Nujalik

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Seeming Beast Hunterheart
Court Summer Court •••••
Freehold TBD
Player Pouncy
Wolf

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Whose magic master is it, to whom I give liquor, to whom I give brandy? This person has again been left under the ground. He remained there. Oh, you, look at this dog! He stands crosswise and looks back. - Yu'pik shaman's chant


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Overview: The Hunter who was a Hound

Alias(es): Nujalik, Alley Stalker, The Blackthorn Wolf
Real Name: Rachel Anawak
Location: Nomadic, primarily roaming the NE and NW
Seeming: Beast
Kith: Hunterheart
Court: Summer
Virtue: Fortitude
Vice: Wrath
Concept: Hunter

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Description: A Brush of Fur

Nyx
The demon wolf is not evil, unless the man he has bitten is evil. And it feels good to be a wolf, doesn't it? - Dr. Vijay Alezias, Wolf

They'd say she was autistic, but they never met her Master, terrifying even in kindness, or the Others. They'd say she had Stockholm Syndrome if they knew, if they believed her and didn't drug her again, like they did when she burst through the Thorns onto the street. You'd have it too if you knew her Master.

Knives, shivs, these are what she uses now, fingers curling for want of arrows she can't afford. But blood is blood, hot and sweetly wet, and the foremost of her hungers, though none are subtle, be it food or sex.

She likes the stories the Hunts tells among themselves, of the old gods, and the Valkyries, and wishes she could read. Instead, she sits in the corner with her dogs, hungry, snappish street dogs that she calls pack, and listens. Deeply spiritual, she has no name for her faiths, unformed and savage, only a deep and abiding belief in the powers of blood and freedom.

Those who do not know her mistake her for one devoid of emotion. To see feelings other than anger is an exercise best undertaken by those with keen observational skills.

Mask: Seemingly on the cusp of twenty, Nujalik is a thin girl with dark hair and naturally tan skin. Her movements and manner are gawky to the point of threatening in social company, which explains her habitual avoidance of social niceties and occasions. On the street, she's much more at home, padding from shadow to shadow with the habit of years. Her clothes are often indicative of her rough life, going from trashy to threadbare to leather as her needs dictate and her hands can scrounge. Her hair is incongruously long, tied into a number of dark brown locks.

Mein: The most accurate indicator of her temperament is her ears, more mobile than they ought to be, despite their human appearance. She is noted for the ability to howl as a wolf even when walking as a woman.

Mantle: The pack circles, a feeling of being watched on all sides accompanied with the scent of sun-warmed fur and tinder-dry forests.

Notable Traits: Nujalik is usually accompanied by at least one stray dog, and speaks rarely. Her expression is generally impassive, though those long familiar with her can discern her moods with practise.

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History: Tracks in the Snow

Nujalik
Nujalik's hair
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Nujalik's hair

Basic Timeline:

Keeper: Dainreich, The Dragoon, Archduke of Terror, Lord of the Blackthorn Wood

Current Activities:

Nujalik currently lives as a drifter, making her way as best she can with the occasional help of die Rattenkonigin.

Frequently seen in:

  • New York City
  • Atlantic City
  • New Hampshire
  • Seattle
  • Has begun to be seen more and more in Orlando, FL.
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Associations & Associates: Pack Call

Far across the tanana, a mile or two to the south of us, a group of wolves were singing. I call it singing, not howling, for that is what it was like. We could distinguish three, perhaps four voices - wavering, ascending in pitch, each one following the other, until they all broke off in a confused chorus. Their voices sank into distant echoes on the frozen river, and began again. A light and uncertain wind was blowing out there, and the sound grew and faded as the air brought it toward us or carried it away southward. It might have come across a thousand years of ice and wind-packed snow, traveling as the light of the stars from a source no longer there.
- John Haines, "the stars, the snow, the fire"

