Frank Earlwind

Faceclaim: Robert Wisdom

Age: 67

Height: 5'7"

Distinguishing Marks: Smooth head, USMC Tattoo on right shoulder, Tattoo of a Grizzly Bear dressed in fatigues that covers his back. (The tattoos were created using a silver tattoo needle(s).)

Played by: Michael/Wolfspeak

Job: Owner of Bearsurvival LLC

### Family

* Father –Walter Earlwind (Dead: WW2)
* Mother – Nacy Earlwind (Dead: Old age
* Ex-Wife - Wyoma Earlwind (dead: Cancer)

### History

Frank’s parents were very happy with the birth of their son. They had thought they would never have a child after several stillborns. His mother was very happy that her Bear traits was able to continue. She had come to America after her tribe kicked her out because she refused to mate with who the elders decided that she should be married to. She met his father a year after she moved down. He moved to Washington state to get away from all the hate in his home state of Alabama. When Frank was two years old, his father signed up in the Marines. In nineteen-forty-five Frank’s father lost his life during the battle of Okinawa. Even though he served with distinction he was not recognized for his heroism. Walter’s best friend, John, returned from the war and helped Nancy raise Frank. Nancy became best friends with John’s wife, Iris. Nancy never remarried and took the pain of her lost love to her grave.

As soon as Frank turned eighteen, he signed up for the Marine Corp. This was done because Frank really want to honor his father and model himself after his perception of the man. In sixty-three he was sent over to Vietnam. Corporal Earlwind quickly proved himself in Vietnam as an outstanding solider. He gained the nickname of Papabear because of the way he treated the new recruits.  After five tours he was cycled back to the states as a Staff Sergeant. The rest of the war he spent State side training new recruits. In nineteen seventy-one he met his future wife, Wyoma. A few months before the end of the war he was promoted to Gunnery Sergeant.

Tragedy struck Frank on his birthday. In nineteen-seventy-four his mother passed away from a heart-attack. She survived for eight years. They never got a chance to have any children much to their disappointment. Frank’s attention was greatly focused to helping his wife. When she passed away, he asked to be discharged from the Marine Corp. His heart and drive were broken from these two terrible events. The USMC gave him an honorable discharge.

After the funeral Frank moved back to Washington to get away from all the sadness. He bought a cabin on Whidbey Island that had a few acres of woodland. Over the years he refocused himself on surviving and even taught a several survivalist classes. In those circles he gained fame as someone that knew how to survive and was very good at teaching others.

Many years later, one of his prepper friends brought his eight-year-old daughter to one of his survival classes. This was the first time that he met Sophia. As the years passed Frank and James became good friends. James made sure he kept Frank up with what was going on with his family. When researching James’ third book he contacted Frank and picked his brain on details on traps. This started a tradition from James and Sophia’s books to use Frank as a reference. Frank has a complete collection of their books signed by both Sophia and James.

It was months after James was turned into a werebear that he did a Bearsurvival survival workshop. That was the first time since the attack that he was near James. Frank knew immediately that James was a werebear and a short chat later James knew Frank was one too. Frank, unfortunately, was not able to help James overcome his rage. It had been too long since the change and Frank had no real experience with it, since he was born a Werebear. But when Neal was turned Frank was called in to help Neal. He was a lot more successful in teaching Neal how to deal with his duel nature then James was. The guys never told anyone else because Frank didn’t want the news of what he was to be spread.
As the years passed, Frank became more and more resistant to leaving his home. He doesn’t even like to leave his island for more than eight hours. Large groups of humans bother him too. It has been decades since he was even in Seattle. He wanted to come down to see Sophia’s kids but he could not make himself get onto the ferry. So, instead he sent his presents and hid in his warm comfortable home. It wasn’t until a phone call that James let it slip and called them pups. Frank heard that they were growing so fast and he figured out that Sophia was changed too. At first, he thought she was a werebear like her brother and father. He was finally told that she was a werewolf. He is now looking forward to meeting the pups that are moving to his island