Ivan

> **WARNING: Ivan's story contains elements of abuse, murder, cannibalism, and torture of young wolf pups. Please note that Ivan is a villainous character, and his actions are not reflections of what the artist finds appropiate in real life - they do not condone such actions in any way, shape or form. Viewer discretion is advised.**
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## Affiliations

### Children

Polaris (Daughter)Reicher, Rhaegan, and Aleksey (Sons)

### Relatives

Willow (Mother, NPC)Roman (Father)

Jack, Cyez, Mercury, and Shinell (Littermates, NPCs)

Miakoda, Delu, Boone, Bracket, Mosby, Paxton, and Davis (Half-Siblings)

## OOC Information

### Voice

Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Negan, "The Walking Dead")

Ivan was a black male wolf with gray under-markings, the son of Roman and intended heir to the title of Alpha of Blutwald. However, after his father was usurped by Stallion, Ivan was exiled from the pack, and continued to wreak havoc on Blutwald while also trying to provide for his crippled mate, Hexa, and their four children - Polaris, Rhaegan, Aleksey, and Reicher. Ultimately, he vanished from the Domain, having lost Hexa to suicide and his connections to the pack of Blutwald. He was created and RP'd by CXCR (known during their time in the Domain as xAcidicCanine).

## Personality

* ***Loyal***. Even though it happens rarely, if you manage to get close enough with this brutish fella, you will quickly find out that he is fiercely loyal, and will put you in very high regards, and perhaps even be willing to risk something for you. He will even defend and/or work for your cause if you get to this point, which might not be a bad thing.
* ***Capable.*** Ivan is very capable, of a lot of things. Though the one thing he might be best at, is fighting. However he has shown just how capable he is at protecting not only himself but also others, how capable he is at hunting, training, most of the basic things that are or have been needed or required from him. He obviously has the skills, and enough brain to make it work.
* ***Creative.*** Ivan is a creative individual, though most of his creativity, comes with how he either raids other groups of wolves, be it packs or guilds, interferes with others and how they go about their day, to what he decides to deal with the victims that fell prey to his fangs. There's usually always something new to come around to, and it might not be pleasant. Ivan finds a lot of fun in being innovative about his doings, no matter how good or bad they are.
* ***Ambitious.*** Ivan has always proven to be an ambitious individual, though, through most of his life, for very different reasons, and mostly, only reasons that benefited him at that particular time.
* ***Intense.*** Ivan is a very intense individual, and though he may try to hold back, it usually doesn't take much for him to break his own cool. If he has an idea of anything or anyone, or has anyone doubt him or those he holds close, or even doubts his family or past, whatever about him, he will usually lash out. Most commonly verbally, through an extreme and almost terrifying cluster of words, designed merely to intimidate you or ultimately force (or attempt to force) you into agreeing with him or, if you insulted him in some way, take it back before he would abruptly decide to become physical with you.
* ***Irreverent***. Of course this depends on the context. He usually dislikes being bossed around and honestly prefers to be the one that boss others around if anything. He generally doesn't care much for things that others find important, or even holy, and will bluntly ignore whatever efforts one would make to try and have him listen and pay attention to it, as well as agree or just at least let them have it their way for the duration of their meeting with them. Ivan generally sees holy and religious things as incredibly dull and boring, so there's that.
* ***Assertive.*** Ivan is, and has always, been an assertive guy. He has always been confident and has never feared using brute force and physical violence, to get his way, regardless of what it was he wanted. Be it something as simple as food, or even peace. He hates backing down and will fight and remain standing for as long as he can before even slightly considering backing down.
* ***Aggressive*** ***and Cruel.*** Ivan is an aggressive individual, and very much so (But hey, he was raised to be, so who can really blame him?) and angers extremely easy, and his first thought will usually always be to physically handle and deal with the problem, often in the most horrible ways he can figure out. Ivan has a cruel side to him. He seems to somewhat enjoy the suffering of others, and even more so when he's the one causing it, and will even show pride in his actions and feel very accomplished about the situation, once it's over. He seems to have no regard for the gender or even age or species of whoever he picks out as the next target.
* ***Domineering.*** Due to Ivan's particular heritage and the family he derives from, he often thinks of himself as higher than everyone else, and will stop at nothing to prove it. He will most often use his strength to prove himself to others, as that is what has always worked for him the best.

