Joaquin Rose-Morales is the only surviving son born to young parents Cesar Garcia Morales and Lila Rose. He was born in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, alongside his brother Mateo and sister Ava. Following a fatal misunderstanding, he previously around as a loner and ofrenda of ToC, until he bumped into an intriguing stranger and joined him up to the Del Cenere Gang. There, he holds the rank of Las Brasas.
Joaquin's appearance is true to both his coyote and jackal heritage. His ears are large and broad, standing upright and pointed. His fur is shaggy without feathering, and short along his limbs. His face is accented with large eyes and tapers down into a slender muzzle.
Optime Hair: Joaquin's hair is often unkempt and trimmed to keep out of the way.
Build and Size:
In his lupus form, Joaquin is leggy and slender, though smaller than his peers thanks to his jackal genes. He fills out more in both his secui and optime form with an athletic build. His posture is held correctly despite his humble demeanor, looking confident in pose even when uneased. When travelling long distances without possession, Joaquin prefers his swift and agile lupus form. When hunting, he may opt for secui, but will otherwise stay in optime around others.
Lupus : 21 in (53 cm) ↔ 50 lbs (22.5 kg)
Secui: 36 in (91.5 cm) ↔ 125 lbs (57 kg)
Optime: 5 ft 03 in (63 in / 160 cm) ↔ 130 lbs (-- kg)
Scars:
Hot-iron branding of a mysterious symbol between his shoulder blades
Tattoos & Piercings:
Gauges and studs in both ears
Humanization:
While Joaquin is fairly humanized, wearing clothing when in optime form and smoking, he is still quite comfortable with his more feral form, hunting only in secui form and opting for travel on four legs as well. Even in optime form, he considers claws and teeth his best weapon.
Speech: Joaquin grew up with both Spanish and English. His voice is youthful and only slightly accented (think Shakey Graves for both talking and singing).
Scent: Chili, tobacco, and ToC
Quirks, Gestures, Etc.: He has a tendency to speak softly, hardly ever raising his voice. His walking pace is usually quick.
General Posture and Body Language: Upright and proper, but often moves his hands a lot when talking.
Dislikes: Bears, being teased for his size, opening up
Biases
Packs: He has no bias on particular packs, but is weary when it comes to any community, unsure of their collective intentions.
Species: Joaquin is most comfortable around other coyote mixes, but also feels at ease around wolves. He has little experience with dogs and is curious of them.
Non-Luperci: Because of his upbringing and appreciation of all of his forms, Joaquin may see himself as superior to those unable to shift.
Gender: He finds it necessary to stand his ground around males, but is far more relaxed around females.
Color: Those with blue-ish, merle, or ticked fur may pique his interest, as he is used to reds and browns of coyote mixes.
Sexuality: He doesn't care about another's sexuality and is accepting of all genders.
Age: While he is highly respectful of older individuals, canines around his own age may be seen as competition.
Sexuality
Describe your character's sexuality here -- sexual orientation (e.g., heterosexual) isn't enough of a descriptor, by the way! How about their libido (their desire for sexual activity)? How promiscuous are they? Are they monogamous or polygamous? How do they go about obtaining sexual partners (are they a nervous approacher, or a giant flirt)?
Spirituality
Describe your character's spirituality. What do they believe? Do they believe in (a) higher power(s)? Do they perform rituals? What do they believe after death? Do they have a creation myth? Maybe this section is long enough to require more space.
Substances
What substances has your character tried? Are they highly experimental or not at all inclined to try? Do they have an opinion on those who do indulge in "illicit" substances?
3. Relationships
3.1 Family
Garcia Morales, Rose
Mother: Lila Rose
Father: Cesar Garcia Morales
Siblings: Mateo Morales and Ava Garcia-Rose
Extended: Paz Morales Ruiz (niece)*
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Mate: ---
Children: ---
Parents: Before his forced departure from Truth or Consequences, his relationship with his parents was fair. Cesar, while a little strict, was a role model for Joaquin growing up, wishing that he could grow to be as respected and reliable as his father. His mother, Lila, was was sweet to her mate's sour, offering open arms to those in need of comfort or tender words of encouragement. Joaquin was closer to his mother, appreciative of her outwardly loving nature.
