Deucalion

**Deucalion** was the third-oldest known living Werewolf who was the leader of the Alpha Pack, introduced as the Blind Werewolf of the pack who became an enemy-turned ally of Scott McCall, who he temporarily mentored on how to fight blind.

It was soon revealed that Deucalion had returned to Beacon Hills with the intention of not only recruiting Derek Hale to the Alpha Pack, but also the potential True Alpha Scott McCall, as Deucalion wanted to achieve perfection by adding such a rare Alpha to his ranks. While pursuing these two recruits, Deucalion and the Alpha Pack also had to contend with Darach, who was revealed to be Jennifer Blake, a dark Druid.

## History

Deucalion, before becoming the leader of the Alpha Pack, was a man with a clear vision. He firmly believed that the ongoing conflict with the Hunters would result in more casualties on both sides. He had a close relationship with Talia Hale, the highly respected Alpha of the Hale Pack, and her Druid Emissary Alan Deaton. They held meetings to discuss issues that impacted the Werewolf community. Deucalion became an Alpha at some point in his life and was responsible for turning Gerard's brother, Alexander Argent, into a Hunter. According to Gerard Argent, this happened in 1977, implying that Deucalion has been an Alpha for nearly four decades. *("Motel California")*

At a summit in Beacon Hills, Kali's original pack, Ennis' original pack, and Deucalion and his original pack met to discuss the actions of the Argent Hunters. Ennis recounted how they had killed one of his Betas and urged the others to fight back. Laura Hale argued that all packs were in danger, but Deucalion had a different vision. He believed that they should meet with the Argents and form a truce to coexist in peace. Talia and Deaton disagreed with his plan to meet with Gerard Argent but still offered advice on how to approach the dangerous man. They warned that Gerard was known for his brutality.

Deucalion ultimately brought several of his betas to an abandoned distillery to meet with Gerard and several of his fellow Hunters, where he found, much to his horror, that it was an ambush. After Gerard weakened everyone (Werewolf and human alike) by spraying wolfsbane fog, he used a baseball bat embedded with Werewolf claws harvested from his previous hunts to kill both his people and the Betas, claiming that since the Hunters with him wanted peace as well, they needed to die. He then made it clear that he intended to frame Deucalion and his pack since his homemade spiked mace created wounds that looked like claw gashes from a Werewolf. When Deucalion desperately crawled out of the distillery, Gerard easily caught up with him and laughed at the Alpha's insistence that he had a "vision of peace," snarking that his vision was "a little short-sighted" before jamming two flash-bang arrows into Deucalion's eye sockets.

He somehow made it back into town and went to meet with Talia and Deaton at the Beacon Hills Animal Clinic, where Deaton grimly informed him that while his eyes would physically heal, he likely would never see again. Deucalion was devastated by this news and roared at the others to leave, but though Talia and Deaton did as they were asked, Deucalion's Beta, Marco, stayed behind, as he believed Deucalion's blindness made him unfit to lead the pack and intended to kill him to become Alpha himself.

Unfortunately for Marco, Deucalion quickly realized that he could still somewhat see with his Werewolf vision, and he became so overcome with rage that he viciously killed Marco. After his death, Deucalion experienced a surge of power that revealed that after an Alpha kills their Beta, they absorb their power. as a result, their powers become enhanced to an even higher degree. This ultimately led Deucalion to kill the rest of his Betas to add their power to his own, becoming an Augmented Alpha in the process.

