Gerard Argent

Melissa McCall (daughter-in-law)

* Allison Argent † (granddaughter)
* Isaac Lahey (adoptive grandson)
* Scott McCall (step-grandson)
* Henri Argent † (ancestor)
* Marie-Jeanne Valet † (ancestor)
* Sebastien Valet † (distant ancestor)

**Gerard Argent** is the main antagonist of *Teen Wolf*. He is the father of Chris and Kate Argent, the paternal grandfather of Allison. Gerard is the evil patriarch of the Argent Family and a supernatural hunter who hates all werewolves, witches, banshees, and all Supernatural creatures in general. Because of his ruthless, Cold and calculating personality Gerard is one of the most feared werewolf hunters in the world.

In mid-2013, after many failed attempts to kill Scott and his packmates, Gerard attempted to commit a worldwide genocide against all Supernatural creatures. He shot Kate with wolfsbane and disowned her as his daughter for being a supernatural creature. Gerard found himself once again defeated by the young werewolf when he and his best friend Stiles Stilinski trapped and killed the Anuk-ite with mountain ash. Realizing her father would never accept her as his child, Kate mauled Gerard to death in retaliation for his betrayal.
He was portrayed by Michael Hogan.

## Early History

Almost nothing is known about Gerard's life prior to his introduction in the series. He was born to two Hunters (with his father presumably being an Argent) and had at least one sibling, a younger brother named Alexander. According to Gerard, he was not very close with his mother, and his relationship with his father is unknown as well. *("Fury")*

In 1977, Gerard's brother was attacked and bitten by an Alpha Werewolf during a hunt (who, according to Gerard, was Deucalion, though this was never confirmed to be correct), which led to him committing suicide, as per the Argent Hunter Code, by shooting himself in the face with a shotgun in the Glen Capri Motel. *("Motel California")*

At some point, Gerard seemingly married or had a similar arrangement with a woman who bore him two children; his firstborn son Christopher (referred to as "Argent"), and his second-born daughter Katherine, who would go by "Kate." He raised both of his children in the Hunter tradition, though they ultimately took on wildly different philosophies; while Argent grew to obey the Code like it was the law, Kate took her father Gerard's very loose interpretation of the Code that allowed them both to essentially do whatever they wanted in the name of protecting humanity from the supernatural.

In 1988, after Argent successfully learned all of the skills necessary to be a Hunter and graduated by forging a silver bullet as a testament to the Code, Gerard sent his eldest son to Japan for his first gun deal. However, he purposely kept the fact that Argent would be dealing with the Yakuza, or Japanese mafia, a secret, as he wanted to test his son's ability to improvise and survive under pressure. *("Silverfinger")*

In the early 2000s, Gerard, accompanied by Argent and several other Hunters, returned to Beacon Hills to catch a Werewolf (who happened to be a Beta in Ennis' original pack) who was accused of killing two of their own. Though Argent was insistent that they follow the Code and ensure that the Beta truly took innocent human life before killing him, it was clear that Gerard intended to do things his own way. It was during this time that Gerard learned about the Nemeton and its use by Druids.

When Deucalion, concerned about the losses on both sides in the war between the Argent Hunters and the central Californian Werewolves, proposed a truce, Gerard agreed to meet with him and his representatives at an abandoned distillery. However, it was then revealed that Gerard had set this up as an ambush when he let off a great deal of wolfsbane fog that incapacitated both his own Hunters and the Werewolves in attendance.

After injecting himself in the leg with an antidote, Gerard grabbed a spike mace (made from a wooden baseball bat covered in Werewolf claws that he had extracted from his victims), which he first use to kill his own men, as he was angry that they, too, wanted to make peace with the Werewolves, and he knew that the claws on the mace would resemble a Werewolf attack so closely that he could later blame the ambush on Deucalion's pack.

After killing his men, Gerard took out Deucalion's Betas while Deucalion himself crawled out of the distillery to get away from the wolfsbane fog. Gerard quickly caught up with him, and after Deucalion insisted he had a vision of peace, Gerard joked that it sounded "short-sighted" before stabbing him in the eyes with two flash-bang arrows, blinding Deucalion permanently, though he could see somewhat with his Werewolf vision. It was this attack that led Deucalion to create the Alpha Pack, who would cause even more destruction in the years that followed. *("Visionary")*

## Throughout the Series

Gerard comes to Beacon Hills for his daughter Kate's funeral. He proves to be more violent than the hunters seen prior on the show. When hunters trapped a homeless man who was also an omega werewolf, Gerard cuts him in half with a silver sword, adopting a “kill them all” philosophy.

The Argents then install Gerard as principal at Beacon Hills High School as part of their plan to keep an eye on Derek's pack-building activities.

He invites Scott to dinner and seems to be genuinely fond of him but later sticks a knife in his gut and threatens to do the same to his mother if Scott fails to do as the hunters ask.

Gerard calmly faces the Kanima and the creature doesn't attack. He tells Chris that this is because it plays by rules not easily broken. He has CCTV cameras installed throughout the high school and questions Allison about Jackson and Scott.

Gerard and the other hunters plan to kill Jackson at the party. He brings his hand close to the barrier of mountain ash without actually touching it and looks a bit confused.

He pressures his son to kill his wife after she is bitten. He claims she was bitten by an Alpha and is as good as dead already.

