Profile of Cäidori: Quick Facts
Played By: Not specified
Basic Info
Full Name: Cäidori Adjuk
Subspecies: Wolfdog (50% Samoyed, 50% Alaskan Interior)
Sex: Female
Age: 2 winters (2017)
Birthplace: The Isle of Four Mountains (Krenitzen Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska)
Subspecies: Wolfdog (50% Samoyed, 50% Alaskan Interior)
Sex: Female
Age: 2 winters (2017)
Birthplace: The Isle of Four Mountains (Krenitzen Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska)
Profile of Cäidori: Details
Appearance
An old-wordly, primordial creature.
A dainty and petite she-wolf with a coat of tawn and taupe, marked by deep chocolate points much like a Siamese cat. Champagne eyes sparkle from within two onyx eye patches which extend thinly from the corners of her eyes like winged eyeliner.
Small, round scars ring the base of her muzzle - a former mark of her slavery to the Chinookan wolves.
Two piercings (courtesy of her sister's fangs) on the rim of her left ear have been plugged with berry-dyed porcupine quills. Additionally, she has two 'tattoos' (applied via scarification using a mixture of fangs, claws, and sharpened bones): one a simple spiral on her left shoulder signifying her position as a botanist amongst the Qigiigun that has healed a deep indigo from being packed with berry dyes. Another consisting of three red ochre bands curls around her left foreleg, a symbol of her adoption into the Tlingits tribe.
A dainty and petite she-wolf with a coat of tawn and taupe, marked by deep chocolate points much like a Siamese cat. Champagne eyes sparkle from within two onyx eye patches which extend thinly from the corners of her eyes like winged eyeliner.
Small, round scars ring the base of her muzzle - a former mark of her slavery to the Chinookan wolves.
Two piercings (courtesy of her sister's fangs) on the rim of her left ear have been plugged with berry-dyed porcupine quills. Additionally, she has two 'tattoos' (applied via scarification using a mixture of fangs, claws, and sharpened bones): one a simple spiral on her left shoulder signifying her position as a botanist amongst the Qigiigun that has healed a deep indigo from being packed with berry dyes. Another consisting of three red ochre bands curls around her left foreleg, a symbol of her adoption into the Tlingits tribe.
Personality
To be developed IC.
Biography
Her mother was Sascha, the beloved Samoyed companion to a Russian fisherman. She'd oft accompanied her master on the water but one wintry night, things went horribly awry.
A violent storm blew up and for whatever reason, the ship's mechanics failed. The boat was swallowed by the waves, Sascha's elil with it. The only survivor, she washed ashore on the banks of an island where she was found the following day by Attu, a hunter of the Qigiigun people of The Isle of Four Mountains.
Enraptured by her exotic appearance and mysterious origins, Attu took her home to nurse back to health. She learned his tongue and he hers, growing close and falling in love. Though it was frowned upon, Attu took her to mate and they lived in a joyous bubble - Sascha protected by his high status within the tribe - their happiness only growing tenfold when Sascha discovered that she was carrying his children.
Tragedy struck just weeks before the birth of their pups when Attu drowned while hunting sea lion. Devastated, Sascha had no choice but to shoulder on - despite the sudden influx of prejudice she now faced without her mate to shield her. She must, for her unborn children. Their was nowhere else to go, especially in her condition; she became an outskirter of the settlement.
Her twin daughters - Cäidori and Eadri - would follow suit once they were born, shunned by the Qigiigun. The trio was close-knit, having only each other, and it was a harsh blow for the girls when their mother passed at six months of age, having contracted an infection from a small wound and perishing.
The orphans were shunted from hearth to hearth until being taken in by a retired shaman and fellow outskirter: Pingsut. He took the children under his wing, teaching them the ways of shamanism. Eadri would take up divination and Calling, while Cäidori was drawn to botany and healing.
In secret, the twins marked each other with tattoos of their chosen profession - an act that would have unforeseen consequences.
Their lives on the Isle became miserable. Seeing that the wolfdogs had adopted their custom, the wolves of Qigiigun took it upon themselves to ridicule the twins, ostracize them, abuse them - claiming that they would never be one of the Unangan.
After the passing of their caretaker and mentor a few weeks later, Eadri and Cäidori decided fuck all that noise to head for the mainland. They crafted a simple baidarka of their own and set off for the Interior.
They journeyed together for a time but on a solo hunting trip, Eadri's screams would draw Cäidori running from her search for herbs - only to find trails of blood in place of her twin.
Though she searched for her sister for months, the botanist was forced to give up as winter rolled in. Alone, she would strike south - seeking somewhere to shelter for winter.
