Ronin Solberg
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Ronin Solberg (ROH-nin SOUL-berg) is a member of the Shingetsu Trading Company, titled as the Kuraihoshi. His parents were killed by bandits when he was only a couple months old. The traumatic event caused him to remember little of his life with his parents before the event, though, Ronin doesn’t particularly care to try, having tried his best to otherwise mentally suppress anything revolving around the terrible incident. He was rescued and raised by an older wolf named Toge, who he came to affectionally refer to as “Grandfather.” Toge gave Ronin his name, and cared for him as if he were of his own. Growing up in a heavily dog-dominated community, Ronin was teased and bullied in his youth because of his wolf-blooded grandfather and his own obviously mixed heritage. He had his fair share of fights and bloody lips, lectures and lessons to be learned. He lived an otherwise average childhood for a boy, and began apprenticing under Toge in leatherworking once he came of proper age. In December of 2020, Toge and Ronin were attacked by bandits. In the fight that ensued, Toge was killed, their horses and wares were taken, and Ronin had been rendered unconscious and left for dead. His grief, anger, and injuries prevented him from properly pursuing the bandits, and he eventually found himself in New Brunswick, Canada, where he met Naomi Stryder. |
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Ronin is an indistinguishable wolfdog hybrid, looking neither fully wolf, but, also, neither fully dog either. His ears are short and rounded like a wolf’s are, however, his coat is more in line with his dog ancestry; double-coated and shorter. Even though it’s shorter than a typical wolf’s, however, it still protects him comfortably from the northern winters. He would be considered “average” in height compared to most wolves, “large” compared to most dogs. He has a lean but muscular build to him. He is handsomely “average” all around. For a long time, he kept his hair medium in length, held up in a ponytail, and had bangs. After the fall of New Caledonia, however, he began to keep it short. When in Optime, the hair on the top of his head is medium-short, and is longer than the back or sides which are closer cut to his natural fur line. This gives him a somewhat roguish look. He has a tendency to act nonchalant, and may give off an air of someone that is lazy because of his general, relaxed-looking posture. To a more trained eye though, there is an underlying tension that lies beneath this uncaring exterior, a tension that is ready to snap into action at a moment’s notice. |
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Fur Foggy Gray (#CFCBBD)
Leather (#956D4E)
River Bed (#4B565E)
Outer Space (#2A353C)
Optime Hair Outer Space (#2A353C)
Eyes Loblolly (#B5C4C9)
Scars, Nose/Pawpads/Claws Mine Shaft (#272727)
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Where Ronin grew up, French was a common language used in larger, neighboring settlements as well as many smaller ones. His own pack had a large number of Japanese speakers, and, so, Ronin grew up in an environment where these “foreign” languages were a necessity to communicate and go about daily life and trade.
He is skilled and has an interest in blades, particularly in knives and swords. He has a natural talent for feral fighting in Lupus, and his practice in the footwork and precision required for all of these allow Ronin to be a decently skilled hand-to-hand fighter, however, these are limited more to pins, disables, deflections, and other hindering or evasive movements rather than, truly, using his fists and feet to fight his opponents. He is a notably better fighter with a blade in hand or in his Lupus form. His fighting style is to disable his opponents before resorting to powerful, precise strikes. Ronin is comically terrible with projectile weaponry, such as bows.
Wanting to help his adoptive grandfather, Ronin’s interest in working leather started at a young age. His practice and education were furthered with the help and encouragement of Makoto Ridley. Currently, Ronin can tan leather and create simple things such as bags, pouches, belts, etc. He strives to eventually specialize in armor crafting.
Because of his ancestry, Ronin has a strong hunting instinct, and is generally quite successful. He has a good nose for tracking and a sharp mind for predicting and strategizing how his prey will react and move. He is a powerful hunter while in Lupus or Secui, able to fit into nearly any role; a tracker, a courser, or an ambusher. Because of his terrible skills with things like bows and general disinterest in crafting elaborate traps, Ronin is a poor Optime hunter.
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2022 |
1 30% Eastern Timber Wolf, 30% Great Plains Wolf ⇑
2 25% Laika, 10% Norwegian Elkhound, 5% Siberian Husky ⇑