Loup Natblida

|| Loup "Nightblood" Natblida || 24 || January 1st || Heterosexual || Ice Nation || #8A0808 ||

Everyday Appearance
On a normal day, Loup will have parts of his hair tied in traditional braids and leave the rest down or he'll tie his hair up in a high bun. His beard is normally very thick and he doesn't shave often, but will keep it somewhat trimmed. Loup doesn't like showing off his kill marks, but he also would rather wear as little clothes as possible, so he wears a loose t-shirt with no left shoulder. He cut it off but left the right shoulder to hold up the shirt and to hide his kill marks. He wears leather armor over the shirt, the shoulder pad covering the right side. He wears tight black pants and dark brown fur boots that reach mid calf. For accessories, he wears beads tied in with his braids, wear leather armor on his forearms and wears dark brown leather knee pads. For jewelry, he has many piercings in his ears that have different variations of piercings in them, he wears a few leather rings on his fingers, wears a tight dark brown leather choker around his neck and wears a few necklaces with variations of stones, animal teeth and beads on the necklaces. He wears grounder makeup as well, with black painted heavily around his eyes and a black line going down his forehead to the tip of his nose.

Romantic Interest
❤ Still loves his deceased wife, Carmen ❤
Personality
|| Funny || Hyper || Protective || Obnoxious || Obedient || Tough || Brave || Hardworking || Generous || Humble || Irritable || Tense || Paternalistic ||
While Loup would rather show his fun personality all the time, he knows when to be serious and saves his fun, crazy attitude for celebrations or when he's around his friends. He definitely doesn't act "fun" in front of Skaikru. He always has tons of energy to burn so he either hunts, spars with someone or goes for runs through the woods. Loup is protective over many people, not just the super close people in his life. He's protective over innocent people, helpless people and of course, his loved ones. The only people he wouldn't protect without thought are his enemies, Mountain Men, most Wastelanders or hostile, suspicious people. Much like his name implies (wolf), Loup is very loud and obnoxious, he often makes his presence known whenever he walks into a room. He's horrible at sneak attacks or eavesdropping and is never asked to come along on stealth missions. Despite many events in his life that would lead him to want to rebel against the horrible system that the grounders have, Loup is an incredibly obedient man and has never once gone against his government. Even when he suspected that Polis had an involvement in the slaughter of his village, he still stayed obedient (he also had no proof). It is a known fact among all the grounders that know of Loup (and anyone who has eyes) know that he is a very tough man. His build obviously gives it away, he's ripped and he has a tough attitude as well, unless babies or children are around. He has great paternal instincts and loves children, making him a good babysitter and good potential dad. The tough grounder is also very brave and has put his safety after others on many occasions and he puts others before him in the sense that he is very giving and generous. Despite his appearance and the way he acts most of the time, it's clear that Loup is quite humble and is a great servant for the Commander and everyone else of "higher status". Loup does like to party and have fun, but when he really wants something or is ordered to do something, he works very hard for it. He trained his entire life for a title he may never get (one he also doesn't really want). Altough Loup really is a great guy, he has his moments. It's very easy to anger or annoy Loup if someone really wants to, he is very irritable and grouchy when provoked. Loup has a hard time being touched by anyone without tensing up and feeling awkward and only a few people can touch him without getting this reaction in return. He's also tense in most new social situations, but does adjust if nothing hostile happens and it's proven that he won't be attacked or danger won't come to anyone else around the area.

History
Loup's fate was decided for him the moment he was born. He was born a Nightblood, so he was immediately taken from his home and he hasn't ever met his family to this day. Loup was trained heavily by the previous commander before her death when he was a teenager. Before her death, she didn't allow him to do anything but train. He couldn't have friends with anyone but the other Nightbloods, he had to train every single day and could only have free time if it contributed in some way to society. She was very hard on him, but he had a lot of respect for her and considered her his mother. He does appreciate the freedom he now has with the new commander, but no one could replace the special place the old commander has in his heart. After she died, Loup experienced freedom for the first time and went a little crazy. He often partied with the other teenagers and got along with all of them very well, unlike the other Nightbloods who became loners because of the isolation they had their entire lives. He discovered he had a passion for hunting and dancing, which he never would've known if the Commander hadn't died. Her cause of death was kept a secret from everyone (including the Nightbloods) except for the leaders of the 12 clans and the "important people" in their society, which angered Loup greatly, but he was obedient enough not to act out because of this. Loup simply continued on with his life and his training to be potential commander. When Loup was seventeen, he met a girl named Carmen and they were in a relationship for two years before they got married. Things were going well and they relocated to a village near Polis so he could go to the city when he was needed. They were going to have a kids together and everything was going perfect, but one day, everything changed. Loup was not in the village because of necessary training he needed to complete in Polis and when he returned, the whole village had been slaughtered, including Carmen. He blamed himself for being unable to protect her and the village from their unfortunate end and the commander convinced him to move back to Polis. However, he didn't leave before finding Quinn on the outskirts of the town, in the forest. Loup asked the young boy, who was twelve at the time, how he survived and learned that his parents were aware of what was about to happen and they told him to go hide in time. Loup took him in and treated him as a sort of younger brother. He later discovered that they were wiped out by thieving Wastelanders but remained forever suspicious of how the government of Polis knew that information, that would've been impossible to know unless they saw what happened, payed Wastelanders to do the deed or simply lied. A Nightblood and close friend of his told him that he suspects that the government of Polis were responsible for what happened in order to scare Loup and others, for whatever reason. He told himself that day that he was dangerous and didn't deserve to ever love another woman again. It took him time to fully recover from his dark place that he fell in after Carmen died, but he's okay now. That doesn't mean he doesn't think about her every day. Loup and Quinn continued on with their lives in Polis until Loup was assigned to live in a decent sized town and train young hunters, which gave him the impression that he wouldn't be chosen as Commander. It is still very likely that he be called back to be Commander, he just likes to tell himself that he would likely not be chosen if it came down to it. He still lives in that town today with Quinn and is loved and respected by the citizens and trains most if not all of the younger folk of that town (including Quinn).
Other
~His nicknames are Wolf (his name means wolf in French and because he's hairy), Nightblood and Natblida (this is an informal way to address him and can be taken as rude if said in a certain tone).
~He doesn't actually know any French, since it's very rarely spoken.
~After his wife Carmen died, he gave himself a kill mark on his back because he blamed himself so harshly for her death.
~Loup has 53 kill marks on his right shoulder and on his upper right breast.
~Loup has many little scars on his body here and there from training or just clumsy occurrences throughout his life.

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