Derek Hale

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## Derek Hale

* Human
* Werewolf
* Evolved Werewolf

## Biographical Information

### Occupation

* Member of the Hale Pack  (Formerly)
* Beacon Hills High School Student  (Formerly)
* Alpha of the Hale Pack  (Formerly)
* Landlord
* Member of the McCall Pack (Formerly)

### Species

* Werewolf  (Originally)
* Evolved Werewolf  (Beta)
* Spirit (In Hope's Dimension/Currently)

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Talia Hale †  (Mother)
* Peter Hale  (Maternal Uncle)
* Jennifer Blake †  (Ex-Girlfriend)
* Kate Argent  (Ex-Girlfriend)
* Laura Hale †  (Older Sister)
* Faith Labonair †  (Late Girlfriend)
* Braeden  (Girlfriend)
* Cora Hale  (Younger Sister)
* Malia Tate  (Maternal First Cousin)
* Hope Mikaelson  (Former Mate/Ex-Girlfriend)
* Eli Hale (Son)

## Supernatural Information

### Significant Kills

* Faith Labonair (with her consent)
* Nogitsune (with Theo Raeken, Hope Mikaelson, and Jordan Parrish)

### Cause Of Death

* Stabbed in the chest repeatedly with Berserker claws (1st Time)
* Burned to Death (2nd Time)

### Killed By

* Unidentified Berserker (1st Time)
* Kate Argent  (Indirectly; under her control; 1st Time)
* Jordan Parrish (2nd Time; with consent)

## Appearance

### Played By

* Tyler Hoechlin  (Adult)
* Ian Nelson  (Teen)

**Derek S. Hale** is a former main character (from Seasons 1 through 4) and a current guest character in the second half of Season 6 in *Teen Wolf*. He is the son of the renowned Evolved Alpha Werewolf Talia Hale and an unnamed father, and is also the younger brother of Laura Hale, the older brother of Cora Hale, the nephew of Peter Hale, the maternal cousin of Malia Tate, and father to Eli Hale.

As a born Beta Werewolf in the centuries-old Hale Pack, Derek grew up knowing about the supernatural and embracing his lycanthropy. However, after the majority of his family was killed in a house fire set by Kate Argent and her co-conspirators when he was in his late teens, Derek and his sister Laura fled to New York for several years before they were both lured back home in late 2010 or early 2011.

Shortly afterward, Laura was murdered in order for her killer to steal her Alpha powers, forcing Derek to track and battle against this mysterious and vengeful new Alpha, only to learn that it was actually his uncle Peter Hale, who sought to create a new pack with which to get revenge on those who orchestrated the Hale House Fire. Upon learning that Peter's killing of Laura was premeditated and not an accident like he claimed, Derek teamed up with Peter's first Beta, Scott McCall and his friends, along with Hunters Allison and Chris Argent, to kill him. It was Derek that gave him the killing blow in retribution for killing Laura, which caused Derek to gain Peter's Alpha status.

Sometime later, when Derek realized the Alpha Pack intended to recruit him, Derek began biting and turning several teenagers in hopes of building his own pack to help fight against them. Recipients of Derek's bite included Jackson Whittemore, Isaac Lahey, Erica Reyes, and Vernon Boyd III, though only the latter three actually joined the pack. In Season 3, Derek's pack expanded to included Peter and his newly-returned younger sister, Cora, but his pack was short-lived, as the rest of his Betas were either killed (in the cases of Boyd and Erica) or left the group (such as Isaac, who subsequently joined Scott McCall's new pack after he ascended to True Alpha status).

In *Alpha Pact*, Derek forfeited his Alpha status in order to heal Hope Mikaelson from mistletoe, wolfsbane, and vervain poisoning, returning him to Beta status. Though he left town shortly afterward for several weeks, he later returned to Beacon Hills a much more relaxed and content man, and he even eventually joined the McCall Pack. After the events of the Deadpool and his surprise development into an Evolved Werewolf, Derek once again left town for a while, where he was presumed to be traveling with his then-lover, Braeden, a mercenary and former U.S. Marshal, for some time afterward.

However, he did come back in Season 6B after hearing that Scott needed his help, and bumped into Stiles (who was an intern at the Federal Bureau of Investigations in Quantico, Virginia) on the way back to Beacon Hills; Derek had been framed for several mass murders that were actually carried out by Hunters against supernatural creatures, part of Gerard Argent and Tamora Monroe's international crusade to commit genocide against them. Two years after the defeat of the Anuk-ite and temporary win against Monroe's Army, Derek was seen still being an active member of the McCall Pack who was aiding his friends in finding orphaned supernatural creatures like Alec and welcoming them into their ranks.

**Derek** is a member of the **Hale Family** and the **McCall Pack** as well as a former member of the **Hale Pack**.

## Physical Appearance

Derek is a tall, muscular, and handsome man with black hair, blue-green eyes, and olive skin. He tends to wear simple, casual clothes such as boot-cut jeans, henley or v-neck shirts in neutral colors, a black leather jacket, and boots, and he typically has either facial stubble or a scruffy beard. He's also notable for having a black triskelion tattooed between his shoulder blades to remind him that all Werewolves, whether Alphas, Betas, or Omegas, have the potential to rise to one rank or fall to another. In his full wolf form, Derek's fur is completely black, and his eyes are bright blue.