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Wolf

Biographical Information

Place of birth

Yautja Prime

Rank

Elite

Status

Deceased[1] as of October 2004[2]

Physical Description

Species

Yautja

Gender

Male

Height

7ft 8 (233.7 cm)

Hair color

Black

Eye color

Yellow (right) and opaque (left, blinded)

Other Information

Notable facts

Left side of his face burned by Xenomorph blood and missing a tusk.Helped contain the 2004 Gunnison, Colorado Xenomorph infestation.Fought a Predalien.

Portrayed by

Ian Whyte (main)Tom Woodruff, Jr. (briefly)Matthew Santoro (voice)[3] Wolf was a veteran Yautja and relentless Xenomorph hunter who arrived on Earth to contain the Xenomorph outbreak in Gunnison, Colorado in 2004. He killed at least five humans of the town, slew many Xenomorphs, and fought a Predalien in combat.

Wolf was killed when a tactical nuclear bomb was dropped on Gunnison by Colonel Stevens, along with the Predalien he was battling and any surviving Xenomorphs and residents in the town.

Contents

• 1 Biography
  • 1.1 The final hunt
• 2 Special Traits
• 3 List of Notable Victims
• 4 Weapons and Equipment
• 5 Behind the Scenes
• 6 Trivia
• 7 Appearances
  • 7.1 Non-canon
• 8 Gallery
  • 8.1 Behind the scenes
• 9 References

Biography[]

Wolf was an accomplished Xenomorph hunter and Elite-ranked Yautja. At some point, he was scarred by a Xenomorph's acidic blood, possibly during a previous hunting expedition, burning the left side of his face and costing him his upper left mandible. Wolf also lived in a large fortress on Yautja Prime and had a large collection of masks, weapons and trophies, although it is unknown if he actually owned the entire fortress.

The final hunt[]

In 2004, Wolf picked up a distress call from a Yautja Scout Ship that had crash landed on Earth. Taking an array of weapons (including Wristblades, a Combistick, Laser mines, a Whip made of a Xenomorph tail, and a Plasmacaster) and a bio-mask with runes, he boarded his own ship and departed for Earth. As the scout ship released a Drop pod while flying through space, Wolf landed in the water outside the woods of Gunnison, Colorado and quickly located the remains of the ship and its dead crew, where he briefly mourned his fallen comrades. Accessing the bio-helmet recording of one of his dead brethren, Wolf discovered that a Predalien had caused the crash and was now loose on the planet along with several Facehuggers that were held aboard the ship and had escaped, using his bio-mask and a Tracking Syringe in his Cleaner case to check for the Facehuggers' tracks. Taking Bull's Shurikens and an extra Plasmacaster, Wolf activated the Self-Destruct Device on his backpack to destroy the ship so humans would not discover it or acquire the technology onboard before fleeing the ship as it exploded, and began the pursuit of the Xenomorphs, seeking to eliminate any and all evidences of their presence on Earth.

He later found Buddy and Sam Benson's dead bodies at night, using a bottle of Dissolving Liquid to dispose of their bodies. Splitting off from a group of officers and civilian volunteers that were in the woods to locate the disappeared father and son, deputy Ray Adams found Wolf dissolving the bodies and hid behind a tree, but his radio accidentally gave him away; knowing that his mission could not be compromised, Wolf activated his Cloak, causing a terrified Ray to flee, only for the Yautja to stab him to death and string his flayed corpse from a tree. He later tracked the residue of the facehuggers to the town sewers, where he dissolved the corpses of several homeless people who'd been attacked by facehuggers and the Predalien, and set several laser nets to contain the Xenomorphs. As soon as he was in the center of the sewers, he baited the Xenomorphs to his location. Once the Xenomorphs were contained, he activated the nets, trapping the Xenomorphs inside. He killed several Xenomorphs with his Plasmacasters before the Predalien attacked him. While preparing to kill another two, the Predalien hit him with its tail, which caused Wolf to misfire and collapse a part of the sewer, leaving a hole to the streets. He got up, but was too late to stop the Xenomorphs and the Predalien from escaping into the town. Wolf used his Power Punch Glove in his wrist gauntlet to break out of the sewers and continued to pursue the Xenomorphs.

Wolf tracked one of the Xenomorphs to the Gunnison power plant, where he tried to use his Plasmacasters to kill it. Due to the electro-magnetic interference from the power plant, his targeting systems malfunctioned and he fired on the power plant generators, knocking out all the power to the town. The Xenomorph spotted Wolf and crawled beneath him before climbing up and whacking the Predator off the walkway. Wolf again attempted to kill the deadly life form but missed, and the Xenomorph escaped into the town. Relentless in his mission, Wolf continued to search the town for Xenomorphs, making it to the high school swimming pool where he used his Combistick to kill a Xenomorph that was eating Nick's corpse, then used his Dissolving Liquid to get rid of the evidence before leaving the area.

