====== Zondervan's Extended Extended Bio ======

===== Basic Stuff you probably don't care about =====

Zondervan was an orfin who grew up alone untill a man took him in off the streets and tought him how to make masks so he could help support his business. After the man died Zondervan took over the shop and became an a unassuming maskmaker on the mainland before his unwilling draft onto the island. Despite appearing not to be the sharpest tool in the shed he is quite inteligant and resourcefull so he made a quick adjustment to the island and now lives here quite contently in the tent.

What does he look like? well im glad you asked. He stands at 5'8" with shaggy brown hair and deep blue eyes. from just above his left eye down to just above his mouth runs a long scar that he recived before he ventured onto the island. Don't ask him about it because he always gets so cryptic about it and his past and no one wants to listen to that. he Also has a tendancy to wear his masks around and so you shouldn't be surprised when mid conversation he either puts one on or swaps his current one out for a new one. 

While he was in the tent he was bitten by a werewolf and now is a member of a pack that has been living on the island for some time it seems. 

===== The Pack =====

The pack is a secretive group of werewolves that pass on the gentic trait and thus so not just turn anyone into a werewolf. The strange thing is that this trait seems to lie dorment unless they are bitten by a member of the pack. If they are then they must go through a transition period where they become a wolf and eventually go feral; if they survive and can maintain their humanity then they are accepted into the pack. Only when both a male and female wolf of the pack have a child will the gene be passed on, the problem is that this still does not garentee a child will have the trait. A male child has about a 70% chance to recieve the trait but a female only has about a 25% chance. After the pack was hunted down and pursecuted for being "evil abomenations" they fled in small groups all over the world. Some to Ierland, some to England, some to Russian and the East, and one group made it to the island. There mumbers are no longer as great as they used to be but there are now a fair number that hide on the island.

These wolves can take three diffrent forms. 1)Normal Human 2) Wolf form and 3) Feral

**Human**

Just like anyone else but with slightly more atuned senses of smell and hearing than most, as well as good reflexes and agility.

**Wolf**

A slightly larger than normal wolf that is quite fast, strong, agile, and have amazing reflexes. Senses of hearing and smell are also exeptional.Regenerative ablities are also highened except in the case of silver to which they are vunerable. Most members have no problem controling themselves in this form.

**Feral**

Extreamly dangerous! In this form they range anywhere from 6 to 10 feet tall. (Zonderis about 8'2" in this form) . They move extreamly fast, have streghth like a frieght train, lightning fast relexes, and are surprisingly agile for their lumbering form. Their senses seem to grow stronger in this form but no one has really had the nerve to try and test it. Their regierative abilities are nearly instant (except in the case of silver) and wounds seem to hardly slow them down. The trade off for this power is control. Only the most elder of wolves have complete control over this form. Feral wolves have a hard time distinguishing friend from foe and have been known to even turn on a fellow wolf in rare cases. Sustaining this form takes a lot of energy and thus most can not maintain it for long.

**Moon Phases**

There ability to use the three forms depends on the phase of the moon. On a new moon they can not change form and are stuck in human form. On a full moon they can change into feral form with ease and have the most control over it, but again very few can actually control this form. on any other phase of the moon a human can change into wolf form. The fuller the moon the stronger they are. Now, provided the moon is not new a wolf can try and force himself into feral form but control is very unliky and it is hard to return from it without running out of energy to maintain it so this practice is generaly frowned apon unless the circumstances are that dire. Again, the fuller the moon the easier it is to do this.

Because pack members are sometimes restriced to human form they are greatly encuraged to become skilled in some form of combat. Be it martial arts, firearms, swords, or whatever.

===== Back to Zonder! =====

Zonder himself is still a new member and does not have a lot of control and still sometimes gets stuck in wolf form for a while.((Feel free to mock him for it, not like he can speak and come up with a good comeback.)) Feral form is a big no no for him right now, even during a full moon.

Since Zonder is not exactly the biggest or strongest guy on the island he has always had to use his intellegance and agility to his advantage. The wolves have set him up to learn the way of the `4shinobi`~ from a senior wolf. The art of useing tricks and tools to get the advantage rather that sheer force.

Zondervan also has come into the possestion of two tattoos, agienst his will. After tea with Horatio he woke up with strange symbols that look like long tribal tendrals winding down his left arm. The other was a present from the failors after getting to the failboat way too many times; A large phoenix across his back.

Zondervcan has also taken up managment of The Institute of Improbability with Virgil. Currently his main concern is with the library inside the istitute.

The Institute of Improbability is two west of NewHome