The Dreaming Island/Characters

Jaryl Garen
""What's with the 'young wolf'? I'm 34, right in my best years""



Main Character, anthropomorphic wolf and Narrator. Finds himself on the Island Koholint, from where he tries to escape.

"It bugs me, always putting my neck on the line for other people, but it would be very heartless from me if I wouldn't at least try to help the people here."
 * Badass: Of course. Other than that, he apparently survived the events of Dangerous Detour, so it counts.
 * Bare Your Midriff: Still doing it, showing off the muscles he's got via training over the years.
 * Bruiser With a Soft Center: He cares a lot for his adopted dragon-son, and also feels pretty bad for the people on Koholint, as they have to suffer from that monster-invasion.
 * Butt Monkey: Some minutes after he's arrived on Koholint, he gets hit on his head by a Coconut and thrown off his feet by Sale.
 * Character Development: Compared to his Dangerous Detour-persona, Jaryl's gone from a Perpetual Frowner to a pretty nice (if a little bit grumpy), Genre Savvy Knight in Sour Armor with a Soft Center.
 * Chronic Hero Syndrome: Well, at least partially, and he calls himself out on that, but as he said himself:

"I can't help it, I'm just a typical man and I perceive such a view as very relevant concerning my private interests, which I don't want to elaborate further."
 * Deadpan Snarker: Seems to do that with a slightly higher frequency.
 * Fan Service Pack: While he could be considered attractive in Dangerous Detour already, his handsomeness-level was upped majorly here. The commenters on the picture to the right generally seem to agree.
 * First-Person Smartass: He just can't quit it, even after all those years.
 * Good Colors, Evil Colors: Still wears his clothing in bloodred and black.
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars
 * Handwraps of Awesome
 * Heroes Prefer Somewhat Katana-like Swords
 * Heroic Build: 14 years spent with training and such really do wonders.
 * Hot Dad: Oh yeah.
 * Knight in Sour Armor: While by no definition a knight, he's pretty much this, since he knows that the world and by extension Koholints invaders are very cruel, but keeps on going anyway.
 * Manly Man: Now even more so.
 * Male Gaze: Has to pull himself together to not stare at and get distracted by Crazy Tracys "assets". He even admits that he's kinda into that:


 * Narrator
 * Purple Oni: Normally, he's calm and reserved. If things aren't going too well for him, he's more prone to slight anger-outbursts.
 * Red Eyes Take Warning
 * Shonen Hair: Same as in Dangerous Detour, it's largely Depending On the Artist in how messy it is.
 * Shut UP, Hannibal: Gives these to the boss-nightmare of Tail Cave
 * Sleeves Are for Wimps