Fortunately, she would stumble upon the Tlingits, the People of the Tides. Cäidori joined the tribe, finding herself a healer of the Raven moiety. In time, she would be adopted into the tribe and given her second tattoo.
She almost stayed.
A budding relationship with a male named Dasjuk was cut short when the man was gored to death by an elk, a harsh blow for the girl who had begun to fall for him. In the spring she made her intentions to leave known - she could not stay with Dasjuk's image haunting her everywhere she turned. She was gifted an at.woo by Dasjuk's mother - the first time in Tlingits history that any outsider, adopted or no, was given such. With the blessings of her family, Cäidori continued south.
She had the misfortune of being in the area when a Chinook warrior went ranging; overpowered and beaten into submission, she was dragged back to the Chinookan territory and marked as a captured slave.
The wolfdog was used as a sex slave and employed as a thief for several moons - months she used to gather supplies and instill a complacency in her captors. After getting her paws on some hallucinogenic herbs and drugging her guards, she slipped from the Chinook lands undetected - fleeing ever south where she would eventually reach Teekon.
A violent storm blew up and for whatever reason, the ship's mechanics failed. The boat was swallowed by the waves, Sascha's elil with it. The only survivor, she washed ashore on the banks of an island where she was found the following day by Attu, a hunter of the Qigiigun people of The Isle of Four Mountains.
Enraptured by her exotic appearance and mysterious origins, Attu took her home to nurse back to health. She learned his tongue and he hers, growing close and falling in love. Though it was frowned upon, Attu took her to mate and they lived in a joyous bubble - Sascha protected by his high status within the tribe - their happiness only growing tenfold when Sascha discovered that she was carrying his children.
Tragedy struck just weeks before the birth of their pups when Attu drowned while hunting sea lion. Devastated, Sascha had no choice but to shoulder on - despite the sudden influx of prejudice she now faced without her mate to shield her. She must, for her unborn children. Their was nowhere else to go, especially in her condition; she became an outskirter of the settlement.
Her twin daughters - Cäidori and Eadri - would follow suit once they were born, shunned by the Qigiigun. The trio was close-knit, having only each other, and it was a harsh blow for the girls when their mother passed at six months of age, having contracted an infection from a small wound and perishing.
The orphans were shunted from hearth to hearth until being taken in by a retired shaman and fellow outskirter: Pingsut. He took the children under his wing, teaching them the ways of shamanism. Eadri would take up divination and Calling, while Cäidori was drawn to botany and healing.
In secret, the twins marked each other with tattoos of their chosen profession - an act that would have unforeseen consequences.
Their lives on the Isle became miserable. Seeing that the wolfdogs had adopted their custom, the wolves of Qigiigun took it upon themselves to ridicule the twins, ostracize them, abuse them - claiming that they would never be one of the Unangan.
After the passing of their caretaker and mentor a few weeks later, Eadri and Cäidori decided fuck all that noise to head for the mainland. They crafted a simple baidarka of their own and set off for the Interior.
They journeyed together for a time but on a solo hunting trip, Eadri's screams would draw Cäidori running from her search for herbs - only to find trails of blood in place of her twin.
Though she searched for her sister for months, the botanist was forced to give up as winter rolled in. Alone, she would strike south - seeking somewhere to shelter for winter.
Fortunately, she would stumble upon the Tlingits, the People of the Tides. Cäidori joined the tribe, finding herself a healer of the Raven moiety. In time, she would be adopted into the tribe and given her second tattoo.
She almost stayed.
A budding relationship with a male named Dasjuk was cut short when the man was gored to death by an elk, a harsh blow for the girl who had begun to fall for him. In the spring she made her intentions to leave known - she could not stay with Dasjuk's image haunting her everywhere she turned. She was gifted an at.woo by Dasjuk's mother - the first time in Tlingits history that any outsider, adopted or no, was given such. With the blessings of her family, Cäidori continued south.
She had the misfortune of being in the area when a Chinook warrior went ranging; overpowered and beaten into submission, she was dragged back to the Chinookan territory and marked as a captured slave.
The wolfdog was used as a sex slave and employed as a thief for several moons - months she used to gather supplies and instill a complacency in her captors. After getting her paws on some hallucinogenic herbs and drugging her guards, she slipped from the Chinook lands undetected - fleeing ever south where she would eventually reach Teekon.
