Alec McCormick
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- 1. Appearance
- 1.1 Basics
- 1.2 Miscellaneous
- 2. Personality
- 2.1 Ideals
- 3. Relationships
- 3.1 Family: McCormick
- 3.2 Relations
- 4. Skills and Inventory
- 5. History
- 5.1 Achievements
Alec has recently left his pack with his mare Starling, and is now arriving in Nova Scotia. He's going to be wandering around getting to know the area and meeting new people. He'll be looking to learn about the packs soon and potentially finding one to join.
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1. Appearance
1.1 Basics
Essentials
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1.2 Miscellaneous
Forms
95 lbs (43 kg) LupusAlec has yet to use this form since his first shift (So VERY rarely as of now) |
155 lbs (70.3 kg) SecuiSame as Lupus. Hasn't used it since his first shift to Optime. (VERY Rarely) |
250 lbs (113.4 kg) Optime (Preferred)Alec is pretty much constantly in this form as of now. |
Interaction
- Speech: Alec has very clear speech that flows well.
- Scent: Rain, Smoke, leather, forest, mint.
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- General Posture and Body Language: Alec is usually very relaxed, though he holds himself tall, and does not have an aggressive nor a submissive posture generally.
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2. Personality
The biggest part of Alec's personality is his free-spirit and desire to always be in control of his life. He loves learning new things and trying to better himself, and is constantly wishing that he knew more. Especially now that he realizes just how much is out in the world and how different somethings can be than from what he was raised to know and believe. He is wild and crazy sometimes, partially due to his insane naivety for his age. But he is also prideful, almost to a fault. He hates admitting how little he is familiar with. Sometimes he's even too proud to admit how much certain things interest him, but underneath that exterior is an excited, knowledge hungry soul that will eagerly throw himself into something.
Alec can have a very strong sense of his own idea of justice and what is right and wrong. He promised himself that he will never stand by while someone who he can help or who needs him is in trouble. He has a good heart and despite being cautious and guarded at times, he's extremely loyal. His upbringing was not exactly loving. His parents suffered from his personality, and while they did nothing that would harm him, especially as it would be against their beliefs, they also did not support him or truly accept him. Loving is not something that he knows, however he can still be very sweet and friendly at times.
2.1 Ideals
TraitsFree-Spirited, Passionate, Curious, Cynical, Guarded, Loyal, Mischievous, Naive, Kind, Inquisitive, Intelligent, Observant, Stubborn, Proud, Dominant when the need is there.
Motivations
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Biases
SexualityAlec is extremely naive when it comes to sex and all things related to it. In his pack there were arranged mateships, and sex was not condoned outside of when a female was in heat. Males were rarely told much about sex, bare concepts, as the instincts brought on by a female's heat were expected to guide the male. Females who entered heat were segregated from the pack from their cycle, and only their mates were allowed to see them, simply for breeding to reproduce. Give all of this Alec knows very little and though he has heard of the powers of a female's heat, he is skeptical and does not believe it would have an uncontrollable affect on him. He does not know his own sexual orientation, just assuming that he can only be attracted to females, and he does not know the concept of flirting. To him courtship or dating isn't a thing, a couple is just paired up. Interests
SubstancesAlec hasn't tried or been exposed to any substances yet. When he is, it'll be fun. XD |
Spirituality
Alec's spirituality is going to be a big part of his development. He does not agree with/believe the teachings of his Birthpack, but he is not aware of anything else out there. And upon learning about other things, he is probably going to be cynical and skeptical. But the biggest part he hated was the requirement to give up his life to his deity and just wait for his life to be silently guided. Beliefs that require action or communicating with a higher power would probably interest him, and some might even call to him. But as of now, he does not really believe anything, just knows what he doesn't like.
3. Relationships
* Does not know this person by name.
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4. Skills and Inventory
4.1 Abilities
Hunting
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4.2 Inventory
Trade
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- Offering: Alec will sometimes have furs and other goods from animals that he has hunted.
- Accepting: Depends on the situation, but could be accepting of most things.
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5. History
- Born to Selina and Ermac McCormick two years after they had been mated through an arranged mateship. At the time of their mateship, both performed jobs in the pack that were about midway up in the packs ranks. However soon after they were mated, it was found that Selina had problems conceiving and carrying to term. Given this, Selina's role and status in the pack fell. She was given the lowest rank a female could, the job of handling and preparing the hunter animals for the pack to use. This involved getting bloody and cutting the bodies of the hunter prey, and as such was seen as a bottom tier job in the pack. The second time Selina came into heat and her and Ermac attempted to reproduce, Selina managed to carry Alec to term and give birth to him, along with two pups who were stillborn. But Alec had been born.
