R O N A NĀ Ā R E E V E SĀ -Ā B i o g r a p h yĀ
Character Name: Ronan Reeves
Age: 26
Faceclaim: Samuel Larsen
Species: Werewolf
Additional Species Info: Lywayerer Pack
Role: Gamma
Faction/Side: Southside/Lupis
Usual Haunt/Frequented Location: Works at Lolitaās (Hangout) as bartender/Frequently passes the time at Crescent Lake
Motivation(s): Once, a lifetime ago, adventure and excitement ruled Ronanās heart. He was a wild, rambunctious child, with edges a little too sharp and serrated for comfort. He feared little and laughed often and had a stubborn habit for refusing to look before he leaped. And, ultimately, this was his downfall: too fierce, too eager, too proud. Now, all Ronan wants is peace. A way out of the nightmare he so foolishly begged for. But, life isnāt a fairy tale - he knows that. So he goes to work and he keeps his head down and minds his place in his pack, even if he chafes under the lawlessness of their leadership.
Why are they in Calamity: Growing up, Ronan had a fairly normal childhood. A mom, a dad, even a dog. He was wild and unruly and full of life, but he was loved. It wasnāt until around age 15 that tragedy struck. An accident - a collapsed tunnel in their living quarters that buried both of his parents in an instant. Ronan hadnāt been home at the time, and while some saw that as a blessing, he could only think it a curse.
After that, Ronan was sent to live with his uncle Gerard - a strange, reclusive man who hadnāt really been around that much when Ronan was younger. And for good reason, too - heād been keeping a secret from his brother (Ronanās father): he was a werewolf. Not born, but bitten, many years prior.
It took months of living with Gerard for Ronan to catch on (his grief and apathy blinding him) and then years for him to finally confront the man. When he did, he demanded (begged) for the bite. He wanted to be himself again - to feel, in the primal way that animals do. Gerard refused, initially. Told Ronan he would regret it, that it wasnāt going to take away the pain of losing his family, or bring back the person he used to be. Ronan insisted. Weeks turned to months and then to years and the relationship between nephew and uncle soured so severely that, in a fit of desperation to keep Ronan from doing something idiotic, Gerard finally relented and agreed. For quite awhile, the bite was everything Ronan had wanted. The first year was tough, sure, but his Uncleās pack (the Lywayerers) was there for him, even if they wereā¦. just as weird as he was. He had a family, again. Power. A purpose. It was perfect.
Until the shine wore off. Until he noticed, really looked, how the Lywayerers operated - their ruthlessness. Their crazed ideologies. Their willingness to throw each other under the bus to save their own skin. Slowly, the people who had helped him transition were beginning to look down on him - for being too soft. Too weak for being unable to let go of the past, his āpoor little tragedy.ā With his uncle usually unwilling or unable to shield him from the packās ire, Ronan eventually became the packās favorite whipping boy. For a while, his sense of self was all but erased. He lived only to please the pack, and that was like chasing his own reflection - futile and ultimately disappointing.
As soon as he was able, he got a job at Lolitaās and then his own place. His role in the pack as Gamma (another odd punishment, serving only to highlight his supposed failures) was ceremonial, at best.
Bitter and exhausted, he tries to live for himself now, as much as possible. That looks different, day to day, but heās hoping eventually he can find a scrap of that ambitious, outgoing kid he used to be.
Wanted Connections: Having someone play Gerard, his uncle, would be really cool! They have a strained relationship, which is always fun to play out. Descriptors/Traits: +Resilient, Kind, Generous / -Sensitive, Impulsive, Passive
Headcanons:Ā
1.) Ronan is a plant person. He keeps his 3rd floor walk-up stuffed to the brim with both simple and exotic specimens. His balcony boasts an impressive selection of hanging pots and his entryway is slowly being overtaken by creeping vine. The greenery calms him and botany is a skill he picked up from his mother - one which heās determined to keep alive.Ā
2.) What Ronan craves more than anything else in the world is acceptance. Belonging. A place to fit in. Heās certainly not found that in his own pack, so in recent years heās been entertaining the idea of forsaking his bonds and defecting to another pack. Heās told no one about this tenuous plan, but it lingers in the back of his mind every single day.Ā
3.) Outside of his own pack, Ronan is pretty apathetic toward other Supernaturals. He doesnāt hate or despise any one group or species, and generally goes by a āLive and let liveā type of code.
4.) Ronan is only bold when heās drunk. Or extremely angry. His typical answer to hostility is mild sarcasm at best, total silence at worst.
