Caleb Arcadi


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.