A Miracle!

Hello, my name is Gwenevere and I was impregnated by my dead husband.

Whaaaaaaaat? You may be asking.

Well, I don't blame you for asking because I'm quite confused about it myself. Here I was, just minding my own business, chasing a hare, and whoa! The ground falls out from under me. I hit my head and that's when things get really confusing. While I was wandering, dizzy and confused, I came upon a male. He was golden, and slim, and beautiful - he was my Lanse, I'm sure of it. Well, I was sure of it at the time, but now that my head is clear again I have my doubts... after all, Lanse died in my arms years and years ago. How much was real and how much was in my head, I don't know. I only remember bits and pieces now, like flashes of what happened after.

And now I'm pregnant, so I'm sure we can all guess what happened. If not... well... ask your parents.

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Hey guys. Tealah here. Well, you know the story now. Gwen, while hunting, hit her head and while severely concussed came across a male who... well, he looks REMARKABLY like her late husband Lanse. Was it Lanse, miraculously returned from the dead to save her from hypothermia and to have one last fling with her? Or was it a male who happened to look similar enough that her confused and pained head made her THINK it was, and he just took advantage? Well, I guess we'll never know.

There will be five pups possible for this litter. One will be taken by me. One will be taken by Nyx if she wants it. That leaves three pups available for sure, four if Nyx decides she doesn’t want a pup.

So now all these lovely little pumpkins need players. Please don’t be intimidated by the long adoption post - most of it is information for your benefit, not rules! I want to give people the opportunity to play these pups, rather than hoarding them like I usually do. :p These pups will be blood Adravendis as descended from Cairo, rather than any of the unrelated branches that have adopted the name. This is exciting, as the bloodline is fairly rare on the site right now, with very few of them remaining active outside of Gwen’s brother Leo’s descendents.

My one major rule for adopting them are fairly similar to my last adoption in that I will be requiring players to be active. Pups who aren't posted with at least once a week on a regular basis (extenuating circumstances will be taken under consideration but they should reach at least twenty posts by the time they are yearlings, especially since that is Celestial's current rule concerning pups) or are set inactive will be reclaimed. Please note that I will not take any circumstances into account if they are actually set inactive rather than simply not being posted with - I will be immediately and without forewarning (because folks, THIS is your forewarning) taking them back.

They’ll be born and raised in Celestial and will be expected to remain members of the pack until they are yearlings. If they run away, get kidnapped, etc, Gwen WILL go after them and there will be IC consequences for any character who may have been involved in said kidnapping or other hurts they may have sustained while kidnapped or being runaways. PLEASE TAKE NOTE that even after they are adults Gwenevere will still be a very loving and protective mama who will check in with her children regularly, and anyone who dares hurt any of her precious pumpkins will see just how fierce and vengeful she can be, so keep that in mind when considering future plotting.

Ok so now that the unpleasant RULES part is over, my other requirements are more flexible.

Although Gwen is generally good and they’ll be raised in a good pack, it’s not expected that the pups will turn out that way. Adravendis haven’t always been goody-goody, you know, and a tendency to skirt the border of “acceptable” behavior is only natural. Artur, my pup, isn’t going to be so nice himself. That said it’s really unlikely that they’d be outright evil, at least as pups. They’d certainly have grown up knowing that certain things are wrong, like rape and murder, and that they shouldn’t do things like drugs. Personality disorders (schizophrenia and BPD, etc) can be assumed NOT to run in her side branch of the family regardless of what can be found elsewhere in the Adravendi family tree.

They’ll grow up to be taught things (both actively IC and assumed OOCly, just please ask me before assuming specific things OOCly) like the birds and the bees, how to defend themselves, and their family history as Gwen knows it, which means pretty much pre-Fiori.Gwen grew up knowing that the Adravendis were a powerful bloodline, proud, and born to rule. Things changed when she was a child, and suddenly it was the Armada family who ruled Boreas, and Gwen has never quite gotten over her family’s fall from leadership. That, and the fact that she finds her other family members’ tendency to adopt any sad-eyed thing that comes along to be silly and vaguely annoying and probably what caused her family’s fall to begin with, is likely to reflect in what she teaches her pups, though whether or not that affects each pups’ thinking is up to you.

You can assume OOCly that Gwen and the pups will have a den system set up in the moor near the standing stones and that the pups and Gwen will be all living their until they are yearlings and will be given permission to go off on their own to either build their own den or leave the pack altogether, so daily contact with their mother and siblings can be assumed though you should get together with each player to decide what can be assumed of each pups’ relationship to each other outside of what’s been played out IC to avoid unwanted PP and hurt feelings OOCly. This allows you to post with pack members outside of the family fairly often without feeling like you don’t know what’s going on between the family.

Gwen will have some rules for them that you as a player should be aware of outside of the pack rules that you can assume she taught them as well. IC, the pups will be expected to be polite and respectful to adults, whether they’re part of the pack or not - and she will expect pleases and thank yous and ma’ams and sirs to come out of those little pup mouths when they speak to pack members! - to show up to any lessons they’re called to and to participate politely regardless of it they like the subject, and to follow all pack rules. She’ll expect them to stay within sight of the den unless they have permission (can be OOCly assumed to have gotten it) to wander within the moor until they’re three months old unless they’ve got adult (PACK adult mind you) supervision (for example, pack meetings or being left with a babysitter) and then they may go anywhere in the pack with direct permission (you can assume that Gwen gave them permission OOCly, you don’t need to ask me every time) until they’re six months old at which time they no longer need permission to go anywhere in the pack lands. They’ll need actual IC supervision to go outside of pack lands until they’re six months old, then they’ll need permission to leave pack lands alone until they’re yearlings. Breaking any of those rules will get them in trouble with Gwen, though OOCly I understand that pups can be naughty sometimes and will CHOOSe to break the rules. :p Just please expect that there will be consequences IC if they don’t follow the rules!

So to recap, until the pups are three IC months old they can be anywhere on the moor but need supervision to go over to the plains, and cannot go anywhere outside of the pack lands at all. Between three and six months they can go anywhere in the pack lands alone if they have permission from Gwen but must be supervised outside of pack lands. Between six months and one year they may go outside the pack lands with permission but must stay in the lands directly touching pack lands unless supervised. At one year old they’re adults so they’re allowed to leave pack lands (and indeed, quit the pack itself) without permission from Gwen.

Phew, that’s a lot to remember. Don’t worry, though, I’m not giving these guidelines to restrict you creatively, I’m providing them so that you know what to expect your character to already know! I’m of course always available on skype and discord for any questions you might have as well.



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