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…is not actually a werewolf. She is half-Vastayan, born to a Wolf Vastayan father and fully human mother. She jokes that she may be part Kiilash given where her ancestors originally emigrated from near Shurima. There may be a hint of truth in that, unbeknownst to her.
Wolf Vastaya are largely unknown to the general human population because of their innate shapeshifting ability. Most prefer to keep a low profile and blend in to human societies as a way to combat and/or avoid discrimination and the complications that arise from it. Piltover and Zaun are port cities with diverse populations. Discrimination, while inevitable—especially between residents of the twin cities—isn't as commonplace as other cities across Runeterra. The Wolves have, however, made it a point to keep in close contact with each other for solidarity and safety.
Vastaya know Vastaya. Sevika's father taught her how to recognize other Vastaya by scent. She's discovered only a handful of other Wolf Vastaya living in Piltover and Zaun though none are related to her. She has developed community with them with at least one possessing the common goal of liberating Zaun.
In the deep forests outside the twin cities, Sevika's father disciplined her in the art and thrill of the hunt. She sharpened her senses, honed her tracking, and expanded her critical thinking skills. While his lessons were integral to Sevika's development, he wasn't a gracious teacher and worsened as he fell into alcoholism later in Sevika's childhood.
Vander was a close, older friend from her preteen years when he and his mixed martial arts teacher took Sevika under their wing. Together, they taught her how to defend her herself but learned she suffered from an anger management issue due to trauma. During one stressful sparring session, she became so frustrated and angry that she shapeshifted and nearly tore her mentor's head off before he subdued her. Injuries were minor, but from then on, he and Vander worked on helping Sevika channel her anger through training and meditation.
Through Vander, Sevika met Vi. They were never close, but Sevika saw herself in the young, scrappy girl's tenacity and drive. In Vander's absence from working the mines, she would placate Vi and cave to her pleas to spar. The girl hit much harder than expected.
Vander introduced Sevika to Silco. She was fascinated at his dream of unifying the Undercity as she always felt her people deserved independence from under Piltover's iron thumb. She doesn't agree with his every method to achieve that goal, but for her, the ends justify the means.
"I'm not ashamed of my lineage. Knew about it early…from my father. Said it was good to know to keep myself safe. To me, it's another weapon. But you don't brandish a weapon unless you intend to use it. I may be proud, but I'm not stupid.
"I'm telling you this for a reason. We have a common goal and a common enemy. I'll say this once: I'll follow your lead, but I am not your attack dog." Sevika stared Silco down. She kept amber-gold eyes at bay as his heart hammered in his chest. This information she was willing to part with for Zaun's sake, but the rest of her cards she cradled close to her chest.
Sevika never bothered to divulge her "secret" to Jinx when the girl was younger. Jinx was perceptive, however, and knew something about her was "off"—the sudden changes in schedule and gradual shift in eye color over the course of the month were key hints. Jinx was a smart girl and managed to piece the story together through observation and eavesdropping around Silco's office. She grinds Sevika's gears, but the idea of being seen as "different" or a "monster" was a line she never crossed because of the sense of kinship in that experience.
Singed created a special shimmer variant specifically for Sevika. It's much less addictive than the street variety and made to work with her biology.
Sevika met Ran and others through Vander's bar. The two started off antagonistic towards each other until the antagonism…evolved. Eventually, they became best friends while working under Silco. Ran is a few years younger than Sevika and the first person Sevika voluntarily told about her lineage. As Sevika is Silco's right hand, Ran fills that same role for Sevika herself. Sevika trusts them more than anything—from taking charge of the underlings when Sevika's too busy to challenging Sevika about her most controversial Undercity food takes. That, of course, doesn't stop them from being a little shit towards Sevika for the sake of their own amusement.
Prey animals are uneasy around Sevika; predators are either neutral or hostile. Wolves sometimes hunt with her. Domestic dogs love her.
Vastaya need magic to survive but being half-Vastayan means Sevika isn't as reliant on it. Piltover's recent experimentation with the arcane, however, has made Sevika stronger.
An impressive healing factor is the Wolf Vastaya's second key feature of magical prowess (next to shapeshifting ability) due to being close descendants of the Vastayashai'rei. Sevika heals faster than humans and many times more so around the full moon. Where a paper cut may take up to a week for a human to heal, Sevika would heal it within a day. Her healing factor is so strong that it is possible for her to completely regrow appendages over a significant period of time…
…However, natural magic is volatile and unpredictable. Magical injuries may heal extremely well, not heal correctly, or not heal at all, regardless of severity. In Sevika's case, the cannery explosion left her without an arm and with arcane scars on the left side of her face and neck that extend down to her ribs. She decided to forgo waiting for the arm to heal because of the long-term risk.
