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Asterope Seadance (a-STER-o-pee SEE-danse) is a member of Casa di Cavalieri, ranked as a Valiant. They hold the co-ranks of Master Scholar and Master Herbalist. They are an ambassador to the Court of Fangs and Master of Poisons in Casa di Cavalieri's Brotherhood. Asterope Seadance is a scholar and herbalist raised in a semi-feral pack of the Seadance family far to the west. Following rumors of stories and peoples passed down from a the family matriarch, Echo Seadance, Asterope traveled east to Casa di Cavalieri, where they are now working in service to Casa di Cavalieri's goals of honor and defense. |
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1. Characteristics
1.1 Appearance |
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Asterope's thick, bristling fur is the color of deep walnut wood that brightens to mahogany around the eyes and saddle in lupine form, with darker accents around the cheek ruffs, eyes, and muzzle. A lighter patch also adorns the center of their chest. Their eyes are a cheerful, pale jade. In optime form, Asterope sports a short, playful tuft of fur for hair that swoops up in a gentle, feathery crest. They are well-groomed and prefer to dress in practical, rough-spun clothes of somber greens, browns, and creams if clothing is required for the occasion, but most often, Asterope is found in nothing at all (except perhaps a quill and ink). Standing about 7’, they are lithe and lean of figure with elegant limbs well-suited toward dexterous activities like writing, sewing, painting, weaving, and dancing. Asterope's tendency toward feral hunting and living has added a layer of functional, sturdy muscle to their lanky physique. Asterope has a long, expressive face that’s as quick to smile as to knit in an expression of contemplation. They move a bit like a hummingbird, zooming quickly from place to place and hovering momentarily before moving on to tend something else. Asterope can also be found curled snail-like over a stack of records, stories, or specimens, and is very still in these moments, fully absorbed by the content at hand. |
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Fur Irish Coffee (#5F3D26)
Cola (#422500)
Eclipse (#311C17)
Coffee Bean (#2A140E)
Karaka (#1E1609)
Optime Hair Cola (#422500)
Eyes Pastel Green (#90EE90)
Scars, Nose/Pawpads/Claws Tan (#D2B48C)
Black (#000000)
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1.2 Personality |
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Summarized: Erudite, articulate, gentle, cautious, studious, meticulous, anxious, patient, empathetic, playful, investigative |
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Asterope is best described as curious but reserved. A scholar at heart, they enjoy observation and research as well as rich discussion. They believe play is an integral part of learning and appreciate others with adventurous attitudes. Whether it’s attempting to recover generational recipes, hypothesizing about the attitudes of the past, documenting current customs, charting genealogy, or contemplating the changes of the future, Asterope loves engaging with ideas and the processes of documentation, experimentation, and record keeping. However, when in the physical presence of a text collection, Asterope can be comparatively aloof, meticulous, and even tetchy--this is especially true with pups in the vicinity, who must be taught proper etiquette in order to preserve the wisdom of the ancients. While good texts should be read, they should also be appropriately tended and valued. They have a fondness for novelty, an excellent turn of phrase, and quiet co-working. They're much less fond of disrespect for community values, rash decision-making, and messiness. Asterope enjoys a multitude of personality types, but genuineness is a must. Asterope is offput by moral ambiguity and evasiveness. They love ceremony, celebration, and tradition, though they also very much value challenging established codes from the stance of constantly striving for better for the community.
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Asterope has an interest in lore, history, and stories as part of their engagement with scholarship; it's easy for them to understand and respect the religious and spiritual beliefs of others as a result, but they tend toward quiet magical and religious skepticism. |
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The closest Asterope comes to substances is being willing to test out non-lethal, experimental poisons on themself. They have been persuaded to drink before, but they're generally unwilling to engage in any kind of substance use, and can most commonly be found drinking tea. |
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Note: Listed skills are those that the character has some significant talent or interest in to be noteworthy. Skills that have been mastered (and are best expressed as such) are marked. |
| Main Focus: Scholarship and Pharmakon |
Asterope is actively engaged in the many facets of scholarship including paper making, book binding and repair, illumination, and record keeping. Their strengths are book binding, repair, and illumination, though their paper making is fair, and their record keeping is as organized as those who came before. They document pack members who rise to the Brotherhood ranks, make recordings of ceremonies, and help flesh out prominent family genealogies as they develop each season.
In the effort to continue building on the pharmacopoeia available to them, Asterope has endeavored to understand all that's possible about poisons, antidotes, and their administration. Along the way, Aster has discovered that the line between medicines and poisons is often fine, and has sought to expand their understanding of both to the benefit of their packmates and loved ones. Their endeavors include developing a non-lethal paralytic, practicing poison detection, and understanding curative or palliative doses of different substances depending on the relevant indication and the size of the luperci in need of treatment.
Related to poisons and cures, Asterope has cultivated a "poison" garden and tends to it diligently in addition to tending Casa's gardens to ensure they have ample supply of fresh, seasonal herbs. Relatedly, they often pick and dry herbs to ensure there is a static supply of available materials with which to create poultices, teas, tinctures, or other mixtures, dependent on intended route of administration and the needs of specific luperci.
