General

Name : Rowan

Pronunciation : R-oh-w-un

Meaning : little read head or from the rowan tree

Age : depends

Gender : female

Species : wolf

Breed : many of her packmates think she's a grey wolf, but others think she's part maned wolf, although no one is certain

Personality : very temperamental, sensitive especially about her interests, strongly supports justice, stands up for herself no matter who and how (even if it involves claws and teeth), hopeless when it comes to romance, she only trusts the members in Aleu's pack, impulsive (the reason why she picks unnecessary fights), becomes angry when others tease her about her odd whereabouts or doings, when she makes up her mind no one can change her decision

Likes : her friend Jasper, walking by the shore, howling alone (before she loved company but now she prefers to be by herself), having conversations with the stars, traveling, confiding her worries to Aleu, finding strange objects, night, silence

Dislikes : loud sounds, closed spaces, suspicious behavior, rowdy pups, stickiness underneath her paws, injustice, the sun, warm weather, the feeling of being watched, the mere thought of love because of her heartbreak, the way she looks, meager food amounts

​Relationships

Mother : forgotten

Father : forgotten

Siblings : none

Crush : Jasper

Crusher(s) : closed

Mate : Barock (c) artic wolf

How they met : After her devotion to Jasper, Rowan knew that it just couldn't happen. She couldn't force anything. So for a while she became depressed and decided to explore the pack's new territory. Somehow, she ended up at the seashore and was surprised to see Niju, and he wasn't alone. But, before she could turn around, the other wolf growled, "Hey! Get back here!" Rowan wasn't going to bare with this kind of threating though after what she'd been through in the past. "You can not and will not order me around!" The wolf look as if he would pounce, but instead paused. "What's your name?" "Rowan. And you?" "Barock." Niju looked quite upset. "Where is Aleu? I need to speak to her!" Rowan then looked away from Barock's fierce eyes, "Follow me." And so she led them to the pack and Aleu was able to accept Niju and Barock back. And for Barock and Rowan, Rowan had been able to lessen Barock's fierceness and Barock had been able to win a bit of Rowan's love. To be continued ... (in images)

Friends : Kiara (c) Celeste.

Frenemy : Alice

History

Most of Rowan's past is forgotten. She never wants to remember it too much. All she knew was that her parents had left her alone, and so she was an abandoned orphan. No one really took care of her. She just stayed close to the mothers and the pups while she was growing up and learned on her own. But, Rowan didn't grow very strong because she never was able to nurse milk. Nevertheless, she survived on water and soon discovered how to hunt before any of the other pups did. Her main meals were almost always squirrels and very rarely caribou. Then she began to imagine and dream. She'd stroll along the shore alone and watch the water glow at night. During the day, she'd examine the bark of trees and sleep between their thick, gnarled roots. Her friends began drifting farther and farther away, thinking that she had gone mad. Only one remained and that was Alice. Alice overlooked Rowan's weird behavior and always tagged along. Once during the winter time, she was dozing inside a snow den she dug up while Rowan was tugging on scarce blades of grass when a large wolf padded by. Without waking up Alice, Rowan pursued him until he reached the edge of the rocky cliffs. Rowan knew she couldn't climb them, so she simply watched as his shoulder blades rolled then he sprung up onto the rocks, gripping small cracks along the way. About half way through his ascent, the wind shifted (Rowan didn't notice) and the wolf stopped abruptly. Rowan had lept to her paws wondering why he had stopped. Then the wolf snarled, "Who is it? I know you're there!" Rowan crept slowly backwards, but the wolf persisted, "Come out! Who are you?" He sniffed the air, "You're a female! Well, come on! Are you afraid?" The wolf sneered as he looked over his shoulder down at the bushes where Rowan was hiding. With one enormous leap, he seemed to glide down the rocks then landed on a boulder. Without thinking, Rowan bounded out from the behind the bushes she was taking refuge in and toward the wolf. When she was about three paces away, Rowan pounced upon the wolf, claws outstretched. But, she judged wrong. She landed a bit back from her target (his back) and stumbled into him instead. Her paws flailed uselessly and trod on the wolf's tail, flattening it into the snow. Then, she felt cold teeth clamp, not around her throat, but instead around her scruff. The ground fell away as she was suddenly dangling from the wolf's jaws, suspended in the air. She found this as the perfect opportunity to lunge forward and bite the wolf. But, when her snout was just close enough to his throat, the wolf swung his neck backward then forcefully threw Rowan into the snow, causing a shower of white powder. And so Rowan lie motionless in the snow. The wolf glowered then savagely wretched away a portion of Rowan's right ear. Rowan felt a sudden pain throbbing in her right ear and she snarled again at the wolf as she struggled to get up. There was now a notch in her ear. But, before the wolf could attack again, a grey wolf came pelting toward them. He thrust himself in between them then howled a warning. Alice suddenly appeared followed by two more wolves in response. The large wolf whimpered then fled, his tail tucked firmly between his legs. The grey wolf bent down to sniff Rowan's ear and when he did, the most amazing scent wafted from him and enveloped Rowan's nose. She began to feel drowsy then slumped onto his chest. When she had awaken again, the same grey wolf was hunched over her, licking her ear. It stung but, Rowan didn't want to mention anything that might cause him to leave her side. Noticing that she was awake, he asked anxiously, "Rowan are you okay? That wolf ... ummm ... changed the shape of your ear!" Really? Rowan tried to giggle, but she was sore all over and it hurt when she turned over. So she smiled weakly as the grey wolf continued to lick her ear. Briefly afterwards, Alice trod in. "Rowan! Why didn't you wake me up? You could've been killed! That wolf would've torn you to ribbons!" Rowan tried to look at Alice, but all the soreness came back again, so she lie still once more. I'm fine, just stay here! She tried to say, As long as you're with me. But, then Alice spoke, "Rowan, you need to rest, so Jasper and I'll just leave you be for a while, 'kay?" No, hold on! But, Alice and Jasper left her alone curled up beside a tree, shivering. When she had finally waken up again, Rowan heard nothing. She couldn't hear pups playing in the snow drifts or wolves dragging their kills from their hunts. It was utterly quiet. She liked it but it was also very nerving. Then there was noise again, everyone was coming back but there was someone new, and she had another with her. It was a female just about her age and a male that looked a lot like her father. They didn't stop though. The pack hurried past Rowan without even the slightest sidelong glance cast her way. She felt extremely lonely. But, with her eyes still drooping and exhausted from the fray with the large gray wolf, Rowan drifted to sleep again.