Like other Vastaya, it's possible for Wolf Vastaya to manifest their own magical ability in other ways. While Sevika herself doesn't actively use her magic often, she has found a creative way to conjure it. Healing, while accelerated by magic, is still a biological process. Sevika discovered that by consciously channeling and overdriving her healing, she could generate enough heat to radiate from her body. Concentrating this in one area, like her hands and claws, she could inflict serious burns to an enemy. There are drawbacks to this. She can't heal while using this ability, and after she does, her healing factor slows for a period of time.
Sevika has not achieved the pinnacle of her magical capabilities and her state while shapeshifted reflects that. Actively using a great deal of magic while shifted will cause magical lines to appear on her skin that glow amber-gold. Her arcane scars follow suit. She's unaware of what she'll look like when using magic to her fullest potential.
The scars may change color depending on the circumstance. Normally, they are electric-blue. Under the influence of shimmer, they glow purple.
During a shift, magic does not account for clothing. Sevika can and will destroy her clothing if she isn't careful when shifting. If she plans to beforehand, she will either wear easily removable clothing or strip nude.
The moon does not dictate when Sevika shapeshifts; she has full control over that herself. While a full moon would make her more likely to shift due to optimal hunting conditions, the urge is akin to "going for a run sounds fun right now" as opposed to "if I don't shift, I will temporarily lose my sanity." She does find it rather fun to hunt on full moons.
Her senses and healing ability are all superior to the average human's but wax and wane with the phases of the moon. They are at their strongest during the week of the full moon, peaking on the three days of, while they dull to their weakest during the week of the new moon.
Possessing an accelerated healing factor does not mean injuries hurt any less. Her pain threshold and durability are no different than any other mortal.
Sevika has two main forms: human, her most natural form, and bipedal wolf hybrid. Because she's half-Vastayan, she's unable to shift into a full wolf like her father could. In human form, she has no visible animal characteristics save for longer and sharper canines but can shift any part of her body at will including her eyes.
On average, Sevika stands between 6'1" and 6'2". Shifted, she towers at just over 8' on digitigrade legs.
Sevika has mastered a "half-shifted" form that she uses for intimidation, combat, or mobility. In this form, her claws and fangs grow out, patches of fur sprout around her face and body, her ears are pointed, and her eye color changes. Her body does not change dramatically otherwise.
The chemtech prosthesis was custom-made to adapt to Sevika's changing body through intricate machinery. The arm's internal mechanisms "unlock" to extend, widen, and better match Sevika's body proportions for stability when she shifts. It does not adjust in her half-shifted form.
While shifted, she is capable of quadrupedal locomotion when needed.
Sevika has an accelerated metabolism. She can eat a lot, especially around the full moon and during heat. Shifting, while easy and relatively painless, does take energy to perform. She often hunts in the forests around the twin cities, sometimes eating her kills on the spot, other times taking them home to prepare and store like her father taught her.
Likewise, her metabolism affects the way drugs interact with her. She would need to consume a greater amount of a common drug than what is normal to feel its effects. Alternatively, she can use drugs that have increased efficiency on Vastaya. Once upon a time ago, her father had lamented the "weakness" of common alcohol and decided to brew his own. This decision had lasting consequences on Sevika's childhood and adulthood.
Sevika's hair grows quickly. She prefers keeping it short but isn't opposed to letting it grow out into a wolf cut that reaches the top of her shoulders.
Sevika does not "act like a wolf/animal" in human form. No weird animal quirks and behaviors outside of her grunts and sighs having more of a "growl" to them.
Sevika's eyes are naturally two different colors. In human form, they're light grey. When shifted, they are amber-gold. She uses her eyes as another weapon for intimidation, a trick she learned from her father. "Most humans find it unsettling to discover a pair of golden eyes in the dark. It stirs up something…primal within them. A deep-seated fear and anxiety. A stark reminder that they aren't the only apex predator in the food chain," he'd said.
Smell is her strongest sense. She can accurately identify a person by scent after meeting them once even through perfumes and colognes. On the flip side, pungent, unpleasant scents can render her incapacitated or cause nausea. Since she's lived in Zaun her entire life, she's grown accustomed to the poorer air quality. She has a high capacity to recall certain memories based on scent.
Heightened senses bolster Sevika's honed ability to "read" people well, including sensitivity to hormonal and mood changes over time. With the insight she gains, she's capable of diffusing tense situations or negotiating deals in her favor. Of course, senses are never enough to succeed; these are skills Sevika has practiced over many years of surviving in the Undercity.