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Asterope very much enjoys the creativity and communal nature of storytelling. Their love of words and willingness to engage complex moral and philosophical conundrums has drawn them to the tropes and literary devices that stories use to help explain the world. Because of this, Aster often has stories that apply to various scenarios, or stories primed to evoke specific emotions. They sometimes use these creative fictions as lenses through which to understand real-life problems.
As it relates to substances and the body, Asterope is keenly curious to better understand how luperci respond to various substances and in what doses, and they're willing to test their ideas both on non-luperci and themself. Generally, this lends them toward an investigative disposition, and when left to their own devices, Asterope has a tendency to run away with questions and what-ifs about whatever subject is at hand.
Asterope is most often in secui form outside of the libraries or their workshop, and has invested time and energy into shifting arts, in part spurred by stories, myths, and legends of luperci capable of highly refined shifting. They keep a text in Memorial Library on the subject, detailing legends as well as their philosophy and method to heightening control over their shifting. Though bound like a book, it's more of a journal, also documenting Asterope's process and journey into understanding their multi-faceted form and changing shapes.
Related to feeling, sentimentality, and communication, Asterope has recently been trying their hand at poems and love letters. Despite their logical mind, they remain a creature of immense sensitivity and feeling, and look forward to exploring these aspects of the lived experience with those who are open to sharing.
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2. History
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| Duration: | Oct 2020 – Nov 2022 |
Asterope hails from a land further north and has come south seeking the remnants of a curious community that their great-great grandmother, Echo, once told her children about. Asterope was weaned through multiple generations on Echo's stories of strife, triumph, love, and loss; her gentle nature permeated the stories in spite of her passing, and the stories’ romanticism encouraged Asterope's curiosity and intellectual flexibility from a young age. Through Echo’s inherited stories, they fell in love with the written word as well as the spoken, fixating on the act of recording stories, songs, records, and other information, as well as the arts of preparing paper, parchment, and hide for these purposes. Asterope began to collect the stories of others, especially the mythic and fantastical that alluded to a vivid world of the past and a rich tradition of imagined spaces. Asterope has three siblings—Melinoe, Chrysothemis, and Polyxo—who are from the same litter, each of different temperaments. Melinoe is an ethereal, mysterious, and grim soul; Chrysothemis is noble, bawdy, and bold; and Polyxo is generous, patient, and mischievous. Asterope’s parents are Syrinx, an impressive archer and stern soul, and Cassiel, a loyal and devoted protector, who remain in their community Asterope has left behind. Asterope has also been told of distant, likely deceased kin—Tobias, Konane, and Fineas—who are half siblings of one of Syrinx’s grandparents from Echo’s line. With promises to find ways to ensure communication between them and their family, Asterope also left behind an impressive, if piecemeal, text collection to forge new bonds and perhaps find opportunities to read new, unknown texts.
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| Duration: | Nov 2022 – Present |
| Ranks: | Valiant (Mar 2024 – Present)
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| Co-Ranks: | • Master Scholar • Master Herbalist |
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Note: Threads below are listed in chronological order of their initial post dates, and may not reflect their exact story chronology (see individual threads for backdating notes).
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2022 |
NovemberAsterope joins Casa di Cavalieri after a long journey traveling from the Seadance pack. Threads
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2023 |
January - FebruaryAsterope settles into Casa di Cavalieri and begins finding their place as a scholar. Asterope also makes a connection with the Court of Fangs. Threads
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March - AprilAsterope continues settling in and making connections with their packmates, striving to help others with their tasks and remain useful. For the first time, Asterope also makes a connection with another pack, Del Cenere Gang, and begins a relationship with the loner band, The Court of Fangs. Threads
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May - AugustThere is a stake-out and rescue mission regarding one of Casa's own lost sons, Orca Munroe, in which Asterope helps scout the slavers that have held him captive. Asterope also reconnects with the Court of Fangs. Asterope turns their attentions toward home and Casa di Cavalieri, pursuing their co-ranks and assisting their packmates. Threads
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SeptemberAsterope turns their attentions toward home and Casa di Cavalieri, pursuing their co-ranks and assisting their packmates. In addition, their intellectual pursuits and interest in herbalism turn Asterope's mind to poisons, specifically, developing a paralytic to avoid having to kill. Threads
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October - NovemberAsterope takes a luperci life for the first time, and rededicates themself to the pursuit of understanding and curing poisons and other wounds. Asterope participates in Casa's Spirits Passing tradition and learns its origins.
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DecemberAs Asterope recovers emotionally and throws themself into their work, they decide to attend the Thistle Market, eager to see what others have to offer and to see whether there is interest in their goods for trade.
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2024 |
January - FebruaryAsterope is inducted into the Brotherhood as Master of Poisons. Nikamew and Oberyn call on the Cavaliers for aid, and Asterope and Parzival answer. Threads
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