Kassander Xanilov
06-09-2014, 08:49 AM
What would I do with him: For the most part his personality would be the same. Quiet, reserved, and not as likely to put his heart on his sleeve these days as he once had been, his shy and serious demeanor doesn't make for the best playmate. He would prefer to sit on the sidelines and observe, learning from his siblings as they played. A perfectionist, he must be the best at everything he does do, working at it obsessively over and over to get it just right before he can move on to anything else. His shyness and low self-confidence has him convinced that to be worth anything at all he has to be the absolute best and most in control, which is why he had such a strong reaction to not being the heir despite being the eldest. He believed - and part of him still believes - that he wasn't good enough, and that no matter how hard he worked he still wasn't as good as Val, and he misplaced that self-destructive feeling on his family, resenting them for what he secretly thought of as his own short-comings.
It took Elsa's death - and the soul-searching that followed - and his sister's terrifying illness for him to realize he was allowing his obsessive quest for personal perfection to force him away from his family. He has set his mind to mending those bridges he attempted to burn, but as in all he does he would be careful and methodical in the way he goes about it, and may once again allow his obsession with perfection to take over and he may go a little overboard in his big brother role - because if he's going to do it, he's going to do it perfectly.
He would still harbor some resentment towards Raisa for abandoning them in her madness, but he is trying to view it as a learning experience, something that has made him stronger and smarter, so he is trying to move past it. Part of him resents her for taking care of Elsa's children when she hadn't even taken care of her own, but for the most part gratitude that his mentor's children would live because of her drowns it out. He wants to make the effort to repair things with her as well, and would probably use Elsa's babies as the excuse to do so.
His interest in herbs has become obsession since Elsa's death and the disease had begun ravaging the pack. He is almost constantly with Ebony's remaining healers, watching what they do and asking questions. When he's not with them he's practicing, working on memorizing the seemingly vast amount of herbs and uses. He is absolutely determined that no one else he loves will die because he doesn't know enough.
Eventually he'll get a fox companion, though IC to him friends aren't as much of a priority as taking care of people so the relationship would probably start our more as him healing the fox and the fox following him around and serving out of gratitude before they finally actually get to the friend stage.
RP Sample:
Kassander trudged down the snowy path with strongly mixed feelings. Before him, the trail that led to Elsa's den where he'd learned so much from her, where he'd felt accepted and loved in a time when he'd most needed it - the den where she'd died giving birth to her pups. The den where his mother was now, keeping them alive. His breath hitched painfully in his chest, and Kassander had to stop, gulping air until the threatening tears receded. Even with everything that had happened, or maybe because of, it felt like his grief for her was as fresh as ever. She'd been more than a teacher to him. She'd been a surrogate mother to him when Raisa had abandoned them - and now she was gone too. Maybe he was just cursed.
Finally he continued on, but his progress was once more interrupted. This time, by a young voice giving a soft, pained cry from the woods. He hesitated, glancing between the den before him and the place where the sound had come from. He'd really only meant to check on the babies, so he didn't have anything pressing waiting for him... and what if one of Elsa's puppies had wandered off and gotten hurt and was calling? And though he wouldn't admit it, he didn't mind putting off the emotional maelstrom being in Elsa's den caused, not to mention his mixed feelings yet concerning his mother. Mind made up, the Xanilov pup turned away from the den to begin methodically tracing the sound. He'd find the hurt pup and help them - that would be a start to proving himself anyway.
It took Elsa's death - and the soul-searching that followed - and his sister's terrifying illness for him to realize he was allowing his obsessive quest for personal perfection to force him away from his family. He has set his mind to mending those bridges he attempted to burn, but as in all he does he would be careful and methodical in the way he goes about it, and may once again allow his obsession with perfection to take over and he may go a little overboard in his big brother role - because if he's going to do it, he's going to do it perfectly.
He would still harbor some resentment towards Raisa for abandoning them in her madness, but he is trying to view it as a learning experience, something that has made him stronger and smarter, so he is trying to move past it. Part of him resents her for taking care of Elsa's children when she hadn't even taken care of her own, but for the most part gratitude that his mentor's children would live because of her drowns it out. He wants to make the effort to repair things with her as well, and would probably use Elsa's babies as the excuse to do so.
His interest in herbs has become obsession since Elsa's death and the disease had begun ravaging the pack. He is almost constantly with Ebony's remaining healers, watching what they do and asking questions. When he's not with them he's practicing, working on memorizing the seemingly vast amount of herbs and uses. He is absolutely determined that no one else he loves will die because he doesn't know enough.
Eventually he'll get a fox companion, though IC to him friends aren't as much of a priority as taking care of people so the relationship would probably start our more as him healing the fox and the fox following him around and serving out of gratitude before they finally actually get to the friend stage.
RP Sample:
Kassander trudged down the snowy path with strongly mixed feelings. Before him, the trail that led to Elsa's den where he'd learned so much from her, where he'd felt accepted and loved in a time when he'd most needed it - the den where she'd died giving birth to her pups. The den where his mother was now, keeping them alive. His breath hitched painfully in his chest, and Kassander had to stop, gulping air until the threatening tears receded. Even with everything that had happened, or maybe because of, it felt like his grief for her was as fresh as ever. She'd been more than a teacher to him. She'd been a surrogate mother to him when Raisa had abandoned them - and now she was gone too. Maybe he was just cursed.
Finally he continued on, but his progress was once more interrupted. This time, by a young voice giving a soft, pained cry from the woods. He hesitated, glancing between the den before him and the place where the sound had come from. He'd really only meant to check on the babies, so he didn't have anything pressing waiting for him... and what if one of Elsa's puppies had wandered off and gotten hurt and was calling? And though he wouldn't admit it, he didn't mind putting off the emotional maelstrom being in Elsa's den caused, not to mention his mixed feelings yet concerning his mother. Mind made up, the Xanilov pup turned away from the den to begin methodically tracing the sound. He'd find the hurt pup and help them - that would be a start to proving himself anyway.
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