Post by Susan the Gentle on May 23, 2008 23:27:15 GMT -5
ALPHA: Supreme leader of the pack. They call meetings, settle disputes, patrol the borders, and basically anything else around the pack. Their life is a hard one, always needing to watch their pack, always the first to help in a battle and most of all they are to give heirs to the pack, hope when none is found and land when it is needed.
ALPHA HEIR: Heir’s to the alpha, there is sibling rivalry within the heirs. At times a few brothers have been known to gang up one another. This is common to ensure the alpha position of the pack will have a quality, fearless and brave leader that can survive. They are all in training to become pack leader but only one will have the honored rank.
BETA: They share the duties with the alpha’s, they are known as the peacemakers or the second in command. Beta’s are fearless and are considered the second alpha. They do all the pack duties when the alpha’s have to much to handle, they keep fights from starting and help with picking up the slack in the pack.
GAMMA: They are the gardens of the alpha’s, their job is to protect the alphas with their life. This position within the pack is coveted at times because it is the gamma that has the alpha’s ears most of the time next to the beta but even the gamma’s have been known to sway an alpha.
DELTA: Delta’s organize hunts and battles along side epsilons and sigmas. The alpha’s refer to them when in battle and trust their judgment. Normally the delta will have the say in battle mods and hunts and the alpha’s will go along with what ever they say.
EPSILON: Master warriors, they are the wolves that fight for their pack, they kill and are killed all in the name of their beloved pack. These wolves are brave, honored and loyal. One or two zeta’s will be placed in apprenticeship to a epsilon. It’s an honored privilege to be a mentor to a zeta just as it’s an honored privilege for a zeta to be chosen by a epsilon.
ZETA: Apprentice warriors, the zeta’s are young but learning to fight, most zeta’s are larger pups that was almost breed to be strong. They are not as swift as the hunters but they pack a bite. Zeta’s do not move up a rank until a epsilon has found them worthy of joining their own ranks.
THETA: The old and the wise. These pack members are old alpha’s, old warriors and old omega’s. They are respected and treasured for they old the history of the pack and are given rights that most pack members are not given. They are unable to mate anymore.
IOTA: Known to the pack as the healer, this wolf if the most respected of all the wolves in the pack, even the alpha‘s will kneel to their will. They are what keeps the pack healthy, they are the life of the pack. It is a rare gift to be called a healer because the Forest Gods only see fit to gift a pack with one healer and one apprentice healer at a time. The wolf that becomes a Iota or a Kappa are pure of heart and the magic of the Forest Gods have blessed them with a bit of magic. They are given an element (These elements are dangerous and more wolf healers have lost their lives using their magic. But a careful healer knows who much magic to use.).
KAPPA: Also known as the apprentice healer of the pack. This wolf is learning along side the Iota in the arts of healing and the land Gods. This wolf is respected above all others and is said to not be able to take on a mate. The wolf that becomes a Iota or a Kappa are pure of heart and the magic of the Forest Gods have blessed them with a bit of magic. They are given an element (These elements are dangerous and more wolf healers have lost their lives using their magic. But a careful healer knows who much magic to use.).
SIGMA: These wolves are Master hunters, their duty within the pack if to gather food and train Sigu’s to hunt, one master wolf will take one apprentice and train him or her. The master hunters of the pack are said to be the heart and soul of a wolven pack. Wolves that hunt are flexible, fast and cunning, they know the woods better then any of the other pack mates. Not all wolves are made for this rank.
SIGU: Sigu’s are the apprentice hunters, their rank just above a subordinate and most if not all Sigu’s are pups that are just learning to hunt and track. Wolves that hunt are flexible, fast and cunning, they know the woods better then any of the other pack mates. Not all wolves are made for this rank.
SUBORDINATE: There is not much to say about the last members of the pack, they are wolves not yet proven themselves to be given a rank. They are just one step above the omega and considered to be treated almost as badly as the omega. This treatment not only makes the wolvers want to prove themselves but it makes them stronger or father for what rank they can achieve.
