Alsax

The FIRST gen 2 Grulla with hetero eyes on site!

Pronounced (AL-sax)

A Minor Spirit of the Silver Falcon Pack. He has served as both a scout and a hunter. When he was a hunter, he was the Stalker for the Eclipse Crows hunting team. Child of the pupsitter Savel. Has a brother, Catana. Pair bonded with fellow scout Dare. They have two pups, Pino and Tesax. Alsax has fathered several other pups, including Romboen and Marim. Was Boey's trusted second-in-command, valued for his wisdom and intelligence.

Optimistic and hopeful, confident. Is an incredibly musical wolf, whose talent and skill is beyond compare. Is always willing to listen to others and help them with whatever they need.

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From the moment he was born, his mother knew that there was something... different about this pup. She made an exception to the usual rule that no one except the parents and the herbalist, if medical atttention was needed, was allowed to see a litter of pups until they wean. She wanted Charri to see this tiny pup. Charri, of course, came right away, and also understood that this pup was special. She knew that he would not be the leader, as Charri had another pup training to take up that mantle, but she could tell that this pup would have valuable wisdom and smarts, beyond her own, even, that would work in tandem with the next leader. But there was something that she couldn't quite put her paw on...

When he weaned, he was named Alsax, and already had a penchant for music. Despite being a runt, he kept up with the rest of the pups and had a love for training and learning. Similarly to how she taught Boey, her successor, Charri often directly taught Alsax. This was both to pass on as much of her own knowledge as well as learn more about the unusual pup. It was after several lessons that she decided to bring Alsax to the Silver Falcon.

As expected, the Silver Falcon knew more than she did. In its own words, "Alsax is something in between you and me - not quite a wolf, not quite a Spirit." Charri and Alsax then learned quite a bit from the Silver Falcon.

As it turns out, Alsax was a minor Spirit, born from one or two major Spirits - in his case, he was born from the Spirit of Spirit. Minor Spirits happen when aspects of major Spirits become strong enough to manifest by themselves. Alsax's aspect is that of Song - a unique expression of the soul.

However, that was as much as the Silver Falcon knew. Why this minor Spirit manifested as a wolf, especially a runt of the litter, was unknown. And why it was born into the Silver Falcon Pack, when his major Spirit was that of the Zircon Squirrel, was equally unknown. But in any case, Charri had enough answers to satisfy her curiosity, and was silently thankful to have such a unique being grace the pack. Alsax, however, had quite a bit of learning about himself to do.

Shortly after this, the pack fell in grave danger - a plague called the Blight had descended upon the pack, and Charri had just passed away, leaving an unprepared Boey to lead the pack. Although Alsax wasn't even a year old yet, Boey made him his second-in-command, and it was clear that Boey trusted him.

(Skipping over the bulk of the Blight here) Having learned well from Sorali, Alsax was responsible for communicating and negotiating with other packs and animals all over, trying to learn more about the Blight and seek aid. After exploring, he brought his knowledge back to the pack to tell Boey and Nift.

It took quite a while, but eventually the Blight was taken out. Using the information brought in by Alsax, as well as their own ingenuity, Boey and Nift had concocted a medicine that prevented any healthy wolf from succumbing to the illness, saving those who were not already ill. Amidst all this, Boey and Alsax worked overtime to keep the pack in order.

Alsax continued scouting for several years, and was fairly accomplished too. However, when one of the pack's hunters, Lioll, lost his leg in a hunt gone wrong, Alsax stepped away from scouting to fill the empty role, with Silisto taking up the scouting role again.

As time wore on, the wolves in his hunting party began to feel their age catching up on them - specifically the oldest, Keekos, was seeing her mighty strength fail her. But unusually, Alsax felt no such degradation - in fact, even though he bruised and bled like the rest of them, Alsax didn't look any older at 5 years than he did when he was 2 years. Eventually, the hunting party members all retired and had their successors take up the roles, but Alsax was going as strong as ever. He had forgotten for quite a while about the Silver Falcon's words, but it was now dawning on him that he really was a minor Spirit - it seemed that he might be immortal.

Nearing six years old, Alsax was still as healthy and robust as ever. However, he felt that it was time for someone else to take his place in the hunting party - in particular, an eager young wolf named Coriar. He willingly stepped down from the role. His trusted friend and pack leader Boey had passed away fairly recently, the first of Alsax's friends to move on to the stars. Alsax, recalling the Silver Falcon's words from his youth, startlingly realized that he would outlive the rest of his friends, as well as every new friend he would make. Uneasy and distressed by this knowledge, he headed out to see the Silver Falcon - alone this time.

The Silver Falcon listened to Alsax's troubles. Somberly, the Silver Falcon began to speak. "We are very akin in our natures, but this is one thing that you have to face that I have not. Since the world's beginning I and the other Major Spirits knew that we were this way. Although we made friends among the mortals, we knew that their time in this world was but a moment in ours. As such, we never formed true friendships with them, only with each other.

"But this is not the case for Minor Spirits such as yourself. You were born among them, grew up with them, lived a full, wonderful life with those you thought you were just like. And though yes, you are, you also are not. This is where I feel the use of "Minor" in Minor Spirit is unfitting. What you have begun to go through, and will for quite a while, is nothing short of a major, devastating task. Something that a Major Spirit never had to deal with.

"Your friends will die; some already have. You will outlive your descendants. You cannot stop the flow of time. And as you are carried by the river, you will realize that the river never ends. Your friends, who dove in the river with you, will eventually swim to the shores. But you cannot leave the river. With time and healing, you will understand that you are a part of this river, something unaffected by the waves. You will carry with you a million memories, ever increasing, preserving the stories of your friends who are no longer carried by the current. They may rest on the banks of the river where they swam ashore, thousands of miles away, but they will always be with you, a part of your story."

The Silver Falcon extended an invitation to Alsax, that they could meet whenever he needed, and that any other Spirit would be willing to talk as well. Alsax kept the Silver Falcon's words with him as he left.

Now nearly seven years old, Alsax was bracing himself. Phais, the hunter prodigy, had joined Boey in the stars. His closest remaining friends, Silisto and Dislas, were also approaching seven years old. And his beloved, Dare, had already crossed that mark, and was expecting her last litter of pups - Alsax's last litter. Alsax refused to leave her side. He knew the Silver Falcon's words and understood them deep in his heart, but he had not come to terms with them quite yet. He was not ready to lose Dare.

...When Alsax found Dare dead, having passed peacefully in her sleep, to say he was distraught would be a severe understatement. His mournful song was heard clearly by packs well over ten miles away, and the howls seemed to linger for days after his song ended. Dare marked the last of Alsax's close circle to pass, and she was of course the closest. For a long time, Alsax could not bear to look at his own pups, knowing they would face the same fate. He could do nothing to stop the flow of time, as the Silver Falcon had counseled him.

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Birth Stats: 238
Adult Stats: 313
Level 20 Stats: 801
Ending Stats: 900

Immortalized on 3/5/2022

Week 1 Stud Requests: 8
Week 2: 6
Week 3: 7
Week 4: 9
Week 5: 8
Week 6: 7
Week 7: 16
Week 8: 12
Week 9: 10
Week 10: 14
Week 11: 8
Week 12 (Birthday discount week): 18
Week 13: 8
Week 14: 17
Week 15: 15

Total Stud Requests: 155


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