Mikhail x Warrior Garde of Au'Dar

⥼ Mikhail (Mika)

⥼ 4 yrs (spring)

⥼ Male (he/him)

⥼ Heterosexual

⥼ Au'Dar

⥼ Warrior Garde

⥼ Alive (healthy)

Great Plains Wolf • 35in/89cm • 110lbs/50kg

Eye Color: Dark brown like dampened soil.
Scars/Deformities: His left eye has gone cloudy gray due to blindness, and he sports scars on the right side of his forehead and nose, the outside of his right ear, and a very large one across his back.
Voice: Snarly, but mid-toned and otherwise unremarkable. He sounds like his father.
Scent: Like eucalyptus and pine needles, darked and sometimes bloodied by the nature of his work.

Taller than average as well as very physically fit, Mikhail is an attractive man, though he has a severeness about him that turns many away. His fur is short and straight, save for the top of his mane, back, and tail, where longer strands give his topline a more wild appearance. Peppery gray, black, and white make up the colors of his coat. Sat at the focal point of his face are two piecing, stress-laden eyes; his right is the original deep brown he was bestowed at birth, but the left had progressively gone blind until he lost all sight in it by the time he hit 2, it being completely clouded over. Several scars dot his entire body as a testament to his career path. Overall Mikhail is a put together, intimidating presence who knows how to carry himself in order to garner the respect, or fear, of those around him.

Dutiful • Loyal • Traditional • Surly • Tactless

ISTJ

Lawful Neutral

Born and raised in Au’Dar, Mikhail was first known for his father’s popularity in the pack, but has since gained a reputation of his own. He is intense, temperamental, abrasive, and unapologetic - all things his father was too, but without any of the charm. And yet at the end of the day, just like his father, everything he says and does is in the name of protecting the pack. Even when others don’t agree with his methods, he will do anything for Au’Dar, and for that he remains out of the public’s bad graces. For now.

Mikhail is a creature of pride. To him pack and honor are everything, and without them he would be adrift; so much so that he has frequent nightmares about loss and failure that follow him into his waking life. This makes for a less than sociable man, with an attitude that doesn’t earn him many friendships outside of a few local, unlikable idiots who covet the gruffness born of his torment. Perhaps it is good then that to Mikhail, a social life matters very little anyway. He was raised in the shadow of his golden-child brother, resulting in a familiarity with loneliness, and would much rather focus on his goals than trying to pander to the masses anyway. It may sound like a miserable life to most, but it’s the one Mikhail’s got. He knows nothing else.

The singular exception to all of this is his tafa, Ghale, who he shows an uncharacteristic amount of love and tenderness towards, and who’s opinion of him he holds in the highest regard. In general it seems that Mikhail likes all tafa, actually. He is fascinated by them, and sees each one as a point of pride for the Au'Dar. Whether or not they like him back is an entirely different story.

Likes
• Ghale
• Tafas
• Snow
• Hunting
• Tracking
• Good listeners
• When things go according to plan
• People watching (secretly)

Dislikes
• Turbulent water
• Small talk
• Disorder
• "Relaxing" aka laziness
• Being challenged
• Outsiders
• Pleading/Groveling

Strikethrough indicates the deceased. Italics indicates an adopted relationship.

Sire: Anteris ♂
Dam: Lei ♀
Siblings: Akkora ♂ (NPC, Adoptable), Other Brother ♂
Other Significant Family: N/A

Mate: N/A
Previous Mate(s): N/A
Offspring: N/A

In-Game Relationships: Under the spoiler

Past Affiliations: None

A child of Au'Dar, Mikhail has known no other life and fears the thought of loosing this one more than anything. He was raised by his very popular, now-deceased Hunter Garde father, Anteris, and his soft-spoken, aloof mother, Lei. With him were his two brothers, one of which has left the pack and the other, Akorra, who still remains as a Gatherer. The two have never been close, but have butted heads especially since the passing of their father.

Even in childhood Mikhail was the serious and aggressive individual known today. It has gotten him in hot water with the pack's higher ranks and his own family a few times, but at the end of the day most who know Mikhail know that he means no harm. He's always just been kind of an asshole, is all. Thankfully after gaining his tafa, he seems to at least have another mind to run impulsive ideas past, and many of his packmates know the sociable little snake better than they know Mikhail.