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ATREUS
EmpiresBeforeClans

i'm lost, i'm a ghost / dispossessed, taken host / my hunger burns a bullet hole / a spectre of my mortal soul,
these rumors and suspicion, anger is a poison,
the only truth that i could see / is when you put your lips to me / futures tricked by the past / spectre, how he laughs.

fear puts a spell on us / always second-guessing love,
my hunger burns a bullet hole / a spectre of my mortal soul / the only truth that i can see / spectre has come for me.

[ SPECTRE - Radiohead ]

GENERAL
Name: Atreus
Name Meaning: A Greek name meaning "fearless".
Nicknames: None
        Previously known as Ajax, sometimes referred to as Jax by close loved ones. Seeing as he is no longer in contact with any of these people, he no longer uses these names.
Gender: Male (he/him)

Age: 8 years, 6 months
  Starting Age: 8 months
Re-entry: 8 years, 6 months
Birthday: July 1, 46 B.C.

Rank: Artisan
Past Ranks:
      Cub
      Apprentice
      Blacksmith apprentice
      Blacksmith

Species: Tiger (75%) x Leopard (25%)

PERSONAL INFO

Orientation: --
Status: Single
Family:
Biological Father: Xenon (unknown)
Biological Mother: Hera (unknown)
Adoptive Mother: Reese (unknown)
  Siblings:
    Zoe: Zoe (alive)
Adoptive Brother: Khronos (unknown)
  Adoptive Brother: Aslan (unknown)
  Adoptive Brother: Gale (unknown)
  Adoptive Brother: Ruaidhri (unknown)
  Adoptive Brother: Kharin (unknown)
  Adoptive Sister: Karma (unknown)
  Sister: Name (alive)
  Mate: --
Ex-Mate: Suzuki (alive)
  Cubs: --

APPEARANCE

Build: Tall and muscular, definitely leaning into his tiger genes and background as a blacksmith.
Eyes: Blue green
Fur: Darker muted brown fur, with a pale underbelly. Dark striped dominant on his rear, and spots dominant on his shoulders. His fur is slightly grayed due to stress and age.
Height: Above Average for his species
Weight: Average
Scent: Steel, wet earth
Mutations: None
Armor & Accessories: Two earrings in left ear, one earring in right ear. A Dark scarf, back plating with melanistic fur lining & eagle feathers, held in place using rope.
Scars: Bite (right side on neck), claw marks (right side of neck), burns (right leg), gash (left shoulder)

PERSONALITY

Closed-off / Distant / Non-communicative / Self-destructive / Loyal / Quick-Witted / Protective / Gentle / Clever / Anxious

Atreus has... been through a lot. He's distant, possibly even cold in some ways. He struggles to emotionally open up to people, and often begins to find himself distressed when he finds himself getting too attached to someone. Atreus has been hurt many times, and because of that he struggles to offer himself to people out of fear of losing them. He can become snappy and cold if pressed about his past or if encouraged to open up to others. He finds that speaking about the things he's done or experienced in the past also digs up the feelings, which still remain quite raw due to the fact that he never fully processed or healed from. He also carries a deep shame and sense of failure from his past, an inability to keep people safe. Atreus secludes himself out of fear, and out of a feeling that he's undeserving of them. He self-destructs.

Atreus, behind the walls he puts up, is still fairly similar to his younger self. He's wickedly clever, able to come up with solutions on a whim. He also has an incredibly sharp tongue and is able to think on his feet. While this trait in the past was used most often for humor, it has become most prominent in the fact that Atreus is firm in his beliefs and will not hesitate to stand his ground. Atreus, once attached to someone, thinks the world of them and will always put their needs before his own. He becomes incredibly protective of them and strives to keep them as safe as possible. Despite this fierce determination, he shows an incredibly gentle and worrisome side, as if he's a bull in a china shop, fearing that any move could shatter his surroundings.

HISTORY

Atreus was born as Ajax, son of Xenon and Hera, alongside his sister, Zoe. The small family lived on the outskirts of Massilia, far from any trouble. Xenon, a typically stoic and mysterious father and husband, found his interests divided. Being gone for a week or so at a time wasn't uncommon for him. Over the months, his visits became shorter and his time away became longer. He grew distant and stressed, aggressive, short-tempered, whatever he was dealing with behind closed doors was not going well. One day he didn't come back. It took about two months for Hera to accept that he wasn't going to be returning, and she didn't take it well. She withdrew from her cubs as she wrestled with her own feelings, unable to handle the pressure of being a mother as well as losing Xenon. She would feed the twins her scraps and then leave to who knows where. They had become a burden.