Wolf Vastaya run hot. Sevika's average body temperature is higher than a human's. She can withstand colder climates with ease. She loathes hot showers but makes a great makeshift fireplace for a loved one to cuddle up to.
Her fur color is primarily black with reddish-brown undertones and some splotches of dark grey. She has a dark grey "collar" around her mane that narrows as it descends the middle of her chest and abdomen.
Her mane is thick and extends down her chest to cover and protect her breasts.
Long, sharp, and black, her claws are strong and durable enough to easily gouge through softer rock and metals as well as rend flesh.
Sevika may be an experienced and skilled fighter but brute force rarely leads to favorable outcomes. Shifting is an absolute last resort to defend herself. She knows from traumatic experience how damaging her claws and fangs are and will brandish them as a warning unless she's pushed far enough to use them.
Trust issues from bad past relationships make it difficult to reveal her lineage to partners. Once she does trust them, however, she is unfathomably loyal to a fault.
That trust and loyalty extends to protectiveness. She prefers keeping her partner close at her side. She will put her body and life on the line to protect her partner.
Size kink meets cuteness aggression. Nothing gets her riled up more than the juxtaposition of her size compared to her partner, especially while shifted—how she engulfs them in a giant bear hug, how small they are lying on top of her buried in her fur. So cute that she wouldn't mind eating them… (out?)
For all the faults she believes she has in a relationship, Sevika knows she has jealous tendencies. It's not a rare occurrence for her to use her eyes to ward off suitors trying to press their luck with her partner.
Stubbornness is an understatement with Sevika. On the rare occasion she gets into a fight, she's adamant she'll heal quickly from her injuries (and she does). In truth, she hates putting her partner through the pain of seeing her at a low point. She loves and appreciates being taken care of, being seen as worthy enough for love and attention.
While Acts of Service is Sevika's primary giving love language, her secondary is Physical Touch. But it's more than just the electricity of skin on skin contact. It's the sensation and closeness of being with her partner. Committing their unique scent to memory. The savor of their tears and skin on her tongue. The drumbeat of their heart against their ribcage. The subtle contortions of muscle under the cover of darkness, imperceptible to the human eye. Every facet of her partner's existence noticed, studied, appreciated, and loved whilst intertwined with her own.
Sevika does not have a menstrual cycle. Instead, she goes into heat twice per year, once every six or so months, give or take 1-2 weeks. During this 5-10 day period, she's much more sexually aroused and distracted than usual. She would gladly roll around in bed and fuck the nearest willing woman for hours if she could. Thankfully, she has basic self-control and pockets deep enough to spend extra time at the brothel. But all the self-control in the world isn't enough to hide consistently-blown pupils due to constant arousal.
Ran loves to tease Sevika about her dilated pupils during heat. "Oh, you're in heat this week? You must be having the time of your life right now sitting through Silco's boring ass meetings. I bet eeeeveryone can see those eyes of yours, chica." Sevika would promptly tell her to fuck off.
During heat, Sevika's clit swells in size, nearly doubling while shifted. The extra sensitivity plays a role in increasing her desire for sex, and it does provide additional pleasure when doing so. That hasn't prevented it from becoming a nuisance otherwise, however.
Sevika is no stranger to kinks. She has an oral fixation—loves to bite (gently enough, with her teeth) and be bitten by her partners. Skin broken through teeth or nails is nothing to her with her healing factor. She prefers topping in a dominance and submission dynamic. Primal play is a huge interest for her, but something she'd have to establish a deep level of trust to explore.
No shifting during sex. It's one cardinal rule Sevika lives by unless she's established an unbreakable bond with her partner, and then only if asked first. Self-control on its own isn't the issue. Her claws, fangs, size, and strength are what need to be kept in check. Fracturing a person's hip after thrusting too hard is not an experience she wants to live through again.
Sevika and Ran have history. Extremely brief history to be exact. They fucked once after spending months dancing around each other in secret and knew immediately they'd never do it again. While they both delight in BDSM dynamics, their roles and expectations are incompatible and they learned they work much better as close friends. They openly share BDSM experiences with each other for feedback (and sometimes share their casual sexual partners). Ran, of course, still jokingly flirts with Sevika on occasion just to piss her off and make her eyes roll.
Word has gotten around Babette's about Sevika's lineage due to some of the brothel girls' own backgrounds and perceptiveness. Ran has told Sevika that "the girls would totally go crazy and give you a huge discount if you wolfed out" but Sevika thinks they're bullshitting. None of the girls have asked her about it and she prefers to keep it that way.
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