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Entering for: 2
Guardian name: Tod
Chosen name: Rob Tiller
Concept entry:
A physically intimidating Guardian, Tod has all the ambition to be a brilliant leader and none of the affinity for it. Feeding on his Chosen's demeanor, Tod has a penchant for trying to impose his will on others, but where Rob's quiet authority earns him obedience, Tod's louder, more vocal approach and corresponding lack of sensible judgment have a habit of seeming less respectable than comical. As a leader, he is mostly bark and very little bite, which often elicits veiled smiles of amusement toward his "antics," which he either fails to perceive or simply does not understand and ignores. Indeed, Tod's very being seems much more suitable to being the workhorse type, thanks to his powerful build and adamant desire to throw himself into whatever he is doing and give it his all, no matter the cost. A job well done to Tod often involves draining himself to physical exhaustion, which is a joy he makes no attempt to hide. Despite his continued attempts to rise in status, his mind is well-wired for work and for receiving dependable instruction, and most around him have simply learned to work around his ego.

Entering for: Guardian 2
Guardian name: Heimdall
Chosen name: Rhoswyn Bankes
Concept entry: This buck is large and powerfully built, but prone to stumbling over his own hooves- particularly when he suddenly realizes his chosen has put herself in a precarious position again. He guards her with utmost care, knowing that she is not ready for the trials to come, but even the most vigilant protector can’t anticipate everything a young woman might do. He is courageous to the bitter end, a fact that is the source of great frustration for his charge.

After a rocky beginning with her Guardian that consisted of many bitter arguments with her governess over whether her deer should be permitted in the house, Rose has finally settled into a rhythm of daily life with her new companion. She has an inkling of misgiving, however, as the rumors of wolves have been proven true, and she knows the old legends of the Guardians. But she is no fighter, trained only for the fine salons of Palisade rather than the battlefield.

Entering for: Guardian 1
Guardian name: Whisper
Chosen name: Tobias Miller
Concept entry: As quiet as the mist that marks her, this doe moves through the forest on silent hooves, disturbing nary a leaf with her passage. She prefers to go unnoticed and engages in her activities with a large degree of innate, if unintentional, stealth. A kind heart, this doe gives quiet comfort to those in need, sometimes leaving gifts of food to those she notices are hungry or laying her head in the lap of the grieving to console them.

Her chosen, by contrast, is a tempestuous soul, aged beyond his years by the cruelty of the world. A young veteran of a foreign war, he walks with a limp and a weary stoop to his shoulders until his temper and the bitterness of too much blood and death grip him. However, he seems to have a soft spot for the brown doe that follows faithfully at his heel; never once has he been seen to raise hand nor voice to her, and often has a kind word or a soft pat for the quiet creature.


Entering for: Guardian 3
Guardian name: Quicksilver
Chosen name: Dr. Alphonse Moody
Concept entry: As stately as the moon’s course across the sky, this doe never acts in haste nor without due thought. Somehow, sometimes, she just seems to know things, the eerie glow of her eyes seeming to pierce to the heart of secrets closely kept and events that could not have been predicted, though it’s possible she’s just excellent at reading people and the signs of nature. Perhaps because of this secret knowledge, this doe cannot be swayed from a course of action that she has decided upon- much to her chosen’s chagrin.

He is a logically-minded fellow, a classically trained scientist of biology and a firm believer in the idea that there is a rational explanation for everything, if one only searches long and hard enough. This has proven quite the challenging belief to maintain since his Guardian’s appearance in his life. Perhaps someday he’ll come to realize that magic is, itself, an explanation for a great many things, though there are few who would call it ‘rational.’

Entering for: 2
Guardian name: Fionn
Chosen name: Aifric Darrow
Concept entry: A burly hunter and his magnificent stag,
partners through whatever it is time may present.
He, sure-footed and strong-armed.
He, intelligent and quick.
Together they share an understanding.
Together, they will survive.

Entering for: 1
Guardian name: Eleni
Chosen name: Marie D’angelou
Concept entry: A sickly tailor and her companion doe,
a quiet country life, a garden; filled to the brim with all sorts.
Through thick and thin, they are friends.
Like the roots of their favorite roses, they are strong.

Entering for: Guardian 3
Guardian name: Zorya
Chosen name: Vuk Ivanovich Aristov
Concept entry: He once considered himself a brother to wolves, culler of the fold, removing the weak so that the strong may further prosper. And he, groomed for this work, was meant to reap the greatest rewards. His career was ended when he was bested by his own prey, betrayed by a coward he could not kill. Hunter becoming the hunted, he was forced to flee. She may not know his past, but she senses the predator in him, try as he might to bury it and live as honestly as he can. She does not trust him completely, but she would only be the second.

