Name : Howleryeen, “Howler”
Real Name : Gabriel “Howleryeen” Rott
Species : Spotted Hyena
Element : Undead
Class : Brawler
Rank : Ex-Imaginator (now Actor)
Sensei : Wolfgang
Voice Actor : Jonathan Young
Background : Howleryeen was born when King Pen allowed Wolfgang to aide in creating an Imaginator. While he did supervise, little did King Pen know that Wolfgang had sinister plans with his creation. Unable to be evil, he aimed to create a monster to do his musically evil bidding for him. Unfortunately for him, that didn’t quite work out.
Howleryeen burst from his creation crystal looking frightening as an undead brawler hyena. Yet, he stood straight, fixed his collar, bowed, and introduced himself as Gabriel Rott. Wolfgang growled and demanded that his name was “Howleryeen”, and Gabriel seemed a bit annoyed but accepted the beastly name.
The hyena began training as a brawler, quickly mastering his class and element. Yet, he didn’t seem enthused at all. Saving Skylands just didn’t feel right for him, which was Wolfgang’s original plan. But when Wolfgang caught Howler reading play scripts, he was soon to discover his creation didn’t want to cause havoc and death either. Finally, Howler proclaimed that he was going to quit being a Skylander… to become and actor.
Wolfgang was NOT pleased with this. Unable to invoke his old evil ways, he wanted to use Howleryeen as a pawn. He found a way to bring that evil out of Howler by playing a dark note on his bone harp. While Gabriel was able to resist Wolfgang’s influence, it awakened a darkness inside of him that the hyena still struggles to control to this very day.
Now, Howleryeen performs on stage in plays and concerts. However, when Skylands is in need, he’s happy to lend a mighty fist in defending it… for now.
Personality : Very regal and poised, Howleryeen can be polite and gentlemanly. Despite Wolfgang having a hand in his creation, he seems to have a good conscience and even prefers staying out of battles. He can be friendly enough and a bit naive, but only seems to be talkative to those enthusiastic about theater and singing. Howler tends to have a very deep, resounding voice and a musical tone when he speaks. He also has a habit of rolling his “R”s.
However, anyone who gets too close to him starts to notice something isn’t quite right with Gabriel. He seems to get a little ‘too’ into villainous roles in plays, which often scares not only his fellow actors/actresses but the audience as well. Many Skylanders are uncomfortable around the hyena as he gives off a rather unpleasant vibe of something sinister. Despite this, Gabe continues to see the best in others and strives to entertain the stage, even if there’s a savage nature hidden within.
Trivia
- Howler’s favorite play is “Phantom of the Opera”
- Thanks to Wolfgang’s villain ways, Howler has a sort of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde personification going on with him. Wolfgang can bring out the ‘Mr.Hyde’ in Howleryeen by playing a certain note. Howler can lose himself without Wolfgang’s influence however, either by getting too into a role or hearing that note elsewhere. Howler seems to really want to suppress this and pursue a career, but is struggling greatly with the dark side to himself.
- Appears asexual until he hears someone’s voice he really likes. He seems to swoon more at women who can hit very high notes. Otherwise, he doesn’t seem interested in romance (except for in books and plays, of course).
- Howleryeen’s name is a play on “Halloween”, but his real name “Gabriel” is influenced by an old character I made in College, who appears in this animatic. Some of his design was influenced by the character as well.
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