Overview

• Species: Primarily dog with little evidence of anything else.
• Fur: Coarse, thick and wavy.
• Optime Hair: Thick, wavy, and long. Likely pulled away from her face and tied with various plant material.
• Build and Size: Willowy and thin in all forms.
  • Lupus: 34 in (86.3 cm) — 86 lb (39 kg)
  • Secui: 43 in (109.2 cm) — 150 lbs (68 kg)
  • Optime 6ft 1in (72 in) (182.8 cm) — 188 lbs (85.2 kg)
• Humanization: Though less concerned with appearances than others, Salome has an eye for clothing with texture, movement and utility. She dresses with a willowy, even ragged look that compliments her form. She ties back the fur of her floppy ears from her face and garnishes herself with the subtle scent and color from various flowers and herbs.

Palette

Color Distribution

• Fur:
  • Base coat of Black Marlin and West Coast.
• Patterns:
  • Black Marlin dotting below the eyes and darkening her forelimbs.
  • Cameo on her nuzzle, beneath her tail, and on her back toes.
  • Harvest Gold along her nose and dotting above her eyes.
• Optime Hair: Eternity, with lighter and darker streaks.

• Eyes: Avocado.
• Nose and Paw Pads: Mikado

• Speech: Deep, feminine tones with an unnatural cadence
• Scent: rosemary, witch hazel, lavender, de la Croix, Krokar
• General Posture and Body Language: Highly animated and expressive. Always walks the cusp of intimidating and loony in body language, as the occasional chant, dance or outburst flows into her behavior as captured by her mood. Surprisingly imposing when angry.
• Traits: Independent, individualistic, playful, vindictive
• Outlook: Pessimistic

• Sociability: Introverted, dominant
• Alignment: True Neutral
  • "Does what seems to be a good idea."
  • "Sees good, evil, law, and chaos as prejudices and dangerous extremes."
  • "Concerned with their own well-being and that of the group which aids them."
  • "Will only act maliciously against those who have tried to injure them."

Motivations

• Knowledge, experimentation: Motivated by and convinced that Mother Nature has everything a man could need if they got creative, Salome is constantly putting together herbs and natural substances with intent of becoming an expert. She constantly researches through potions, remedies and medicine, and dabbles in witchcraft and the power of words and hexes, finding they too to be as organic and full of potential as nature itself.
• Freedom, privacy: Likes in semi-isolation so as to practice and experiment uninterrupted, but is not unfriendly towards the occasional guest.
• Debt: Technically indebted to Krokar for allowing her the space she needs to freely continue research in the swamp, Salome seeks to "give back" by helping out primarily as a medic for the pack.
• Individuality: Given her experience with the de la Croix family, Salome is one not one to preach blood tithes and familial obligations. Individuality and following one's own path, dreams and desires is part of growing up and remaining true to oneself.

Fears

• Loss of progress: There's a reason Salome virtually dragged Marla and Jonah with her after they burnt down her hut by mistake: She lost all notes and resources she had, including years of trading for rare and foreign herbs. But seriously, if Marla wasn't goddamn family, things would be different...

Biases

• de la Croix: The obvious black sheep, Salome has never been particularly kind with or close to her family members. Most have teased and dismissed her as a loon without ever truly trying to understand what she does, and for that she is critical and sharp with them.
• Krokar: Salome can be wary with outsiders and short with strangers, but she generally tries to play nice with Krokarans. They're simple, focused folk, and she enjoys their free way of life — and can be vicious if she needs to defend it.

Sexuality

Apparently a very tender subject.

Substances

Alcohol and cigarettes have their place and purposes, but hallucinogenics? Those are Salome's favorite, and she uses them often for insight and opening her mind.

Interests

• Likes: organic products, herbs, aromatherapy, medicine, spirituality, birds
• Dislikes: teenagers, disrespect, people who ask too many questions, interruptions, intrusive noise or visits

Key Relationships

• Marla de la Croix is one of Salome's cousins and a real pain in her side. Marla has the tendency to get under her skin, particularly when the younger woman cracks jokes or pulls pranks on her and her beloved bird, Moche.
• Jonah Leomaris is the love-sick idiot for Marla who helped burned Salome's old swamp house down in Portland. After putting a curse on he and Marla, Salome dragged them back to Krokar and calls on him for tasks she doesn't want to do.
• Tybalt Cormier is a member of Krokar's trading depot, Old Ironsides. She first met him in Portland, where she healed his burns following the Red Star's fall. She later reunited with him in Old Ironsides after being exiled from Portland. She has a good relationship with Ty.
• Hazel: Salome met the hyperactive dog at Old Ironsides and joined her when she returned to Krokar proper.

Family Tree: de la Croix

• Mother: Adelina de la Croix
• Father: Heath
• Siblings: —
• Aunt: Dewberry de la Croix
• Cousins: Marla de la Croix, Tessa de la Croix, Corinna de la Croix, Laramie de la Croix

4.1  Medicine

Salome has always appreciated the healing power of plants and put these interests to use early in her life. She is currently learning more about this skill from Pepper.

• Herbalism (Journeyman)
• Healing (Apprentice)

NPC

1. pNPC There is a life about to start (~1 Jan)
   Krokar, with Milos Parhelion, Lucille. Hazel returns from Old Ironsides with four new faces: Salome de la Croix, Marla de la Croix, Jonah Leomaris, and Zoe Cormier.

March 2017

Salome begins restocking her stores of herbs after losing most to them in the fire in Portland. Cats from the Ail Po Barn are attracted to her cottage by the influx of the birds there she feeds or takes care of and becomes a problem. After two months' withdrawing, Greenhorn Salome finally begins to meet some of the other faces around Krokar.

Threads

April 2017

Salome leaves the swamp more often to begin collecting the fresh flowers and herbs of spring. Problems with the cats from the Ail Po Barn continue.

1. pain for painless
   With Samual Dean Menue.