One day Ajax awoke beside Zoe to find that his mother's scent was entirely gone. He could usually smell her in the general vicinity, but Hera had been long gone for several hours. Ajax panicked. He wandered off, looking for his mother and leaving his sister behind. He figured that when she woke up he would have brought their mother home. Instead, he got hopelessly lost and was entirely unable to find his way home. Weary after a long day of wandering the territory with no food or water, the cub gave into his exhaustion and fell asleep. He was later startled awake by a small patrol. Seeing that he was clearly ill with fatigue, they took him into the camp where they took care of him and nursed him back to health.

In the empire, Ajax met Reese, who he immediately made a connection with. She took him under her wing and soon enough Ajax called her his mother.

Ajax grew rapidly, and soon enough was promoted to an apprentice and mentored Thrantos. Reese gave birth to cubs of her own, all of which Ajax loved more than anything. He did his best to be an example to them and offer them both love and protection (and even some entertainment) as a brother should.

Time passed, and Ajax found himself increasingly interested in the happenings of the Blacksmith den. After a few visits and conversations, Air Empire's blacksmith, Spurius, took Ajax under his wing.

Ajax eventually found himself struggling with his own thoughts and feelings, frustrations and insecurities, mostly with himself. He dove into his work, and became scarce to his loved ones, unable to share his pain and burdens with them. When not at work, he often spent his time on the outskirts of camp, where one day a hunter found him and captured him.

In captivity, Ajax grew increasingly close to one of his empire-mates, a snow leopard named Suzuki who had also been captured. The two bonded over their shared experiences. They comforted each other and understood each other, they felt each other's pain, loneliness, and eventually love. They kept each other going. They knew that they would make it out of whatever this all was together.

The two of them escaped captivity in their own time, and reunited outside of the city. Ajax loved the job of a blacksmith. He found comfort in the fire. Admiration. Respect. And eventually fear. Returning from his capture, Ajax found that Air Empire, his home, had been engulfed in flames. Though the Empire had survived misfortune upon misfortune, there was no coming back from the lengths of the damage and loss of the fires. Without a sign of his family and friends Ajax and Suzuki set off to find any survivors. They traveled the territory looking and looking and looking. And during the night, Ajax went from searching to hunting. Ajax would search for any hunters that had gone out in search of new captures, and he attacked them. The first of which was a small Pallas cat named Fedor. He found his rage slightly satisfied, and found that he had no guilt towards these hunters. He continued on.

Months passed, and Ajax and Suzuki had little success finding any of their old empire-mates. That's when they found out Fire Empire had also fallen, and taken even more of their loved ones with it. This was something that neither Ajax nor Suzuki were able to recover from. They finally accepted the fact that they were all gone. There was no saving anyone. Standing in the rubble, surrounded by the bodies of their loved ones, remembering the loss of their past empire, Ajax and Suzuki found comfort in each other once again.

"What do we do now?" He had asked. His question was nearly rhetorical. Deep down, Ajax knew what the answer was, and so did Suzuki.

"It's easy. We disappear."

The pair left Massilia. They built some semblance of a life together as far away as they could get. They reached something as close to normalcy as they could, given the circumstances.

i love you.

But Ajax was damaged. And a relationship founded on pain can only thrive for so long.

i love you, but

He felt as though he was keeping his mate in the past, a constant reminder of everything that had happened.

i'm turning to my verses

True or not, he couldn't move past the thought that he was bad for her, for anyone in his life. He needed to get out.

and my heart is closing like a fist.

The two reluctantly and tearfully parted ways, and Ajax began to live a life entirely on his own. After some time, he headed back to Massilia in hopes of finding some sort of closure.

He decided to start fresh, taking on a new life and a new name: Atreus.

i am a better knife than i am a person.

MISCELLANEOUS
Voice Claim: TBA

Playlist: LINK
Pinboard: [x]

Trivia:
> He hasn't made armor for anyone other than himself in quite some time; perhaps if you asked nicely he could scrape something together.

