#sheepwolf

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Recent Commissions!

Recent commissions from @psychotictoad for his Youtube Channel! https://youtube.com/@psychotictoad I had so much fun doing these two commissions and to soon finish up the third!

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SHEEP, WOLF. a wip by mythwords

Candlelight spilled over the cobwebs, silver wisps disintegrating due to their disturbance. The room hadn’t been touched in years by the sight of it, yellowed paper tacked on the walls, a cracked leather chair tucked into the corner. Stagnant air flooded Lennon’s lungs, sending her reeling back into Rose, stepping on her school-issue mary jane’s, knees weak with something she couldn’t quite place. Fear, maybe. But also like standing on the precipice of something big, bigger than her, bigger than Rose. Bigger than all of them.

Rosalia took in a shaky breath behind her, making her jump again. She’d shrunk into herself, arms wrapped around her waist as if her guts were about to spill out if she didn’t hold tight, tight, tight.

Before she could ask what was wrong, Rosalia choked out, “We shouldn’t… we shouldn’t be in here.”

GENRE: ya mystery/supernatural, dark academia

POV: third, past, dual narrators

SETTING: brambleton academy, a boarding school secluded in the woods, the same spiraling towers, sprawling lake, and drafty dorms from it’s opening in the 1800s.

THEMES: honesty, when to be truthful, who to trust, superiority, ego death, being a stupid reckless lesbian, writing angsty poetry and then crying, nearly drowning as a metaphor for rebirth, mortality, secret societies, self discovery

SUMMARY:

The Elk Society meant something different to every student at Brambleton Academy, but it’s core was agreed upon: a long-fabled meeting of the school’s brightest minds, richest heirs, and most talented artists, with a thrum of something deeper, darker, under the surface. For Lennon Esposito, it was a reason to spend more time with the mysterious new girl, even if that time was in the library or a cold, damp, cobweb-infested secret hallway. For Rosalia Leighton, it was a way to sate the ache deep inside of her, the one that wanted to break rules and leave no stone unturned, be something more than what she was.

When a sophomore was found bound and waterlogged, too traumatized to speak, on the shore of Bramble Lake, the Elk Society became more than a whispered mystery, something to spectate about to pass time. It became real. Faculty swept it under the rug, student leaders doled out punishments in droves for daring to bring it up, and the student was sent home with a blank, vacant stare. 

Nobody was supposed to disrupt the quiet peace. Just let small incidents occur, a smear of blood on the bench in the garden, a girl in a heap on the lunchroom floor, unconnected incidents, normal going-ons. That was all they were supposed to think. Luckily, some students weren’t very good at letting sleeping dogs lie.

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Sheep Wolf

Sheep Wolves (also called Steelback Wolves/Shellback Wolves/Steelshell Wolves/Barn Wolves/Lesser Wolves depending on the region you’re from) are a wolf/coyote-like Rahi known for their coats that help them strongly resemble Cloud Sheep in order to hide among said ruminant Rahi. This makes it easy to hunt their prey because the Sheep would have no time to run from the Wolf.

Sheep Wolves are considered pests to Cloud Sheep farmers because they often get away with hunting their Sheep. However, one Po-Matoran farmer named Jethotu (will write a bio later) grew fond of a Sheep Wolf after making a deal to feed it other things than his Sheep. He now uses said Wolf as a shepherd dog.

Sheep Wolves are also called Steelback/Shellback/Steelshell Wolves for self-explanatory reasons, for the fact that they have a steel shell on their back that protects them injuries, even bullets cannot get through them. They may have evolved this trait for being often shot at by farmers or hunters for millennia. Some Matoran biologists say it helps in nature, too, like combat with another Wolf or even prey.

Sheep Wolves either have a pack or no pack at all, which makes them differ significantly from Greater Wolves since Greater Wolves can hardly live without one.

Fun fact: Male Sheepwolves are referred to as Ramwolves (not to be confused with the carnivorous ancestor of Cloud Sheep of the same name) and females are called Ewewolves.

Also, Sheep Wolves are an older species than Greater Wolves because they are more closely related to their common ancestor, the extinct Protocanine (coming soon).Greater Wolves are a descendant of the Cave Wolf (coming soon), which is an extinct descendant of the Protocanine. Like Protocanines, the Sheep Wolf originated in what is now Duanja, but have since dispersed to nearly every continent during the Third Phase.

Lifespan: 10,000-15,000 years

Diet: Omnivorous, (Medium to large ruminant Rahi, Small rodent Rahi, Fowl bird Rahi, and berries).

Habitat: No preferred region

Representative Element: Iron, Ice

Conservation Status: Near Threatened

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