A stick washed ashore and it was poking her side. The waves crashed and it poked harder. Then it jabbed into her fur. Rowan woke with an unexpected jolt. Jasper had been prodding her awake with his nose (which was wet explaining her dream about water). "Rowan wake up! You need to meet Aleu and Balto! Their really interesting! Balto just told us to mush! Do you know what that means? I don't!"  Taken aback by his fresh wave of chatter, Rowan stood shakily on her paws and leaned awkwardly onto Jasper's side. "Let's go see them!" And so they did. When they had finally reached the pack, Alice bounded up to them. "There you are! Balto just left!" She gazed sadly at the water, "He really helped us out. Well, now Aleu's our pack leader! Isn't that great!" Not knowing who on earth Aleu was, Rowan nodded uncertainly as they both began dragging her to the front of the pack. When they did reach the front, Aleu smiled eagerly at Rowan. "Hello Rowan! Jasper and Alice here told me about you. Don't worry, if we see that wolf again, he definitely won't be coming back!" She winked then addressing the whole pack, "I am your new leader. You will follow my orders and my orders alone. Do you understand?" The pack yelped and barked in reply, their tongues lolling. "Good. But, if you do not understand, just ask. There's nothing wrong with asking for advice or help." Then the pack separated from the huge group and were milling around as Alice and Jasper turned to Rowan, "She'll be a worthy leader. Do you agree Rowan?" Again she nodded uncertainly. Jasper seemed to detect this and he nuzzled her fur, "Hey, it'll be fine. No worries?" And Rowan nodded for the last time.

Though Rowan never really wanted to fall in love (the thought made her roll her eyes sometimes), she couldn't help falling this time. She became devoted to Jasper. Always trying see him as subtle as possible. But, she didn't know she was the only one. After she had finished eating a squirrel some point in summer, Alice padded up to her and settled down to eat her own squirrel. "Rowan, I gotta tell you something!" Rowan answered through a mouthful of fluffy squirrel tail, "Yeah?" There was a small pause then Alice blurted out, "I like Jasper! He is like so absolutely sweet and always thinks of me and he way he looks at me just ... well ... you know and he smells sooo good-" Rowan almost spit squirrel tail all over Alice's face. But, resisting the urge, she swallowed hard and yowled, "Alice! Stop talking! Stop!" Alice's jaws snapped shut. "So ... did you say you like Jasper?"

"Yep! And I think he likes me back too! Do you think he does?"

Uh, no! "Ummm, yeah."

"Yes! I'm so glad you agree! I heard him telling his friends he'll ask me today!"

​What?! "Oh really? Cool."

"Look he's coming this way!"

Gahhh! "Oh yeah, he is!"

Jasper looked at one to the other then grinned broadly. For a heartbeat, Rowan thought he would ask her instead of Alice. But, no. He turned to Alice and asked. Rowan's heart and  as they began burying their noses in each other's fur, she ran away into the forest. She wandered for a while until she found two trees as if they grew into each other with a gaping hole between their trunks. She jumped into it and curled around, noting how comfortable it was. So that day she promised herself that she'd still be a pack wolf but on her own. She didn't want anyone else's love. She just wanted Jasper's.

Her life continues on ... 

Extra

Relation with the movie : goes to Aleu when she wants advice about her heartache (imagine the one you love with your best friend)

Secrets : she still loves Jasper, she doesn't realize how beautiful she really is, she hopes that when the time is right she'll find love again

Build : can be rendered from Aleu and/or Jenna, add bangs, remove a portion from her right ear for her notch

Headshot (c) TrollBerserker

Bodyshot (c) Celeste`

Character bio created and colored (c) periwinkle-blue (me)

Notch and Bangs added (c) periwinkle-blue (me)