History Characters / SekiroShadowsDieTwiceSekiroWolf

* DespairEventHorizon: Starts the game off this way. Losing both his father and his lord, the two people whose lives he was meant to devote himself to, leaves Wolf without a purpose and wallowing in a hole surrounded by enemies. It's only when he hears news that the Divine Heir is still alive when he springs himself to action.

** Deliberately invoked when facing the Nobles of The Fountainhead Palace, who can cast a spell with their flutes to inflict an effect referred to as,"enfeebled," on Wolf, briefly turning him into an old man and weakening him to the point where he he can no longer run or use his grapple and is forced to use his sword to hold himself up. Though the spell wears off on its own after a few moments and Wolf can even undo it on his own terms by attacking the Noble who cast the spell in the first place.

** He will also extend this courtesy to the old lady-type enemies who roam around Ashina castle and [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential pose no threat to you]] except for maybe alerting other enemies when they see you.

* GutturalGrowler: In the Japanese dub and less so in the English dub, Wolf has a rather raspy voice, which stands out since he's very quiet most of the time.

* PermaStubble: He's a scruffy-looking dude. [[spoiler:After the Immortal Severance ending, where he becomes a wood-crafting hermit like the Sculptor before him, his lack of grooming becomes even more pronounced.]]

** [[BladeOnAStick The Loaded Spear]]. It looks like a small BladeBelowTheShoulder, but [[RetractableWeapon when drawn]], it offers the largest melee range available in a fight where spacing is key. Great for attacking from a distance, but can also drag enemies and poorly-equipped armor pieces towards Wolf during a follow-up attack. Upgrade variations fall into two categories — the thrust-type provides a charging attack where Wolf runs his foes through with armor-piercing precision; the cleave-type instead is swung in a wide circle when charged, and can even be [[FlamingSword set ablaze]] for bonus fire damage.

* BadassBaritone: Wolf possesses a cavernously deep voice in both English and Japanese.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: He's actually much younger and not that old at all; mid or late-30's-to-early-40's at the absolute most. But a combination of his rough as a Shinobi in and the patches of silver in his hair, caused by partaking of Kuro's blood, can make it easy for one to mistake him for being much older, even loosely resembling Lady Butterfly or even Isshin in years. See RapidAging above for more on this.