Wolf later made his way to the town graveyard and hid in a tree while treating his wounds with his Medicomp, and an armed construction worker named Karl spotted him while smoking a cigarette. Kelly O'Brien and her daughter Molly made it to the graveyard too, and Wolf used his plasmacasters to kill Karl after he threatened them, before letting them go and following them to a gun store, where he attacked Dallas and strung him up to use him as bait to lure out the Xenomorphs. Dallas escaped, but a fight followed as Wolf killed a pair of armed stoners and all the five Xenomorphs in the store with his Plasmacasters and Wristblades, one of which killed Dale when its acidic blood spilled onto his face. During the fight, one of Wolf's Plasmacasters was damaged. After leaving the gun store, he integrated his two Plasmacasters into a custom-built, handheld Plasma Pistol.

Wolf then followed the Xenomorphs to the hospital, where they were making a Hive. He entered the hospital and was attacked from behind by the Predalien, but he injured the Predalien with his Wristblades, prompting it to retreat and send three Xenomorph Drones against him. He killed the first two with his Plasma Pistol and the latter with his Dissolving Liquid, then struck down another two Xenomorphs with Shurikens, indirectly killing Ricky Howard's love interest Jesse Salinger as she was caught in the crossfire. After that, an enraged Ricky attacked Wolf with a rifle, but before the Predator could kill him, he was tackled down an elevator shaft by a Xenomorph and lost his Plasma Pistol. He killed the Xenomorph, climbed back up to the roof of the hospital and destroyed another Xenomorph that was about to kill Dallas, giving the human a menacing look as he fled into the helicopter and joined Ricky, Kelly and Molly in escaping the town.

On the roof, Wolf dueled the Predalien in a one-on-one fight, fighting it with only his bare hands, but only to minimum effect, as Wolf was physically outmatched by the Predalien, using his Whip to kill another Xenomorph in the process before he was disarmed of both his Whip and his Combistick after only managing to stab the Predalien in the chest. After his wrist gauntlet and Self-Destruct Device were damaged, Wolf discarded his remaining equipment and took off his bio-helmet, deciding to face the Predalien in an honorable duel to the death; upon discarding his mask, he roared at the Predalien as a challenge as they engaged in a duel, before being rammed up against a wall as the Predalien attempted to kill him with a Headbite. After three attempts, Wolf tore out the Predalien's inner jaw in the middle of a fourth, unsheathing his Wristblades and uppercutting the Predalien through the jaw and out the top of its head, but the Predalien responded by impaling Wolf through the back with its tail; locked in mortal combat, the two foes engaged in a tense standoff, with Wolf roaring at the Predalien in anger.

At that moment, a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor sent by the US Government dropped a tactical nuclear bomb onto the town in a desperate bid to contain the Xenomorph infestation. The remaining Xenomorphs and humans in the town were all killed in the blast, including Eddie Morales and Darcy Benson, while the town itself was completely obliterated; in his last moments, Wolf fearlessly roared in the Predalien's face before they were both killed in the explosion.

Special Traits[]

Wolf is distinguished by a missing mandible, an acid-scarred face, a white (presumably blinded) eye, a large collection of trophies from many different species, a large arsenal of weapons, a large collection of helmets, and a throne overlooking a valley which appears to be a Yautja settlement. He is shown to have been in many battles and being a participant in many Hunts. This is evident by the many signs, or rune type markings upon his chosen helmet, and also by the damaged mandible tusk/tooth of his upper-left jaw.

Wolf has also been equipped with weapons not seen in other Predator theatrical releases, such as the Whip he used in his final battle where he fought the Predalien. These, and many other aspects, show that he was a formidable warrior and fearsome hunter. Moreover, Wolf was firm enough to overpower two Xenomorph Drones at once and hold his ground against a far more powerful adversary such as the Predalien.

List of Notable Victims[]

• Ray Adams
• Karl
• Earl
• Scotty
• Dale Collins (indirectly)
• Jesse Salinger (accidentally)

Weapons and Equipment[]

Wolf used a wide variety of weapons such as:

• Cloak
• Wristblades
• Plasmacaster
  • Plasma Pistol (custom-built)
• Combistick
• Whip
• Shuriken
• Laser Mines
• Bio-helmet
  • Vocal Mimicry
  • Language Translator
• Wrist gauntlet
  • Self-Destruct Device
  • Sat-Com
  • Power Punch Glove
• Medicomp
• Cleaner case
  • Dissolving Liquid
  • Tracking Syringe

Behind the Scenes[]

In Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, the new Predator was labeled by the directors as Wolf — after the homonim character in Pulp Fiction, due to his function of 'cleaner'. Played again by Ian Whyte, it was supposed to be an elite, extremely experienced hunter, who has undergone many missions before the events of the film.[4]

