Feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable.

Previously administered by Swaggyrollie. We worked on this RP together, and I co-hosted the original roleplay because of this. I do not wish for this concept to die, so I have chosen to revamp it... again. Yes I am revamping Disquietude for it's third edition, because I love it. Cope.

Two wolf packs torn through a generational vendetta, forced by mother nature to fight for their lives, against her, or with eachother. Prey is scarce, winds are bitter, and teeth are bared. A disease is ravaging both packs, which seems to be sourced from prey as well as bodily fluids. There is little you can do to help an infected wolf other than to wish them farewell. While all will eventually perish from this pestilence, those with a weakened immune system, such as the young, sick and old tend to die out much more rapidly and catch it easier. The pestilence carries petrifying symptoms, such as foaming at the mouth, vomiting and coughing blood, beginning to leak out of every oriface, loss of appetite, confusion and brain fog, high fevers and after enough suffering, death.

The packs are based on the side of the Matterhorn mountain in the Swiss Alps. Both territories combined is 43km². Süd is based on the lower parts of the territory, below the ledges, cliff faces and overhangs. It is in a valley and a glacial cirque, their dens being inside the valley. The pack’s water comes from the stream that flows through said valley. Süd also has their territory amongst the Matterhorn town, and comes across tourists and locals often, though they always leave each other alone. Norden is based at the top of the territory. Norden’s dens are near Zmuttbach and Seebach, at the northwest of the territories. The most common death among the packs is from wolves who don’t look where they are going, and end up falling into the valley. Matterhorn contains a lot of rocks, snow and ice. The terrain is not merciful to any wolf, especially in Winter when the snow is heavy and frostbite comes easily.

Despite how wolf packs actually work in real life, this roleplay will not be depicted as just the parents and their pups. That would leave no opportunity for romance in this roleplay, and we know everyone loves that. ;)

1. Your character needs to be realistic in most aspects. If you cannot find an image of a real wolf with the coat you want to use, then you can't use it. Wolves would not be capable of sign language, writing in dirt or building elaborate structures. The furthest craftmanship your wolf will be able to carry out is using leaves to hold things, tying things poorly with vines, (neither of which will be readily available in this climate) and using sharp objects to help with hunting. No more.
2. Generally, don't make your character cringy.
3. Tied into the above rule, no mary-sue type characters. Your character will have faults.
4. Make things fair and equal, try keep the ratio of sexes, roles, etc as even as possible.
5. You must tryout for higher ranked positions! We want active, decent roleplays to be in major positions to prevent the roleplay dying. I want you to PM me your past roleplays (doesn't have to be on-site) as well as a rough idea of how active you are.
6. Avoid making your own characters be tied to each other (mates, family members...).
7. Wolves die from old age at 15 years old.
8. Maximum of 20 adult wolves within each pack, with each roleplayer being allowed 4 characters total. You may have 2 wolves with important roles, but they must be in different packs.
9. Don't fight over roles, please.
10. Maximum of 5 dispersals.
11. This roleplay is semi-literate, you are required to write a minimum of one paragraph per post, and are expected to write more. One sentence replies will not be accepted. If you cannot meet this standard, don't sign up; or take a break from the rp until you can.
12. Your character must fit it's region as close as you can. Please don't sign up to the roleplay with a wolf species that cannot be in Switzerland or North Italy. If it makes it easier, try looking at Italian wolves, Eurasian wolves and Grey wolves. I will accept colurations that cannot be found in thse wolves, but if you specifically wanna make an Arctic wolf, you can't.
13. I WILL NOT RESERVE ROLES.
14. You may only use an image of a real wolf in your sign-up if it is fully and properly credited.

Alpha

These wolves are often viewed as Holy, they are the best example of skill and dominance there is. They are seen as among the wisest wolves, and because of this their words are seen as gospel. Of course, this isn't always how these alphas truly are... Worship can distort your view of someone's true self. Alphas are not required to become gammas when they turn 12.

Beta

This wolf is specially selected by the Alpha as the most suited to take their place, the Theta may help with this decision due to their spirituality. Some Alphas are seen as 'too Divine' to interact with their pack directly, so Betas fill their social role for them. Often Betas will be the pups' of the Alpha, though if the Alpha's pup is not fit to take that role, another wolf will be selected.

