Wolf Pack

The Wolf Pack is a group of Freedom Fighters who live and operate against Dr. Ivo Robotnik's tyranny and recently the Eggman Empire in mostly deserted or abandoned areas of Mobius. The Pack was formed after Dr. Robotnik's military coup when the remaining, un-roboticized members of their tribe drew lots to divide the community, with some fleeing to save younger survivors, while others remained to fight the invaders.

Formation
The Wolves were once a proud race, honored in their heritage and living only off of what nature provided for them. They lived in an uncharted area called "The Great Unknown" which lay just beyond the Great Canyon. However, shortly after Robotnik's coup of Mobotropolis, their lives were thrust into turmoil as Robotnik ran them off of their native lands, and roboticized their people, among them was Lobo, the pack's chief. Only a handful were left not roboticized, and they drew lots to decide who would leave to fight against Robotnik, or stay behind to watch over the few still free. (StH: #67, #113, #213)

New Allies
Sally Acorn, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Antoine D'Coolette first encountered the Wolf Pack after they stumbled upon their home. Having received a Freedom Fighter list via King Maximillian Acorn, they sought to unite other Freedom Fighters for their cause. After some rather hilarious moments with Antoine's "curse", the two Freedom Fighter groups worked together and defeated a Waste Pod. Following this, the Wolf Pack valuable allies. (StH: #113)

Travels and Tribulations
The Wolf Pack provided support during Project:Endgame, unaware that one of their members, Drago, had secretly given his allegiance to Dr. Ivo Robotnik; however, his treachery and involvement in the near-death of Princess Sally was eventually uncovered and he was henceforth no longer considered a member of the pack. (StH: #46, #47)

After the death of Dr. Ivo Robotnik, the Wolf Pack sought to return to their former home and search for other surviving wolves. Lupe had been encouraged when the twins Leeta and Lyco rejoined her group, and so despite Sally's offer to allow the Wolf Pack to live in the reclaimed Mobotropolis, Lupe decided she needed to see if more lost wolves could be found. After crossing the Great Canyon, the Wolf Pack came across a destroyed and long abandoned Overlander city. While searching for shelter during a storm, the Pack came across two young Overlander girls, Aerial and Athena. The pack deliberated as to what to do with the two girls, some members not trusting them as Overlanders. Eventually it was decided by the Pack leader Lupe that both Aerial and Athena would become part of their family and be raised as part of the pack, as she believed that abandoning the two would make them no better than those they fought against. (StH: #67, #68, #69)

Upon returning to the remains of their former city, the Wolf Pack was ambushed by Dr. Eggman's forces. Once in captivity, Sir Charles Hedgehog, once again serving as a Robian lieutenant, revealed to Lupe her roboticized husband Lobo and her children Marcos and Maria. Realizing if she did not comply her husband and children would be dismantled, Lupe allowed herself to be roboticized. However, shortly after the process was complete she managed to maintain a slight level of free will and knocked out the guards, enabling the rest of the Wolf Pack to escape. Despite being encouraged to escape as well, she admitted that she was struggling to think freely and only held onto a basic desire to stay with her family. (SSS: #11)



The Wolf Pack later returned to Knothole where they would be joined by the roboticized Lupe, Lobo and their children, the latter having had their free will restored by the Sword of Acorns. Lupe convinced forgave Uncle Chuck for roboticizing her and convinced him to forgive himself as well. The same year the Bem de-roboticized almost all of the planet's Robians and the Pack was finally reunited. (StH: #112, #123)

Later, Lupe and the Wolf Pack (now with Lobo, Marcos and Maria) were seen running from the massively spreading nanite city under the control of A.D.A.M.. They managed to escape the vicinity before falling victim to the nanites. (StH: #152)

Sonic and Sally were later invited down to become honorary members of the Wolf Pack. Canus gave Sally a warm welcome and Sonic talked with Leeta. The four then met with Lobo, who explained that before he was roboticized, he was this pack's chief, and that he regained the title after Lupe stepped down. Sonic and Sally then both questioned Lupe's loss of title, until it was later revealed Lupe stepped down to accept the role as grand chief of the new Wolf Pack Nation. (StH: #213)

Background Information

 * The design of the Wolf Pack members (with the exception of Lupe and Canus) is largely different between their early appearances in StH #46—47 and their later appearances. For example, in their first two appearances, there was no sign of Leeta or Lyco, and the other wolves appeared to all be large and muscular. Later appearances of Reynard and Diablo in particular would show them as quite slender and more elderly.


 * The Wolf Pack especially Lupe is obviously based off of Native Americans due to similarities in hair styles and in Lupe's case marking like features on her face. Their constant roaming and refering to the rest of the Mobian wolves as a tribe is also referance to Native American culture. This though is not too much of a surpise as Native Americans saw wolves as spirits or gods thus they treated them with as much respect as they treated their own elders.