Aristo Dasciano

Name: Aristo Dasciano
City of Dominion: Volk ( a sort of version of Victorian London)
Family: The Noble House of Dasciano
Family Crest: A Crescent moon. A wolf silhouette. A hand grasping a sword.
Age: 19
Rank: Guardian Alpha.
Description: Dark skin, dark eyes, dark hair. Tall with deep-set and sharp eyes, a wicked mouth, a raspy voice and a quick tongue.

Aristo Dasciano is the Guardian Alpha, the leader of the Guardians--men from the noble families who has the bloodline that makes them able to turn into giant wolves. This is not shapeshifting magic, like the people from Sihr are able to do, although it is a type magic; it is blood magic, hereditary magic that passes from father to son.

When the Guardians Turns into the Beasts, they are unable to hold onto their humanity which is why they need the Companions; one that will be bound to them through blood and magic. The Guardians choose their Companion when they first Turn, usually at the age of six. When Aristo Turned for the first time, the Beast instinctively searches for its Companion and quickly finds Kiera.

At first, he was aghast that his Companion was a girl, something unheard of, but the bond between them was undeniable, so he accepted it more quickly than even Kiera had.

Although he doesn't act like it, he's most conscious of the sacrifice that Kiera makes in order to be his Guardian; the looks, the whispers, the damaging gossip that follows Kiera around. And most importantly, he is very aware of the way Kiera's grandfather treats her; a combination of cold neglect and scathing disgust. He is protective of her not only as a companion but also as a woman.

Aristo is a trouble maker, sly and slippery and used to getting his way and being a Guardian, he gets his way a lot. Not to mention, wherever he goes, all the other Guardians follow. Each of their family despairs of their attitude and depends on Kiera to be the calming influence much to Kiera's dismay and frustration.