Maddock Valantis - Male - Saarloos wolfhound

♕ MADDOCK VALANTIS

♕ TRAITS

♕ OTHER INFO

APPEARANCE

Once handsome, Maddock has been mangled almost beyond all recognition. He is missing chunks of flesh all over his body as well as a large part of his left ear. Scars rake across his ribs, flanks and across his muzzle, showing pink underneath his ragged fur. However none of this prepares you for the state of his back left leg. It has been almost completely destroyed and little to no fur remains on the shriveled appendage. He can't put very much weight on it and it tends to dangle uselessly from his hip. The only things not completely destroyed are his near black eyes.

SOUL STONE

Maddock's dark blue soul stone is embedded in his chest and hidden from view. It can't be removed by anything short of ripping it out and he physically can't live without it for more than a couple of hours.

Increased strength and resistance to sickness.

PERSONALITY

It is no use mentioning who Maddock used to be. His kindness and compassion have long been erased due to the trauma caused by the attack. Now a ghost of what he once was, Maddock's soul has become just as twisted and mangled as his body. While there are many theories why he has changed so drastically, he refuses to talk to anyone about the real reason why he is the way he is now.

Maddock has become cruel and sadistic, taking pleasure in seeing his sister Nymeria struggle with the pack. He will actively stir up trouble for her, cunningly making snide remarks to members that fester in their minds until they act on it. This planned chaos is never traced back to the Alpha's mentally unstable brother who only comes into the den once a moon, but nonetheless they are products of his madness.

The only time he is something of his old self is when he is with his sister Talulla. Extremely protective of her, he does his best to pretend that he's getting better when she's around. When she is busy with other duties, he tracks her obsessively to make sure she is safe. Maddock keeps this a secret from her knowing that it would scare her away.

Despite his mental instability Maddock is extremely charismatic, and when he speaks it's with calm, logical tones. Those that aren't fully prepared for his quiet madness can be easily manipulated by him and he is relentless in converting those individuals to his point of view.

HISTORY

Ever since he was a pup Maddock was expected to be the alpha. He was raised by his father to be a leader and he would have been the best one since the founder of Kyon. Brave, compassionate, responsible, and levelheaded, Maddock was not only expected to fill the role, he genuinely wanted to lead the pack. It was one of those rare instances where the parents expectations aligned perfectly with the child's wishes.

Not to say that he didn't have any fun growing up, his two younger sisters made sure of that! There has never been a brother who loved his siblings so much, even if they did cause constant trouble. Well, at least Nymeria did... Talulla was far too sweet to even consider causing anyone any kind of discomfort. Maddock believed that it was his personal responsibility to keep them safe and there were many a time when he took on the blame for their misadventures. He knew how hard his parents were on him and he didn't want either of his sisters to become tied down like he was.

So it was just another day in the life of the Valantis' when Maddock accompanied Nymeria and Talulla on an adventure to the outskirts of Kyon. It was a beautiful day and Maddock allowed himself to relax just a little bit. They had been to this part of the territory before and there was no reason anything would go wrong. That or course was his downfall. Not paying attention to how far they had gone, the wolf pups tumbled head over heels straight into a rouge feline group.

Immediately Maddock put himself between the cats and his sisters, desperate to protect them from harm. Of course this only served to amuse the cats and they taunted him. They would feint towards the girls and when Maddock rushed forward to defend them land devastating blows all over the young pup. Blood soon soaked the ground and despite the feline's best efforts to get him to give up, he refused. Weary of the charade, one of the rouges picked up a rock and smashed it over Maddock's head. Frustrated with the wolf pup who had made a seemingly easy meal so much trouble, the sadistic cats decided to put him in as much pain as possible before eating him.

They had just started destroying his leg when a couple of scouts found the pups and drove off the felines. Near death, they extended his life by physically inserting his soul stone into his chest. With the stone only an inch away from his heart it preserved him long enough for a healer to patch him up. Unfortunately the Kurios was out of the territory and only a lower level healer was available to help him.

Slipping deep into a coma, Maddock didn't wake up for a year. His body healed, but it was unclear what had caused him to slip into such a deep sleep. When the Kurios returned Maddock had been in the coma for two months and she advised letting both his mind and body rest for as long as he needed.

When he finally woke up it was to a very different life. Every tiny movement was agony to him and what muscle he still had hadn't been used for 365 days. Used to training every day as to become a warrior, this in and of itself was frustrating, but that wasn't the worst part. The trauma caused to his head had affected his speech and memory, making day to day life unbearable. Perhaps he could have preserved some of his kindness, except for the fact that in the year he had been unconscious he had almost been forgotten. Nymeria was in training to become the next alpha and Maddock had been shunted to the edges of the pack.

Finding himself on the outskirts of society with only a healer for company, darkness began to fester in his heart. The pack had written him off as useless now that he couldn't fight or hunt and yet they kept him around like some sort of interesting pet. After everything that he had learned and worked for he had become obsolete and his sister Talulla was the only canine to even spare a glance in his direction.

How dare they treat him like this! He could accept the fact that in his physical state he could never become alpha, but he had spent years learning other skills necessary to be a leader. They kept him on like some sort of ongoing charity case. Pups would take turns looking after Mad Maddock in order to learn altruism and sympathy.

Slowly he regained his mastery of speech, thinking that perhaps once he did Nymeria would see his value as an adviser of sorts and bring him back to live with the bulk of the pack. When that didn't happen anger burned deep in the pit of his stomach. Instead of lashing out Maddock internalized his fury and allowed the perception of Mad Maddock to continue. As long as everyone believed him unstable he could continue to live on the outskirts and focus on quietly increasing his soul stone's power.

MADE BY ★MEULK OF GS & THQ