Deathstryke

Deathstryke, or Torin Strike is a deuteragonist and a protagonist in most parts. He is one of the most vital characters in the entire Wolf lore, being the one to assist the Wolf in their journey to conquer their goal. He is also the narrator of Side Story: 1994 Dreams. His aspect is that of IV: The Emperor.

Personality
Deathstryke is characterized as being a very grim person who never enjoyed talking with other people and prefers to undertake tasks alone and reminisce on his life constantly. He thinks of friends and allies as detours rather than necessities for fighting and this is shown through his history where he constantly decides to take on colossal tasks alone. Another feeling that constantly comes back to him is his pessimism and his feeling of hatred towards his own existence, feeling it has caused more deaths than stopped it.

Around younger characters and allies such as Red Wolf, he is more accepting of mistakes and can joke with him, showing his maturity and acceptance towards students and more unknowing peers. With his children, such as when he tried to take care of Renegade Wolf who was one at the time, he displayed his nurturing and caring side, attempting to be the best father he could be to him.

Abilities
Deathstryke does not wield a psyche but possesses an extraordinary range of fighting styles and skills in combat. His weapons include, but are not limited to, the legendary Grievous Greatsword, a revolver, over 50 throwing knives in his sash, and several concussion grenades for escaping and entering.

In addition to his weapons, in his over 100 years of life, he has amassed many fighting styles and moves from members of the Wolves and other events and people.

Appearance
Torin is a scarred man, covered in bandages and scars, with the addition of his right arm usually being under many bandages because of his altercation with his former captain and the breaking of it. Torin was also noted to be a handsome man that, according to War Dog, "would be a pimp if he didn't have so many scars".

His age-altering factor also affects him by making him look younger than he really is. In Part 2, he is 30 but looks 15. In part 3 he is 60, but looks 20. In Side Story and Part 4, he is 70 and 77 respectively, but looks 28. In Part 5, he is nearly 100, but looks 40.

History
Torin Strike was born on October 12 1925 in London to Daniel Strike and Lucy Strike, two magnates in the oil industry. He was a fairly normal baby, but was ignored from time to time by his parents, who were too busy assembling the plans for the first Drifter armor, created in a vat of dangerous liquids that could keep armor or an object preserved in time, slowing its wear and tear significantly.

This culminated when his parents brought him to a convention for the Drifter armor, where an infant Torin would be accidentally fall into the vat, forever scarring his growth factor.

During the events of Part 1, Daniel Strike would be killed by Crimson Wolf in an altercation in England, leaving Torin and his mother alone. They moved to California and the loss of their funds forced Torin to find a job to support the both of them, leading him to work in the lumber industry at the age of 18 in 1943, where many coworkers would assault him and believe that he was too young to work, as his appearance was that of an 8 year old.

After witnessing the death of his friend after working the night shift, he was forced to kill the assailants and was coerced into becoming an underground bounty hunter and mercenary. For the next 12 years, he would work taking jobs and killing targets assigned to him by rich and powerful men, where he would assume the grim alias of Deathstryke.

Part 2

In 1955, Deathstryke would be given an order by Crimson Wolf and over 10,000 dollars to kill Great Wolf, which Deathstryke gladly agreed to, and lead him to San Francisco. In San Francisco, he would also meet Demon Wolf after completing many smaller jobs. The two would bond and share a small apartment together, where Demon Wolf helped him through his issues of loneliness and loss.

When Deathstryke faced off against Great Wolf, he tried to strike him with his dagger but was quickly knocked out by Great Wolf with the Grievous Greatsword's butt and he would awake 2 hours later on top of a roof. Deathstryke asked why Great Wolf did not kill him, to which Great Wolf said "that no one truly deserves to die". This statement gave Torin a feeling of trust towards Great Wolf and an acknowledgment to Great Wolf's cause and his idea to help him with it.

When Torin returned to the apartment, he would find Demon Wolf nearly dead and blood over the walls, with a message stating that Crimson Wolf did not like the choice Torin made on that rooftop. Demon Wolf would then smile and give Torin his necklace, which was in the shape of a fang, telling him to do what's right, before telling the truth of his existence and dying in Torin's arms. This would leave Torin a lonely and broken man once again as he continued his journey to assist Great Wolf.

He would end up holding off Crimson Wolf's mechanical lackey's outside of his manor as Great Wolf would defeat him in his chamber. After dawn rose and Great Wolf "won" Torin would leave with minimal wounds and was soon presented with the Grievous Greatsword by Great Wolf, telling him he wouldn't need it anymore and made Deathstryke promise that his sword would only fall on cruel people and not good people, to which Deathstryke would agree reluctantly. Deathstryke left San Francisco with the Soul Blade in his vault to pursue more jobs, hurt but more acknowledging to his purpose in his life, thanks to Great Wolf.

Part 3

30 years later, Torin would get a call from Great Wolf, asking him to help his son who was in Santa Cruz and seemed to also have the Curse. Deathstryke, in Florida, would agree because of his respect for Great Wolf and would drive to Santa Cruz, arriving around 2 months after the Curse manifested itself in War Wolf. A few months after teaching him, he would hand him the Soul Blade, which he was given to by Great Wolf.

He would mainly be a mentor figure for War Wolf, teaching him fighting styles and giving him life advice, seeing him as a more pure version of his father. Deathstryke would help him in battles again Abaddon and his lackeys but was absent for the final battle, leading him to feel guilty for not helping out his student and would remember War Wolf's valiant death. He would leave Santa Cruz in shame, alerting Great Wolf of what happened.