## Pre-Group History

Ivan was born in Blutwald to Alpha Roman and a breeding female named Willow. Ivan was born half-blind and was despite being the biggest and oldest pup of the litter, considered a 'runt' due to his handicap. In fact, on multiple occasions, he got in danger of getting killed, though eventually his mother managed to have him completely removed from the danger zone, though it meant for Ivan to work harder, even as a pup. Playfights were a frequent thing between him and his siblings, though they quickly became more fight, and less play, and the two pups that fought most, already at such a young age, began to get scars due to the sharp puppy teeth they each possessed. Ivan however still managed to find some time to spend with their mother alone, preferably after 'victories' over his siblings. It was a somewhat rough childhood, when you think about it and towards the end of it, his mother began to get sick.

As time progressed, his mother got more and more sick, and she appeared to have trouble moving. Gradually growing thinner, and being highly dependent on her pups or another pack member, to bring her food if she wanted to eat. Most often Ivan would be the nicer one, and would aggressively fight off anyone that would try to stop him from picking food from the kill pile, even if he ignored the order that everyone was supposed to eat at. This behavior was only *just* tolerated, and most likely because it was very well known that his mother was sick. However, despite his valiant efforts to keep her fed and well and alive, she still passed away due to the sickness, and her corpse had to be disposed off, because they couldn't have a dead wolf lying around and rotting in the pack territory.

After this, Ivan became very withdrawn. He was still obviously and significantly bigger and stronger than his siblings, but now that their mother was gone, and their over all training began to be intensified, things quickly flared up. The usual two that always fought, were the most frustrated ones, and one night, Ivan had wandered from the den, needing time to himself. However, one of his brothers, Jack, had followed him and almost immediately challenged him, and referred to Ivan as "free game". Ivan, despite the obvious threat and violent intentions of his brother, merely smiled at the situation and gladly accepted the challenge. They then fought, and more serious than ever, until one of them fell, and Ivan was the one that remained standing. Their scuffle had however caught the attention of the rest of their siblings, and two of them - Cyez and Mercury - came to fight Ivan off their other brother, but even though they fought valiantly, they ultimately failed, and Ivan still remained the standing one, the victorious one, even with just a few scars. His three brothers were dead.

Only one littermate, Shinell, was left at this point, but he knew she had seen and heard everything, and she needed to be stopped. Spurred on by his success with defeating his other siblings, he chased after her, until he eventually caught and mercilessly ended her. Ivan spent the rest of the night, or most of it, disposing of the bodies, trying his best to do so without waking anyone else, and without the risk of anyone finding them anytime soon, if at all. To further protect himself from the trouble he would get in, would he get caught anyway, he dove into a nearby river to wash off excess blood. However, he was spotted and confronted by the alpha as he stepped out of the water again. Thankfully though, due to the impressiveness of Ivan's victory, he was just barely pardoned, but also warned. However, he still lived to see another day after this, and his training continued as he continued to grow, and gradually became stronger.

By the time he became a young adult, he had already grown bigger, and had become one of the largest wolves in the pack at that point, along with his father and a few other wolves, and was, if not for the dark pelt, an almost spitting image of his father. Ivan remained unranked and untasked for a very long while, simply because he didn't feel like it was necessary. Due to his heritage and brute strength, he thought of himself to already be better than everyone, and felt no need to flash it with a fancy rank or task. After all, he would just fight anyone who disagreed with or tried to control him.

It was his go to method, and had always been, even though he clearly remembered that just *killing* them off immediately by himself, was a no go, no matter how tempting it was to him. He seemed to have little respect for anyone that wasn't himself or his father, and generally still ignored eating rules, and would still fight with and train against other wolves, and were there no one willing or brave enough to fight him, he would often sneak off, and attack loners. This quickly became a sport of his, and it entertained him well. He quickly grew accustomed to the feeling of ending another wolf's life, and apparently, the younger they were, the funner and more satisfying it got to him.

Soon enough he found fun in seeking out the young brood of poor loner couples, and ending the lives of their pups while they would be away to hunt or otherwise be unable to get back in time and try to fight him off. As time went by, he got bolder. The challenges needed to be bigger, with more risks, but also bigger rewards, and he soon began to pick out guilds and other small packs, with the intent of destroying them, and taking what he wanted afterwards. Sometimes he'd trick them into thinking he would join them, and sometimes he would, and gladly engage in fights between different packs or guilds, though he seemed to care very little about which wolves he aimed for.

