====== Auriele Zao ====== =====AKA===== Alternate spelling - Aurielle [[Bone Crossed]] * 'Rielle220 [[Smoke Bitten]] * 'Riele13 =====Physical Description===== [[Moon Called]] * Black, black hair pulled back into a waist-length ponytail214 * Sleekly muscled arms214 * Fair bit shorter than Mercy216 [[Silver Borne]] * Delicately built and looked as though she'd never gotten her beautifully manicured hands dirty190 [[Night Broken]] * Cappuccino eyes9 [[Smoke Bitten]] * Could have been a Mayan warrior goddess6 ====Injuries==== ^ Auriele Zao Injuries & Scars ^^ ^ [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]] ^^ ^ Injury Type/Scar ^ Notes ^ | Bruise on Forehead220 | [[Mercy Thompson]] | ^ [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #8: [[Night Broken]] ^^ ^ Injury Type/Scar ^ Notes ^ | Burns on her Skin331 | Guayota | | Knee Bent in Wrong Direction333 | Guayota | | Knocked Unconscious333 | Guayota | =====Appearances & Mentions===== ^ Appearances ^ |[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]]| |[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]]| |[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #3: [[Iron Kissed]]| |[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #4: [[Bone Crossed]]| |[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #5: [[Silver Borne]]| |[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]]| |[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #7: [[Frost Burned]]| |[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #8: [[Night Broken]]| |[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #9: [[Fire Touched]]| |[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #10: [[Silence Fallen]]| |[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #11: [[Storm Cursed]]| |[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #12: [[Smoke Bitten]]| ^ Mentions ^ | | =====Classification===== [[Werewolf]] ====Description==== [[Moon Called]] * Much stronger than Mercy217 [[Night Broken]] * Could have lifted a four-hundred-pound anvil onto the shelf2 * Auriele turned her hot gaze on Mercy, yellow stirring in the cappuccino depths of her eyes9 [[Storm Cursed]] * Unsure how the school district would take knowing she changed into a werewolf34 [[Smoke Bitten]] * Knew how far she could push the rules of the pack103 ====Affiliation==== [[Columbia Basin Pack]] =====Residence===== =====Family & Significant Other===== **Mate - [[Darryl Zao]]** [[Night Broken]] * Her papa used to say 'Play the hand you have'316 [[Smoke Bitten]] * Has a younger human sister pregnant with twins108 =====Occupation===== [[mercyverse_businesses#richland_high_school|Richland High School]] =====Character Traits & Facts===== [[Smoke Bitten]] * Loyalty and intelligence are two of her best qualities104 * Smart, passionate and loyal. In situations that draw on all three of those, logic flies out the window106 ====Education, Work Experience & Languages==== **Education** [[Blood Bound]] * Takes classes in Ellensburg to keep up her teaching certification85 **Work Experience** [[Moon Called]] * Chemistry Teacher at Richland High School215 ====Spirituality & Personality==== [[Iron Kissed]] * had no soft spots for people who hurt the ones she cared about295 [[Silver Borne]] * If someone didn't know her very well, it's possible to underestimate her190 [[Night Broken]] * Blind to the faults of people she loves61 [[Smoke Bitten]] * Passionate in defense of those she loves104 ====Talents & Skills==== [[Moon Called]] * Hard to bluff215 ====Health & Fitness==== [[Smoke Bitten]] * Natural grace186 ====Quirks==== [[Storm Cursed]] * Lady Mockingbird was up by fifteen kills on everybody and was Auriele's alter ego in Pirate's Booty2 =====Relationships===== **Auriele and Mercy** [[Moon Called]] * treats Mercy with cool courtesy220 [[Bone Crossed]] * Shaken up when Mercy joined the pack69 * Thought Warren would be a better second than a coyote in the pack220 [[Night Broken]] * Auriele hadn't been happy having Mercy as the Alpha's mate. She didn't think it was good for pack morale and thought Mercy brought trouble for the pack with her. Auriele liked Mercy despite herself2 * Likes Christy more than Mercy7 * Admires Mercy's fighting ability219 [[Fire Touched]] * Recently, Auriele and Mercy had been cautiously cordial91 [[Smoke Bitten]] * Mercy liked and respected Auriele6 * Auriele didn't like Mercy because Christy had a way of making everyone around her hyperprotective of her7 * Mercy likes Auriele but thinks that she is too easily led by her need to protect Christy180 * Auriele likes Mercy. She thinks she is a Goody Two-shoes sometimes, but would fall on a grenade for Adam or Jesse or a member of the pack. But Mercy would fall on a grenade for a total stranger-and that makes her a liability to the pack180 **Darryl and Auriele** [[Iron Kissed]] * She wouldn’t go against her mate288 [[Bone Crossed]] * At first, Auriele thought Darryl was an arrogant, self-important snob232 [[Silver Borne]] * Sundays, Darryl cooks and Auriele washes dishes209 * Mercy sees their mate bond as a blazing gold rope between them—softer, stronger, and deeper than the pack bond and unlike the pack bond, it wasn’t tied onto the rocks; it originated in one and ended in the other323 [[River Marked]] * Tried to throw a surprise party for Darryl once31 [[Night Broken]] * Darryl had a gentle smile he saved for Auriele and Jesse318 * Darryl and Auriele were beautiful when they fought together330 [[Smoke Bitten]] * Darryl calls Auriele "mi vida"109 **Auriele and the Pack** [[Moon Called]] * As Darryl's mate, Auriele ranked high in the pack215 [[Silver Borne]] * Most of the pack would rather have Darryl mad at them than Auriele190 * Henry's smart enough to be afraid of Auriele227 [[River Marked]] * Darryl and Auriele had become Jesse’s de facto babysitters when her mother left because female werewolves were few and far between274 [[Night Broken]] * Auriele outranked Ben, both as Darryl's mate and as herself133 [[Smoke Bitten]] * Killing Auriele would break Adam11 * Auriele served as surrogate aunt to Jesse15 * Auriele, as Darryl's wife, outranked everyone except for Adam, Mercy, and Darryl in that order. But the pack had started treating her as if she were right behind Honey. And it felt like a promotion-even though technically she had dropped in rank90 * Adam left the pack in Auriele's care after agreeing to take a sabbatical in the Yucatan Peninsula105 **Auriele and Christy** [[Night Broken]] * Christy is Auriele's friend10 * Laughed when Christy's hair was blue, but turned her head so Christy couldn't see338 * Christy decided to stay at Auriele’s after Mercy dyed her blue339 [[Smoke Bitten]] * Christy put all of Auriele's protective instincts into overdrive7