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{{Apocalypse PC
|charactername=Kyle Alexandros
|deedname=Arete
|deednametitle=Yes
|portrait=Arete Wolf.jpeg
|characterpronouns=He/Him
|type=Garou
|tribe=Black Fury
|ronin=No
|auspice=Theurge
|breed=Homid (Garou)
|rank=Adren
|bitten=No
|lostcub=No
|faction=Gaian Alliance,Sanctum of Gaia
|pcgroup2exists=No
|furtherinfopic=Arete Gunslinger.jpeg
|desc=Arete is of Greek decent. He speaks English with a very faint southern accent. He carries two pistol fetishes and tends to fight in homid form.  His lupus form is that of Eurasian wolf.
|timeline=3/17/1994 - Born to kinfolk Mother and Father. 
2/21/2012 - Not yet 18, Kyle heads off with kinfolk and Garou of the Furies to Crescent Moon

3/26/2012 - First Change

4/XX/2012 - A Cub, Kyle fights with his gun against the Wyrm’s forces

4/XX/2012 - Cliath rank. Deeded himself Arete. 

12/26/2012 - Ranked up to fostern (On the Dark Side)

7/16/2013 - Adren Rank (Field Trip)

7/10/2014 - Arete makes fewer appearances and finally leaves his sept. 

11/10/2016 - Upon thinking that Maddie "Small Pharma" was being taken over by the Weaver's Song, Arete Bit her to try and prevent the Weaver from taking over. He appeared briefly back in his home sept to be judged, confessing to the crime and being Ostracized for a month. He left the Sept then and has yet to return.

6/XX/2019 - Arete was seen in the Umbra on a quest.

NOTE: As of start of game, Arete's location is unknown.
|bio=In ancient Greek Arete could mean a lot of things. It could refer to "excellence" of any kind. It could mean "moral virtue" in how you lived life. Heroes often were said to have it and some link it with "bravery." More often, it was used as "effectiveness." Finally, it was sometimes used to link with the idea of "human knowledge" as in "virtue/arete is knowledge."

When looking at it with the idea of "excellence" though, the Ancient Greeks would probably have linked with the "fulfillment of purpose or function: the act of living up to one's full potential."
(mostly drawn from wikipedia if you want to read the full thing).

Excellence. Mortal Virtue. Bravery. Effectiveness. Knowledge. Living to one's full potential. A worthy goal to strive for, or so Kyle thinks.

Arete is an Adren, Black Fury, Homid. He is also male. This means he will never rise above Adren rank and is lower in position than all female members of his tribe, including cubs. Every day he looks to analyze how to be better. A better fighter, a better Theurge, a better Fury, etc.

Arete is also an excellent craftsman and fetish maker, working mostly with jewelry.
|rumors=Feel free to leave your own
|quotes=Feel free to leave your own
|player=Aaron V
|playerpronouns=He/Him
|playeremail=aaron.vandessel@gmail.com
|mesnumber=US2015080085
|region=Northeast Region
|domain=MA-003-D
|st=Erin S.
|stemail=ne.virtual.apocalypse2021@gmail.com
|notvst=No
}}