Deucalion had a plan to create a team of augmented alphas, like himself, with him leading as the Alpha of Alphas. He invited his associates, Kali and Ennis, to join him, but with a condition that required them to get rid of all their Betas and Emissaries before joining the group. Only Marin Morrell, Deucalion's own emissary, was allowed to stay alive and assist them. *("Visionary")* Ennis was the first to join Deucalion, with Kali joining afterward (though, unbeknownst to any of them, Jennifer Blake, Kali's Emissary, survived her attack and spent the next few years planning her revenge against them). *("The Overlooked")*

Following the establishment of the Alpha Pack, Deucalion came across twin Omega Werewolves known as Ethan and Aiden, who were subjected to harsh treatment by their cruel alhis pack. The twins possessed the ability to merge into a larger Werewolf, and Deucalion mentored them on how to harness their powers and take revenge against their oppressors. In return for his assistance, Ethan and Aiden pledged to join Deucalion's pack and commenced by eliminating their own Betas and Emissary, and eventually, their Alpha, who pleaded for mercy. As newly-appointed Alphas, Ethan and Aiden were formidable, but they remained the lowest-ranking members of the pack and dutifully carried out most of Deucalion's commands. *("The Girl Who Knew Too Much")*

## Personality

According to Scott and Derek, Deucalion was once "a man of vision," as he merely wanted peace between both Werewolves and Supernatural hunters. However, after becoming blind, Deucalion became disillusioned with his own ideas after Gerard Argent killed his pack and hunters. He cared deeply for all of his packs and had so much faith in humanity that he remained somewhat naive, to the point where he underestimated Gerard's deceitful nature. The rush of the stealing of Marco's powers corrupted Deucalion, who became power-hungry and began slaughtering all of his Betas and creating an Alpha Pack. He became fixated on recruiting Kali, Ennis, Ethan, and Aiden. However, he failed to recruit both Derek Hale and his protege/adoptive brother, Scott McCall.

By the time of Season 3, Deucalion no longer cared for his fellow werewolves and humanity. Manipulative and controlling, Deucalion found out how to exploit each other's weaknesses. His manipulations were successful, as he killed his own packmate, Ennis to ensure Kali would go after Derek, who would join them in the Alpha Pack, as his recruitment of Derek would eventually bring Scott into their ranks. He was temporarily successful with the latter, and Deucalion proposed he could help Scott save his mother and father figures, Noah Stilinski and Chris Argent. Despite this, Deucalion warned both the Hale and Alpha packs to cover their eyes when Allison Argent's flash arrows lit up the room so no one else would be as blind as him.

However, Deucalion's good nature was restored when Jennifer Blake restored his vision, and he witnessed Scott's ascension into a True Alpha. Derek and Scott allowed Deucalion to live because of the way Talia Hale felt Deucalion was a "man of vision." He kept his word as Deucalion hired Braeden to save Derek Hale and his uncle Peter from the Calavera family. He also unintentionally turned his ally, Mari (then known as Mary Pratt) into a werewolf when she was mortally wounded by a vampire and thought it could go either way.

Though he had become a useful ally for the McCall Pack, Deucalion still remains manipulative and mischief. He tricked Theo into believing that Belasko's talons wouldn't help him in his vendetta and turned Hayden, Josh, and Corey against Theo. He went on to teach Theo how to steal Josh and Tracy's powers afterward. However, Deucalion revealed his secret alliance with Scott McCall, revealing that they had been in cohorts with each other since the beginning of Season 5A.

## Weaknesses

As a werewolf, Deucalion can be weakened with wolfsbane, mountain Ash,loud noises, etc.

## Relationships

### Mari McCall

Main article: Mari McCall

Mari was a vampire hunter who encountered the older werewolf and became his friend but she didn't tell him her full identity, calling herself Mary Pratt as both her anglicized name and her last name coming from her friend William Pratt. He unintentionally turned her into one on the night of a full moon and was unaware of her relationship with Scott McCall.

## Etymology

* In Greek Mytholpgy, Deucalion was the son of Prometheus (the creator of humankind), king of Phthia in Thessaly, and husband of Pyrrha. Some speculate that Deucalion might not even have been his real birth name.

## Notes

* After Satomi Ito was killed and Garrett Douglas became a Ghost Rider, Deucalion was the oldest known Alpha Werewolf