Side Story: 1994 Dreams

In New York City, Deathstryke went to a ramen shop and ate before the store was stopped by a group of assassins known as the Seraphim, who killed the owner before being stopped by Torin, telling them that he wanted to join because he was out of money and was good at killing.

Their captain approached him and let him join, stating that "this country has a lot of crooks in need of purging". Deathstryke agreed and joined them, feeling that he could find a larger purpose in life with them by his side.

Through the half-year he was with them, he was able to open himself up once again with each of the members. As Deathstryke completed more missions with his team, he noticed the missions got slowly more and more dangerous and tried to bring this up with Captain Hades, only to be ignored and left without an answer. This all culminated to a call they received from a contractor who asked them to raid an airport that was taken over by members from an infamous mafia. Deathstryke drove with Artemis as they talked about the outcome if they were to succeed.

As all members were given roles and areas to clear out, Deathstryke was given the role of clearing out the main reception and baggage claim, which was blocking the way to the manager's office, where Hades needed to go to in order to kill the final leader of the mafia. Deathstryke decimated all foes who were on that floor with his Grievous Greatsword and called Hades, who eliminated the leader and told Deathstryke he was going to organize a party for the entire team.

Everyone partied except for Deathstryke who sat on the balcony of the apartment the party took place at. Artemis soon talked to Deathstryke, revealing she liked him all along and needed to talk to him, so the pair left and went to Torin's home where they would end up having intercourse.

Hours later, Deathstryke received a call from a dying Ares, who told him that the entire group was led to a shootout after the party and almost everyone died. Ares mentioned the top three leaders of the operation and died. Deathstryke, now in an anguished fury, drove to the warehouse and killed almost all of the lackeys there, only finding his dead comrades and information leading to the bosses that organized it.

He geared up and brutally murdered the first 2 bosses, leading him to search for the coordinates to the last boss, Captain Hades. After a long shootout and a car chase, Deathstryke found himself inside a warehouse against Hades, yelling in sheer hatred of the captain that wronged him.

During the battle, Hades broke Torin's arm, which forced Deathstryke to use his offhand to wield his massive greatsword, which he would use to break the defense of Hades and lacerate him several times over into a bloody mess from the fury and adrenaline within himself.

Deathstryke would later contact Artemis to help him patch up his wounds and they would stay together for the night. During the morning, Deathstryke left early to fulfill another purpose in his life before Artemis woke up, leading him to not learn that she was pregnant with his child. This child would become Devil Eater.

Part 4

Deathstryke randomly got a call from Angelo, who accidentally found the number in his father's journal, and would arrive to meet his student's child. Angry that he got prank called by two teenagers, he tried to leave before being stopped by Shaun Wolf, who asked if he knew his uncle, to which Deathstryke agreed.

They talked in a café until Angelo mentioned that he felt that he had a curse, to which Deathstryke obliged that he would use his wealth and connections to assist the young adult in his adventure, due to him feeling bad for inadvertently causing his father's death. He gave Angelo the Soul Blade and told him to ask for help if he ever needed it.

Angelo would end up calling him to help storm Crimson Wolf's base of operations with him and ended up helping him hack into the elevator controls and reach the roof, where Angelo would battle Crimson Wolf on. After Crimson Wolf was defeated, he retrieved a helicopter to send Angelo to an infirmary. He would also send Angelo rights to an island off of the coast of California and a lot of money to construct a hall to honor the Wolves, which would become known as Wolf Island. When Angelo died, Deathstryke would be the one to read a speech honoring the young hero and decided to take care of Wolf Island for the rest of his life.

Later in 2018, Deathstryke would meet with a dying Great Wolf, where he would sit with him and talk to him until he would eventually pass away peacefully, leaving Deathstryke with truly no more friends.

Part 5

Deathstryke would receive a call from Shaun Wolf in 2024, telling him that a possible A-class strength hero could be stirring in a boy named William, his son. Torin would soon agree to meet him and took the young adult into his tutelage, teaching him combat and techniques to become an ever-stronger hero that could overcome his eventual journey, which Deathstryke firmly believed in, not wanting yet another Wolf dying because of his own ineptitude to act.

He would soon become a delegate to end the war between the Drifter and Rebels, who now renamed to the Knights and Protectorates, respectively. He would also form the radical guerilla squadron, the Kingslayers. Red Wolf would end up becoming Deathstryke's second-in command for this war-ending operation. Over the span of two years, he constantly argued to end the war, seeing it as a useless battle and would only lead to more death and bloodshed. He would also help Red Wolf become an unknowing sleeper agent and would fight to get Hilda's memories back for Red Wolf's sake.

After the war was resolved, he eventually retreated to his monastery with Red Wolf for several weeks as they relaxed and recounted the entire events of their actions to each other. Deathstryke would also become a honorary knight for the Northern District of New Earth after its formation.

When Basilisk went on a rampage in the eastern district over 3 years later, Deathstryke would call Red Wolf to stay aside and evacuate all men, women, and children from all districts. Deathstryke stood on the highest plateau to attract Basilisk before they started fighting, with many of the attacks damaging Deathstryke and only a few hurting Basilisk. This is where Deathstryke, after revealing Basilisk's massive weakness to large amounts of fire, is impaled by a compounded tentacle and left to die on the plateau as Basilisk leaves to make Red Wolf weep. After an hour of attempted resuscitation, the wound became mortal and Deathstryke died on the Moonlight Plateau, with his closest mentor by his side.