History Characters / MercyThompson

An extremely old and dominant wolf living in Bran's pack. Originally wanted there because he wanted Bran to kill him for being old and crazy, and stayed around after the events of ''Cry Wolf'' because he likes yanking Charles' chain. Sometimes serves as a mentor to Charles, as his (deceased) mate was also an Omega.

* UltimateBlacksmith: Retired. At one point in his life, he forged many magical weapons of great power, including possibly Excalibur itself. That was a long time ago, but it's implied that he's still got all the skills should he ever have sufficient motivation again. He doesn't because he not longer has the dark state of mind that led to him forging such terrible weapons and he's trying to hide how much of his power he's retained.

* SaveTheJerk: After her dad gets outed as a werewolf, she starts getting bullied at her school. She hides the identities of who's doing it from [[PapaWolf Adam]] because he absolutely would kill the if he knew. Mercy steps in to get the bullying stopped before that happens.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Successfully defended his position while suffering from unhealed ''third-degree burns'' on his feet and hands.

** In Iron Kissed, Adam transformed into a bipedal form of his werewolf. It’s implied that to get to that form, both the human and the wolf have to be absolutely united in one purpose and one emotion. In this case [[spoiler: it’s Adam enraged over Tim’s brutalization over Mercy.]] Thankfully, this form isn’t evil and Adam had complete control over this form but it’s a form you definitely don’t want to see.
** Unfortunately, Adam [[spoiler: becomes cursed with a new monstrous form in Smoke Bitten courtesy of Elizaveta cursing him after he killed her. This form is the physical manifestation of Adam’s self hatred and how he views himself as a hideous monster. It leans into straight up BodyHorror as both the human and wolf features are present but appear mangled with no rhythm or grace. It also came dangerously close to out right erasing Adam’s Wolf from him. Unlike his werewolf or the aforementioned bipedal werewolf, Adam has little to no control over this shape and it will try to kill Mercy on sight.]] Thankfully, Adam managed to contain it with Mercy’s help and it no longer appears to dominate him or his wolf. But it still present within him and he isn’t sure if it will ever truly fade away despite what both Mercy and Bran say.

* KnightTemplarParent: He's working on it. Slowly. Very slowly.

* OverprotectiveDad: He's working on it. Slowly. Very slowly.

* SaveTheJerk: After her dad gets outed as a werewolf, she starts getting bullied at her school. She hides the identities of who's doing it from [[OverprotectiveDad Adam]] because he absolutely would kill the if he knew. Mercy steps in to get the bullying stopped before that happens.

* HeManWomanHater: Is initially extremely hostile to Mercy, including sexist profanity. Over the course of the books, he's toned it way down, and become one of Mercy's friends…but she still wouldn't trust him alone with her sisters.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ben may be woman-hating, crude, and snarky…but he's thrown himself in front of bullets for Adam, and risked death and humiliation [[spoiler: to talk sense into Adam after Mercy's rape, by revealing his own history of being molested as a child.]] He's also run into fire—literally—to try and save Mercy.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: He may very well be the nicest werewolf in the books outside of Anna. But don't mistake that for weakness…