, however. But fate chanced that he and Adelle fell in love. Highvalley's law dictated the performance of the Blood Dance. Todak's opponent was a wolf who'd always admired Adelle, a sturdy Highblood named Delrian. The scene was unpleasant, and when the dust settled Delrian stood victor over Todak's dead body. Adelle was naturally devastated, and would have turned him down, if not for the new life kindling in her belly. She took Delrian as her mate in order to protect her unborn pups - no one would know that he wasn't their real father. And eventually she came to love him. For Delrian was neither cruel nor vindictive - and his triumph in the Dance was only what he had been taught was right. He loved Adelle as warmly as any wolf could, and after the pups were born, she admitted to him that Todak was their true father. Delrian did not love them any less for it.
With Adelle's death in the last of the wars under Eadric's rule, Delrian is the only wolf aware of Temperance and her brother Russet's true heritage.
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WOOT so like if i had character space i would hella bring in Delrian? like heckkkk i really like what little design i did for him here and it would be neat to have a Highvalley character (if it weren't closed atm anyway xD) not to mention having possible Temperance drama if she ever decides to visit her birth pack... huee. i would totally be open to someone else playing him too...

but EITHER WAY I wanna link him somehow into the big HV family tree - lemme know if you think he would fit anywhere!! he'd be about 8 or 9 years old now!! (I've been meaning to tie in Tempy to the fam for ages now - never got any response before so xD PLS HMU ) edit: we good here B)

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