Name: Basil
Breed: Australian shepherd/husky/collie/great dane
Gender: Male
Siblings: Heath, Foxglove, Everlasting, Day-lily, Ash, Acacia
Parents: Jezebel and Blaire
Personality:Quite large but undoubtedly timid, Basil always felt that he was born in the wrong body. He hates being in the spotlight and prefers to take a backseat. He feels his size gives off the wrong impression about him, which it quite often does as it can cause him to be picked on in a fight. He would like some attention for something he does right or well but has little confidence to try anything. He is very giddy and paranoid and worries a lot. He thinks too much about what others think of him, causing him to withdraw himself further into his shell, and worries about all the dangers. This makes him come across as a bit of a bore to his siblings and he knows it's easy for others to get frustrated with him. He is also socially awkward and never knows what to say causing him to become easily flustered. As such, he is terrible around females and usually ends up running off in shame. He looks up to both sled dogs and wolves and secretly wishes to leave his family and start fresh in a wolf pack or on a sled team. However, he doesn't believe this would happen and settles for aimlessly gazing at them instead.
Likes: Watching dogs and wolves, sleeping, his mother, hearing stories, being accepted, his siblings when they're not being dangerous, running at night time, swimming on his own
Dislikes: Stuck-up people, talking to females, being in the spotlight, fighting, his father's moods, danger
History: Born in the wild, on a stormy winter night. The pups, and Jezebel were fine and life went on great. They all grew, never learning of their family’s past and never questioning it from fear of upsetting their slightly moody father. As a pup he often felt ignored and overlooked as expected his parents thought he should be one of the stronger ones being that he was somewhat tall and muscular. However, he was definately a bit weaker, being too afraid to do any harm to anything and blended into the background a lot. When he was a yearling, he started to venture further out from his parents in order to see the difference between himself and everything else. It was also to get away from all the pressure that he felt was being pushes onto him. While out, he stumbled across a human camp. To start with, some of the men tried to get him to come near them, although their dogs definately disagreed. The men quickly realised he wasn't tame and tried to shoot him in case he hurt them or their dogs. Basil ran but he now had a new fascination for humans and dogs. Sometime later, he also spotted a few wolves, maybe from a pack, maybe not. But their beauty and grace made him long to be one of them, to get away from his family and be free. Of course, he never really believed in that dream. He soon gets into an argument with his parents about always wandering off to spy on wolves and humans and he then makes up his mind to leave and experience things. He finally sets out on his own to see the world outside his family.
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Parents: He definately has a loving bond with his mother. As a pup he was a bit of a mama's boy, although he drifted away as he grew older. His bond with her probably isn't based on love so much as it is survival. He always felt overlooked, even with her, as she had so many pups to care for along with him. When it comes to Blaire, Basil is rather terrified of him. He always tries to stay out of his way and never upset him, although he knows that he could upset anyone quite easily. In some ways he wants to please his father, but in others he just wants to be left alone to get on with things himself.
Siblings: Loves them but hates that they are all much stronger than him, be it physically or mentally. He longs to be a part of them but is too afraid of their reactions to him changing that he stays away. He enjoyed playing with them when he was a pup, until one mentioned something about him being weak. After that, Basil stopped playing as much and would sit and watch.
Relation to Balto: Great-great-grandson of Steele.