Basil

One look in his eyes says everything: He's on a mission, and he won't rest until it's seen through. Gentle and unwavering, his patience has brought shelter to the unsheltered and hope to the hopeless.

He and Amaranth begat two kids before her diplomatic matebond with Riko, and though he at first handled the newcomer with professional distance, they've grown closer since the birth of Riko's pups with Thistledown. Riko, too, is beginning to feel like family.

In his old pack, he was the grandson of Old Grandma Winterdown, a herbalist and practitioner of the Old Magic who revered Dragonfly.