Wolf was a member of the Pack, a team of mercenaries whom David Xanatos set up as celebrities, stars of their own TV show.
History
Wolf and his father, Grisha Volkov[2], were descendants of Hakon, the Viking leader who initiated the massacre at Castle Wyvern. Ever since his encounter with gargoyles, Wolf has been one of the Manhattan Clan's most ferocious enemies. He particularly views Goliath as his main rival and adversary.
Wolf was the strongman of the Pack, and, like the others, began to itch for real action. When they gained the opportunity to hunt the gargoyles, Lexington and Goliath, they eagerly jumped on it, luring the pair into a trap and pursuing them across the city. However, Wolf and Fox were captured by the police when their rampage culminated in holding a model hostage in an attempt to escape.[3] They were sent to different cells on Rikers Island Penitentiary.[4]
Wolf remained incarcerated for almost a year, until Coyote he freed him. He challenged the android for leadership of the Pack, but Coyote defeated him with ease. The Pack confronted the Manhattan clan on an abandoned oil tanker, the Otoshiana Maru, but were defeated again. Coyote was destroyed, so Wolf took over the Pack and led them to escape using their former leader's hovercraft.[4]
During the months of their freedom, the Pack was forced to sink to robbing banks under Wolf's leadership, and after a brutal defeat during such a robbery at the gargoyles' hands, they were approached by the disembodied head of Coyote. Acting as a proxy for David Xanatos, he offered them a chance to improve themselves using Xanatos Enterprises' vast technological resources. Wolf had himself mutated into a wolfman.[5]
The Pack confronted the Manhattan clan three months later, and, while their new forms made them formidable opponents, they were defeated once more.[5] Xanatos, however, arranged for their freedom, and they were sent to assist the Emir in securing immortality for Xanatos through the Jackal God, Anubis. This resulted in Jackal's transformation into the fay's avatar. Jackal, mad with power, regressed Wolf into a small wolf cub. These effects were undone, but the Pack was left inside as the chamber within the Sphinx where the summoning occurred was collapsed, to prevent Anubis's power from ever being used again. The Pack managed to escape, but all went their separate ways.[6]
Wolf found himself drawn to Wyvern, Scotland, where he made an alliance with the ghost of his ancestor, Hakon. The two made their way to New York City, and attacked Hudson and Goliath. The resulting battle led across Manhattan, and culminated in the final end of Hakon and another defeat for Wolf.[1]
Characteristics
Wolf consistently tried to become the leader of the Pack, but was continually bested by Coyote-by both show of strength,[4] and democracy.[5]
It is unknown whether Wolf has fully mutated or, like the Mutates, is still changing in appearance.
Trivia
- Wolf is one of several characters played by an actor who had a role on Star Trek. In this case Clancy Brown who portrayed Zobral in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Desert Crossing", though this was several years later.
- In the final battle scene in "Upgrade", Wolf's appearance, a human shaped head with gray fur, a white beard and long white hair, is briefly replaced with a more canine-shaped head. Wolf's usual appearance is restored in the final scene when the Pack has been rendered unconscious and the cops come to pick them up. The reasons for this are never revealed but the cause has been assumed to have been because of his mutation being unstable and new at the time before it finally stabilized.
Appearances
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2. Awakening, Part Two 3. Awakening, Part Three 4. Awakening, Part Four 5. Awakening, Part Five 6. The Thrill of the Hunt 7. Temptation 8. Deadly Force 9. Enter MacBeth 10. The Edge 11. Long Way to Morning 12. Her Brother's Keeper 13. Reawakening |
2. Metamorphosis 3. Legion 4. A Lighthouse in the Sea of Time 5. The Mirror 6. The Silver Falcon 7. Eye of the Beholder 8. Vows 9. City of Stone, Part One 10. City of Stone, Part Two 11. City of Stone, Part Three 12. City of Stone, Part Four 13. High Noon |
15. The Price 16. Revelations 17. Double Jeopardy 18. Upgrade 19. Protection 20. The Cage 21. Avalon, Part One 22. Avalon, Part Two 23. Avalon, Part Three 24. Shadows of the Past 25. Heritage 26. Monsters |
28. Sanctuary 29. M.I.A. 30. Grief 31. Kingdom 32. The Hound of Ulster 33. Walkabout 34. Mark of the Panther 35. Pendragon 36. Eye of the Storm 37. The New Olympians 38. The Green 39. Sentinel |
41. Cloud Fathers 42. Ill Met By Moonlight 43. Future Tense 44. The Gathering, Part One 45. The Gathering, Part Two 46. Vendettas 47. Turf 48. The Reckoning 49. Possession 50. Hunter's Moon, Part One 51. Hunter's Moon, Part Two 52. Hunter's Moon, Part Three |
2. Ransom 3. Runaways 4. Broadway Goes Hollywood 5. A Bronx Tail 6. The Dying Of The Light 7. And Justice For All 8. Genesis Undone 9. Generations 10. ...For It May Come True 11. To Serve Mankind 12. Seeing Isn't Believing 13. Angels In The Night | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
Gargoyles – "Vendettas"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
(Dynamite Entertainment) : Here in Manhattan, Volume One – "Underwater"
- ↑ Gargoyles – "The Thrill of the Hunt"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gargoyles – "Leader of the Pack"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Gargoyles – "Upgrade"
- ↑ Gargoyles – "Grief"
