Aven

Aven 'Dances-in Battle' is a lupus Get of Fenris Cliath Garou who operates in and around the Hamilton area. Part of the Pigeon Pack, her totem is Pigeon. Most commonly seen spending time with her best friend and packmate Syras, she is good friends with Miriam and the protege of Kristoph.

Personal History
Born in the countryside around Hamilton, Aven was part of one of a few Get of Fenris packs in the area. A bright and energetic pup, she had a propensity for wrestling and play-combat that showed a natural skill. Unusually, even for the Get, her fur was a near perfect white and she was very large.

One day during a wrestling match with her oldest sibling, Aven got too deeply involved in one game and began to panic as she felt herself lose. That panic helped her touch a deep and abiding rage within herself and she underwent her first Change, shifting into Crinos form and becoming a mindless Berserker. She rapidly cleaved through two of her siblings while the rest of her family fled. For several weeks she wandered the countryside, unable to shift out of her war-form and inciting Delirium in every human who saw her. Her former kinsfolk were too frightened to deal with her, and fled whenever she grew near.

Eventually the Garou in the area were alerted to tales of a monster rampaging through the countryside and the Summer Riders were dispatched to the area. One of them, Kristoph, found Aven and managed to first subdue and then help walk her through controlling her transformation. Returned to lupus form, she was taken to a nearby ranch controlled by homid kinsfolk. From there, she was given a rundown of the basics of human and Garou culture. Kristoph ended up taking a de facto mentorship and fatherhood figure in her life.

Although her learning period is not done yet, the rising tension in Hamilton lead to pressure for Kristoph to bring Aven in to begin helping with the situation. After the Elder requested that his protege be brought in, he relented and set a Cliath against her in combat for her Rite of Passage. Aven's naturally, flowing skill in fighting lead to her recieving the title 'Dances-in-Battle'.

After a few missions working as a Cliath, and several others in the area agreed to form a Pack of a more democratic nature. After some discussion, they eventually agreed that they would be called the Pigeon Pack and hunted down the bird as their totem.

Personality
Most people's first impression of Aven is that she's stoic and enigmatic, but neither of these are intentional. The truth is that Aven is new to most of the world around her, and a result she tends to keep quiet and clam up rather than express thoughts or feelings. When around those she feels more naturally comfortable with, she can be very expressive and is especially physically affectionate, enjoying play-wrestling, hugs, and casual contact.

Aven is zealously dedicated to the cause of Gaia and respects above all those who apply their strength towards that cause. However, she is very bull-headed and direct in most of these thoughts, not having skill or practice in complicated ideas and very little real-world experience for how badly direct plans can go. She also has an incredibly highly biased viewpoint inherited from her mentor Kristoph, who inadvertently taught her a pitch-perfect viewpoint of the Get of Fernis with little room for nuance.

In spite of all of this, Aven very concerned with empathy, helping others, and learning new things. She's just a little slow on the uptake every now and then.

Description
Aven is big, with an overwhelming presence that pervades every aspect of her. Primarily it stems from her height, towering well over the average person, but it extends to her body language too, constantly pushing outwards to convey the sense that she is large and threatening and something to be concerned about. At rest, she is constantly looking around in a way that might appear nervous, but with too practiced an air. She does not jump at random happenstances, she simply observes everything obviously within her view. Her skin tends towards the pale, unusually for someone who is clearly so athletic and fit, and her hair is blonde with luminous yellow eyes. Her usual expression is stoic, though she often switches into exaggerated expressions for brief flashes. She is generally hunched over just a little bit, and her overall appearance has a touch of the feral to it.

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