Amarok

Amarok, the Black Wolf, also known simply among the Lycans as the Old Father, is the patriarch of all lycans and werewolves. A legendary figure within ancient Purgatory history, Amarok was a gargantuan black wolf that terrorized the Shadow Region several centuries ago. During his rampage, he had transformed tens of thousands of humans into werewolves. Eventually, he was defeated by his own wife, Lykaia the Great Mother, and sealed away several thousand feet beneath the ground in exchange for her life. Now, he sleeps encased inside of a colossal moonrock at the heart of Lycaeus where his descendants watch over him.



Personality

 * Courageous, charismatic, and charming before he was turned into the black wolf.
 * An animal lover who always felt a stronger bond with wolves than people. This is most exemplified through his actions of turning Qimmiq his pet wolf, into his animal skins for warmth after he passed, and his eventual act of falling in love with Lykaia, the moon goddess.
 * An understanding and compassionate father, as even after he turned into the black wolf, he never harmed his family and protected them from danger: this is mostly seen through his choice of choosing not to fight Lykaia even when she bested his werewolf army, and ultimately sealed him away.
 * As the black wolf, he possessed an insatiable desire for flesh and blood that could never be quenched.

Backstory
The Amarok were a tribe of esteemed hunters who worshipped Lykaia, the Goddess of the Moon: which is believed to be the reason they possess their amber eyes. Among the tribe, a man was born who was named Aput. Aput was a skillful hunter among his people and was believed to be the one to lead them to a golden age. However, while Aput was off hunting, his tribe perished during a devastating celestial storm: leaving him its sole survivor. He was inspired by their deaths to forgo his own name and take up their name in order to honor them until he met his end: officially becoming Amarok. Sometime after this, Amarok became depressed, anxious, and had given up on life as he no longer had a purpose and was not strong enough to survive alone in the Shadow Region. That was, until he met Lykaia, the moon goddess herself whose true form was a pristine wolf.

Despite his lack of food, water, and the will to live, Lykaia's mesmerizing beauty, unmatched compassion, and deep understanding acted as pillar of emotional support for Amarok. Moreover, Lykaia's unique abilities made it easy for the two to procure nutrition, and Amarok obtained not only the emotional nourishment, but the physical sustenance that he had required to live. With his newfound sense of purpose, he strived to restore his tribe, and luckily for him, Lykaia also sought to start a family. Thus, the two had conceived children of their own that became the first generation of lycans: humans that could willingly change back and forth between their human and werewolf forms. Consequently, Amarok, Lykaia, and their octuplets were a happy and loving family that lived within the caves of the region.

However, Amarok came to realize that due to his lover's immortality, their children would likely be immortal as well, and he would run out of time with all of them. Faced with this horrifying realization, Amarok asked Lykaia to bless him with her own mystical power so that he could live and protect his family forever. Initially, Lykaia was reluctant as she had never attempted such a thing before and wasn't sure what would happen. But with Amarok's persistence pleas, she gave in and fed him some of her blessed flesh to pass on her power. Immediately upon ingesting her meat, Amarok felt himself overflowing with moonlit power and was the happiest man alive. Unfortunately for him, both Amarok and Lykaia had realized the plan backfired as Amarok quickly lost his sense of self and transformed into a massive black wolf without the ability to regain human form. To make matters worse, he became a feral animal that sought only devour any life it came across that wasn't his own family. As a result, Lykaia's blessing had become a curse and the black wolf known as Amarok was born. This marked the begin of his reign of terror during the early days of Purgatory many centuries ago. During his reign, Amarok had killed thousands upon thousands of humans from the various tribes across the Shadow Region. At first, this appeared to be the extent of the devastation that he caused. But the true horror of what he started came shortly after, as those who he had killed had been cursed and were reanimated as wolfen creatures that were dubbed werewolves. All of the werewolves were instinctively loyal to Amarok and formed a massive army of ferocious beasts that spread throughout the land like a plague. In time, his army had grown so large and powerful that the rulers of Balor the Kingdom of Humanity, the Dead Ancestors, had taken notice of him. News of this quickly spread across the region, and within only a short span of time it had reached his family.

Lykaia, Amarok's wife, realized the destruction that he had caused and learned that he was soon-to-be annihilated. Although reluctant to stop him at first out of love, Lykaia understood that he had to be stopped and that she would not be idle as she did when the Amarok tribe first perished. So, she willingly used all of her strength to wipe out nearly all of Amarok's werewolf army and ultimately seal him away in a moonrock thousands of feet below the surface. This feat took a tremendous toll on Lykaia and left her on the verge of death. But before she died, Lykaia had told their children to always watch over their father and make sure he is never released from his prison. Ultimately, Amarok had been left sleeping deep within the caverns of Lycaeus, safeguarded by his descendants for many generations to come.

Abilities
Amarok was an enormous entity that's sheer size alone made him a formidable creature in the eyes of the denizens of the Shadow Region. His size gave him incredible physical strength, speed, and durability that enabled him to cause earthquakes, topple forests, and creature fissures just by moving throughout the region. He also possessed an array of various lycanthropic abilities granted by Lykaia, but his limited intelligence prevented him from using them to their fullest. He could also exert direct influence and control over all of the werewolves that he had created, making them act as extensions of his own marred will who had long lost their humanity and sense of self.

Trivia

 * An Amarok is a legendary wolf creature in Inuit culture, that was known for killing hunters "foolish enough to hunt alone at night" according to the myth.
 * Amarok's theme song is called "Descent into the Village" from Resident Evil Village. The theme played near the game's finale when the player fights through a burning village completely overrun with lycans and wolf monsters.
 * Amarok's original name Aput means "Snow" in Inuit a reference to the white hair he was born with, and his wolf's name Qimmiq means "Dog" in Inuit.