Konrad von Sabrewulf

Konrad von Sabrewulf, also known as Baron Konrad von Sabrewulf, Himiinhaama, Sabrewulf and Wulf, is a character from the Killer Instinct series.
== Charactah Account ==
Count von Sabrewulf is a poor soul cursed with lycanthropy, transforming into a werewolf-like creature. He is offered a cure by Ultratech if he participates in their tournament, and with few other options, he accepts. In the end he is severely maimed by Glacius, allowing Ultratech to have their way with him and give him mechanical cyborg arms. Infuriated, Sabrewulf fights against Ultratech for revenge in KI2, hoping to possibly find an ancient cure in the past while he's at it.
In the reboot, Baron Konrad von Sabrewulf was once a hedonistic aristocrat who became cursed with lycanthropy after tampering with his monster-hunting family's relics. At first he went to Ultratech for help, but they failed to cure him. He succeeded using arcane magics and medicines to restore his arms to their humanoid shape, but his sanity is quickly waning and he fears he may succumb to the beast. Unfortunately for him, a superpowered werewolf is quite an asset, and both sides of the conflict now attempt to sway him to their sides.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Killer Instinct
* Killer Instinct Special
* Nintendo Power
=== Video Games ===
* Killer Instinct
* Killer Instinct (2013)
* Killer Instinct 2
* Killer Instinct Gold
* Rare Replay
== Trivia ==
* Before the 2013 reboot that changed his entire backstory, Sabrewulf used to be known in the original universe as "Count von Sabrewulf".
** However, certain missions on Season 3's Shadow Lords mode do call Sabrewulf as such.
*** Even Mira during her story debated whether Sabrewulf was a Count or a Baron.
* Sabrewulf's name comes from a ZX Spectrum game called Sabre Wulf, which was made by Ultimate: Play the Game, a company that was later to become known as Rare. Rare & THQ released a new Sabre Wulf game on the GameBoy Advance in 2004. This game also features Sabrewulf's distinct howl.
* Sabrewulf is the only character whose opponent in the first KI tournament was never revealed. It also isn't known which opponent badly injured Sabrewulf in the first Killer Instinct, the cause of his bionic arms, either. However, considering that every other character had their opponents revealed (Glacius vs. Cinder, Thunder vs. Spinal, Jago vs. Fulgore, and TJ Combo vs. Riptor), it can be assumed that Sabrewulf's opponent was Orchid. However it is stated in his KI2 ending that Glacius was a member of a race he made his mortal enemy, making Glacius a likely candidate for who maimed Sabrewulf after he defeated Cinder.
* Kevin Bayliss, an artist of the original Killer Instinct, claimed in his Twitter hashtag #killerinstinctfacts that Sabrewulf was originally capable of transforming back into his human form as a weakness. However, the mechanic proved too complicated and was scrapped.
* Jean-Edouard Miclot, the sound designer at Double Helix, performed Sabrewulf's voice in the 2013 game. A YouTube video by Miclot explains that the voice was created by blending his gritted human vocals with animal sounds, which included an english bull terrier, labradors, jaguars, lions, lynx, elephants and bears.
* Sabrewulf's emblem in Killer Instinct (2013) interestingly shows a razor-clawed werewolf's paw. This is undoubtably the same werewolf paw that Konrad, back when he was human, accidentally cut himself with during one of his drunken stumblings. The mounted and severed paw passed on its lycan curse to Konrad, turning him into a werewolf.
** The paw would later reappear in the fourth chapter of the KI Novella as Mira tried to use it to kill Sabrewulf, however, it instead amplified his lycan powers and increased his muscles, claws, and body mass; she had inadvertently activated his Instinct Mode.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Sabrewulf at Killer Instinct
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