Name: Ogimaabinesikwe Moondancer; Thunderbird Woman
(Ah-jih-mah-bye-n-sick-wee/way)

Nicknames: We (pronounced like 'way), Thunderbird, Thunder, Destined, a lot of other random nicknames

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Queer

Species: Werewolf

Looks:

(Faceclaim: Nookwakwii "Snowy" White - @nookwakwii_white on Insta)
She's 5'4

Personality: We is a very outspoken, loud, opinionated young woman. She doesn't let anyone push her around and she stands firm on her beliefs. Headstrong, We does care deeply about what others think of her, but with the inability to actually change to fit their ideals. She has made her fair share of mistakes and been in her fair share of fights - she just can't let anything go. With a strong desire to make sure she is never misunderstood, but constantly being misunderstood - her intentions most especially - We has been labelled as a difficuly, argumentative, rude young woman when that isn't really her goal. She simply feels as if people need to be properly informed on certain matters, and is incapable of letting herself be willfully misconveyed. That said, We is also deeply loved by a large portion of her pack - she is friendly, she is loving, and she is a champion of the small issues. When not trying to make big points or stand firm on an argument, We is genuinely a fun, lovable, amusing person to be around. Accidentally funny in many circumstances, but always compassionate to those less fortunate or for those who need it, We has an odd paradigm of perception within her pack. Some absolutely love her, some absolutely despise her. A great friend to have, she is incredibly loyal. She will go to bat for her friends and she will punish anyone who hurts the people that she cares about. Believing no one has any excuse to physically harm someone outside of self-defense, We herself has only gotten physical when she feels she has to in defense of another person. We clashes strongly with people who squander her life away, even if they are someone she cares about - she tries so desperately to set them on the right path, she just doesn't always know how. She can be exceedingly stubborn - just because she believes something, or thinks something, it doesn't always mean she is right, but it's really hard for her to accept that she might not be right. Her sense of self is tied strongly to her intelligence and when she 'fails' in that way - for instance, maybe being wrong or not being as educated in that topic as she could be - she takes it extremely hard. She cares very deeply about her pack and her people and she just aims to do what she thinks is best for them. She won't be Alpha one day, but that doesn't mean she can't still help. A complicated young woman who doesn't even truly know who she is, every day presents a new challenge.

Likes: knowing everything, her intelligence, helping others, protecting the people she loves, her religion, winning, her pack, her culture

Dislikes: idiots, willful ignorance, seeing people she loves in pain, losing, being wrong, being humiliated (she feels automatic humiliation when proved wrong), being the cause of someone else's pain

Powers: shifts into a wolf (looks above); heightened speed, senses, strength, durability, and reflexes while in human form

Backstory: By the time We came into this world, there was already a lot going on within her family unit. Her birth ushered in the final severance between Pema and her parents because they now had a daughter - a true daughter, We sometimes heard her mother say - that could carry on their family and their legacy. We was the Destined Daughter, the one meant to carry on her father's legacy and support their family line. Basically, We was meant to just have kids. However, this isn't a fate We necessarily wants. She isn't sure she wants her own kids, and if she has kids she only wants them to be with her Goddess-given mate, but she won't necessarily wait around for her mate, either. Very young, We got into eavesdropping - she has learned and overheard far more than she should have, especially so young. We was only 5 when she learned that Pema wasn't her actual, biological sister. It broke her heart, but inadvertently changed her perception and treatment of Pema. At first, she thought Pema was just lying to her, and it wasn't until she was older - around 13 or so - that it truly clicked that Pema had no idea. By then, it was too late - We had always given Pema a hard time, for no apparent reason, despite the fact she always felt super guilty about doing so. She just seemed unable to stop, using it as her armor to shield how hurt she was. Pema wasn't the only one who fell victim to this - her parents did, too, and it's a secret that they know she holds. They shower her with gifts and love and praise - anything to keep her from telling the truth to Pema and Nena. So far, We has kept the secret. She was only 15 when Pema blew up on their family and that was a day that completely almost completely severed the bridge between We and her parents. Much like her brother, We didn't realize how poorly they were truly treating Pema and how much she had suffered. At the same time, she was deeply hurt by Pema's words - having to confront the reality that you were a terrible, borderline abusive sister was a really hard reality for We to swallow. Combined with her near-inability to admit when she was wrong, well, she still has yet to actually apologize and reconcile with Pema. On better terms with her than the others in their family - meaning they can have civil, if short, conversations at times, no matter how awkward - she is the most likely to make amends first. In terms of Nena, We and him clash all the time and always have. His spoiled, ungrateful attitudes pushed We away - unlike Nena, she still worked hard for everything she had. His ability to take credit for the work of others, and his refusal to do anything of substance with his life, is ultimately the point of a lot of their arguments. He, too, has said some less than kind things to her. But We just wants everyone to get along. It breaks her heart how messed up their family is, and that she was a large factor in contributing to Pema's pain. It was that night, 5 years ago, that altered the course of We's life. From then on out, she truly paid attention to how she treated others and how her words can do great harm. She started doing better by her pack and her friends, and she started truly gaining support from her pack. She went out in her community and helped the old fashioned way, hearing their complaints from them rather than through the grapevine. She is determined to set Nena on the right path, but he's just as stubborn as she is when it comes to this matter - in We's perception, he doesn't want to listen to and take advice from his baby sister, whom he still sees as a child. In reality, he just doesn't know how to accept her help without admitting he needs her help. With a very complicated family life, We turned to others for love and support. She has a great, strong network of friends whom she will go to war for. She built her own family, her found family, and she will hold onto them with all she has, while actively trying to mend her broken one. Not sure if she can ever forgive her parents, she refuses to let her pack and siblings suffer in that fallout, keeping their private business private. With only a select few who know the truth of her life, We pushes a lot aside so she can be there for her people. Someone who would make an excellent Alpha, she'll have to find a way to get her brother to listen to her if she truly wants to support her pack.

Other: We speaks the Ojibwe language beautifully, fluently, and often
Her name is apt - it's hard to ignore a Thunderbird, after all
We loves stormy weather, the rain, and being outside during the storms
We has been in two physical altercations in her life - one with a human that was harassing her and her friends while they were shopping, the other with one of the guys in the pack that was a little too drunk and impulsive and picked a fight with Nena; she won both fights
We may not believe in fighting, but she is actually quite skilled - she made sure she had training, so that she could defend herself, her friends, and her idiotic brother
We has promised herself that one day she will make her family whole again and the first step is appealing to Pema - she has yet to do so
We used to be very close with her mother, before she understood how cruel and vindictive she could be; We was and is the only one safe from her mother's cruel words
We absolutely loves the water, hiking, climbing - anything outdoors, she loves it
We dances at all their religious ceremonies and powwows
We absolutely loves literature, reading, and sharing her thoughts
We is deeply religious, but on a very individual level - a lot like the rest of her pack - and to her, religion is a very personal experience
We wants to travel to and meet other packs, but she has only left pack borders a handful of times and always to the same places - she wants some more adventure and difference in her travels
We does hope to mate with her destined mate, however she doesn't plan on waiting around for them either, but she will only have kids with her destined mate, so even if she marks someone else she won't have kids
We knows a lot of secrets about her parents, her siblings, and a lot of other people in the pack that she holds onto
We lives with roommates, her friends, moving out of her parents house as soon as she turned 18
We gets into a lot of arguments with Nena, but she loves him and Pema a lot
We is just a lost soul trying to become unlost; she has made a lot of mistakes but she tries, every day, to make up for those mistakes and set things right