- With in the pack, a deity named Cadomear was worshipped. The beliefs and teachings of the pack were that of extreme pacifism and that you should give up all desires for control and guiding of your own life to Cadomear, who would lead it better and guide your life silently as he saw fit. You were also to stay within the pack and mateships were arranged in the pack. Alec, being born larger and from a young age showing too much of an inquisitive mind, always asking questions and seeking to gain knowledge instead of just allowing his life and path to be chosen for him, was given the lowest position within the pack a male could have, a hunter. This was the lowest position because hunters could not avoid violence, though they were given bows so they didn't not have to be close to inflict the pain upon the animals they hunted. The pack was extreme in their pacifist ways, believing that violence should not even be used to save your own or someone else's life. Alec hated the feeling of not having control of his life, too much of a free spirit, and often would skip out on what were considered important religious events and worship time. This, along with the fact that he was a larger male, which was looked down upon in the pack, often put him in a position where the others in the pack didn't care for him, though nothing was ever said outwardly to him and there was never any physical discipline. But his parents were punished in a way for his apparent short comings in the pack's eyes, as it was decided that his parents would no longer try for offspring, given how Selina had a hard time anyways and the one that did survive was such a lowly specimen. Despite all of this and how Alec felt within the pack, he was a strong spirit and would often walk proudly, embracing his large size, and embracing his differences from all of the like minded canines around him. He was not ashamed that he stood out and didn't seem to fit into the workings and beliefs of the pack.
- Alec was miserable in the pack but he didn't know any other way of life or that there were truly other options and lifestyles out there, so he stayed. The turning point for him was when he was out with a hunting party. They came upon a group of about 4-5 slavers with a group of slaves (though Alec didn't know at the time that that's what they were). The slaves were in terrible condition, and this outraged Alec. As they watched, a female, who must have been fairly new given her apparent good condition, managed to break away and tried to run. One of the slavers chased her down, and as Alec tried to rise to help her, the hunting pack leader told him not to, as they could not use violence to intervene, despite the fact that they had more than enough hunters, all with bows, to take the slavers. So instead Alec watched as the slavery brutally savaged and mauled the girl after catching her. And once it was done, the hunting party leader told them to continue the hunt, and they left as if nothing ever happened. Afterwards Alec was ashamed and disgusted by what had happened, equally at the slavers and at the apparent carelessness of the pack. He couldn't stand the fact that he had just sat there. He blamed himself for what happened, realizing that if he had disobeyed and helped her, his fellow packmates wouldn't have tried to stop him. Realizing that he could no longer live with himself in that pack, he quickly grabbed his clothes, his bow, quiver, and arrows, stole a small bag to store stuff in and a skinning knife from his mother's tools, ran to the stables and grabbed a medium bag of grain before going to the stall of a mare he had bonded with during his life in the pack. Taking the mare and his supplies (some ill gotten) and set off, leaving the pack behind, not sure what awaited him out in the world.
Various Customs of Alec's old pack in more detail:
- Mateships and Mating: The pack practiced arranged mateships. Two packmembers of similar ranks were picked and paired up together, usually this involved input from the parents and leaders of the pack. Once a pair was put together, they were only allowed to mate in order to reproduce, so only when a female would enter heat. She was sent off a little bit a ways from the pack, to live in an area specifically for females in heat, and the male would go see her so they could mate. Sex was not condoned in the pack save for reproduction. Females were taught a little bit about their heat and that when the time came they should give in to the males and let their instincts guide them. The males were given a very brief explanation of sex and were told very little of a females heat, the main point that was stressed was that the male's instincts would be all they needed to know what to do. **Note, Due to Alec's behavior and standing in the pack, while he was given the explanation all males received, he never got an arranged mateship because he was so looked down upon in the pack.**
- Give your life to Cadomear: The members of the pack were taught to devote their life to Cadomear and trust him to silently guide their lives. While they did practice worship of him, and there were texts about him and why you should give up your life to Cadomear, prayer or attempts to commune with Cadomear were not smiled upon or allowed, as this was seen trying to influence him or play a role in your life outside of just faithfully trusting in the deity.
- Violence and Size: Larger canines were looked down upon in the pack because they saw a large size as a tool that could only be used for aggression. Any sign that would be seen as contributing to violence or aggression (not jut physical aggression) was looked down upon. So scarring is a huge no-no in the pack. Blood is also seen as extremely bad, and to come in contact with someone else's blood, even a creature of prey, is something that is horrible.
5.1 Achievements
Catacombs
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history overview here
Timeline
2009
- DD Mon: your character was born hooray!
2010
- DD Mon: they turned a year old hooray!
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