Tiklebark, Riehard

A werewolf and member of the London (nee Woolsey) Pack. Prior to joining the London Pack, he worked with Phineas and Sophronia until Sophronia determined his tethers were fraying and he needed a proper pack.

Appearance

Riehard was born with Heterochromia iridum, he will often wear an eye patch to disguise this feature. He has one brown eye and one blue, as a wolf the blue eye becomes yellow, the brown eye becomes blue.

As a wolf his is described as smaller than Lord Maccon, with reddish fur tinted black, white about the face, one blue eye and one yellow. He is shifty and twitchy.

Personality

Riehard prefers to be background to center stage, and is mostly even-tempered. He has no interest in the Gamma position, though he is willing to fight Channing if protocol requires it. Sophronia describes him as mercurial and unable to hold himself tethered without a strong Alpha.

In the Books

Meat Cute

1872, Sophronia arranged for to Riehard fight Lord Maccon for permission to join the Woolsey Pack. Riehard had been working with her and Soap as a spy for the Dewan, but without a strong Alpha and a pack he was starting to go loopy. Riehard tells Lyall that his previous connections (with the dewan and Sophronia) are severed, although not untangled.

Romancing the Werewolf

December 1895, Riehard is away when Professor Lyall returns to the pack and the abandoned infants begin appearing on their doorstep.

Trivia

• He has a gift for gathering information.
• He worked as a spy for the Dewan with Sophronia for an unknown amount of time until 1872.
• He is a brand new pack member at the time of Soulless.
• Lyall calls him an asset but doesn't trust him in Meat Cute. Presumably because of his spy connections and activities, but also because werewolves are not know for this personally type, spying is considered a vampire's game.
• He probably also fought Channing at some point during the events in Changeless.

Quotes

• "Riehard was a kindred spirt, very observant, preferring the background to center stage and mostly even tempered." - Lyall (Romancing the Werewolf, Chapter Three).
• "Riehard was their most elusive pack-mate.... Riehard was tethe red so loosely to reality, he needed a strong tether to an Alpha or he would drift and become a danger to society and himself." (Romancing the Werewolf, Chapter Five)