====== Kara Beckworth ======
=====AKA=====
=====Physical Description=====

[[Blood Bound]]
  * Thirteen<sup>113</sup>
====Injuries====

^  Kara Beckworth Injuries & Scars  ^^
^  [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]]  ^^
^  Injury Type/Scar  ^  Notes  ^
|  Cuts on Wrists<sup>114</sup>  |  Suicide Attempt  |
^  [[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Roses in Winter]]  ^^
^  Injury Type/Scar  ^  Notes  ^
|  Shallow Cut Along Ribs<sup>297</sup>  |  Eric  |

=====Appearances & Mentions=====
^           Appearances                   ^                            
|[[Alpha & Omega Series]] #5: [[Burn Bright]]|
|[[Mercyverse Short Fiction]]: [[Roses in Winter]]|                         
^           Mentions                    ^                              
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]]|
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #4: [[Bone Crossed]]|
=====Classification=====
[[Werewolf]] 
====Description====
[[Blood Bound]]
  * Three years ago, survived an attack by a rogue werewolf at ten years old<sup>110</sup>
  * Her father built a cage in the basement and every full moon he chains her and locks her in<sup>111</sup>
  * Two months ago, she broke the chain to her collar. Her father got a thicker chain but she gouged a hole in the cement<sup>111</sup>

[[Bone Crossed]]
  * Did fine last moon. Give her a few months, and she'll be fully in control<sup>107</sup>

[[Roses in Winter]]
  * The idea that she even could control the wolf was very, very new to her, and real control was months if not years away<sup>278</sup>
  * Hadn't taken her wolf's shape when it hadn't been forced upon her by the moon's call<sup>284</sup>
  * She's too dominant to go without challenge, and she's too young to prevail<sup>287</sup>
  * Smallish half-grown werewolf<sup>289</sup>
  * Can take charge almost as soon as she's out of sight of the house. She can't change back on her own, but she thought she figured out how to do it. How it should feel to start the change on her own<sup>291</sup>
  * Built walls between herself and the wolf that they wouldn't have had when she was first Changed<sup>291</sup>
  * Changed herself<sup>314</sup>
====Affiliation====
[[Aspen Creek Pack]] AKA [[Marrok Pack]]
=====Residence=====
=====Family & Significant Other=====
**Father - John Beckworth**
=====Occupation=====

=====Character Traits & Facts=====
[[Roses in Winter]]
  * Not a chatterer<sup>281</sup>
  * Raised in the middle of the city<sup>292</sup>
====Education, Work Experience & Languages====

**Education**

[[Burn Bright]]
  * Keeps getting letters from her teachers: 'Kara is hardworking and intelligent. I am concerned that she has no friends among her peers. She doesn't participate in group work or in any outside sports activities'- and variations of that<sup>173</sup>
====Spirituality & Personality====
[[Blood Bound]]
  * Any child who survives a werewolf attack before adolescence has willpower to spare<sup>112</sup>

[[Roses in Winter]]
  * Wasn't used to someone defending her<sup>279</sup>
  * Had a backbone. She was born to be a protector, just needed to grow up<sup>298</sup>
====Talents & Skills====
====Health & Fitness====
[[Blood Bound]]
  * Tried to commit suicide<sup>114</sup>

[[Roses in Winter]]
  * Had an awkward gracefulness<sup>311</sup>
====Quirks====
[[Roses in Winter]]
  * Likes greenhouses<sup>276</sup>
  * Doesn't want to be a werewolf<sup>294</sup>
=====Relationships=====

**Kara and Asil**

[[Burn Bright]]
  * Kara was a particular favorite of Asil's<sup>171</sup>

[[Roses in Winter]]
  * Kara's safety had become important to Asil<sup>282</sup>
  * Asil's wolf was unhappy with Kara and will enforce his dominance any way that he needs to<sup>294</sup>
  * Belonged to Asil<sup>296</sup>

**Kara and the Wolves**

[[Blood Bound]]
  * Helped by Josef Riddlesback<sup>113</sup>
  * Bran talked to Kara. Her father didn't know what he said, but he hadn't seen her this happy in years<sup>181</sup>

[[Burn Bright]]
  * As the youngest werewolf in the pack, Kara had dealt with her share of overprotectiveness<sup>136</sup>
  * Kara liked Leah, but she wasn't unaware of Leah's games<sup>137</sup>

[[Roses in Winter]]
  * Was the Marrok's current puzzle<sup>275</sup>
  * The werewolf that changed her told Kara's parents that they should let him kill her. When they'd refused, he'd told them to keep her away from other werewolves<sup>275</sup>
  * Bran hadn't allowed her to challenge him<sup>294</sup>
  * The pack bonds flashed with eager anger of the collected pack when they saw that Kara was injured. She belonged to them, too<sup>304</sup>
  * If Asil had not stopped the attackers before they hurt Kara worse, Bran would have killed these men and their Alpha as well<sup>307</sup>

**Kara and her Parents**

[[Burn Bright]]
  * Leah makes her write a letter every week to her parents, most of which are four sentences long because Bran imposed that rule after her first letter was 'Dear Dad, I'm alive. Kara'<sup>173</sup>

[[Roses in Winter]]
  * Her father had been sent back into the real world because his fear of her wolf was interfering with her ability to control herself. Neither she nor her father had been happy<sup>278</sup> 
  * Her parents are separated because her mother is scared of Kara, and her father is mad at her about it<sup>280</sup>
  * Kara's dad is bringing her mom to visit in Aspen Creek<sup>314</sup>
