The Wolf (Duran Duran)

NAME/ORIGIN

Character name
 The Wolf
Song/Album
 "Hungry Like the Wolf"/ Rio
Act
 Duran Duran
Writer
 Duran Duran (members)
Release Date
 1982


ABILITIES

Powers
-Transmit/receive signals through night air
"night is a wire"
-Set fire to the ground by treading upon it or touching it
"earth is afire"
"In touch with the ground"/ "Burning the ground"
"You feel my heat"
-Induce synesthesia in others
"(I) smell like I sound" 
Skills
-Able to communicate through body language and sound to a high degree
"Woman, you want me? Give me a sign
And catch my breathing even closer behind"
"You feel my heat, I'm just a moment behind"
"I howl and I whine"
-Is able to sense, interpret, and react to tiny changes in the environment
"(I) strut on the line; it's discord and rhyme"  
-Is able to blend in with large groups, or not, at will
"I'm lost in a crowd"... "I break from the crowd"
-High stealth capability; often employs element of surprise
"I'm lost and I'm found"
Attributes
-Has a ravenous appetite, is always hungry and "on the hunt"
"I'm hungry like the wolf"
-Is highly adaptive-- reacts quickly in both structured and chaotic situations
"Straddle the line in discord and rhyme"
-His mouth seems to have its own life and sentience
"Mouth is alive with juices like wine"
"Mouth is alive, all running inside"
Vulnerabilities
Daylight, although moonlight is safe
"I'll be upon you by the moonlight side"
Formidability
Moderate. Seems to only be able to affect environments and people at very close range.
Attractiveness
Low. keeps to shadows, attacks from "behind"
Source
Is a werewolf, so... the bite of another werewolf, usually 
Goals
hunting, killing, and eating


POSSESSIONS

Weapons
N/A
Amulets
N/A 
Objects
N/A
Clothing
N/A
Vehicles
N/A
Dwelling
N/A
Milieu
Is comfortable in hot, dark, underground places
"Steam in the subway"
"Stalked in the forest"


BIOGRAPHY

Gender
N/A. Pursuit of women does not mean character is male. 
Age
N/A
Physique
lean and muscular (speculative)
Ethnicity
 N/A
Origin
 N/A
Ancestry
 N/A
Profession
 N/A
Education
 N/A
SES
 N/A
Relationships
 none, only victims
Pets
 N/A


PERSONALITY

Morality
amoral-- kills for hunger 
Intro/extrovert
 introvert. Keeps to self, even in crowds
Intelligence
 moderate, or whatever is high for an animal
Emotions
 mostly has sensations more than true emotions
Sanity
 sane
Enemies
 hunters of werewolves and other such targets


Narrative Function
 antagonist
Other Notes
In most cases, a character's being a werewolf is scary enough. But this one has superpowers. It can start fires, for one. Its senses are all hypersensitive, allowing it to be intensely aware of even slight alterations in its environment (a pit viper, for instance, can detect changes a fine as a hundredth of a degree in temperature). This has several effects: immediate adaptability, ninja-like stealth, ability to read bodily cues the victim doesn't even know she is sending (including pheromones, etc)... even the ability to broadcast this hypersensitivity to the victim, which is confused into helplessness by it.
One unique feature is that its mouth seems to have a life of its own, salivating uncontrolably at the presence of a "meal," and he's always hungry. We imagine that, in his human state, this makes The Wolf come across as a massive creep (he might have to lie that he's had a stroke in the past or something), aside from being a dead giveaway for anyone hunting him.



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