  • Ae Lament - Courtesies observed that most would never understand. Respect is in caution, and summer heat thaws the ice on frozen streams.
  • Althea Sexton - The Lady of the Bitter Sea frequently receives the goddess of the hunt as a visitor.
  • Cerannen - Wolf to wolf, they rarely speak to each other with words. Words are so unnecessary.
  • Christian - For a time, he was pack. The pack misses him.
  • Edria Meredith - The Fairest wisewoman's gift of stories soothe the savage beast.
  • Gustav - He explains things.
  • Jack Sprat - Wolves snarl at snakes. Snakes hiss at wolves. As in nature, so it is true in the darkened alleys on this side of the Hedge. Both rival and object of dark fascination, Jack is a challenge and invitation in each moment.
  • Noman - Don't eat him.
  • Ox - He laughs. Until he doesn't.
  • Penelope - There is nothing to keep the wolf from the hound. Nothing but choice. It is a heady power, that.
  • Race - The trust of others is what keeps them from clashing again.
  • die Rattenkonigin - The only words they need are the ones to explain the world of men.
  • Static - Warmth on cold brick.
  • Steampunk - If he will remain quiet but for a moment, the mysteries will unravel.
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Character Inspirations: Hunting the Hunted

DualWolf

Inside the Wolf's fang, the mountain of heather.
Inside the mountain of heather, the Wolf's fur.
Inside the Wolf's fur, the ragged forest.
Inside the ragged forest, the Wolf's foot...
- "Amulet", Ted Hughes

Regeane - Alice Borchardt's Silver Wolf
Gail - Sin City
Wolf-Speaker, by Tamora Pierce
Hounds - X-Men, Days of Future Past
Richard Riddick
Julie of the Wolves
Callisto - Xena, Warrior Princess
Deerskin, by Robin McKinley

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Soundtrack: Call of the Hunt

Battlestar Galactica Theme
Battlestar Galactica Soundtrack
NIN - Hurt
Soundgarden - Rusty Cage

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Quotes: Scent of the Pack

Ox and Nujalik
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Ox and Nujalik
“It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.” - Virgil


  • "Such a lovely doggie, she is, my love. Eyes bright as the sky, glassy and unseeing. Fur sleek and pretty, wet against her flesh. Blood sweet and crimson, staining my knife. Pretty, pretty, pretty love." - Jack Sprat
  • "In the shadows you're too afraid to slink into, even if you're running for your life, there is a... gentleman's agreement between the feral dogs and the sewer rats." -Rattenkonigin
  • "Be silent a moment. What do you hear? That is the difference: where you hear silence, she and I speak a thousand words to each other." - Cerannen
  • "Such a gorgeous mouth. It's almost a shame that the only time she's ever used it on me was when she threatened to crush my windpipe in her jaws. I like a good biter and all but that was a bit much." -Christian
  • "I am not often considered the most skilled of bards, but she always listened with such fascination that I could not help but try and be better. Telling her stories was like spinning wonderment." - Edria Meredith
  • "Please don't eat me." - Noman
  • "Don't put anything there that you want back." - Ox to grabby Changeling unaware of Nujalik's boundaries
  • "Remember all the stories you've ever read about the wolves that live in the deepest darkest woods, silent as the wind and deadly as sin? This one, she's the sort that's black as pitch and twice as mean, but never so much so that she wouldn't let you leave if you volunteered to do it. The glowing eyes in the shadows...the threatening growl, that's Nujalik. I kept my part of the woods, and left the rest to her." - Thorn
  • "Now, when i first met her i had a right good shout at her for following me around. So sue me, Elementals are crazy C*nts, i tell people that all the time. She aint so bad though, Kept me 'Company' when i was on guard duty because she knew the same score as i did. And bugger me senseless if she aint pleasing on the eyes. Heh" - Steampunk of Dunasheen
  • "Oh, yeah... our conversational Nujalik word count is currently '1'... needs more work" - Steampunk again
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Rumors: The Scent of Fear

  • In the dead of winter, Nujalik is reliably found in Cerannen's company.
  • There is some strife between Nujalik and Race Ardent
  • Nujalik and Static have an understanding that does not depend overmuch upon words.
  • Putting Ox and Nujalik in the same city usually results in egregious amounts of property damage.
  • Attempts to place a collar on Nujalik, even in jest, have resulted in injuries and death.
  • Nujalik has inflicted considerable damage upon privateers with a single Sharpie marker.
  • Nujalik was part of the inspiration for Silent Bob.
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OOC Information

Played By: Pouncy, US2002022484 of Tokyo, Japan.
OOC Info: Pouncy's CamWiki
Livejournal: Pursuit
Approvals: Summer Mantle x5: IND--LC-0710-79613

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