Crow

Image taken from episode five of the WolfQuest 3 Series.

Crow was a black male wolf and is the first wolf to be played in Wolf Quest 3, as well as the oldest one of the three chosen heirs of Dawn and Onyx of the Dawn of the Wolves series, them being him Silver and Lily.

## Appearances

As A Pup:

"Wolf Pups Born into the Jaws of Danger?!" to "A Fragile Rose in the Night"

As An Adult:

"Searching for a Pack of Secrets" to "The Secret of Fate!!"

"Wolves of a WILD New World!!"

## Heritage and Relations

Crow is the son of Dawn and Onyx of the Dawn Pack, the grandson of Kuma and Willow, as well as the sibling of their first and third litters, which consisted of Moose, Boulder, Quartz, Fawn, Lynx, Silver, Frost, and Lily. Of the eight, only Moose, Quartz, Silver, and Lily survived. He is also the littermate of Nightpaw, Stone, and Primrose, of which only himself and his brother Nightpaw survived till the Summer Hunting Grounds.

The Dawn Pack is a distant descendant of the Moon Pack Legacy, of which is unaware of its grand heritage. However, the Starry Skies Ancestors still watch over the members and descendants of the Moon Pack.

Crow's first mate, Luster, first appeared in the side story that Crow was featured in. In Crow's WolfQuest 3 story, Luster is deemed missing and is nowhere to be found within the playthrough. Crow will sadly never find him, now that he died from The Forest Fire.

## Detailed story

Crow was born to Dawn and Onyx at the Bison Peak Den in April. He and his brother Nightpaw were the only survivors in the litter, and Crow was chosen as the first heir. He set out to find his mate, and stumbled upon another make wolf named Luster. As time passed, Luster and Crow fell in love and became mates, but due to unknown events they were separated and Luster was sadly nowhere to be found.

After Crow and Luster lost each other, Crow returned to Amethyst Mountain and searched for him. He discovered that the world was more alive than ever, with lots of new types of prey to hunt and new places to explore. He began to search for a companion to help him search for Luster. Crow discovered that something was wrong with all the wolves on the mountain. The packs of the mountain was struggling. Everyone was aggressive, even the dispersal females. He eventually found what was wrong, that being a small pack of 3 males called the Beartooth Gang. The hyper aggressive wolves were the ones who threatened everyone in the forest, and when they ran into Crow all of them attacked him. As they fought, Crow found out they knew Luster, since Luster was once a member of the Beartooth Gang. Worried and angry that the 3 brothers might know something about Luster’s whereabouts, Crow didn’t back off. The Beartooths was too many, and Crow was clearly going to lose. They let go when they thought he was dead, and ran off. On the verge of death, Crow stumbled away and sought shelter. He understood the dangers with the Beartooth Gang, and swore to get rid of them to keep his future relatives, and all wolves, safe. Crow began regaining his strength, and kept on trying to find a companion. One night in the middle of a hunt he ran too close to the cliffs, slipped, and fell off. He passed out at the bottom below, and when he woke up he realised he hab stumbled upon the den of the Beartooth Gang. They were furious to see him alive, and he once again ran for his life. The Beartooths followed him, and every time he slept he woke up to find them lurking nearby. When he found a potential companion, an aggressive Junction Butte white female who he just started talking some sense into, the Beartooths ambushed and killed her. Crow got away, but soon came back to fight the Beartooth Gang, to once and for all end their reign in the forest. After a long hard fight he managed to kill one of the Beartooths, and the other 2 fled.

Crow had won and for now reclaimed the forest, so his search for a companion continued, since he needed help to chase away the Beartooths for good. He eventually stumbled upon a dark gray female wolf. She was shy and kept her distance, but when Crow asked her about Luster and the Beartooth Gang she came closer to listen. She told him Luster was her brother, and that she also wondered where he had disappeared to. Her name was Rupee, and they became companions. Over time they became closer, and eventually became mates. But Crow never forgot Luster who remained his true love, and neither did Rupee. She understood that she was never really the right one for Crow. They continued to search for the remaining Beartooths, and after a long time after a battle with a cougar they found them and fought them once more. This time the Beartooths were weaker and in the end Crow with Rupee’s help managed to take out the leader, and forever banish the last Beartooth male. They managed to get the information of where Luster was out of the Beartooth leader and started a new journey out of Yellowstone to find him.

One day during their search for Luster they found Crow’s siblings Silver and Lily, their mates, and Silver’s pups. They all became trapped in a huge forest fire, where they at last died in the flames. Only Silver’s daughter, Crow’s niece, Meadow survived the deadly blaze. Crow and Luster couldn’t have pups, and he never had a litter with Rupee, so his legacy was continued by Meadow, the only surviving Moon Pack wolf left.

## More Information

"Crow was born to Dawn and Onyx, of the Dawn Pack - descendants of the Moon Pack. Once upon a time he roamed the forests and met a beautiful white wolf named Luster - they planned on adopting pups of their own, but something happened... and [he] disappeared. What secrets roam the forest?" (Taken from "Wolves of a WILD New World!!", written by Seri.)

## Background

Crow was first seen as a side quest wolf, looking for a mate. He was not pleased to find out how none of the wolves of Amethyst Mountain were any good for him, until he found Luster, a handsome white toned male wolf. However Luster disappeared, causing Crow to search for him . He found Rupee, a black female wolf and Luster’s sister. Together they started looking through the territories of Beartooth Gang, Luster's former pack. After further investigation he decided to leave Yellowstone, following the Beartooth leader’s information of where Luster was. Unfortunately he was killed during The Forest Fire, along with his siblings and Silver’s first and only litter. His niece, Meadow was the only survivor of the fatal forest fire.

## Appearance

Crow was a black wolf with silver and slight light red flecks on his sides and belly, light flecks on his back, also dark gray on part of his cheeks and a gray mark between his ears. He had golden eyes.

## Trivia

* The real life reason why Crow died in a forest fire, is because Seri’s old computer broke down, after it melted, and lost Crow’s save file. Seri uses the the forest fire explanation in game to explain what happened to Crow, Lily, Silver and both of Silver's litters (except for Meadow) after her computer broke down.

* Crow is the second Moon Pack heir to kill another wolf in WolfQuest 3.

* Crow is also the second Moon Pack wolf to have more than one mate, after Eclipse.

* Crow is the first Moon Pack wolf to have a mate of the same gender, and the first Moon Pack wolf to have both a male and a female mate.
* He’s also the first wolf to have a second mate with his first mate, presumably, still being alive.
* Crow is the first LGBT+ character in the series.