Doll Type: Iplehouse
SE (special edition, Real Skin w/UV protection) Luo
Customizations: None
Name: Caleb Arcadi (Faithful/Bold
Dog of Arcadia)
Race: Werewolf
Age: 256 years - looks to be around 30-35
Birthday: Nov. 3
Zodiac: Scorpio
Eyes: Hazel, sometimes almost golden
Hair: Short-Medium length, cream/medium blonde
Likes: sitting in front of the TV and being lazy
when he can get the chance, ladies, good food and drinks, finishing projects,
kids, grilling, hunting, family oriented events/themes
Dislikes: health nuts, having too many "jobs"
at once, paperwork, dumb/ignorant people, people BS'n him, hates cruelty
and injustice, liars, any harm or danger to loved ones
Favorite Foods: any alcohol as long as it doesn't
taste too sweet, most meats, junk food, coffee (and lots of it!), pasta,
he's actually not that picky for the most part. Does have a sweet tooth.
Least Favorite Foods: what he considers "rabbit"
food, smoothies (unless it's a hangover "cure"), and the only
time he'll tolerate vegetation is if it'll include meats and lots of it.
Personality: When he's on the job, he's quite
serious and gets things done. When he's not working, he can actually be
somewhat goofy/good humored and flirtatious if the mood suites him. Despite
his flirtatious nature at times, he can actually be pretty serious about
a female he has a strong interest in. He's easy to anger but doesn't tend
show it in front of people. He has intense emotions, but he keeps it controlled
outwardly for the most part, so most people don't really know what he's
thinking/feeling. He sometimes go as far as to act the opposite of what
he's actually feeling. This leaves people to thinking he's either very
detached, indifferent or somewhat of an oddball. Has strong sense for
family and is great with kids, especially his own. Kind of get easily
manipulated by them. Tends to be a marshmallow against those he hold in
higher emotional value.
History: He has a mostly greek heritage, with
some norse and italian in the mix. He works as a sort of "detective"
that deals with unusual cases. Such may include things that are unexplained
to the supernatural. He seems to originate from New York, or at least
has lived there for quite some time. His weapon of choice is daggers/knives,
he know how to handle firearms, but prefers not to use them. He has two
daughters from a previous mate who has been deceased from giving birth
to the younger of the two.
He has recently let it be known that he's a werewolf since there's going
to be a new member in the "family" that is consider "related"
to one of his natural prey. He wouldn't of course harm the new tenant,
but wanted to give everyone else the heads up incase things get a bit
awkward. He, in fact, has taken Dyani under his "wing" so to
speak, because she so timid and mild, he feels protective over her. With
her sweet/innocent nature and timidness, he couldn't help but feel the
need to protect her.
In his perspective of the current neighboring tenant, Ariana, he was quite
smitten with her looks and then her proper "southern hospitality".
He's eager to learn and understand more about her, and the current position
of his "job" enables such things to be possible. He finds that
some of her habits or routines are normally things that bug him and they
often do irritate him, but he couldn't help but be charmed by her more
sweeter nature at the same time. Sometimes he's having a hard time figuring
if he actually "likes" her more than a friend or not.
Recently, he's discovered that his youngest daughter has left the safety
and care of their clan's "den", for which he wasn't too happy
about. If it wasn't for the fact that his daughter became upset over a
misunderstanding, he would've lectured her about her running away from
home. Once she's been calmed, he explained the situation. Afterwards,
he went to contact the others that she is safely with him. Originally
he wanted to make plans to transfer her back, but at her insistence and
stubbornness, he decided to let her stay with him (especially since Ariana
offered to watch out for her when he can't). So he charged her to help
Ariana out with Dyani in their business, though he worries she'll only
try to cause mischief for Ariana. Sometimes have to get on to her about
messing with Dyani, too, becuase he's concerned about Dyani's more delicate
nature.
He has also an older daughter that's more mature that tries to do the
best she can for the circumstance. There's not much currently known about
his older daughter, expect that she tries to be the "adult"
and keep her sister in line.