OMEGA: Lowest rank in the back, the omega is bitten, attacked and treated more of less as a slave. They are to eat last and most of the time other pack mates take their frustrations out on the omega. This rank is given to the weakest of the pack or the wolf that has done something very, very bad to gain such a low position. Even a beta can be reduced to omega level.
ALPHA HEIR: Heir’s to the alpha, there is sibling rivalry within the heirs. At times a few brothers have been known to gang up one another. This is common to ensure the alpha position of the pack will have a quality, fearless and brave leader that can survive. They are all in training to become pack leader but only one will have the honored rank.
BETA: They share the duties with the alpha’s, they are known as the peacemakers or the second in command. Beta’s are fearless and are considered the second alpha. They do all the pack duties when the alpha’s have to much to handle, they keep fights from starting and help with picking up the slack in the pack.
GAMMA: They are the gardens of the alpha’s, their job is to protect the alphas with their life. This position within the pack is coveted at times because it is the gamma that has the alpha’s ears most of the time next to the beta but even the gamma’s have been known to sway an alpha.
DELTA: Delta’s organize hunts and battles along side epsilons and sigmas. The alpha’s refer to them when in battle and trust their judgment. Normally the delta will have the say in battle mods and hunts and the alpha’s will go along with what ever they say.
EPSILON: Master warriors, they are the wolves that fight for their pack, they kill and are killed all in the name of their beloved pack. These wolves are brave, honored and loyal. One or two zeta’s will be placed in apprenticeship to a epsilon. It’s an honored privilege to be a mentor to a zeta just as it’s an honored privilege for a zeta to be chosen by a epsilon.
ZETA: Apprentice warriors, the zeta’s are young but learning to fight, most zeta’s are larger pups that was almost breed to be strong. They are not as swift as the hunters but they pack a bite. Zeta’s do not move up a rank until a epsilon has found them worthy of joining their own ranks.
THETA: The old and the wise. These pack members are old alpha’s, old warriors and old omega’s. They are respected and treasured for they old the history of the pack and are given rights that most pack members are not given. They are unable to mate anymore.
IOTA: Known to the pack as the healer, this wolf if the most respected of all the wolves in the pack, even the alpha‘s will kneel to their will. They are what keeps the pack healthy, they are the life of the pack. It is a rare gift to be called a healer because the Forest Gods only see fit to gift a pack with one healer and one apprentice healer at a time. The wolf that becomes a Iota or a Kappa are pure of heart and the magic of the Forest Gods have blessed them with a bit of magic. They are given an element (These elements are dangerous and more wolf healers have lost their lives using their magic. But a careful healer knows who much magic to use.).
KAPPA: Also known as the apprentice healer of the pack. This wolf is learning along side the Iota in the arts of healing and the land Gods. This wolf is respected above all others and is said to not be able to take on a mate. The wolf that becomes a Iota or a Kappa are pure of heart and the magic of the Forest Gods have blessed them with a bit of magic. They are given an element (These elements are dangerous and more wolf healers have lost their lives using their magic. But a careful healer knows who much magic to use.).
SIGMA: These wolves are Master hunters, their duty within the pack if to gather food and train Sigu’s to hunt, one master wolf will take one apprentice and train him or her. The master hunters of the pack are said to be the heart and soul of a wolven pack. Wolves that hunt are flexible, fast and cunning, they know the woods better then any of the other pack mates. Not all wolves are made for this rank.
SIGU: Sigu’s are the apprentice hunters, their rank just above a subordinate and most if not all Sigu’s are pups that are just learning to hunt and track. Wolves that hunt are flexible, fast and cunning, they know the woods better then any of the other pack mates. Not all wolves are made for this rank.
SUBORDINATE: There is not much to say about the last members of the pack, they are wolves not yet proven themselves to be given a rank. They are just one step above the omega and considered to be treated almost as badly as the omega. This treatment not only makes the wolvers want to prove themselves but it makes them stronger or father for what rank they can achieve.
OMEGA: Lowest rank in the back, the omega is bitten, attacked and treated more of less as a slave. They are to eat last and most of the time other pack mates take their frustrations out on the omega. This rank is given to the weakest of the pack or the wolf that has done something very, very bad to gain such a low position. Even a beta can be reduced to omega level.