Gerard delivers a note to Allison that he claims is from her mother. He pushes Allison to take control of the family. Later, he joins the hunters as they assault the Sheriff's Department. He follows Matt and kills him by drowning him in a pond. He then touches hands with the Kanima appearing to become the new Kanima Master.

He holds Scott's mother hostage with the kanima. He reminds Scott to do as he says or someone is going to die. He promises to prove it during the game by having Jackson kill someone unless Scott tells him how to find Derek.

His master plan and cancer are revealed when Scott and his allies arrive at the warehouse. After he has Scott make Derek bite him, his body rejects the bite violently due to the Mountain Ash in his cancer pills.

### Season 3

Gerard is seen in a wheelchair with black goo still oozing from his nose and mouth. Chris goes to visit him after learning that Allison and the others are spending the night in the Motel Glen Capri. He relates the story of Alexander Argent who killed himself in the motel in 1977 and notes he had a strange animal bite. Gerard says the Alpha that bit him was Deucalion.

Chris yells at him saying that he knows more than what he is telling and that it's a long list of favors until Gerard is redeemed.

When Allison and Scott go to him and ask about Deucalion in exchange for Scott reliving him of some pain. He lies about what really happened, but Scott knew he would potentially lie and threatened to take away more than his pain if his lies get anyone hurt.

### Season 5

Gerard recovers from his illness when he eats Yellow Wolfsbane provided by Chris. He reveals that the Beast of Gevaudan has returned.

He and Chris search in the tunnels for the Dread Doctors' lair, they split up. He uses an emitter with a red light to stop the Doctors in their tracks.

He has Parrish locked in a chamber to lower his body temperature so they can communicate with the Hellhound.

He tells Chris and Lydia Martin the story of The Beast and The Maid Gévaudan also known as Marie-Jeanne Valet.

Gerard enters the library at the school along with Chris. Gerard believes they need to find the pike because it could kill the beast, he also informs Chris that the boy inside is gone.

He discovers that the pike used by Marie-Jeanne was melted down and was currently being used as a cane by The Surgeon. He then decides that its time to stop chasing Sebastien and let him come to them.

### Season 6

erard had been watching Tamora Monroe for some time, before confronting her. He left a message in her office along with a knife. He then saved her in the woods for Brett, having noticed her talent.

Gerard and Tamora hunted Brett throughout the woods and the tunnels. He guided the rookie hunter along the way, also informing her that she was just one soldier in the army he was seeking to build.

Gerard prepared for battle with his army growing in numbers. He warns the pack to run because the only other option was death. The peace summit proved to be useless.

Gerard arrives at the Hill Valley Zoo with his army after learning that the pack was supposedly held up there. He reveals that they were there to kill Liam. A bond between an alpha and it's beta is stronger than that of a parent and child.

Gerard makes a deal with the Anuk-Ite to take down Scott, as well as every other supernatural in Beacon Hills.

In "The Wolves of War," Gerard was foiled by the young Werewolf yet again. Chris gloated about as his friend had beat Gerard once again. Despite the man claiming Scott "destroyed" their family, Chris angrily pointed out that "[Gerard]'s family" was right in front of him. In order to prevent his father from hurting anyone else he cared about, Chris willingly abandoned Gerard to his sister, who ultimately mauled their father to death, ending his reign of terror once and for all. However, as Chris walked away, he could still hear his father's screams.

## Equipment

* Broadsword
* Ultrasonic Frequency Emitters
* Small Knife
* Various Handguns
* Homemade mace covered with Werewolf claws

## Trivia

* Gerard is a firm believer that the only way to take out enemies is if someone else does it for you. This once again shows his cowardice to confront his own rivals. In fact, rather than kill Scott himself, he has Tamora try to take him out and the Anuk-ite to feed on his fear instead of confronting him himself.
* Despite claiming that Scott and the McCall pack were the reason why his family disintegrated, it was actually the results of Gerard's own actions that caused his own family's downfall.
	+ He killed Deucalion's betas and his own hunters Because they wanted peace with the werewolves. This led to Deucalion forming the alpha pack.
	+ He likely ordered Kate to kill the Hale family through a fire that not only caused Peter Hale pian but also let him plot his revenge and end up killing Kate for her involvement. Her transformation was the result of Peter's Revenge and Gerard's manipulations. She turned into a were jaguar and ended up killing Gerard in retribution for shooting her with wolfsbane after rejecting her as his daughter.
* erard is presumably of the most hated characters on the *Teen Wolf* franchise because of his cold and cruel nature. He is up there with his daughter, Kate, who fans criticized. He attempted to turn his granddaughter into a ruthless killer like Kate, threatening to kill Melissa if Scott didn't help him, and the fact that he physically abused Stiles in the season 2 finale.
* Fans find Gerard's death at the hands of Kate are karmatic and well deserved.
* Gerard claimed that when he killed Derek after becoming an Alpha Werewolf, Gerard would allow Scott to be with Allison. However, because Gerard is a manipulative man, he would likely have gone back on his word.
* Chris never refers to his father as "Dad" and always "Gerard". Kate is the only one to address Gerard as such. This foreshadowes Chris's eventual betrayal and Kate's blind loyalty to her father in the series finale.
* Gerard is the only villain on the series to be pure evil, as he makes no jokes and has no sympathetic backstories