## Group History

Even though his numbers of scars grew, he most often remained victorious, and even if he didn't get to end everyone, those that lived, usually made it a task to steer clear of him. Because of his terrifying success, he quickly became known throughout the area, and was whispered and talked about as "The Black Butcher." Some packs would use the rumors and reputation of Ivan, to scare the other pack members or pups into behaving, by claiming that "The Black Butcher seeks out those that cause trouble and would eat them." Which wasn't too far from truth, even though the packs or wolves he had chosen, had always been chosen at random, and most likely because he was bored.

He was, however, growing used to the taste of wolf flesh, and with a lack of larger predators to try and take him on, this worked out well in his favor. He was free from constantly having to break the feeding order of the pack, and still remained well fed. Eventually, the rumors of the Black Butcher would reach his birth pack, but they would be none the wiser. After all, any black or dark wolf could be the butcher, it wasn't necessarily *him*. Thanks to that mindset, he could get away with it, and still remain a part of the pack. It made it even better, that no one questioned where he went, when he would take off.

Eventually, Ivan met Hexa. Their meeting was a tense affair, to say the least - both of them had been hunting an elk, and Hexa was the one to bring it down. Ivan threatened her and managed to take most of the kill for himself; Hexa managed to get away with a leg from their catch.

There was a great deal of tension between this son of Roman and the other large, dangerous wolf of Blutwald - Stallion. The two first met in dangerous circumstances - Stallion had dispatched a loner and was bringing the head to Roman, leaving the rest of the body unattended. When Ivan came upon the body, he settled in to feast, which outraged Stallion upon his return. There was a tense standoff, before the pair parted ways, each loathing the other. Ivan approached Roman on the matter, insisting that Stallion couldn't be trusted - Roman, outraged that his son could even *suspect* his most trusted Guard of treachery, lashed out and roared that Stallion was *far* more trustworthy than Ivan ever could be.

Seething, Ivan left his father to continue business around the pack. One wolf he would continue to torment was Winema. Winema was favored by Roman as his lead healer, and Ivan loathed her self-assurance and often attacked her out of pure spite. One day, however, the pair got into a more vicious argument than before, with Ivan chasing her up a tree and swearing to kill her when he saw her again - he had ripped her ear off in the process.

Hexa was admitted into the pack, and Ivan found himself in her company quite frequently. The pair were attracted to one another, and Hexa could hold her own in a fight. They became mates shortly before Stallion decided to take over the pack. Stallion killed Roman, and Hexa valiantly tried to avenge her father-in-law and alpha: ultimately, though, she was felled by Stallion, too. Stallion felled Hexa before Ivan could help her. Ivan fought Stallion for the right to rule the pack, and Ivan lost (though Stallion cheated near the end of the battle). Ivan and Hexa were banished, and Hexa gave birth to their pups sometime thereafter. They named the pups Polaris, Reicher, Rheagan, and Aleksey.

Ivan returned to Blutwald to enact his revenge, killing young Sparrow, the youngest of Stallion's sons, when he was unattended - torturing the pup before ending his short life. His murderous tendencies didn't stop with Stallion's son, though - he attacked a pair of loners he encountered as well, intending to kill them. Fortunately, the loners, Taz and Judith, managed to escape, though Taz was gravely wounded.

When he made his way back to Hexa, he discovered that she had committed suicide, drowning herself in the pool of water they'd sheltered near. Ivan was unsure of what to do; ultimately, he decided to take one of his pups, Reicher, and leave the rest of the pups behind to fend for themselves - or get taken in by other wolves. Perhaps fortunately for Ivan, all three of the remaining pups were taken in by kind strangers - Hexa's son, Enzo, found them and brought Aleksey and Rhaegan to Chandor, where they were tended to by Davis; Stallion, intent on killing Ivan's progeny, found himself unable to kill young Polaris, and took her in as an adoptive daughter.

Ivan more or less tended to Reicher until he could take care of himself as a young juvenile, and then abandoned his last remaining kin and began living life as a loner, wandering outside of the Domain to find his way elsewhere.

## Trivia

* Ivan earned another nickname - "The Cannibal" - as it was not unheard of for him to eat the corpses of wolves he (or Stallion) dispatched.
* Ivan was eventually revived as a character in the group, "Wolves of Lunar Forest."

## Quotes

* "Enjoy your victory for as long as it lasts. You'll regret this soon enough. This isn't going to be the last you've seen of me." (threatening Stallion after he was defeated in battle, *The Destruction of Blutwald*)

## External Links

* Ivan's "Wolves of Lunar Forest" Application Sheet