Derek Hale

###  Turns

Jackson Whittemore, Erica Reyes, Vernon Boyd, Isaac Lahey, Victoria Argent (accidentally)

**Derek Hale** is a main character in MTV's *Teen Wolf*.

Six years ago, his family was killed in a fire started by Kate Argent. However, Derek is lured back to Beacon Hills when his sister is murdered by the Alpha. He reluctantly became the mentor of newly bitten werewolf Scott McCall, who became one of his close friends and brother in arms. Though this trust is temporarily broken, Derek remains faithful to Scott when he becomes an Alpha too.

## History

### Season 1

Derek spied on Scott and Stiles on his family's property before giving Scott his inhaler back. Two nights later, Derek is stalking Scott at Lydia's party and after he leaves Allison, Derek takes her home. He lured Scott to the woods but quickly saved him from Chris Argent's wrath. Derek told Scott that he was going to accept the bite as a gift and that he would need him to control himself. The next day, Derek threatened to kill Scott if he ever shifted in fear that the hunters would discover both of them. Angered, Scott and Stiles have Derek arrested after they found that he buried Laura's body under a vendetta spiral. However, he is cleared of all charges by the Sheriff after the ME determines Laura's death to be an accident. A few days later, Derek is approached by Scots who fears that he may have almost killed someone. Taking pity on Scott, Derek told him to go to the sight where the attack happened. He later visited Garrison Myers in the hospital, where the man apologized for his role in the fire. Later, he gets into a fight with Scott, which ends in Derek's favor. He clarified to Scott that he was bitten by the Alpha and he's the reason Derek is back in Beacon Hills. . A few nights later, Derek tracked the Alpha but was suddenly shot by Kate Argent. He goes to the school and tracks down Stiles and Scott, who are aware of the situation. After Scott retrieved the Nordic wolf bane from Kate, he gave it to Derek, who used it to heal his wound. Derek later took Scott to the nursing home where his uncle, Peter Hale was severely burned. He the offered to train Scott but used brutal methods to conduct them.

### Season 6

As of Season 6b, Derek was on the run from the FBI, which his friend Stiles learned about. However, during one of the FBI operations he found Stiles and carried him out to safety when they operation was botched. Derek was later found by Chris Argent, who was desperately trying to find others to help their friends, Scott and his pack.

After learning Kate was planning on Poisoning Scott with yellow wolfsbane bullet, Derek returned to Beacon Hills to help Scott. There, he was happily reunited with Scott and helped his friends fight off Tamora Monroe, Gerard Argent and the Anuk-ite. Unfortunately, Scott had been wounded by a yellow wolfsbane bullet and this requires Derek to burn it out of his system. Knowing Scott is safe, Derek is He was unfortunately turned to stone by the Anuk-ite when it transformed into Jennifer Blake. However, Derek was saved when Scott blinded himself and fought the Anuk-ite as Stiles killed it, restoring Derek. Two years into the future, Derek still rolled with the McCall pack.

## Family

* **Talia Hale** (mother)
* **Father** (possibly killed during the fire)
* **Unnamed Relatives** (killed in the Fire)
* **Peter Hale** (uncle)
* **Laura Hale** (younger sister)
* **Cora Hale** (younger sister)
* **Eli Hale** (son)
* **Malia Tate** (cousin)
* Sara McCall (adoptive niece/distant cousin)
* Isaac Lahey (packmate)
* Erica Reyes (packmate; deceased)
* Vernon Boyd (packmate; deceased)
* Alan Deaton (emissary)
* Scott McCall (surrogate brother/cousin-in-law/alpha/packmate)
* Stiles Stilinski (packmate)
* Lydia Martin (packmate)
* Allison Argent (packmate)
* Liam Dunbar (packmate)
* Mason Hewitt (packmate)
* Corey Bryant (packmate)
* Hayden Romero (packmate)
* Kira Yukimura (former packmate)

## Trivia

* The reason why Derek was not available to help Scott face the Beast of Gévaudan or the Ghost Riders is because he had been on the run from the authorities in Brazil

## References

1. ↑ Wolf Moon. *Teen Wolf*, season 1, episode 1
2. ↑ Second Chance at the First Line. Teen Wolf, season 1 episode 2
3. ↑ Pack Mentality, *Teen Wolf*season 1 episode 3
4. ↑ Magic Bullet
5. ↑ Heart Monitor. *Teen Wolf*, season 1, episode 6.