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Danika Fendyr was the Alpha of the Pack of Devils and Bryce Quinlan's best friend. She and her entire pack were slaughtered.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Danika was born in the year 15,010 V.E to Sabine Fendyr, the Prime Apparent of the Valbaran wolves and Mordoc. Her father wasn't part of her life. He tried to visit once when Danika was seventeen, but she refused to recognize him as her father. When she was older, Danika attended Crescent City University as a history major, where she met Bryce. The two quickly became close friends. They remained best friends throughout college and beyond.
During their senior year, Danika uncovered an illegal animal smuggling ring run by asp shifters. Plagued by guilt at the thought of the animals in cages, Danika and Bryce snuck into their hideout to free the animals but were caught, resulting in them being chased and injured by the shifters. Cornered and about to be killed, Bryce told Danika to close her eyes and killed some of the shifters with her Starborn power, while the others were killed by police.
After college, Bryce and Danika moved in together in an apartment in the Old Square in Lunathion. Danika went on to become Alpha of the Pack of Devils. There were whispers that Danika should be tapped to be the Prime Apparent, bypassing her mother. Danika's grandfather, the Fendyr Prime, had given the family's heirloom sword to her after the blade had "called" to her on her eighteenth birthday.
Danika also acquired a reputation for being a party girl. Many of the 33rd Legion called her "The Party Princess," because of her party lifestyle, taking drugs often, and drinking excessively. She served as a member of the Auxiliary.
House of Earth and Blood[]
Danika and the Pack of Devils was brutally murdered by Micah Domitus, the Governor of Crescent City. He wanted Luna's Horn so that he could summon an army to decimate the human rebels. Micah blackmailed Danika into stealing the Horn. However, Danika did not trust Micah, so she did not give him the Horn after stealing it. Instead, she crushed the Horn and mixed it with ink and then convinced a drunk Bryce to get a tattoo, secretly using the Horn-infused ink on Bryce's back. This ploy was so that no one could find it and only Bryce could use it. However, Bryce was unaware that the Horn was in the tattoo.
Micah hatched a plan to get revenge on Danika and try and find the Horn. He waited until Philip Briggs, a human rebel, was released from prison so he could frame him for the pack's deaths. He went to Danika and Bryce's apartment where the Pack of Devils were at the time and used his magic to disable them. He then injected Danika with Synth, which caused Danika to rip her pack apart before turning on herself. Micah then summoned a kristallos demon to cover his traces and frame Phillip.
Philip Briggs was then accused of their murders due to Danika getting him imprisoned the first time, leading the authorities to believe he did it for revenge. However, Micah admitted to Bryce that he was the one to kill Danika and the Pack.
Personality[]
Danika was an amazing friend, always being there for her friends when they needed her, as well as someone willing to protect and serve. She also had a kind heart, and helped anyone she could. Being a total badass, a skilled leader, and a good friend were all qualities she possessed. It was rare for Danika to let others' opinions of her, especially Sabine's, get to her. She was generally full of swagger and joy. As an Alpha, it was instinctual for her to protect others at all costs. Danika was not someone afraid of trouble or who was limited by rules. Lunathion's government had seven files on her, starting with petty theft when she was ten and continued until she reached her majority five years before her death. Then her file went eerily quiet. Isaiah Tiberian described her as someone who "seemed poised to start trouble wherever she went."[1] Bryce thought that Sabine's cruelty made Danika a kinder and more thoughtful person, as she saw how Sabine treated others and was so disgusted that she wanted to become the opposite. Danika lived in terror of turning into her mother.[2]
Physical Description[]
Danika had pale skin, caramel eyes, and silvery blonde cornsilk hair highlighted with streaks of rose, amethyst, and sapphire. She had a slim jaw and a neck tattoo of a horned, grinning wolf, the sigil of the Pack of Devils. The other one was on her spine, which said Through love, all is possible and she had gotten it inked with Bryce. In her wolf form, Danika had gray fur and was the size of a small horse. Only her caramel eyes remained the same in this form. She had long, sharp fangs, fuzzy ears, and a bushy tail. She radiated pure menace and grace.
Powers & Abilities[]
Danika was one of the most powerful shapeshifters in the city. She was the granddaughter of the Prime of the Wolves, and she would have had a sea of power that would have succeeded that of the Prime Apparent, her mother Sabine, if she had not died before making the Drop.
Powers[]
- Shifter Physiology: Danika had enhanced speed, strength, and healing abilities because of her Vanir status. She had more acute senses and could heal from injuries much faster than a regular human. She could effortlessly change between her human and animal forms.
- Shifting: Danika possessed the ability to transform into a magically enhanced animal form. Her animal form was that of a larger than average wolf. In this form, she was stronger, faster, and had keener senses than in her human form. As an experienced shifter, she could hold a state between her two forms, such as changing her hands into claws or revealing her wolf eyes and fangs. She could communicate well while in her wolf form.
- Bloodhound: A trait from her father, Danika inherited the ability to smell out an individual's heritage, family ties, and bloodline.
Abilities[]
- Combat Skills: Danika had been trained in various forms of combat and self-defense to an exceedingly high level.
Relationships[]
Sabine Fendyr[]
The relationship between mother and daughter had been strained. Sabine was the Prime Apparent of the Valbaran wolves and had been her aging father's heir for centuries and Danika had officially been second in line to the title. However, there had been whispers that Danika should be tapped to be the Prime Apparent, bypassing her mother. Sabine's father had given his granddaughter their family’s heirloom sword after centuries of promising it to Sabine only upon his death, claiming that the blade had called to Danika on her eighteenth birthday. On top of that, Danika had been expected to claim a sea of power that would have put her ranking far past Sabine’s after her Drop.
However, despite their strained relationship, Sabine still showed some semblance of love for her daughter as she was distraught over her death, and became enraged by Bryce's involvement in her life. Her love for Danika was further emphasized when she was outraged and heartbroken at Bryce's and Hunt's accusations of killing her own daughter to become the Prime Apparent. She even admits that she was protecting Danika from the authorities when she stole the Horn by tampering with the security footage, and was fully aware that Danika's soul was present with Bryce when she made the Drop. Even tearfully echoing the same quote found on Bryce's tattoo, "Through love, all is possible", during Bryce's final moments with Danika back at the Summit.
Mordoc[]
Danika was not on good terms with Mordoc. He tried to visit her once when Danika was seventeen, and she refused to recognize him as her father.
Thorne[]
It was a long shot for an Omega like Thorne to ever be noticed by an Alpha like Danika. There seemed to be a gravitational pull that happened whenever Danika and Thorne were in a room together, like they were two stars orbiting each other.[3] Thorne panted after Danika, who never seemed to be bothered by it until right before she died.
Baxian Argos[]
Unknown to most, Danika and Baxian were mates.
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- The name Danika (pronunciation: DAN-ick-ah) is of Slavic and Latin origin, meaning "morning star." In Slavic mythology, Danica (pronunciation: DAH-nee-tza) is the personification of the morning star and in some regions is the goddess of dusk.[4]
- Danika was a fan of the band The Banshees.
- When communicating with Sofie Renast, she used the name BansheeFan56.
- Bryce describes Danika's snarl as being "like death incarnate, soft and husky and cold."[3]