Name: Luken

Nickname(s): Luke

Age: About 4.5 years younger than Aleu and Kodi

Species: 7/8 SIberian Husky, 1/8 Wolf 

Appearance: Luken is tall and muscular, but not as much as his older brothers and father. His main pelt is black while his underbelly, face, ears, bottom legs, and part of his neck are white. He has a white stripe that extends from his muzzle up to a fluffy tuft of hair on the top of his head. He has auburn eyes and an angular face.

Parents: Kiska and Tungsten

Siblings: Kenai, Naira, Spica, Ferric (first litter) // Dakota, Iron, Maya, Alasie, Kala (second litter)

Mate: Skye

Pups: TBA

Personality: Calm and respectful. He has very polite manners, and hates to resort to anger and violence. He’s a bit of a cynic and has trust issues, especially after his encounter with Raven. He is very loyal and bighearted and would do anything for those he loves. He isn’t antisocial, but is definitely more of an introvert, and gets burnt out when he has too much social interaction. He can be rather stubborn.

Likes: Snow, running, playing, car rides, sleeping

Dislikes: Raven, pretty much all of Nero’s family, bullies, liars, cheaters, bears, being alone, violence

History: Luken was the fifth puppy to be born in Kiska and Tungsten’s second litter. At eight weeks, he was adopted by a young girl, who happened to be neighbors and best friends with his sister Maya’s girl, so the two siblings practically grew up together. Luken was never trained to be a sled dog like Dakota and Iron, and was instead just kept as a house pet, which he didn’t mind.

    As he got older, he met a beautiful husky named Raven, who happened to be the daughter of his parents’ enemy, Nero. Luken still fell for her nonetheless and pursued a romantic relationship with her. Although Kiska and Tungsten were rivals with Nero, they still allowed Luken to date Raven, as they remembered what a hard time Balto initially gave Tungsten since he was Steele’s son. As time went on, Luken noticed that Raven was acting a bit suspicious, but chose to ignore the red flags since he was so in love with her. But the truth was revealed when Nero almost hurt Kiska and Tungsten, and it was discovered that Raven was simply using Luken to help her father finally take his enemies down. In the end, Kiska and Tungsten were fine, but it was Luken who was hurt — not physically, but emotionally hurt since the girl he loved betrayed him.

    Time went on and Luken remained single, until one day he met Raven’s sister Skye. Unlike Raven, Skye was a genuinely kind dog who held no hatred in her heart for Luken and his family, and she genuinely wanted to get to know Luken better and possibly start dating. But after the events that had unfolded with Raven, Luken was slow to trust Skye, as he feared she would hurt him the way her sister did. However, over time, he learned to trust her after seeing she was nothing like her sister, and they became mates.

Relation to Balto: Balto and Steele’s grandson