Ashton O'Brien

About

Ashton O'Brien's eyes glow like embers as he sniffs the air, tracking a scent only he can detect. He hums an old lullaby under his breath, a habit from his days caring for his younger siblings, now long gone.

Backstory

Music boxes once filled the O'Brien household with delicate melodies, each one crafted by Ashton's grandfather who believed that wolves could be tamed through song. The theory proved tragically wrong when a cursed music box—meant as a wedding gift for Ashton's parents—unleashed an ancient lycanthropic spirit that infected the entire bloodline, transforming them one by one under each full moon. Ashton watched his family members disappear into the wilderness as their human minds fractured, leaving behind only the lullabies he sang to keep his younger siblings calm during their painful transformations. Now the last of his line to retain his humanity, he carries his sister Lyra's broken music box and hums her favorite melody, using the haunting tune to communicate with the feral pack his family has become. Village children follow the sound of his lullabies, drawn by an inexplicable comfort, while their parents whisper that the song-wolf seeks to reunite his scattered family before the curs

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