Relations
Mother: Sascha Adjuk
Father: Attu Adjuk
Siblings: Eadri Adjuk
Father: Attu Adjuk
Siblings: Eadri Adjuk
Pack History
QIGIIGUN TRIBE, UNANGAN: Outskirter
TLINGITS TRIBE: Healer I
CHINOOKS: Slave
TLINGITS TRIBE: Healer I
CHINOOKS: Slave
Profile of Cäidori: Additional Information
Registered on May 30, 2019, last visited June 05, 2019, 12:39 AM
Tribal information:
Aleuts
The Qigiigun tribe, one of the many tribes scattered throughout the Aleutian Islands, is a society of hunter/gatherers who subside primarily off of sea stock and preserve it via drying. The Qigiigun are particularly isolated and have developed certain cultural aspects, aside of being studious botanists, in which they excel above others, namely basket weaving, baidarka building, and carving.
Basket weaving is a craft primarily practiced amongst the tribe's woman using a simple overlay (or false embroidery) technique. It is customary for she-wolves to grow a claw or two longer and sharpen them for weaving ease.
Baidarkas are rudimentary rafts, most often lashed together with grass and strips of animal hides and glued with sticky pitch, and the building of these simplisric watercraft is traditionally reserved to men. These rafts are used to travel between nearby islands, to reach the Interior, and fish/hunt near the shores of the Isle. It requires a handful of wolves to control a baidarka as they are steered and directed by pushing and paddling. Usually two wolves will take up this task, switching out with another pair when they grow fatigued.
Carving is a past time most often taken up by leaders and males - a painstaking process using one's teeth and nails. The sculptural images usually depict simple shapes or renditions of local animal life.
The Unangan are known as well for their body ornamentations. Piercings are often done at birth and are considered pleasing to the spirits - bolstering one's status and spiritual standing. They cluster near the orifices as these bodily openings are considered viable entrances for malignant spirits. Wolves may have any number of piercings: labrums, nose piercings and pins, ear piercing, chin piercings, even piercings above the eyes. Tattoos are also used, though they are scars in truth - either cut into the flesh by fang and claw or pricked into the flesh by sharpened bone. The wounds are smeared with any color of dyes or paints, depending upon the wearer's preference and the symbolization of the mark. Tattoos are not only fashion statements but they hold cultural significance and sometimes serve as identification purposes. A male receives his first tattoo after his first major kill, a female after completing a mentorship. Simple symbols are used to differentiate between various careers: a spiral for healers, a circle for traders, an 'X' shape for warriors, etc.
Tlingits
The Tlingits, residing in the Pacific northwest of Canada, are a matrilineal tribe in which property and family lineage is passed through the mother. Their name meaning the People of the Tides, they live in permanent settlements on the shore though many generations ago the Inland Tlingits branched off to move further inland and are considered a sister tribe of sorts. They too are hunter/gatherers but they are also fish farmers, constructing dams and pools in which they keep and tend to the fish - raising their own sustenance. There are two groups within the Tlingits, two halves of the same people: the Raven families and the Eagle families. Ravens are land workers: caretakers, fish farmers, land hunters. Eagles are warriors, sea hunters, traders. The two groups are dependant of each other and intermingle as well as intermarry. Each Raven family has a cross family (which they may not be related to by blood at all), an Eagle family, and vice versa which they consider extended relatives. No major decisions may be made without the consent of one's cross family (i.e. moving, marriage, etc.). The Tlingits are master pelt-driers, having developed a special technique that they guard very closely. They craft at.woos, pelt cloaks from large game that have had holes bored along the edges that are often plugged with porcupine quills, feathers, mammal tails, seal/sea lion whiskers, or even slivers of walrus ivory. These cloaks are passed down through the generations (if one wears out, a new one will be created in its place) and they are considered one of the most prized possessions of a Tlingits. Though someone outside the tribe may be 'gifted' with the at.woo as a sign of trust, they are only passed from Tlingits to Tlingits. This individual becomes responsible for it though they do not rightfully own it.
Chinooks
A land-based tribe in the Pacific northwest of the United States, the Chinook tribe is a caste society with the higher members being shamans, warriors, and traders. The lower caste are comprised of hunters, craftsmen, and slaves. The higher castes practice ritual deformation as a status symbol, amputating their tails, ears, toes, and the like to show their rank. The castes do not intermingle; children of lower castes are barred from playing with those of nobler birth and intermarriage is forbidden. Slavery is common place and slaves fill a number of roles from thiefs to spies to nursemaids.