Zeta, Kappa and Tau

These wolves' job is to lead their role, and to teach juveniles their role. They are the most experienced at what they do, and often end up becoming the next Beta. The Zeta is the lead Epsilon, the Kappa is the lead Lambda and the Tau is the lead Upsilon.

Theta and Iota

The Theta is the lead herbalist in the pack, they often claim to have a spiritual connection and guide the Alpha spiritually. The Iotas are other herbalists apprenticing under the Theta.
Herb List

Epsilon, Lambda and Upsilon

Epsilons are wolves that are trained in battle, they guard the pack and specialize in their strength. Lambdi are wolves that provide food for the pack, they specialize in their teamwork. Upsilons are wolves trained in stealth, they scout for predators and prey in the area.

Omega
Omegas are not treated so poorly in these packs. Omegas tend to be wolves that don't fit into a specific role, or are still trying to work out what role they will pursue. It is not often that an omega will be a 'demoted' pack member, but that's not to say it doesn't happen. Omegas tend to act as pup-caretakers while they work out what role they want, if any. Some omegas can be so their whole lives and still love it.

Gamma

Gammas are wolves over the age of 12, they are too old to continue their duties. Gammas may help the Zeta, Kappa or Tau with training the juveniles. These wolves are treated with extreme respect for their years of service to the pack.

Juvenile

Juveniles are wolves under the age of two, or wolves that have not been fully trained yet. They are often ambitious, and have a passion for their chosen role. They are excited to learn to service their pack.

Pup

Newborn wolves under the age of one.

Dispersals and Vagabonds

Dispersals are wolves without a pack, that have left to form their own. Not many wolves do this, and those that do often claim to have experienced a 'sign' that they had to leave. These wolves struggle on their own and have to steal from the packs to survive. Often, a dispersal is unable to return to the pack they left, sometimes out of shame for failing to survive on their own, sometimes because they just won't be let back after leaving in the first place. Dispersals are expected to leave the territory entirely, after all, this area of Matterhorn can't hold more than two packs... can it? Vagabonds are dispersals who have the disease. Some pack wolves with the disease may also be referred to with this term.

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The packs' passive prey consists of marmots, chamois, mountain hares, moles, roe deer, voles, rock ptarmigans, dormice, nuthatches and thrushes. Though, there are some prey who may fight back, leading to a dangerous hunt; ibex, mountain goats, red deer and highland cattle.

There are other animals in the area that are not regarded as prey due to how dangerous they are, though if a member of this species is taken down, they will be eaten; brown bears, bearded vultures, golden eagles, barn owls, lynxes, barn dogs, dispersal wolves (if you're desperate) and humans.

Alpha
Frappe ~ los campesinos!
Beta
Lucid ~ Seiun
Beta
requires tryout
Zeta
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Kappa
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Tau
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Theta
requires tryout
Iotas
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Epsilons
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Lambdas
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Upsilons
Pinja ~ Salt Shaker
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Gammas
Silke ~ distant-lands
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Omegas
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Juveniles
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Pups
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Süd

Alpha
Jeremiah ~ Salt Shaker
Beta
requires tryout
Beta
requires tryout
Zeta
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Kappa
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Tau
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Theta
requires tryout
Iotas
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Epsilons
Mocha ~ los campesinos!
Macchiato ~ Space Man
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Lambdas
Latte ~ los campesinos!
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Upsilons
Flicker ~ Storm Runner
Mothball ~ Space Man
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Gammas
Psalm ~ Seiun
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Omegas
Florrie ~ Salt Shaker
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Juveniles
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Pups
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Dispersals
Timber ~ Bobcat
Kshtenja ~ Seiun
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Form

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Sexuality:
Current Role:
Role Aspiration:
Pack:
Appearence: (Description of at least 5 sentences required whether or not an image is provided.)
Personality: (7 sentences minimum required.)
Backstory: (Optional, you can provide one if you like. It would just help give a perspective on your wolf.)
Relatives: (Optional, pm someone to ask to be related to their wolf.)
RP example: (Two paragraph minimum requirement)
Other info:

Wolves will not start this roleplay infected, as the disease will be discovered and worsen over time. If you'd like your wolf to become infected at some point, please pm me to discuss.