Character Notice:

Ash needs a master. If you have a character you think would suit this character send me a note or let me know. I’d prefer some sort of Vampire or Mage character, though other things might work as well. The character must also be male.

Let me know if you’re interested in adopting a new “puppy”. xD

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Character Name: Ash or “Ashes”

Preference: Smuke (prefers Uke)

Race: Dog-Were
Gender: Male
Height (Canine): 31” (2’11”) at the shoulder
Weight: 115-135 lbs.
Eye Color: Left eye: Golden – Right eye: Stone blue
Fur Color: Shaggy gray

Motto: Never let those you care for down.
Quote: “Yes, master...” – “No, master...”

Physical Description:
--- Canine Form ---
Ash, at first glance, looks to be a large dog with perhaps a touch of wolf ancestry somewhere in his line. His fur is long and shaggy, soft to the touch and a middle-tone gray in color, each of the hair’s tipped black to make him look peppery. The gray softens the further down his canine body one looks to a light tone gray and eventually white at the very tips of his toes and in a patch on his chest. His paw pads are pink and his claws a translucent crème color. He has an interesting set of eyes on him, his left eye is a piercing and bright golden while his right is a cold stone blue that looks to be more gray than blue in one smooth tone and flecked in cobalt. He looks fairly normal for a dog, even bears a leather collar that fits comfortably about his neck with a steel plate on the fore with the word “ASH” carved into the metal. His name, of course.

--- Dire Form ---
Ash’s dire form looks exactly like his canine form, only...much larger, much more frightening. He will now stand at about 4'7" at the shoulder and weigh in at around 400 lbs. In this form his canine teeth elongate to where they are visible beyond his jowls and his claws grow in length by a couple inches, making him very deadly. He is large, he is powerful, and he is well able to take care of himself in a tough situation. Anyone who sees this form easily dismisses him as some sort of monsters as no dog or wolf should grow that large.

--- Were Form ---
Ash’s were form looks exactly like his canine and dire form in matters of fur color, markings and collar, however...now he takes on and almost Human-like style of walk and his forepaws take on the shape of hands with functional opposable thumbs. He will stand at about 9’ tall when on his hind legs (which are still in the digitigrades style) and weighs in at 700 lbs. or more. He is your average werewolf, half man, half beast, but definitely lethal and dangerous. Not many people who see the form can remain calm, unless of course they’ve been subject to such a sight before.

--- Human Form ---
Ash, when in Human form, takes on the likeness of a 22 year old boy with shaggy gray hair flecked in black and the same two-tone colored eyes. His hair is long, an inch or two past his shoulders and cut in different lengths like the mane of a wolf. His skin is a light Caucasian tone and he will now stand at about 5’10” and weigh about 156 lbs. He is light, toned, but not overly bulky. Pleasing on the eyes and quite handsome if not a bit unsure of himself and perhaps shy. Even in his Human form Ash bears his collar.

Personality:
Ash is a friendly fellow most times, cheerful, good natured, the perfect pet. It’s that nature that landed him in his current position, at the mercy of a cruel master who uses him for tasks better left unsaid. When left to do as he pleases he is a simple soul who enjoys a good romp in the grass, to run and play and just be an all around good dog like most creatures. He’s sweet, caring and very trusting with most people. Though he can also be very shy, reserved and sorrowful at times, caught between what he wants to do and what he has to do.

But when under the orders of his strict master he is, above all else, a trained killer. He does what he is commanded as he knows no other life. Always his existence has been training and killing and being the humble, loyal guard dog at his master’s side, so he has adopted a sort of emotionless state when performing any sort of task. This isn’t to say however that he loses all compassion when under strict orders, he’s known to have inner and morality conflict for much of what he does. He regrets what he is forced to do but also knows he has to do it or suffer death himself. He laments his existence but yet knows nothing better and so has nothing to really feel sorry for. So, he does what he has to do and hopes he can just run and play a while longer before he’s forced to serve again.

Background:
Ash was born and stolen as a pup, shipped off to be sold to some unlikely fellow as a pet or servant. Ash was perhaps six weeks old when he found his master and since then has been raised by the man for all of 22 years. He grew and was trained, as any dog would be, though his training involved things like tracking and hunting among other more cruel things. He was taught to follow faints scents, navigate the cityscape with ease, to shift into his other forms and to communicate in English as well as the beast tongues. He didn’t realize it, but he was being trained to be the perfect servant for a cruel man. Many times he had the lash set upon him for not performing up to his master’s standards, and many times did he try even harder to try and keep his master happy. Indifference became kindness to Ash, to not be acknowledged was better than to be acknowledged and have the club taken to you for something you’d done wrong. But instead of becoming cold and distant as most dogs did he became all the more passionate and willing. Because perhaps if he could perform and complete every task given to him with fluidity and ease, perhaps then his master would show him affection (and the man has and does, on rare occasion; a pat on the head, a scratch of the ear...and Ash is always very happy when he receives such treatment).

So the Dog-Were does as he’s always done, he serves, he remains by his master’s side and roams the city streets when given the chance. But he is always at his master’s beck and call...no matter where he is, no matter what he’s doing. When he feels that telepathic message go out he instantly hightails it back home to assess his next task, no matter how gruesome or how vicious it might be.