About the race/clan:
He is part of one of the oldest werewolf clans currently existing. Essentially
considered the "youngest" of the oldest clans, they have a life
span on average of around 500-600 years (give or take a century) and don't
start to show signs of old age until the last several decades of their
life. His clan is usually traditionalists, but also adapt to every "modern"
conveniences, more so easily than other older clans. This is believed
to be so because their average life span is slightly shorter than most
other "older" clans. Though there are some "clans"
that are very close to a human's life span, most of them aren't viewed
as "pure breed", as most like that are not born from pureblood,
but made or are crossbred with humans or other weres. Children born from
humans and werewolves are rare and usually when such children are born
from such a pair, the child will either be able to shapeshift or not at
all. Even rarer is that such children are born with birth defects, stuck
between forms. About half of the known "packs" would normally
kill off offsprings born with defects, whether it's mixed breed or not.
In Caleb's pack it's a last resort, though with modern technology and
medicine, such decisions have been blessfully unnecessary as much, as
circumstances would have to be pretty extreme for that decision to be
made. Most other packs follow this route, but some still hold that tradition
strong.
Caleb's "pack" are consider one of the more noble clans, as
they are known for being passionate and patriotic to honor and justice
and are often employed in the medical, military, judicial or law enforcement.
They are a pack that's very family oriented and have a strong hierarchy
system. For the most part they are very territorial, and aren't normally
open to outsiders, aside from business relations. Only exception would
be to adopt children/young ones that have no family or protection. They
are like most other clans in that they are monogamous with their mates,
but aren't exactly "mated for life" unless special circumstances
are met. Should a mate die before their time, they are free to seek another
life mate. The only exception to the rule is if they went further and
bonded on a deeper level. In such cases, should one mate die, the other
will soon follow. Generally this is rarely done, because children tend
to be involved in the picture, even though the pack members would take
over the care, it is best if a parent is still around to take part in
raising them.
They are a very hearty group and are generally very healthy. Disease does
not normally effect them. The main concern would be on a genetic level
in the mates they choose to have children with. Normally, within their
"first" mating, the families pair the couple up. As mentioned,
should something happen to the mate, the other is free to choose his/her
own next mate. Should they take mates that are outside their kind, the
rest of the family may either be accepting or resenting. Varies from family
group to group, usually it's a combination of the two. The ones resenting
the coupling may at times test the resolve of the "outsider",
if they pass they may be accepted, but in some cases they may never be
accepted. For the most part, the clan members, especially ones who can't
or have trouble conceiving children, tend to want to take in children,
within or from outside their clan/species. Children brought up in a wolf
pack that are not of their blood will get equal treatment until they reach
adulthood, if they want to make a higher status for themselves and wish
to have a mate within the pack they will be tested and be made to prove
themselves worthy. That's when things get a tad touche'. The adopting
parents would be supportive, of course, but it all depends on the alphas
of the pack. The Alpha has the all say in things, unless challenged and
defeated by a challenger.
Like most werewolves, Caleb's clan has strength, stamina, short bursts
of near super speed, and also a keen sense of smell and hearing. Despite
myth, pure breed werewolves aren't effected by silver in the manner legend
tells, as essentially, true werewolves were never human and have only
evolved to shapeshifting and being highly adaptable (concept is similar
to the theory that apes are distantly related to humans). Although werewolves
that were "made" have been known to have a reaction to silver,
because it is believed that because their basic genes are still human,
that the wolf genetics are somewhat unstable on a molecular level when
combined in a body that is not wolf based. Basically when a human is made
into a werewolf, the "genetics" or more specifically the enzyme
of the werewolf attaches itself to the human's DNA strands, sending signals
to the cells and causing the body to adapt itself to being able to switch
it's function and shape, but because it only attaches itself and not fuse,
it is possible for a reversal effect. Silver is a natural anti-bacterial
alloy, although the enzyme isn't exactly a bacteria, when silver comes
in contact with them, it causes a slight reaction making them unable to
"hide" itself from the body's natural defenses. In essence,
it causes the enzyme to become recognized as a foreign anti-body, therefore
the body tries to repel it. Unfortunately, this can be fairly harmful
to the host depending on their sensitivity.
Strangely enough, the gene rarely effects actual normal wolves the same
way as it does to humans. It's believed because most wolf "clans"
are originally wolves that their bodies react differently than a human's.
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