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Josephine and Bayard, Stray Dogs

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Name Josephine (Jo, Josie)
Age 29
Gender Female
Species Werewolf
Ethnicity Connlaothian
Height 5'5"
Orientation Bisexual
Occupation Mother
Residence Nowhere


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Physical Description
Josie has a sort of neutral skin tone and ash blond hair that looks sort of gray in a certain light. Though of average height, she is built slender and willowy, all in all appearing rather unimpressive. Her eyes are perhaps her most interesting feature, a bright, icy blue that can cut through a person like a knife. Her features are rather straight and angular, save for full, bowed lips.

She tends to favor practical clothing in rather drab tones of grays, browns, and tans, seeking camouflage and comfort from her attire more than anything else.

As a wolf Josephine is certainly larger than her natural cousins, but perhaps not as big as some other werewolves, built more on the side of slim and lean. Her icy eyes remain the same shade, and her fur is colored in several shades of gray ranging from a similar ash blond to her hair and a sort of cool silver.

Personality
Jo is quiet and often instinctively wary, coming across as a little standoffish. She doesn't speak much, mostly because she doesn't see the point in talking unless she has something important or useful to say. She is usually calm and calculating, refusing to make a move unless she is sure it is the right one.

But above all she is a mother, and a fiercely protective one. The only time she really seems to come out of her shell is when she has a moment to relax with her child, and she would attack without hesitation if she felt he was threatened in any way.

Magic/Abilities
Despite her appearance, she is much stronger and faster than she looks, attributes granted to her by the wolf. In fact, in her wolf form she is nigh uncatchable, able to run faster and farther than a natural wolf, even some other werewolves. Other than that and the ability to transform, nothing.

On a more mundane note: Jo loves music. From the wild call of a wolf to the well practiced melody of a bard, any sort of musicality will catch and keep her attention. She actually has a rather fine voice, though she rarely has the opportunity or inclination to use it.

Of course Bay is rather too young to tell, but he seems to have unwrites this trait from his mother.

Relationships
Bayard, or more commonly Bay, is Jo's son. All of one year old, the pup is her only family now and the one real bright spot in her life. He inherited his mother's complexion, straight nose, and full mouth, but his hair is jet black and he has dual-colored eyes, one his mother's icy blue and the other deep brown. Like most children his age, he is in a constant state of curiosity and discovery.

His father was...complicated, and Jo is almost sure he doesn't even know Bay exists. And she'd like to keep it that way.

However, due to Bay's parentage, he is a bit...different from a normal werewolf pup. Unlike most, he's had the ability to change forms since he was barely a day old. Seeing as a wolf pup is significantly more capable than a human one, he seems to prefer spending his time in that form, able to romp and play much more conveniently.

He still doesn't have full control over his shift's though, and he can spontaneously switch from one form to another, though he's getting better with intentional shifting every day.

History
Born to seemingly ordinary, boring parents in a small village in Connlaoth, Josie was always a bit of a tomboy, learning to hunt and track from her father while her mother taught her to cook, sew, and whittle wood. All useful skills, though she tended to prefer her time outdoors, and she always had a bit of a stronger relationship with her father than her mother.

At least until she turned sixteen and shifted for the first time. It was a shocking, painful experience, and she managed to stumble home just as she took her wolf form fully. Her mother was shocked, terrified, and her father even tried to kill her before she managed to switch back to her human form with no small amount of effort.

So it was revealed that Josephine's mother had had a breif affair, and the man was Josie's real father, a werewolf who had passed his abilities on to her. Her mother shunned her, ashamed, and the man she'd known as her father couldn't even seem to look at her. Desolate, she left her home and traveled south, scared that if she stayed in Connlaoth she'd be arrested as a mage.

When she was twenty-seven she met Lorian, a kind, charming man who seemed to accept her for what she was. Desperate for affection, Jo threw herself into the brief relationship wholeheartedly, and for a few months she was genuinely happy.

But then she learned Lorian's secret- that he was a vampire, and he'd been collecting unique mortal "brides" in his efforts to sire ever more powerful dhampir children. Terrified, she ran from him, and somehow managed to escape.

Of course by then it was too late. She was already pregnant with Bayard. Believing her half-breed child would never be accepted among either werewolves or vampires, she decided she would raise him on her own.

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