Morana

Saga's 6th born.

From birth, she was… interesting. While her halo hadn't been visible from birth, she left off an aura that alerted the more observant wolves that there was something very off about her.

When her halo did appear, the entire pack was shocked. Apparently, Saga had a talent for pumping out strange wolves. First Cnitharian, now demonic.

Luckily for the pack, if Morana did have any evil deeds sent to her from below, she was too lazy to complete them. At least at first.

The pups sharing the cave with Morana were concerned, but as she seemed harmless, they relented to sharing the cave with her. They were fine with it for a few days, until Naenia approached Serapis, saying that Morana's halo was making a noise. Damona corrected her, saying that it wasn't that the halo was making noise, but that it was so silent that it was too loud. The pups refused to spend another night with the halo, so Serapis called together his siblings to discuss what to do.

Morana wasn't the only wolf people had trouble sharing a cave with. Loki would also disrupt the pup's sleep, constantly telling Anubis to shut up and let him sleep. Both Khonsu and Tara's glowing would annoy the working wolves. A conclusion was reached: the four offending wolves would be moved to their own cave so they wouldn't disrupt the sleep of everyone else.


Loki and Tara expressed a strong interest in the young wolf. Tara had more questions raised about Saga's lost heritage, and Loki wanted to know if she could talk to the afterlife, which was eventually discovered that she couldn't.

Instead, Morana had a strong hatred for the fact that he did. To anyone, she would say that the dead and the living should remain separated, that is the natural order of life. Internally though, she was burning with jealousy. She figured that she was the one who deserved to be the bridge. She was a very special wolf, and Loki was just an ordinary wolf. How did it fall to him and not to her?

She vowed she would destroy the connection between the living and the dead, and if that meant Loki would die, then so be it.

***

Morana stewed in the empty Outcast's cave, Khonsu and Tara watching from the entrance. Her front leg was stinging, healing salve applied to where Loki had slashed at it. Agni had informed her that it would scar, and she had turned away. The herbalist had been very cold with her, but since she had attacked his nephew, it was understandable.

Morana sighed. It had been a good attempt, but she would need something better.

***

Immortality.

She had never wanted it before, but now, now she deserved it.

Loki had "accidentally" made himself immortal. Now, she would die and the golden child would never. The connection would remain, because Morana heavily doubted she would be able to destroy it from the other side. Not when death had already occurred.

So she plotted. Did some exploring. Found a jellyfish. It wasn't just lying around, she had to work for it. And oh, the shocked look on Loki's everyone's faces was worth every second.