Jefferson Soul
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- 1. Appearance
- 1.1 Basics
- 2. Personality
- 2.1 Ideals
- 3. Relationships
- 4. Assets
- 4.1 Abilities
- 5. History
- 5.1 Overview
- 5.2 Timeline & Thread Archive
Maluki "Jefferson" Soul is the firstborn son of Colibri Soul and Acid, born in Clouded Tears and one of the eldest members of the Soul family. He is the father of Gaël, Heath, and Miriette, and with Geneva Stockholm he sired Pripyat. He was known for his limp that was eventually severed during the blizzard of 2011.
A grizzled old amnesiac covered in scars, Jefferson remembered nothing of his former life (including his real name) outside what was detailed to him by his adoptive brother and childhood friend, Laruku Tears. He associated the name Maluki with horrible crimes he could not remember committing, and lived his life believing himself a criminal undeserving of happiness. The former longtime leader of Phoenix Valley, Jefferson allowed his pack to merge into Ichika no Ho-en and thereafter spent time as a loner throughout Nova Scotia and Quebec, during which time he acted as an adoptive father to Octavius Poer de Angelo.
Once a rigid but just figure, Jefferson fell into a state of further emotional and physical decay in his final years. His son Gaël served as his caretaker from 2014 until Jefferson's death in the autumn of 2016 to a combination of old age and suspected cancer. He was buried by his son near the Three Moons' Ranch, where he had lived during his reign over Phoenix Valley.
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1. Appearance
1.1 Basics
EssentialsA large, scruffy wolf hybrid littered head to toe in scars. His left arm/foreleg is severed beneath the shoulder, self-amputated during an effort to save his son during a heavy blizzard; his remaining arm, mauled and with double the scars, was once held in a sling or limped upon but is now forced painfully into constant utility. His pelt an ordinary variation of woodsy colors, Jefferson has darker ears and a lighter underbelly. Beneath the trademark scar stretching from brow to muzzle is a milky, sightless eye perpetually shut; its partner is a startling emerald green. He no longer wears clothing when shifted to two legs. His hair, dark like his ears, is worn in no style but short tangles high above the neck.
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Palette Night Rider (#1C120F)
Treehouse (#3B271F)
Spicy Mix (#785242)
Pharlap (#A67B79)
Swiss Coffee (#DBD3D0)
Periwinkle Gray (#C8D2E6)
Apple (#40913D)
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Forms
Lupus (Preferred)110 lbs (50 kg) ↔ 40 in (101 cm) Big, wolfish and hefty, even in his increasing age. Littered with scars and very intimidating. Missing foreleg. On the lean side, as a loner fending for himself. |
x Secui145 lbs (65 kg) ↔ 50 in (127 cm)
Less wolfish, more bear-like. Between the scars and the size, Jefferson appears monstrous -- though the missing foreleg cuts back on the intimidation factor. |
x Optime (Preferred)260 lbs (117 kg) ↔ 7ft 2in (86 cm)
Tall and wide-shouldered, with unkempt hair. His sleeve hangs vacant where his arm cuts off beneath the shoulder. Nowadays only uses this form for fishing, trapping, or long distances. |
Interaction
- Speech: A deep, raspy voice with a crass tongue.
- Scent: Soul, woodsy scents.
- Quirks, Gestures, Etc.: Hostile, antisocial, difficult to warm up.
- General Posture and Body Language: Maintains eye contact while speaking to an intimidating degree. Shows no physical subordination to high-ranking members of packs, and moves stiffly and as little as possible, thanks to increasing hip pain.
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2. Personality
Heroic Neutral, Jerkass Facade, Retired Badass, Papa Wolf, Zero Approval Gambit. Hates Everyone Equally
Jefferson is a hostile, confrontational man with a tendency for straightforwardness, cursing and choice of few words. Short-tempered and private, the hybrid has (or had) a good heart and is (or was) extremely empathic, but wards away others believing most people a waste of time and friendships pointless and consistently disappointing. Jefferson varies rapidly between thinking his way is best and insisting that his violent background renders him unsuitable as a mentor or teacher, and he thinks of himself poorly though he possesses a natural charisma and a strong sense of justice that has been stifled into apathy by disillusionment. Troubled and sober at all times, the man finds little humor in life after his experiences and refuses to admit his loneliness or the augmenting feeling of uselessness in his growing age. Once highly protective of his loved ones, the individual losses of his mate, son, family, and pack have left him an increasingly hollow, bitter, and cold old man.