Following the directors’ specific instructions, Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc. (ADI) once again redesigned the Predator. As opposed to the muscular, comic-inspired Predators of the first film, Alien vs. Predator, Wolf returned to a slimmer configuration — more akin to the original Stan Winston design. "We were adamant about creating a new, unique Predator," the Strause brothers said. "With a physique and features that reflected the original films — and the Wolf achieved that in spades." The directors found the Predators from the previous film too disproportioned and tried to use Whyte as a performer as much as possible; with only one main Predator, its proportions were based strictly on the performer's. The Predator's head features, however, a new configuration: a flatter face, proportionally bigger mouth and mandibles, as well as two single upper canines. "We wanted to re-proportion the face," said Tom Woodruff, Jr. in AVPR: Inside the Monster Shop, "giving the brow a more cunning, sweptback angle, like a predatory cat." To add a visual clue of the Predator’s past fights with Aliens, the left side of its face is plagued by a considerable acid burn, which has almost completely consumed the creature's upper left mandible and blinded its left eye (which was re-colored in post-production). This aspect was inspired by "Broken Tusk", the Predator character from the original Aliens vs. Predator comic book series. Colin Strause explained the connection: "One of the cool things was — we wanted, y’know — to give a little throwback to the comic book fans, so that’s why we kind of did the Broken-Tusk type of idea, with the melted off mandible."[4]

The Predator's helmet was heavily inspired by the City Hunter from Predator 2's. Added to that basic outline were a grey, stone-like color scheme and texture, as well as thorns and marks on its forehead plate; it is unknown whether those marks have any ritual or religious meaning akin to the Alien symbol drawn by the Predators of the first film. As Wolf is an experienced hunter — to the point where it tries to shoot Aliens at point blank — the directors wanted his Wristblades to be shorter, and his body to be less covered in armor. In addition to dual Plasmacasters, the Combistick, the collapsible buzz saws and said Wristblades, the Predator came with a new paraphernalia: a 'Power Gauntlet' — housed in the left forearm — that allows enhanced strength packed in a single punch, mines, the Dissolving Liquid (all designed by Chris Howe), and the Whip. The last was in particular the key weapon of Wolf — who wraps it around enemies to slice parts of them off. It was not originally scripted; Colin Strause said: "the whip was actually… that was one of the really cool surprises that ADI brought to the table. In one of the first meetings, all of us started looking at this one design at the same time, which was a Predator whip. All of us, the light bulb went on, ‘We gotta have that. This has to be in our movie’; and we wrote it into the film after just seeing it on that design."[4]

ADI built a hero suit and a stunt suit, composed of the body and all the armor parts, which could be put on and taken off. As per the precedent film, this Predator is never shown with the original mandible closure. In a manner similar to the insert 'talking' Predator bust from Predator 2, the Wolf Predator's eyes were not contact lenses, but rather fully animatronic elements, in order to give the character a more beast-like, and less humanoid vibe. This mechanical design choice was also dictated by the outline of the Predator's head. Alec Gillis, in his commentary for the film, stated that the intention was also to make them more visible in the darkness — like a predatory cat's.[4]

Trivia[]

• The name "Wolf" is a double-barrelled reference to both the character Winston Wolfe from the film Pulp Fiction, and earthbound Grey Wolves: both characters are described as "cleaners" who cover up murders and/or other messy situations to protect those responsible, and are portrayed as solitary, inordinately skilled hunters who completely subdue their respective prey. [4]
• Another Predator that shares its name and appearance with Wolf appears in the 2010 video game Aliens vs. Predator. It is also a multiplayer skin in the game, unlocked when players reach Rank 25.
• Wolf is the first on-screen Predator to battle a Predalien. Many of Wolf's weapons also made their debut with him, and he is the first Predator to wield dual Plasmacasters.
• According to Inside The Monster Shop, Wolf was supposed to be the Yautja equivalent of a 40-year-old human. Unlike other Predators who were comparatively younger, Wolf was "not in the flower of his youth" and relied more on brains than brawn when hunting.

Appearances[]

• Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
• AVP: Evolution

Non-canon[]

• Predator: Hunting Grounds

Gallery[]

Wolf prepares to watch a crashed scout ship recording from Bull's helmet.Wolf in the sewers.Wolf with his dual Plasmacasters.Wolf and the Predalien prepare to battle.Wolf as seen in AVP: Evolution.Hot Toys figure of Wolf.NECA's Wolf figures.Eaglemoss Collections figurine of Wolf fighting a Xeno Drone.Wolf's mask.With dual plasmacasters.Wolf in Predator: Hunting GroundsDitto, maskless.

Behind the scenes[]

Concept art of Wolf by Farzad Varahramyan.Ditto.Close-up.Everybody's friends at the end of the day; Ian Whyte as Wolf alongside Tom Woodruff, Jr. as the Predalien.Ian Whyte as Wolf.Ian Whyte on location.

References[]

1. ↑ Shane Salerno (writer), The Brothers Strause (directors). Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), 20th Century Fox [DVD].
2. ↑ Paul W. S. Anderson (writer and director). Alien vs. Predator (2004), 20th Century Fox [DVD].
3. ↑ Greg Strause, Colin Strause, John Davis, Tom Woodruff, Jr.. The Making of AVPR (2008), 20th Century Fox [DVD].
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "Monster Legacy - Predator Metamorphosis – Part IV: Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem". Retrieved on 2014-01-20.
5. ↑ https://www.farzadart.com/avp2

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