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Wolf death: Seven | Joined Spring 1, Lost Summer 8

The founder of The Pack At Sanctuary, Seven was raised as part of a nature preserve’s re-population effort. Spending a safe and peaceful pup-hood under the complete protection of the wildlife sanctuary, her eventual release into the wild was a rude awakening.

Seven and her brothers had an extremely hard time adapting to the wild; out of a litter of eight, Seven was the only survivor.

A social, sheltered wolf, Seven was desperate to find other wolves to help her face the harsh, strange world she’d been released into. Following this goal, she met Rover, and the two founded The Pack together, and eventually became mates.

For a long time, Seven lingered in the past, wanting nothing more than to return to her safe and easy life in the wildlife sanctuary. Even with companions, life in the wilds was harsh– when her firstborn pup, Rime, was nearly lost in a snowstorm in her first winter, Seven very nearly gave into despair.

She felt she wasn’t up to the task of leading a pack; she had never looked for the responsibility, and in some ways resented it. Her and Rover clashed now-and-again about Seven’s lingering in the past, and her difficulties making hard choices in the present.

However, over the years, the pack grew, and the weight of responsibility lightened; it was no longer Seven’s to bear alone, but something she shared with her trusted friends- Hoot, Hat Trick, Finch, Rover, Saturn, and eventually with the pack’s next generation, too.

While she grew to accept the responsibilities of leadership, she was still glad to pass the mantle of leader on to her successor, Dace, and spent her retirement in contentment, watching on as Dace led the pack Seven had founded into the future.

As a young adult, Seven had longed for the lost safety and comfort of her puphood. In her old age, she had brought a group of wolves together, and with their help had created that same safety and comfort for others– had created a Sanctuary of her own.