2.1 Ideals
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SexualityJefferson is heterosexual, but has given up on love. SubstancesOnce never touched a thing; now drinks heavily. SpiritualityAgnostic. Is unconcerned with the possibility of higher powers. Interests
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4. Assets
4.1 Abilities
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5. History
5.1 Overview
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Clouded Tears (7/16/04 - 1/06) | |
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Born Maluki Soul in Clouded Tears years before the fire claimed it, the firstborn son of Colibri Soul and Acid. Although not the smartest of wolves Maluki was an energetic and upbeat child and adolescent, best friends with Laruku Tears, at the time believed to be his blood brother, and close with his grandmother Ceres Sadira. He showed signs of unreliability and unpredictability early in life, shirking responsibilities and suffering from mood swings, adapting sudden accents, etc. Between the disappearance of his father, the sudden death by a "curse" of his grandmother, and the discovery of Laruku as adopted and his succession as Clouded Tears alpha, Maluki evidenced equal signs of traumatization and mental instability, and in early 2006 he left his pack under the belief that he would find his father and return. Malnourished and unhinged, the boy's sanity suffered, and he spent the next year and a half insane and fully feral, attacking at random in a variety of violent ways and earning countless scars of unknown origin.
In late summer of 2008, he happened upon a French woman he had previously encountered and forcefully fathered children with. Lacking logic and clarity, Maluki murdered her; their children witnessed, hidden nearby. Within months her mate hunted the criminal down, heavily wounding his eye and leaving him for dead with heavy skull trauma. Maluki survived, waking from the incident with senses intact, a blind and heavily bleeding eye, and no memory of how he had gotten there or what had happened. A fence guarding a nearby factory bore both tatters of his pelt from the fight and a sign declaring Jefferson Industries — with nothing else known to call himself the name was thought to be adopted temporarily, but his memory was never recovered.
Scrawny, hungry and confused, Jefferson was easy prey to a confused mother bear soon thereafter. With the addition of several more scars was a mauled foreleg, one that never healed properly and caused constant pain if used. It was limped upon or worn in a sling depending on form. Jefferson joined Phoenix Valley intending to take advantage of its resources to regain his strength and run, but grew close to its leader and members and eventually came to succeed its hierarchy as leader, where he led faithfully for two years. In a heavy blizzard of 2011 his arm was forcefully self-amputated in an effort to rescue his youngest son. Between the loss of his limb, his mate, and the criminal haunting his pack's borders and hurting its members, Jefferson stepped down in 2011 for Razekiel Lykoi to merge Phoenix Valley with Dahlia de Mai. Thinking himself useless and a burden, Jefferson spent time in Nova Scotia as a loner before leaving for western Canada intent on self-isolation.
5.2 Timeline & Thread Archive
2004
- July 2004 — Born Maluki Soul on July 16, 2004, he was the eldest son of Colibri Soul and Acid alongside siblings Akeni Soul, Colicidite Norwen, Acidica Lei (Fawn) and Frodo Aci. After the death of his mother and siblings, Laruku Tears was also adopted into the small litter and was raised as a brother. None the wiser, Maluki and Laruku grew up somewhat inseparable.
- November 2004 — Maluki grows close to his grandmother and pack alphess, Ceres Sadira. Frodo, Acidica and Colicidite were kidnapped and taken to Chimera; eventually, Frodo passed away due to heart complications and Colicidite to respiratory problems. The surviving Acidica was renamed Fawn and never returned, leaving only Maluki, Akeni and Laruku in the litter. Maluki develops into an audacious, undaunted child with a deep admiration for his father oh my god Lin's first posts at 'Souls when she was 14 how adorable.
- Maluki meets Hearse, one of the first non-CT faces to be seen.
- Storm member Cross Valiant invades Clouded Tears territory, only to be intercepted by one very bold 'Luki.
2005
- January 2005 — After a month in and out of Clouded Tears, Maluki is informed by Colibri that his father, Acid, has disappeared from the pack. Maluki swears to never leave her again. ...We obviously know how that will turn out.
- Maluki meets Adreon in his pre-leader days at the borders of Clouded Tears, and together with Colibri they venture through the pack's Crystal Caverns. The Soul, though still a pup, proves himself intelligent and capable beyond his age.
- Similarly, he would have briefly met Misery D'Angelo.
- May 2005 — Maluki briefly met Akumu Rouyaken. Pairing his reputation of constantly coming and going from the pack along with a strange, almost hick-like accent that developed sporadically, shows the first signs of an off-kilter mind.
- June 2005 — Maluki meets with his grandmother and alphess, Ceres, with whom he had been close. At last he learns the truth of his lost siblings' fates and further cementing their relationship.
- Maluki braves his way to Chimera borderlands, seeking out his sister Fawn, to no avail.
- Maluki reaches his first birthday primarily alone out of his siblings. Even with his mother he is unable to snap out of the unhappy, perplexed funk he does not understand.
- Resentful of Lisichka Sadira, his uncle, for fathering children with Maluki's mother as if substituting for Acid, Maluki met his stepsiblings for the first time: Melisandre Sadira, Mew Sadira, and Haku Soul, the latter two of which he would meet again much, much later in his lifetime.
- Laruku Tears, his readopted brother, reappears. With the recent birth of their stepsiblings and the subsequent shunning of Colibri's first litter by their mother, Maluki is overjoyed to see a friendly face. That said, 'Luki expresses a number of depressing thoughts and behavior over these few months that was very unusual for his typical happy-go-lucky nature. The brothers pledge to stay together. At the end of the month, however, Ceres tells Laruku of his true parentage at last, and the bond may never be the same between he and his "family."
