Witch Dogs

Ibis is quiet, her voice is as soft and gentle as her attitude, carrying no ill will towards those around her. This quietness tends to lend others to the idea that she prefers to be on her own and to some degree that's correct. An introvert by nature, not even realizing it as she drifts away from large groups of others, and favors less crowded or frequented areas to care for. One could almost mistake her for being jaded at times with how she hides away her emotions from others. This is far from the truth, she feels things very deeply and strongly and can be protective of the spaces she's working on repairing.

Though this protective nature never leans into outright aggression or attacking others, it can lead to anger towards those she sees as harming her working space or angering the spirits. However, she would rarely lash out at another unless they were attempting to harm her. Ibis is a nurturing soul, wanting to see things grow and thrive, whether that's another being, a spirit, or simply the world around her. She will actively work herself to the bone to get things done, throwing herself into whatever she's working on, and not leaving the project till it's finished in full.

Always one to see things through to the end regardless of how tired she happens to be. She believes she is here in this world for a reason and that the reason is to provide a safe place for others to communicate with those from the beyond and to help in the growth of the world around her.

Ibis grew up as an only pup to a single mother from the Rowanwood lineage, a quiet life if there ever was one. She and her mother were as different as night and day though. Arcani was broad, strong, and as healthy as an ox with the Rowanwood deep brown coloring her fur, patches of red-brown, and thin streaks of a brighter blue-green threading through her fur. Ibis wasn't that, at a glance, you almost couldn't tell she was Arcani's daughter. Sickly, frail, and washed out with a coat of white and blue-grey and patches of black. Despite the visual differences, Ibis was treated wonderfully by her mother. Growing up learning about the grove around her family and the world beyond that, though Arcani had no real want to let her tiny child out into the world, she knew someday the day would come when Ibis chose to wander. She wanted her prepared for what lay ahead as best as she could.

So Ibis was taught to build, how to construct shrines even if they were small things, to heal wounds and illness should they come. To be smart, and wise, and to always watch the world around her since it would show her where she was going and where she had come from. However most important to her were the lessons where she was taught to simply listen, to feel for that heart-pulling motion that would lead her to where the places beyond were just in reach. To nurture those spaces and to treat them with love and respect. Arcani was a skilled teacher but knew she was no match for real-world experience, and when the time came she saw Ibis off into the world.