Name: McKenna Samona

Nicknames: Kenna, Ken, Mick/Mc, Goofy

Age: 27

Gender: Male (fine with/doesn't correct they/them, uses mostly he/him)

Sexuality: Pansexual

Species: Lycan-Vampire Hybrid

Looks:

(Faceclaim: Leo Hoyte-Egan)
He's 6'2

Personality: Kenna is very much so a go-with the flow kind of guy. He doesn't put up much of a fuss about anything, sort of just accepting life as it comes at him. Nomadic by nature, he flits from one thing to the next, be it physical location or something he is interested in. Deeply spiritual and deeply rooted in his beliefs, he still goes about them in fairly unorthodox ways. To say he is a bit mad wouldn't be too far off. He finds humor and amusement in nearly all things, yet things also often fly over his head. He's a bit goofy, a bit of a class-clown, though he isn't necessarily trying to be funny. Still, Kenna doesn't take himself too seriously and doesn't expect anyone else to, either. While not an airhead in the traditional sense, he doesn't always grasp what information is or is not important. For example, he may know something that would be vital in helping someone, but not realize that that is the information they are seeking or put together that he knows that information. However, Kenna is incredibly well-informed about the happenings around him, so pulling what you need from him can be a bit like scraping nails over a chalkboard - whether one loses their patience or not in the pursuit of such information doesn't matter, though if one loses their patience it may distract him off what is being sought from him. He's a bit in the clouds and very little seems to ground him in reality. The kind of person that seems high even when they aren't, patience is the best method employed when it comes to trying to make Kenna take something seriously. Otherwise, he's just a fun and relaxed time to be around. He does have a way of making people feel seen and putting them at ease, but only when nothing is being sought from him. He's genuinely a sweet guy who cares about the world and the people occupying the world. A pacifist, he will never lift a hand to hurt someone else in malicious intent. Even if someone were to attack him, he likely wouldn't raise a hand to defend himself. He's truly just a gentle soul, quick to smile and shower others with love, humor, and laughter. If one can make sense of his at-times disordered words and nonsense, they'd realize he's quite intelligent when it comes to people and observation, he just doesn't have the means to translate it in a way others understand. While he does do things with the information he has, it's just subtle and casual, rather than a big display of anything. Still, he's a good guy and someone that would light up anyone's life.

Likes: companionship, company, laughter, kindness, his friends, his family, his faith/spirituality, talking, relaxing, a walk in the woods, nature, moving around (both in physical location and just his own body)

Dislikes: impatience, being rushed, that people move too fast throughout life and don't enjoy the present enough, being alone/loneliness

Powers: shifts into a lycan (looks above); heightened speed, senses, strength, durability, and reflexes while in human form
He can go out in the sun, but he gets very lethargic and fatigued from it, as well as burned after a while
He's especially fast physically, but he doesn't typically move fast though he can
He can drink blood, but he doesn't often

Backstory: McKenna is the son of a High Crescent (pack owned and created by Saytrn01 ) lycan who'd been traded off to another pack, though he'd run away from that pack. His father didn't believe the new pack was spiritual enough, and felt like his beliefs were being discriminated against and he simply couldn't bear it anymore. However, deserting made him feel like he couldn't return to his home pack, so he stayed a rogue. During his travels, McKenna's father met a lovely vampire on her way to Wawkalak, who found McKenna's father endearing. Thinking he'd make a great and loyal servant, she played on his religion, and created an incredibly loyal partner who practically worshipped the ground she walked on. McKenna was the result years later, named for his mother's long-dead sister whom she missed terribly. McKenna was always a bit of an odd child, growing up in Wawkalak. He never quite fit in anywhere. He was deeply religious like his father, which marked them as different, yet he shared the same natural charm and understanding of motivations that made him a bit unnerving, especially in the casual way in which he spoke. He was like a little ghost, drifting throughout the halls. He wasn't allowed in the coven space with his mother, but he was allowed to visit the more 'public' areas. He became friends - well, he saw them as friends - with Centennial because he found them to be weird in the best way. He eventually became friends with Oksana Olendezki, though she more used him for the things he always seemed to overhear. His father being a servant, McKenna knew all the secret passages, which did allow him to sneak down to his mother. His father was still his mother's servant, though as far as McKenna's father was (and is) aware they are in love. Still, McKenna didn't mind his life but he felt contained. So, he left one day to travel. While he does go home to visit, and bring information of the outside world, McKenna has spent most of his day for the past almost-decade traveling across the country. He's become a well-known fixture in the werewolf community, if only because he requests temporary asylums in many packs. He also has friends all across the nation, who give him a place to stay when he visits. He just knows a lot about everyone. Some people use him as a spy, though whether he processes that that is happening it's not always clear. Still, Oksana uses him, Penelope Blake Tupper uses him, Veronica von Weissen - and some of her siblings - use him, as do plenty in the Sea Dogs and oher packs. He just seems to know everything. The only thing is, his information can come in riddles or hard to decipher tidbits, so dealing with him can take a lot of patience. However, once one gets to know him, translating his nonsense becomes far easier. Still, McKenna mostly just flits from place to place, spending anywhere betwen a few days to months in a single location. Even if he isn't somewhere specific, he seems to know what's going on in that pack just because his friends will text him information and updates. The average person isn't aware he's used for information, otherwise most of his friends would probably stop texting him their greivances and pack updates. McKenna has always been good at interpreting and understanding the origin of complaints, even if the origin wasn't shared in specific detail. Still, rumors are just as accepted as actual fact when it comes to McKenna. He does return to his father and Wawkalak for every religious holiday, but otherwise he functions mostly as a rogue. Still, he has no complaints.

Other: McKenna resonates a bit more strongly with his lycan side, but he does have a natural charm that can be attributed to his vampiric side, though he has no vocal charm the way a full vampire would/might
McKenna has two eye colors - a frosty blue for his lycan, a shade of pink for his vampiric side; neither eye color is seen very often
McKenna doesn't shift and hasn't willingly done so in years; he only shifts when forced into it, and he's very susceptible to Alpha power and powerful vampires
He adores his name and he loves hearing stories about the aunt he was named after
His mother is named Yuria Gomayo, a vampire part of Olena Olendezki's top-secret coven
He didn't grow up in a traditional household, to say the least; if he ever gets a romantic partner, his treatment of them wouldn't be unlike how his father treats his mother, because that is the model of love he had growing up - utter, almost religious, devotion to one's partner
He still has family in High Crescent whom he's never met
He deals with Veronica von Weissen a lot, and used to deal with Penelope Tupper a lot as well; he stays in the Nightwalker hotel or acts as Veronica's guest when in Crimson River
He does smoke, but not as often as people suspect, but still a little more often than your typical smoker
He'll try anything once, so long as someone prompts him into it
He typically determines where he'll go next on dreams, vibes, or a coin toss - something along those lines, at least - or if someone invites him
He's a big music listener, he just likes the background noise of it; he's especially into artists like George Ezra or Bastille or Hozier, but he'll gladly listen to anything
He's got friends in all varying packs - Redwood, Crimson River, the Nightwalker's, Black Moon, Wawkalak, Windmeer, Sanctum, Silver Creek, (last two packs owned and created by Saytrn01 ) etc. - he's seemingly been everywhere
Some people think he has some sort of mental condition, but if he does no one knows, including Kenna; he does struggle to grasp reality at times, and communicate in a clear way for others