Havoc Reference

Name: Unknown (shhh, it's a secret)
Alias: Havoc
Age: 4 years (Young Adult)
Gender: Male
Breed Base: Scotch Collie/Farm Collie
Abilities: Heightened physical senses and reflexes, coming from difficult years of training and solidarity.
Physical Strengths:
- Havoc's slim form and long years of training have heightened his senses to the point where they can no longer be improved upon naturally.
- Lives with a rare condition known as hyperthymesia, which allows Havoc to recall everything he has experienced in full detail since his early puphood.
Physical Weaknesses:
- Though his hyperthymesia is a strength, it is a weakness as well, for it also triggers unwanted and horrific memories that have the potential to physically disable him.
- When injured, Havoc's blood does not clot very well, resulting in overwhelming losses of blood as well as extremely slow scarring.
Height/Weight: 27 inches, 68 lbs.
Personality:
Havoc is - at best - tough to read. Though he has no troubles speaking his mind, he often refrains from it simply because he does not wish to gain either the sympathy nor the arguments of others. Havoc can be resentful and crude, but his worst wrath comes if you either irritate him or trigger an unwanted memory. Make no mistake. He has no qualms when it comes to fighting, and he is relentless in that respect. He'd kill without blinking, and he is - in the end - his own boss. Havoc refuses to take orders from others, which is perhaps why he has always been on his own.

Beneath his tough exterior, Havoc is devastatingly broken. The collie wears his harsh attitude almost as a barrier between his core and the world around him. While he pretends he doesn't care and can rather easily forget, the truth of the matter is that he never forgets a single word. He can recall any date or any sentence word for word, so it is best to be wise when conversing with him.

Havoc's anger is a direct result of his containing his emotions. Whenever he feels broken, he tries his best to bury it. Easier said than done, in his case. Eventually, these feelings have no where to go but out and become the mask he wears so often. Havoc is a deceiver. He never shares his secrets, though he doesn't necessarily lie. He prefers to stay alone so there is no risk of becoming close to anyone, for then he might lose them and forever remember the pain. And he has convinced even himself that there is nothing broken about him. And yet... There's a shell that's cracking bit by bit. His is a quiet rage, a storm waiting to explode. A ticking time bomb that if not avoided, can become the destruction of more than himself alone.

History:
The son of a rejected alpha somewhere in Northern Europe, Havoc, along with his mother and father, lived a rather inconspicuous existence. The collie's father, who had been refused the mantel due to his apparent inability to make the harsh calls the role sometimes required, taught his son the basics of fighting. Havoc's mother versed him on how to rely on his senses, and between the two, Havoc grew into a healthy and aspiring adolescent. His only issue became apparent when his training with his fathers went awry one day. What should have been just a scratch became an open and bleeding wound. The small family figured out soon enough that Havoc's blood didn't clot well, exaggerating injuries. His training was put on hold from then until an unknown time.

It was during this period, however, that assassins from the South were conspiring to destroy the foundations of the canines' living. The alpha, now Havoc's uncle, was killed nearly immediately. Havoc and his family fled their home, knowing that they would be next.

By this time, the young canine had developed a skill that seemed to come from nowhere. It was discovered when he was nearly a year old that Havoc had a unique condition known as hyperthymesia, which allowed him to recall any moment of his life in perfect detail from the point where the condition had begun developing. It had come in handy so far, but it would soon turn into the worst curse the teen would ever have to endure.

While the family was sleeping in an open mouthed cave somewhere far away, fire was set to its entrance. Having been Fall at the time, the dead leaves on the ground provided fuel for the fire, and Havoc awoke to coughing and spluttering from both his parents as well as himself. He tried to get his parents out but his father told him to go ahead without them and that he would get himself and his mother to safety. His father broke that promise.

Only his mother emerged from the burning cave after him, and she was sobbing furiously, berating herself because "she couldn't save him; he pushed her out of the way before she could do anything to help". Havoc and his mother had to watch his father burn, for he was already dying and refused their help anyways. The flames died with him, and his screams echoed the night. Havoc never forgot those screams.

He and his mother moved farther south, hoping that the assassins would quit now that Havoc's father was out of the picture. They ended up in a place where it became surprisingly easy to blend in. They managed to live in peace for about seven months, with Havoc training harder than he ever had in order to better protect his mother should a threat arise.

It turned out to be of no use. The assassins found them, effectively cutting the throat of Havoc's mother, who jumped to her son's aid. Havoc was horrified, unable to move. As the assassins drew closer, however, Havoc remembered his father with painful clarity. And he swore to avenge his parents both. That had been his first blood. He killed the assassins both and barely made it out alive himself due to his inexperience with real fighting as well as his blood not clotting properly.

Havoc has spent all this time growing in strength and enhancing his physical senses, and he has hunted down members of the group of assassins which originally sought out his home, killing some and managing to escape others. He still resides in Athens with the same goal in mind and a hardened heart to match. He refuses to let unjust deeds go unpunished. Especially the crimes which were committed in years past. He'll never forget them. Indeed, he never can.

Likes: Training, being alone, remembering his early childhood
Dislikes: Being bothered or irritated, unjust crimes, etc.
Other: Has a condition known as hyperthymesia, which allows Havoc to recall any memory from the time when it developed (at about 8-9 months) onwards. His blood also doesn't clot very well, resulting in dramatic injuries and potentially staggering blood loss.
Appearance Notes:
- Has bi-colored eyes
- The scars on his left shoulder, upper right flank, and bottom right paw are burns from the cave; the rest are from fighting and training after his mother's death
- His design is symmetrical discounting the scars and his left paw
- His ears are pricked back and to the side at all times

*I apologize if there are any grammatical errors here, guys. I typed out all of this on my iPad, so autocorrect might have messed a few things up here and there. If anyone sees something, let me know xD