Verand

Came from far away. Joined in the third summer of The Sanctuary Pack.

Gravely wounded by humans in The Pack's fifth year.

Became lead scout in The Pack's sixth winter.

Family: Radun (sister)

Mates: Uno, Kit

Personality: Verand can hardly remember her young puphood at the Sea Pack; her stronger childhood memories all come from her journey with Radun. Though in some ways scarred by her difficult young life, Radun shielded Verand from many of the troubles she would have faced, and Verand grew to have a love for adventure and the unknown. She grew rebellious as a teenager, and was badly wounded by humans while ditching her pack duties. Since, she has been subdued and hard-working. 

The wolves closest to Verand are glad she's no longer putting herself in danger, but are worried for her, wondering where the happy, bold wolf they knew has gone, and whether Verand is quite so recovered as she seems.

Naming Conventions: Environment. Pups in the Sea Pack are named after an element of the place they were born, and given common-use nicknames derived from these. These nicknames follow shared conventions, passed down along matrilineal lines.

Verand’s birth family shares a ‘Nv’ sound in their nicknames, and her mother named her Sand Plover, nicknamed ‘Sanver’. At some point on her journey to Sanctuary, she decided to take the nickname ‘Verand’ instead (Sand Plover), to share her adoptive sister’s ‘Ra’.

Radun and Verand come from the same pack; a group sea-wolves who make their home on a distant shore. The sea pack was very large, and its rules extremely strict, with a rigid hierarchy very different from the Sanctuary wolves’ relaxed way of life.

Only high-ranking wolves were allowed to take mates and have pups. If a low-ranking wolf had an illegal litter, they would be given an ultimatum: abandon the pups, or leave the pack. Verand was the product of one of these illegal matings, and her parents had decided to abandon her, rather than leave the pack they’d known all their lives. 

Not yet 6 months old, Verand would likely have died on her own, but a young adult of the sea pack stepped in to help her- Radun, a talented wolf born to a high-ranking family. Everyone expected her to go far; she had the skills and the birth-rank to become one of the pack’s most powerful wolves. 

But, for reasons her own, Radun abandoned it all to care for Verand. She went with Verand when the young pup was abandoned, and together the two travelled away from the shores of their birth. After a journey stretching through the vicious winter and chilly spring, Verand and Radun came to Sanctuary, and gratefully accepted Leader Seven’s offer to join the pack.

Safe in her new pack, Verand idolizes Radun, who protected her tirelessly during their long journey to Sanctuary. The two view each other as sisters, having forged an unbreakable bond during their travels.