Glossary:
Unangan (people)
Qigiigun (tribe)
Barabara (house, underground pit covered in driftwood, thatched grass and dirt)
Alutiqqutigaq (food patties made from fish, berries, and fat)
Baidarkas (rudimentary rafts)
Khoughkh (malignant spirits)
Qiigam aygaaxsii (woven grass basket)
Aleuts
The Qigiigun tribe, one of the many tribes scattered throughout the Aleutian Islands, is a society of hunter/gatherers who subside primarily off of sea stock and preserve it via drying. The Qigiigun are particularly isolated and have developed certain cultural aspects, aside of being studious botanists, in which they excel above others, namely basket weaving, baidarka building, and carving.
Basket weaving is a craft primarily practiced amongst the tribe's woman using a simple overlay (or false embroidery) technique. It is customary for she-wolves to grow a claw or two longer and sharpen them for weaving ease.
Baidarkas are rudimentary rafts, most often lashed together with grass and strips of animal hides and glued with sticky pitch, and the building of these simplisric watercraft is traditionally reserved to men. These rafts are used to travel between nearby islands, to reach the Interior, and fish/hunt near the shores of the Isle. It requires a handful of wolves to control a baidarka as they are steered and directed by pushing and paddling. Usually two wolves will take up this task, switching out with another pair when they grow fatigued.
Carving is a past time most often taken up by leaders and males - a painstaking process using one's teeth and nails. The sculptural images usually depict simple shapes or renditions of local animal life.
The Unangan are known as well for their body ornamentations. Piercings are often done at birth and are considered pleasing to the spirits - bolstering one's status and spiritual standing. They cluster near the orifices as these bodily openings are considered viable entrances for malignant spirits. Wolves may have any number of piercings: labrums, nose piercings and pins, ear piercing, chin piercings, even piercings above the eyes. Tattoos are also used, though they are scars in truth - either cut into the flesh by fang and claw or pricked into the flesh by sharpened bone. The wounds are smeared with any color of dyes or paints, depending upon the wearer's preference and the symbolization of the mark. Tattoos are not only fashion statements but they hold cultural significance and sometimes serve as identification purposes. A male receives his first tattoo after his first major kill, a female after completing a mentorship. Simple symbols are used to differentiate between various careers: a spiral for healers, a circle for traders, an 'X' shape for warriors, etc.
Tlingits
The Tlingits, residing in the Pacific northwest of Canada, are a matrilineal tribe in which property and family lineage is passed through the mother. Their name meaning the People of the Tides, they live in permanent settlements on the shore though many generations ago the Inland Tlingits branched off to move further inland and are considered a sister tribe of sorts. They too are hunter/gatherers but they are also fish farmers, constructing dams and pools in which they keep and tend to the fish - raising their own sustenance. There are two groups within the Tlingits, two halves of the same people: the Raven families and the Eagle families. Ravens are land workers: caretakers, fish farmers, land hunters. Eagles are warriors, sea hunters, traders. The two groups are dependant of each other and intermingle as well as intermarry. Each Raven family has a cross family (which they may not be related to by blood at all), an Eagle family, and vice versa which they consider extended relatives. No major decisions may be made without the consent of one's cross family (i.e. moving, marriage, etc.). The Tlingits are master pelt-driers, having developed a special technique that they guard very closely. They craft at.woos, pelt cloaks from large game that have had holes bored along the edges that are often plugged with porcupine quills, feathers, mammal tails, seal/sea lion whiskers, or even slivers of walrus ivory. These cloaks are passed down through the generations (if one wears out, a new one will be created in its place) and they are considered one of the most prized possessions of a Tlingits. Though someone outside the tribe may be 'gifted' with the at.woo as a sign of trust, they are only passed from Tlingits to Tlingits. This individual becomes responsible for it though they do not rightfully own it.
Chinooks
A land-based tribe in the Pacific northwest of the United States, the Chinook tribe is a caste society with the higher members being shamans, warriors, and traders. The lower caste are comprised of hunters, craftsmen, and slaves. The higher castes practice ritual deformation as a status symbol, amputating their tails, ears, toes, and the like to show their rank. The castes do not intermingle; children of lower castes are barred from playing with those of nobler birth and intermarriage is forbidden. Slavery is common place and slaves fill a number of roles from thiefs to spies to nursemaids.
Glossary:
Unangan (people)
Qigiigun (tribe)
Barabara (house, underground pit covered in driftwood, thatched grass and dirt)
Alutiqqutigaq (food patties made from fish, berries, and fat)
Baidarkas (rudimentary rafts)
Khoughkh (malignant spirits)
Qiigam aygaaxsii (woven grass basket)
Art Credits
Cäidori's Signature
"Common." "Unangam Tunuu." "Russian." "Lingít." "Chinook Jargon."
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