Hunter x Hunter/Welfin

**Welfin** is a wolf-like Chimera Ant and former Squadron Leader. His human name was Zaiqahal. After the death of the Chimera Ant King, Welfin travels to Meteor City in search of Gyro.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

**Canine Physiology:** Welfin appears to be a humanoid wolf with long blond hair. He has a digitigrade and clawed pawfeet. After a near-death experience with Meruem, his face is shown to have aged dramatically.

**Enhanced Strength:** As a Chimera Ant Squadron Leader, Welfin is stronger than a normal human as well as lower-ranked Chimera Ants. He might be strong enough to rip off an adult man's arm since he threatened Bizeff to do just that.

**Enhanced Speed:** His speed seems to increase when he runs on all fours.

**Enhanced Durability:** Since he survived being punched by a Nen-using Rammot with no lasting damage, it can be inferred that Welfin's body is quite durable, although not enough to resist Ikalgo's bullets.

**Enhanced Olfaction:** Welfin is capable of tracking down and telling apart individuals from their scent. He was able to recognize dried blood as Taragetter's as well as to retrace Knov's movements inside the palace after smelling his shoes. His nose is sharp enough for him to pick up lingering traces of unscented deodorants and to catch a whiff of Ikalgo's (or less likely Palm's) scent beneath the stench of putrefaction from Flutter's corpse.

**Enhanced Hearing:** Welfin can eavesdrop on phone conversations, although the radio frequencies of cell phones cause his ears to ring unpleasantly.

**Enhanced Perception:** Welfin was able to sense Meleoron's presence in the short span of time between the release of Perfect Plan and its reactivation.

**Aura Manipulation:** Welfin is a Conjurer. His Nen ability, granted to him by Shaiapouf, reflects multiple facets of his personality. Although not strictly battle-oriented, it allows him to win a fight through simple coercion. On the other hand, since his enemies usually surrender and obey his terms, he lacks experience with it, which leads him to be in the dark about some of its characteristics, such as the lethality of sincerity to the centipedes. Given his tendency to go unnoticed by his enemies, he is probably a skilled Zetsu and/or In user.

* **Conjuration:** Welfin conjures an organic-looking missile launcher on his back with a shrunken head and four alien limbs, each holding a missile. The ability has three steps: 1) Welfin establishes a target, 2) The missile is loaded with a question or an orderr, 3) If the target lies or defies the order, the attack begins. If all the steps are executed correctly, the missiles continuously chase the target until they hit, even if Welfin himself can no longer sense the target. However, it is possible for the ability to misfire, which occurs when Welfin incorrectly identifies the target. Furthermore, the ability does not prevent the target from attacking Welfin except through deterrence, which means that if they are willing to be hit by the missiles, they will be able to strike first. The ability also has a long set-up and is difficult to use stealthily, since it requires a verbal exchange. These weaknesses led Welfin to look down on his ability, prompting him to use it only in negotiations.
	+ **Insect Manipulation:** The missiles explode upon impact, implanting live black centipedes in the target's head instead of dealing lethal damage. The centipedes grow by feeding on the target's defiance, inflicting excruciating pain until they kill the target. Should the target attempt to kill Welfin, the centipedes will instantly grow to fatal size, causing the death of the host and preventing them from carrying out their attack. Welfin himself is unable to remove the centipedes once they are inside the target. However, his feelings of defeat and sincerity harm the centipedes to the point that they can kill them, causing them to disappear. Welfin himself was originally unaware of this aspect of his ability.

### Abilities

* **Strategy and Tactics:** Welfin is capable of elaborating multi-layered plans and adapt them to the changes in circumstances. He also demonstrated remarkable deduction skills when he attempted to reconstruct Knov's movements. As a former tactician, he is able to produce plans and attack patterns and easily think his way out of a situation. However, he has a tendency to overthink and focus on negative scenarios, which can lead to him scaring himself out of completing his goal.
* **Stealth:** Welfin appears to be naturally adept at spying on a target unnoticed. Killua, Ikalgo, Cheetu, and Bloster all failed to notice his presence while he was observing them from the shadows. He tailed Hina, Shidore, and Bizeff without them detecting them, and Meleoron did not sense him until he ran into him, despite Welfin being unaware that the chameleon was nearby.
* **Leadership:** While serving the Queen, Welfin had authority over his underlings, and he retained at least some of it after leaving the nest.