- September 2005 — Hardened, Maluki's condition gets worse. Even Hearse seems to notice he's not himself anymore.
- August 2005 — Maluki nearly starts a brawl with Nirupama Tsunami, Laruku's eventual longtime lover and the creature responsible for biting off his tail.
- Laruku informs Maluki that they are not real brothers. Maluki doesn't take it well.
- November 2005 — Still plummeting, Maluki is asked by Ceres if she is cursed. Naturally he denies it.
- Later, the Soul's tempers flare in unforeseen fashions against Lishicka.
- Maluki stumbles across a very young Zaets Russo, whom he presumably escorts home to Chimera.
- He rescues Tadaasana Calypso in a situation eerily familiar ...
- Called by his mother, Maluki finally faces her with his abandonment issues as a result of her early second litter.
- December 2005 — After several months spent irritable and on edge with his family, Maluki begins to omit his surname, a trend later continued in Jefferson.
2006
- January 2006 — Called by Laruku with Clouded Tears, Maluki witnesses the bloody and trampled body of Ceres, another victim of the curse of Clouded Tears' alpha position that her grandson had long denied. Completely distraught to the point of wordlessness, the shattered Maluki exclaims a great fear for Laruku's life, who now fills the leader position in Ceres's wake.
- As if the final nail in the coffin, shortly after Ceres's death Maluki disappeared from Clouded Tears -- completely.
2006-2008
- Maluki did not just vanish from Clouded Tears without a word. Beginning to recognize a shift in his sense and an increasingly difficult struggle with simple logic, 'Luki left his birthpack originally with the intention to find his father, who had been absent from his life for well over a year but still believed to be alive. Ultimately, the hunt was unsuccessful, and Maluki never reunited with either parent or any of his siblings, save Laruku Tears a number of years later.
- After the slow degeneration seen in Clouded Tears and only worsened by his poor hunting ability and lack of pack, Maluki was considered entirely insane by mid- to late-2006. Berserk, easily provoked and unable to communicate or shift, Maluki would remain witless for nearly two years, seeming to know only his name and nothing more.
- Between 2006 and September 2008, Maluki attacked or assaulted countless individuals at random, most of which were wolves simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, surviving almost entirely off his feral reflexes and instincts. Whether in defense of his victims or in retribution for them, the male gained countless deep scars and gashes throughout his body, a chilling sight even from a distance.
- In early 2008, Maluki came across Aurelie vie d'Esprit, of a French pack near Quebec called Aube de Musique; she was assaulted and left to die, but survived thanks to her mate, Thomas. She gave birth to a stillborn and three healthy children sired by Maluki: Gael morte dre Soul, Heath morte dre Soul, and Miriette morte dre Soul. Shortly after their birth, Maluki—still in the Aube de Musique area—came across the small family. With Thomas absent at the time and the pups hiding, Aurelie was murdered before their childrens' eyes.
- July 2008 — From what the pups could communicate, Thomas was able to gather the attacker and murderer to be the same wolf and hunt him down while he remained in the area. After a long and brutish fight, Maluki was struck across the eye and earned himself his most significant scar: a gash that not only removed the vision from one eye, but cut up and over his muzzle. After beating the fallen wolf's skull to ensure death, Thomas left him to die as Maluki did Aurelie, Thomas returned to his pack and litter.
- Narrowly still surviving his wounds, Maluki woke not long after Thomas's desertion with not only his wits suddenly returned to him, but a complete void of all that had happened before that moment — including his own name, birthplace, upbringing, and insanity. Confused, afraid and breeding profusely from his head and newly scarred eye, his first memory upon waking became the sign of a long-since expired facility on a chain-link fence beside his body, reading Jefferson Institute. Without memory to call himself anything else, the name stuck, and without something better to offer those he met from thereon out, it became the identity he would become known for. He wandered for a time, eventually reentering 'Souls territory.
- August 2008 — Malnourished thanks to his time as Maluki, scarcely able to hunt for himself, and utterly down on his luck, Jefferson was found by a small bear cub while slumbering. Unable to speak high speech, the scarred man was unable to communicate to its approaching mother his innocence, and was consequently mauled despite being crimeless. The bear clamped on his right foreleg, breaking the bones and leaving countless more scars. The wound never quite healed correctly, and Jefferson would be left with a painful limp for years on end.
- September 2008 — Thanks to his broken leg, Jefferson was utterly unable to hunt. Dazed and senseless from hunger and illness, he accidentally collapsed on Phoenix Valley borders unknowingly. Originally approached by leader Deuce Rhiannon, he was sent away for his obvious hybrid genetics, only to be offered a home thereafter by second leader Iskata Sadira, beginning a very long and close friendship. Jefferson vowed to stay only as long as it took to get back on his feet.[1]