Wolf
Wolf is a member of the Pack, and also a descendant of Hakon.
History
Wolf was born in 1957. [1] The son of Russian gangster Grisha Volkov, Wolf was also associated with gangster Dino Dracon. ("Underwater")
Wolf became a mercenary who was recruited by Fox and joined the Pack when Xanatos set it up. He was the strongest of its members, and also one of the most savage and blood-thirsty. [2] Like the rest of the Pack, he eagerly hunted the gargoyles after they appeared in New York, but was defeated by Goliath and Lexington, and afterwards captured by the police and sent to prison on Rikers Island. ("The Thrill of the Hunt")
Wolf escaped from prison with the rest of the Pack (except for Fox) during a jailbreak by Dingo and Coyote 1.0 (secretly set up by Xanatos to get Fox an early parole). They battled the gargoyles on the Otoshiana Maru oil tanker, but fled after Coyote was defeated. ("Leader of the Pack")
Following this defeat, the Pack resorted to robbing banks to make a living. Wolf got the idea for this when he saw television coverage of Terrorists holding hostages in a bank. [3] When Xanatos offered to "upgrade" the Pack to allow them to more effectively battle the gargoyles, Wolf opted to be mutated by Sevarius, and became a permanent wolf-man with increased strength. Although his new form allowed him to best Hudson in combat, he still failed to defeat the clan. Xanatos helped him flee New York to Egypt with Jackal and Hyena. There, the three remaining Pack members and Coyote 3.0 assisted the Emir in the summoning of Anubis. Wolf was temporarily turned into a wolf pup by Jackal, when the latter served as the avatar of Anubis, but Wolf was later on restored by the Emir. ("Estranged", "Upgrade", "Grief")
Wolf went his separate way from the rest of the Pack afterwards, and was eventually drawn to the Archmage's cave by the ghost of Hakon, thanks to their shared bloodline. Hakon persuaded Wolf to take the Viking battle-axe that Hakon had become bonded with out of the cave, freeing Hakon from his imprisonment. The two of them went to New York to exact fresh vengeance upon Goliath and Hudson, but were mutually defeated once again. ("Vendettas")
In 1997, Wolf was broken out of prison by Jackal and the two caused mayhem in Times Square with Hyena. The Manhattan Clan came to counter them. Evidently, he was able to escape the gargoyles. Later that year, Wolf's father was nearly killed by Dino Dracon. Volkov assumed that the attempted homicide was actually the work of Jack Dane under orders from Tomas Brod. As a result, Volkov instructed his son to break into Rikers Island and kill Brod. Wolf received Dino's blessing to attack the prison, even if Brod's cellmate Tony Dracon ended up hurt or killed. ("Phoenix", "Underwater")
Wolf then led Jackal and Hyena to an assault on Rikers Island, where he and Jackal broke into the prison while Hyena planted pipe bombs to distract the guards. But before they could kill Brod (and Dracon, Renqvist, and Goliath), Renqvist freed Goliath who quickly and soundly defeated the Pack before locking them in an adjacent cell. ("Mayday")
Wolf will eventually join the Ultra-Pack, and may be upgraded for it again, but we do not know the details. [4][5]
Characteristics
Wolf consistently tried to become the leader of the Pack, but was continually bested by Coyote – by both show of strength, and democracy. ("Leader of the Pack", "Upgrade", "Grief")
It is unknown whether Wolf has fully mutated or, like the Mutates, is still changing in appearance.
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.
His real name is currently unknown, although it is likely he shares the same surname as his father. Although, one time, Greg Weisman previously suggested his name might have been reminiscent of Hakon (and also posted in jest that his given name was Rolf). [6][7]
Appearances
- "The Thrill of the Hunt" (First Appearance)
- "Temptation" (Pack Mentioned Only)
- "Her Brother's Keeper" (Mentioned Only)
- "Leader of the Pack"
- "Upgrade"
- "Grief"
- "Vendettas"
- "Strangers" (No Lines)
- "Estranged" (No Lines)
- "Phoenix" (Mentioned Only)
- "Underwater"
- "Mayday"
- "Your Witness" (Mentioned Only)
- "Cold Comfort" (Mentioned Only)
Production Background
Voice Actor: Clancy Brown
The idea of Hakon being an ancestor of Wolf came shortly after "Leader of the Pack" and prompted by Clancy Brown voicing both characters.[8]
