The Astounding Wolf-Man/Characters

The Main Characters of The Astounding Wolf Man

Gary Hampton AKA Wolf-Man


Gary Hampton is a family man and extremely successful business owner. That is until the fateful night when he was mauled at a campsite one night. He comes to discover that he has contracted lycanthropy. With the help of a knowledgeable vampire named Zechariah Gary resolves to use his new powers to help people. Gary is clever, charismatic, and very caring.


 * Badass
 * : What a good deal of the story revolves around.
 * Clothing Damage: A given with all of the impromptu 'wolfing out.'
 * Cursed With Awesome: Zechariah lampshades it in #2. Gary has a powerful and agile wolf form and a Healing Factor when he changes forms. Poor him. All it costs is going into a blood rage once a month which he quickly deals with.
 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Eyes of Gold: Except for when he's in moon rage when they turn red.
 * Fake Defector
 * Fully Embraced Fiend
 * Good Parents
 * Happily Married
 * Hard Work Hardly Works: Heavily Averted. We learn from Dunford that Gary essentially built his business from the ground up.
 * Healing Factor: Leading to many a Good Thing You Can Heal moment.
 * Hero With Bad Publicity
 * Hot Dad: In both forms. Maybe.
 * Hurting Hero
 * Incorruptible Pure Pureness: Some enemies try to sway him to The Dark Side, but Gary is too good and pure.
 * Last of His Kind: After  he is very probably the last
 * Millionaire Playboy / Rich Idiot With No Day Job: Also heavily Averted. Gary is a hard worker even to the detriment of his family life.
 * Nice Guy: Dunford's story explains it all. Related to Gary's Tragic Flaw below.
 * Papa Wolf: Fiercely protective of his family, especially Chloe.
 * Super Senses: As Wolf-man. His sense of smell is particularly strong.
 * Survivor Guilt
 * Tears of Remorse
 * Tragic Hero: Gary's flaw, which he irons out over the course of the series, is that he is too driven to help people. What ruined him from the get-go was that he was so ecstatic about being able to help people as a super hero that he neglected his family  His desire to do good was ultimately his downfall. That said his flaw has helped him out a couple of times and earned him the loyalty of both Invincible and Cecil.

Zechariah


Zechariah is a very old and knowledgeable vampire who finds Gary and mentors him in his new life as a werewolf. He is secretive, occasionally shifty, and Gary's friends and family distrust him immediately.


 * : After becoming a vampire and seeing the sad state of the vampire community he resolves to become a hero and make vampires into a powerful force to be reckoned with. Fast forward and now Zech is a ruthless and power hungry Manipulative Bastard.
 * : To Gary.
 * Badass Grandpa
 * Consummate Liar: Just about everything he tells Gary in the beginning is a lie or a Half Truth
 * : An interesting example because his son is mortal.
 * : See Hell Bent for Leather below.
 * Half Truth: Chock full of 'em.
 * Hell Bent for Leather
 * Karma Houdini
 * Katanas Are Just Better
 * : With  and their swords
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * The Obi Wan
 * Really 700 Years Old: Lampshaded. Zech asks Gary how old he thinks he is and Gary guesses "I don't know...what, a thousand?". Zech then bemoans how the mystique of vampires has vanished due to representations in the media.
 * Red Eyes Take Warning
 * The Undead
 * Would Hurt a Child: He once killed and sucked the blood of a werewolf child.
 * The Undead
 * Would Hurt a Child: He once killed and sucked the blood of a werewolf child.
 * Would Hurt a Child: He once killed and sucked the blood of a werewolf child.

The Elder


An ancient and extremely powerful werewolf. Being an 'elder' he  has a specific strain of lycanthropy that makes him much stronger than lesser werewolves. He is the one who  and when Gary comes to him for advice on how to kill a vampire The Elder trains him.


 * Asskicking Equals Authority: He became the head of the werewolves only after
 * : Sort of to Gary.
 * Large and In Charge: He's twice as big as a normal werewolf, and twice as beastly.
 * Lightning Bruiser: He's incredibly strong yet incredibly fast.
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: Immediately after being made into a werewolf
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: Immediately after being made into a werewolf