Siblings: While pups, the trio of siblings got along wonderfully. His sister Ava was always the most bashful of the brood, shy around strangers and adverse to taking risks. On the other end of the spectrum, Joaquin's brother Mateo was stubborn and adventurous, the most likely of the group to find himself in trouble. Joaquin loves and misses them both dearly.
3.2 Other Relations
Key Relations
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SKILL (Dabbler/Apprentice/Journeyman/Master):
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SKILL (Dabbler/Apprentice/Journeyman/Master):
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Auxiliary Skills and Hobbies
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SKILL (Dabbler/Apprentice/Journeyman/Master):
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5. Inventory
Trade
How do their trade deals go? Are they super stingy? Very relaxed? Easily duped? Anything in particular that they’re always on the lookout for/will trade anything for?
Joaquin was born in early spring to loving parents Cesar Garcia Morales and immigrant mother Lila Rose. Born alongside him where his siblings Ava Rose and Mateo Morales, and the small family lived comfortably in their Truth or Consequences home. He grew up deep in ToC culture, developing quickly into a superstitious individual who both feared and admired his council of Gods. While his mother was distanced some from the more supernatural aspects of life in Toc, the Rose/Garcia-Morales household were active in prayers, offerings, and rituals.
Growing up, Joaquin was an apprehensive but curious pup. He followed his more adventurous brother closely, though was careful enough to stray from trouble on most occasions. Joaquin was often considered a little strange to others around town, coming off as emotionally distant to others due to his stoicism. Those who were close to the boy, however, would describe him as loving and perhaps even overly considerate of others.
By the middle of fall, all three siblings had finally experienced their first shift, leading toward a shared Mayoridad celebration. As the sun sank below the horizon, the festivities started, with loud music booming throughout the town to celebrate the Rose/Garcia-Morales' coming of age. However, late into the ceremony, Joaquin stumbled upon a distanced Mateo who claimed to have been getting some air away from the cacophonous party. Joaquin decided to join his brother, despite finding it uncharacteristic of the typically more social sibling to be hiding away from a celebration where he was the centre of attention. While engaged in small conversation, Joaquin glanced over and witness a sight that struck fear into his rapidly beating heart; Mateo had turned to him with a gaunt looking face and eyes of pitch black. Fearing the worst, and assuming his real brother had been taken by the dreaded La Devoradora de Cachorros, Joaquin did the only thing he felt was necessary in the situation; he killed the monster disguised as his brother.
Early the next morning after the Mayoridad, a shaking and sobbing Joaquin was found covered in blood that was not his and standing over the corpse of his brother. Having torn out his sibling's throat, Joaquin was immediately found guilty for the murder of Mateo Morales, without proof what he'd witnessed just hours before. ToC leader Emiliano Suarez sentenced the young Rose-Morales boy to banishment, but not without first branding him as an ofrenda to La Hambrienta and their ruthless Gods. Demanding that stunned Cesar and heartbroken Lila hold their son still by each arm, Emiliano branded the symbol representing their outcasts in between Joaquin's shoulder blades, making shifting into his lupus or secui form impossible without tremendous pain and disfigurement.
In optime form, unable yet to even clean himself of his brothers blood that stained his maw, Joaquin was chased out of town by his family and peers. Later in the dead of night, he returned to the location of his brother's slaughter, meeting his sister Ava there unexpectedly. Despite the reprimands of assisting a banished Teersian, Ava reassured her brother that she believed him, as she had noticed the change in Mateo's behavior as well, and also claimed to have seen his eyes shift to black. She then promised to fetch Joaquin's belongings for him, gathering what clothes he could take along, a guitar that he had been gifted at their Mayoridad, and some dried meats for his journey. Understanding that he could be tortured and/or killed if seen within ToC, Joaquin thanked his sister, pleading with her to claim that she took his belonging to the shrine for their Gods so she would not be caught helping him. Before the sun rose, he was far from town and destined for someplace unknown.
AUGUST 2021
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Oh These Knots, Not So Simple (03 AUG) Charmingtown RO - Joaquin concludes that he has two options; continue to hide, or take his life back at the risk of losing it.
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