Description
ATREUS
EmpiresBeforeClans

i'm lost, i'm a ghost / dispossessed, taken host / my hunger burns a bullet hole / a spectre of my mortal soul,
these rumors and suspicion, anger is a poison,
the only truth that i could see / is when you put your lips to me / futures tricked by the past / spectre, how he laughs.

fear puts a spell on us / always second-guessing love,
my hunger burns a bullet hole / a spectre of my mortal soul / the only truth that i can see / spectre has come for me.

[ SPECTRE - Radiohead ]

GENERAL
Name: Atreus
Name Meaning: A Greek name meaning "fearless".
Nicknames: None
        Previously known as Ajax, sometimes referred to as Jax by close loved ones. Seeing as he is no longer in contact with any of these people, he no longer uses these names.
Gender: Male (he/him)

Age: 8 years, 6 months
  Starting Age: 8 months
Re-entry: 8 years, 6 months
Birthday: July 1, 46 B.C.

Rank: Artisan
Past Ranks:
      Cub
      Apprentice
      Blacksmith apprentice
      Blacksmith

Species: Tiger (75%) x Leopard (25%)

PERSONAL INFO

Orientation: --
Status: Single
Family:
Biological Father: Xenon (unknown)
Biological Mother: Hera (unknown)
Adoptive Mother: Reese (unknown)
  Siblings:
    Zoe: Zoe (alive)
Adoptive Brother: Khronos (unknown)
  Adoptive Brother: Aslan (unknown)
  Adoptive Brother: Gale (unknown)
  Adoptive Brother: Ruaidhri (unknown)
  Adoptive Brother: Kharin (unknown)
  Adoptive Sister: Karma (unknown)
  Sister: Name (alive)
  Mate: --
Ex-Mate: Suzuki (alive)
  Cubs: --

APPEARANCE

Build: Tall and muscular, definitely leaning into his tiger genes and background as a blacksmith.
Eyes: Blue green
Fur: Darker muted brown fur, with a pale underbelly. Dark striped dominant on his rear, and spots dominant on his shoulders. His fur is slightly grayed due to stress and age.
Height: Above Average for his species
Weight: Average
Scent: Steel, wet earth
Mutations: None
Armor & Accessories: Two earrings in left ear, one earring in right ear. A Dark scarf, back plating with melanistic fur lining & eagle feathers, held in place using rope.
Scars: Bite (right side on neck), claw marks (right side of neck), burns (right leg), gash (left shoulder)

PERSONALITY

Closed-off / Distant / Non-communicative / Self-destructive / Loyal / Quick-Witted / Protective / Gentle / Clever / Anxious

Atreus has... been through a lot. He's distant, possibly even cold in some ways. He struggles to emotionally open up to people, and often begins to find himself distressed when he finds himself getting too attached to someone. Atreus has been hurt many times, and because of that he struggles to offer himself to people out of fear of losing them. He can become snappy and cold if pressed about his past or if encouraged to open up to others. He finds that speaking about the things he's done or experienced in the past also digs up the feelings, which still remain quite raw due to the fact that he never fully processed or healed from. He also carries a deep shame and sense of failure from his past, an inability to keep people safe. Atreus secludes himself out of fear, and out of a feeling that he's undeserving of them. He self-destructs.

Atreus, behind the walls he puts up, is still fairly similar to his younger self. He's wickedly clever, able to come up with solutions on a whim. He also has an incredibly sharp tongue and is able to think on his feet. While this trait in the past was used most often for humor, it has become most prominent in the fact that Atreus is firm in his beliefs and will not hesitate to stand his ground. Atreus, once attached to someone, thinks the world of them and will always put their needs before his own. He becomes incredibly protective of them and strives to keep them as safe as possible. Despite this fierce determination, he shows an incredibly gentle and worrisome side, as if he's a bull in a china shop, fearing that any move could shatter his surroundings.

HISTORY

Atreus was born as Ajax, son of Xenon and Hera, alongside his sister, Zoe. The small family lived on the outskirts of Massilia, far from any trouble. Xenon, a typically stoic and mysterious father and husband, found his interests divided. Being gone for a week or so at a time wasn't uncommon for him. Over the months, his visits became shorter and his time away became longer. He grew distant and stressed, aggressive, short-tempered, whatever he was dealing with behind closed doors was not going well. One day he didn't come back. It took about two months for Hera to accept that he wasn't going to be returning, and she didn't take it well. She withdrew from her cubs as she wrestled with her own feelings, unable to handle the pressure of being a mother as well as losing Xenon. She would feed the twins her scraps and then leave to who knows where. They had become a burden.

