Howly

Howly is a freelancer and the former Lycan Prince, who is the second member of Squad 2. His first appearance is in Chapter 2, Part 1. He strives to become powerful enough to have control over his werewolf form and to master the technique of the Bo-Staff, becoming more like Sun Wukong, who is his biggest inspiration.

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## Backstory

In his homeland of Lycanius, he was born in-between two packs, Alphas and Omegas. The Alphas are more leaned towards combat, forging and strength, and Omegas being towards brains, technology, and other scholarly tasks. His “father”, an Alpha was a respected war general and his mother, and Omega, an accomplished scholar, doctor, and molecular physicist. His real father however, was the king’s son: an Alpha, of whom had a hybrid mother allowing his brain to connect more dots than most. As a child, Howly would spend most of his time reading mythology, especially a certain trickster monkey, of whom he dreamed to meet, and Fenrir, the great ancestor of all Lycanians, of which could bend metal and the toughest of steel with his fierce jaws and eyes that pierced the heavens themselves. Howly practiced his flexibility and did daily stretches, and played with sticks and acted as if they were bo staffs and other weapons he read Wukong using. However, when he wasn’t practicing to be a Wukong clone, he would read books and work-out advanced arithmetic with his mother when she was home to help him learn and grow. On his father’s side, he taught Howly how to wield multiple types of weapons, from types of guns, to bows. He modeled after his father and took a more classical approach to weapons with bows. His life was somewhat normal, aside from the times his day would do physical training, him turning into a wolf or halfway too there. Howly would try to turn into a wolf but only got to 15% at age 9 before passing out after half a minute. One night, as a young pup, he looked at his poster of Fenrir, small figurine of Wukong, and the collection of books that had him, and attempted to see how strong he could become. He forced his body past 15%, and kept going further until all he could feel was a thirst for blood. He tore up his room, and broke the windows, before he shocked himself with his newly found lightning aether. His father awoke and opened the door, only to find that Howly had turned into a full wolf. He leapt on Howly, detaining him with his kinetic aether, until his mom woke up and shocked him, setting him back to sleep until the morning. That next morning, his parents asked him questions, and about the newfound markings on his face. He explained, and was reprimanded for his actions.

Over the years, Howly decided to keep practicing, reading, and limbering himself up, to shape himself into his idols. He spared regularly with his father in all forms of combat, and created, read, and tinkered with his mother. At age 11, he received, the Techno-Bo, a weapon his mother and father collaborated to make. A year later, after feeling he was too weak with his wolf abilities, and only being able to attain around 65% without needing to turn back before going insane, he set off on a journey to a familiar shrine other animal-hyrbids go to seek answers. There he met a monkey, tiger, snake, mantis, crane, turtle, and others who taught him their fighting styles and wisdom, with the turtle teaching him that it's okay to be behind in some aspects, and a certain lizard teaching him that dwelling on something can make him miserable, and along with meeting someone particularly special.

After spending almost 2 years at the temple, he departs on his way home, only to find that it had been burned to the ground, along with neighboring residencies. Screaming, he fell to his knees and electrified the ground around him, creating a pool of raw electricity, which engulfed him and his fully enraged wolf state. Not knowing who the culprit was, or if there was a culprit, he went on a rampage, killing up to 9 Lycans before retreating and passing out in a nearby cave. He later discovered this exact cave is where Fenrir had started the city. He searched the remains of his home, only to find a holomessage of his parents, and whether they were okay or not, along with a box with a gas mask, a nanotech hoodie, and teched out combat boots, giving him the start of his life as a thief and an otherwise chaotic force. He begun to steal parts for his contraptions, and returns back to his base in an abandoned home, conveniently placed in a forest about a mile behind a library. By the said library was a forge, where he stole his equipment. From there, he continued to create devices and knickknacks up until this very day, *[where he goes to the shrine off and on to cope and try to help and train with the monkey of all people of whom would make him his other best friend who helped him find his way to force objects in a single way or pull them to him but makes him lose blood after a good ol 15 seconds]*\*. To this day, Howly looks around where the ashes of his burnt home are to find where his parents are, and to find the culprit of their disappearance.

***\*what in the good fuck does that mean***

## Appearance

Howly is somewhat stout and lean with brown skin. His hair is pulled back, dark gray in color with white tips and a small ponytail that's almost fully white, and hiseyes are red with black "X" markings in them. There are black marks on his face, resembling claw marks from his jaw to his chin, and they glow a crimson color when using lightning.

He primarily wears a black hoodie with a large, white "X" on it, but switches between that and a coat with yin-yang-yong symbol with a red shirt. A character with a box head with an "X" eye and its tongue sticking out is depicted on it. He wears a black face mask to protect him from from facial attacks, gasses, etcetera. He occasionally wears a black hat with a white "X" on it, or a reversed colored hat with black sunglasses. Howly's footwear consists of black, teched out combat boots with rockets, blades and utilitarian items. Alternatively, he may also wear lightweight, metal sneakers with the same specifications. He has a utility belt in which he carries gadgets on, and a torn bandanna of his parents gave. Lastly, he wears a visor which can tell him the schematics of a buildings, a person's health status, and blueprints of previous weapons and gadgets.

## Personality

Howly is very closed off to new people, making him a loner. It's very hard to become friends with him due to this trait. To HG, he's very outgoing and feels a need to help and protect them because they are like a family to him.

## Weapon:

### TechnoBo-Staff

A weapon that changes into the likes of a sword, scythe, bow, or stays as a staff. It consists of many features, such as running diagnostics, and echo-locative mapping. It also functions as a charger.

## Powers and Abilities

Howly has various, vague abilities. He is proficient in swords, staves, nunchucks, bows, and scythes, along with knowing the 5 styles of Kung Fu to use when battling as a wolf.

## Transformations

### Wolf Form

This form scales depending on how close he is to transforming.

 15%
 25%
 50%
 75%
 99.9%
 100%

## Trivia

* He shoots jolts of lightning at people, whether it be for fun, or intimidation.
* Howly can be used as a charger, though it's unkown where his outlets are.