Wrah

**Wrah** was a wolf of the Hunters of the Dark Claw.

## Background

Wrah was a cub of the Forest Wolves who later joined the splinter group that became the Hunters of the Dark Claw. He grew up with Shiala and Maya and heard old chief Rask explaining that the ancient humans taught the wolves to be strong, and they could lead other Morph when time came.

Early in his life he lost an eye. When Rask died without naming a successor, Wrah preferred Shiala but he felt she wasn't interested. For this he supported Gar, who espoused leading other tribes. When Gar became the leader, he killed his opponents including Shiala's parents. Wrah eventually became his thug.

## Quest for the Orb

The tribe conspired with Chota who intended to govern the other tribes with the Orb of Storms, promising a reward to them.

Wrah was with Gar when they captured Rif, Eeah and Okk near the Dam, as they were after Chota. He accompanied Gar when he visited the captives in the cage.

Soon after he was walking in the labyrinth interior of the Dam. Chota called him to his lab and wanted to know how wide is the North Island in order to adjust the Orb of Storms for a drought. Wrah explained he never travelled all length and breadth of the island to know, forcing Chota to make an educated guess. In an attemp to explain the Orb to him, Chota compared it to a chief sending a hunting party somewhere. The only thing that comforted Wrah was his upcoming reward. On his way down he heard a noise and ran back. He heard Chota arguing with someone, and realised it was the Fox.

He confronted them over the Dam in order to assist Chota. Okk threw him down to a hole but climbed up again and tried to catch the Orb from Okk. Then it was thrown over the Dam, and Chota jumped after it. Rif tried to punch Wrah but his friends restrained him.

## Fierce

After Gar's failure, the tribe was splintered. Wrah knew that the loss of the Orb and Chota meant that the drought will never end. Worrying about it and the crisis, he intended to leave the North Island. On his way to the ferry, he passed by the beach and saw Shiala meditating at the distance and wished to speak to her. She threw a spear at a tree next to him for welcome and initially he thought she missed. He told her the situation, accusing her, as she rescued the prisoners for whom Chota would reward the tribe well. After those reminisces Wrah was pressed and admitted he would be leaving the tribe and invited Shiala to go with him to the South Island to lead a tribe together. Saying these, he confessed that he admired and would prefer her to be a chief before Gar. She refused, saying she had no desire leading any Morph. The Old Wolf was arriving and Wrah said goodbye, but Shiala offered to walk him to the dock. On the ferry, Wrah offered her a last chance to change her mind. Although he didn't consider the Morphs to be any threat, Wrah planned to move to the east, away from the Known Lands.

## Trivia

* Wrah appears in the *Inherit the Earth* video game but his name is not mentioned in the dialogue. His name is first mentioned in the *Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb Recap*.
* In the game, Wrah shows up inexplicably near the end, coming from the side of the road to assist Chota. The strip *Fierce* extrapolates on these events; however in the strip he was in Chota's lab and climbs the ladder and emerges from the hatch, unlike the appearance of the game.
* The events of *Fierce* are ambiguously revealed to be a dream by Rif, which he describes to Rhene. Rif also comments that he knew the Wolf but could not recall his name; perhaps a reference that his name is not heard in the game.