One day Ajax awoke beside Zoe to find that his mother's scent was entirely gone. He could usually smell her in the general vicinity, but Hera had been long gone for several hours. Ajax panicked. He wandered off, looking for his mother and leaving his sister behind. He figured that when she woke up he would have brought their mother home. Instead, he got hopelessly lost and was entirely unable to find his way home. Weary after a long day of wandering the territory with no food or water, the cub gave into his exhaustion and fell asleep. He was later startled awake by a small patrol. Seeing that he was clearly ill with fatigue, they took him into the camp where they took care of him and nursed him back to health.

In the empire, Ajax met Reese, who he immediately made a connection with. She took him under her wing and soon enough Ajax called her his mother.

Ajax grew rapidly, and soon enough was promoted to an apprentice and mentored Thrantos. Reese gave birth to cubs of her own, all of which Ajax loved more than anything. He did his best to be an example to them and offer them both love and protection (and even some entertainment) as a brother should.

Time passed, and Ajax found himself increasingly interested in the happenings of the Blacksmith den. After a few visits and conversations, Air Empire's blacksmith, Spurius, took Ajax under his wing.

Ajax eventually found himself struggling with his own thoughts and feelings, frustrations and insecurities, mostly with himself. He dove into his work, and became scarce to his loved ones, unable to share his pain and burdens with them. When not at work, he often spent his time on the outskirts of camp, where one day a hunter found him and captured him.

In captivity, Ajax grew increasingly close to one of his empire-mates, a snow leopard named Suzuki who had also been captured. The two bonded over their shared experiences. They comforted each other and understood each other, they felt each other's pain, loneliness, and eventually love. They kept each other going. They knew that they would make it out of whatever this all was together.

The two of them escaped captivity in their own time, and reunited outside of the city. Ajax loved the job of a blacksmith. He found comfort in the fire. Admiration. Respect. And eventually fear. Returning from his capture, Ajax found that Air Empire, his home, had been engulfed in flames. Though the Empire had survived misfortune upon misfortune, there was no coming back from the lengths of the damage and loss of the fires. Without a sign of his family and friends Ajax and Suzuki set off to find any survivors. They traveled the territory looking and looking and looking. And during the night, Ajax went from searching to hunting. Ajax would search for any hunters that had gone out in search of new captures, and he attacked them. The first of which was a small Pallas cat named Fedor. He found his rage slightly satisfied, and found that he had no guilt towards these hunters. He continued on.

Months passed, and Ajax and Suzuki had little success finding any of their old empire-mates. That's when they found out Fire Empire had also fallen, and taken even more of their loved ones with it. This was something that neither Ajax nor Suzuki were able to recover from. They finally accepted the fact that they were all gone. There was no saving anyone. Standing in the rubble, surrounded by the bodies of their loved ones, remembering the loss of their past empire, Ajax and Suzuki found comfort in each other once again.

"What do we do now?" He had asked. His question was nearly rhetorical. Deep down, Ajax knew what the answer was, and so did Suzuki.

"It's easy. We disappear."

The pair left Massilia. They built some semblance of a life together as far away as they could get. They reached something as close to normalcy as they could, given the circumstances.

i love you.

But Ajax was damaged. And a relationship founded on pain can only thrive for so long.

i love you, but

He felt as though he was keeping his mate in the past, a constant reminder of everything that had happened.

i'm turning to my verses

True or not, he couldn't move past the thought that he was bad for her, for anyone in his life. He needed to get out.

and my heart is closing like a fist.

The two reluctantly and tearfully parted ways, and Ajax began to live a life entirely on his own. After some time, he headed back to Massilia in hopes of finding some sort of closure.

He decided to start fresh, taking on a new life and a new name: Atreus.

i am a better knife than i am a person.

MISCELLANEOUS
Voice Claim: TBA

Playlist: LINK
Pinboard: [x]

Trivia:
> He hasn't made armor for anyone other than himself in quite some time; perhaps if you asked nicely he could scrape something together.