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Player information

Name: Eilidh
Contact: ikanas
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Character information

Name: Derek Hale
Age: 23
Date of Birth: 25/12/91
Canon: Teen Wolf
Species: Werewolf
Role:

EAST END PACK member. Derek would ideally be considered a senior member of the pack at this point, even if since the death of his sister he's been involved less directly. He's experienced and capable and will see pack members as his charge to guide and direct.

As for making a living, Derek is supporting himself off substantial inheritance which he is beginning to invest in property.

Rank: 1-2
Background:

Born to a long-standing family of werewolves that had taken up residence in the small Californian town of Beacon Hills, Derek was acquainted with many facets of the paranormal from childhood, granted familiarity enough that the supernatural wove into his life relatively seamlessly. It was in his sophomore year of high school that he would meet Paige, a normal human girl that he would grow to love.

Active werewolves, however, meant active hunters, and with a rising threat of hostility in the area, the alphas of the Hale pack and of other allied packs became steadily more concerned. The relatively peaceful stalemate did not remain, and the murder of betas in one pack brought about a call for bloody vengeance. As Beacon Hills grew more and more unsafe, Derek became more and more anxious about his relationship with Paige. His misgivings would be used and manipulated, not by the enemy, but by his uncle Peter, who was perceptive, sharp, and ambitious where Derek was malleable, impressionable, and vulnerable.

Encouraged and goaded by Peter and his own desperate affection, Derek would come to believe that the only way to maintain his relationship was by turning Paige into a werewolf. As orchestrated by Peter, one of the visiting alphas would give Paige the bite, and although her screaming would spark an immediate change of heart in Derek, it was, of course, too late. Paige was bitten, but instead of turning, her body rejected the change. Dying in Derek's arms, she told him that she had known he was something other and that it hadn't mattered, before asking him to end her suffering. Derek gave her a swift death, activating his werewolf curse in the process.

It was not so long after that Derek would be singled out by prolific hunters. He was targeted for his youth and lingering emotional vulnerability as a weak link, a means for the ruthless Kate Argent to learn more about the Hale pack. Intelligent, charismatic, and beautiful, Kate seduced Derek - several years her junior and still a teen - and coaxed information about his family from him. She would put it to an exact and horrific use; knowing details about the Hale's routines, their abilities, and their house, Kate instigated a devastating fire that would be ruled as nothing more than accidental. In a day, the thriving Hale family was reduced to a handful of members. Derek knew only of two still alive - his uncle Peter, now essentially comatose, and his older sister Laura, with whom he would leave Beacon Hills behind. Restless, they moved around for a while before they eventually hit London and, learning more about the East End Pack, decided to stay. Derek was absolutely content to follow her lead, still seeing her as his alpha even when she gave up the position for the sake of having a pack again.

That was, until recently, when Laura's mangled corpse was found in one of London's parks.

Personality:

Embodying the notion lone wolf is Derek's modus operandi; acerbic and abrasive, he's difficult to get along with or get close to and that seems to suit him just fine. He's got a short fuse and doesn't tend to suffer fools - or anyone else. Generally, he keeps to himself and treats everyone with a default level of contempt and suspicion, making it quite clear he'd rather be alone. Violence seems to come naturally. At best, Derek appears to be in a perpetual bad mood, which is a mild way to describe a temper forever at snapping point. The ice around him is always perilously thin - but then, he's walking on it himself.

Derek doesn't fail to understand social airs and graces. He's perfectly capable of using charm to be downright manipulative when he needs to be, whether it's smiling his way past security or encouraging a teenager to accept the Bite. He simply opts to be tall, dark, and sinister, because it serves him better. While it would be wrong to think that this is just a persona that Derek adopts - it runs far deeper than that - he still endeavours to uphold it. The scowls, the glares, the threats - these things are Derek's armour.

But even if the 'lone wolf' is who Derek wants to look like, who he wants to be, he is absolutely aware that the idea is fanciful. Wolves need packs, so does Derek, and even if he puts this across as a need for power, what he's looking for is the supportive, close community that he had in his youth, that which he lost to the fire. He wants closeness and seeks distance, burdened by his past mistakes and his own unwillingness to trust. Closing himself off from others also makes the bonds that he needs impossible to achieve. If utilizing bared teeth to keep others at arm's length is a vicious cycle, then Derek is neatly tied in the centre of the knot.

Although his vulnerability is kept carefully hidden, Derek's sense of duty comes to the fore in times of trouble. His mother had borne a role of guardianship that Derek has taken very much to heart. He's ferociously protective - even when he spends time antagonizing another character, he immediately shoves them out of the way and covers them when a direct threat shows up. His main motivation to act is when he and his are in danger, but in cases where the victim is someone entirely unknown to him he still has a knack for getting himself involved, even when he knows for a fact that, at best, he's going to be torn to shreds. He doesn't shy away from danger - in fact, he takes a lot of punishment, and perhaps that's not wholly unintentional. Derek's fiercely proud of what he is, both as a werewolf and as a Hale, but as for who he is - that much is still difficult for him to stomach.

Powers & Possessions:

▸ POWER SCALE - Strength, ~4 (Human) | Magic, 0
Derek has spent almost a decade as a werewolf and was raised in a family that prioritized teaching him how to use his gifts. He has an excellent handle on his abilities and knows how best to control and utilize his strength, speed, and stamina.

(NOTE: I understand that this is higher than listed in the powers post, but I'm assuming that's the norm and I feel like Derek's history would set him up to be pretty strong and more competitive. If that's not okay I'm fine for dialling it down!)

▸ POSSESSIONS - Derek currently owns little of note except a sweet car and a leather jacket. He owns one piece of Moonlight Jewellery taken from Laura's corpse, bound to his late mother and therefore useless for anything beyond sentimental value.

Samples:

▸ TDM; STILES STILINSKI
▸ TDM; MARTHA JONES
▸ TDM; JOEL MILLER
▸ TDM; KENZI MALIKOV

World building

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Items: N/A
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