Entering for: Guardian 1
Guardian name: Morana
Chosen name: Vuk Ivanovich Aristov
Concept entry: In an effort to nurse his wounded pride and assure himself that he made no mistakes, he tells himself it was fate that led him here. He is still destined for great things, and the Guardian granted to him only solidifies this. She is his destiny now. She will lead him to his new calling and he will follow because he is terrified of being wrong. But he is determined to stay on the winning side. If that means returning to his predatory instincts, so be it.

Entering for: Guardian 2
Guardian name: Chernobog
Chosen name: Vuk Ivanovich Aristov
Concept entry: Although Chernobog is the one named after a god, it is not he with the delusions of grandeur. He is humble, servant to the man he has Chosen. Perhaps he can be steered onto the right path. Perhaps, the man thinks, he can make his own path. Manipulation is all he has known and he has been ruined once. He will not lose again.

Entering for: Guardian 2
Guardian name: Vetur
Chosen name: Siobhán
Concept entry: She pushed the bags onto his back and tied them down with twine. He snorted, his hooves clawing at the dirt, already impatient. He was ready to go, to leave this place and never come back but he knew it was her home. She stood there for a little bit committing every detail to memory and he waited.

"Ok," she said, "I'm ready."

Entering for: (Guardian 2)
Guardian name: Cinis, latin for cold ashes.
Chosen name: Charlotte Rosenthaal
Concept entry:
I am what comes after the flames. I am the aftermath; the dust that remains of what was lost. While I mourn the loss of greatness, I represent the wakening of new life. I am the soil that envelopes your last seed, your last speck of hope, and makes it stronger than any tree that has grown here before. But I am just soot without you. You are the water that breathes that life into me, you are my second chance, as I am yours.

Entering for: (Guardian 1)
Guardian name: Pana
Chosen name: tbd
Concept entry:
You have been stifling your inner emotions for your entire life; I won't allow you to do it anymore. I am the bursts of anger and tears of joy you never allowed yourself to express before. I am anger, I am frustration, I am love, and I am sadness, and I come at the receiver with full force and unbridled fury. I feel what you feel, and I won't allow you to hide from it anymore. Fluid, opaque, relentless, and slightly illogical, I represent the inner psyche of a mind constantly repressed by societal pressure.

Entering for: 2
Guardian name: Kurkdjian
Chosen name:
Concept entry:
It is the one affliction that does not discriminate and hits even the best of people: the undesirable need to aggressively squeeze whenever presented with a vision of unmistakable cuteness. And although he was proudly striking, broad framed and forged of purposeful muscles, his idiot human still would try to squeeze his rump, ears and soft spots where his legs joined the flank all the while making a clicking sound with that inefficiently small tongue of hers. For someone with such tendencies you would think she would work with chubbyfaced children, domestic animals or even in a butchershop where she could tenderize meat, but alas she's of the indecent sort and purchases necessary food and shelter by the way of professional graverobbing. An immoral adventure seeker, she was among the first to volunteer for the grim ride and he complied for a skull on his head meant more protection from her forceful embraces by the way of headbutting that hard head of hers. As they continued their journey with other more solemn Sunderlanders, she kept up a merry tune underneath a too realistic for comfort human skull of her own, lamplight reflecting off her newly acquired gold pocketwatch.

Entering for: 3
Guardian name: Okhotsk
Chosen name: (Optional)
Concept entry: Piracy has not been kind for this gruff out of work seadog. With news of wolves, many proprietors are less keen on taking on risky investments. In a really weird turn of events, he has found himself permanently landlocked and saddled with a Guardian. Unsure of how to tend to animals, he has unsuccessfully taken up gardening or foraging. Tired of this unnatural domesticity, he gladly signed up for the first threatening unknown he could find; and thus Okhtosk and the old mariner found themselves amid the group walking deep into the heart of the forest.

Entering for: 1
Guardian name: Sixpence
Chosen name: (Optional)
Concept entry: He never had a chance, for he lacked the cutting wit of so many of his countrymen, and thought in simpler ways. But he made up for it with lots of heart and due diligence. And when this candlemaker found a totem in his quest for evergreen cones to decorate his pillars, he sought to throw it into the fireplace for a heartier flame. He received a vicious beating afterwards from a very irate four legged friend, perhaps permanently addling his mind. So when it came time to name his Chosen he named it after the first thing he pulled out of his pockets.