The Wolf Elder (
History[]
Ayame and her grandfather.
He was an old white wolf. The Wolf elder smells of a demon when a strange miasma has descended from the northern mountains recently, that causes the tribes in the North and East, and South and West to fighting. He decided to marry her to one of the strong young warriors to build an alliance. The Wolf Elder had a protector, Rōrō, who lost his life while defending him from demons in flight from Kyōkotsu, one of the Shichinintai resurrected by Naraku. The Wolf elder met Kagome and her friends Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, Shippō, and Kirara as she and Ayame tended to his injuries and saved his life as Ayame tells her that Kyōkotsu is a specter as he tells them that Kyōkotsu came from the northeast the direction of the ox-tiger in which their friends were devoured, and he saw the light of the Sacred Jewel while Kōga tracked down and eliminated Kyōkotsu.
Manga vs. anime[]
- In the manga, the Wolf elder was simply a wolf demon that escaped from the mountains of the north due to Kyōkotsu. He was found dying by Kōga, who saved him from Naraku's demons. However, after telling Kōga, Ginta and Hakkaku of Kyōkotsu's attack, he died and was buried. In the anime version, it was Rōrō's fate instead.
Trivia[]
- He is one of only two yōkai to be a grandfather: the other being the Taigokumaru.
- His seiyū also voiced the ancestor of the Wolf Demon Tribe who warned Kōga after he obtained Goraishi that he will only once be protected from the power that controlled the sacred jewels in his legs.
Media appearances[]
- Episode 83 (First appearance)
- Episode 84 (Appears in a flashback)
- Episode 102
Notes[]
| Yōkai Wolf Tribes | |
|---|---|
| Eastern Tribe | Ginta • Hakkaku • Kōga • Yawaragi |
| Northern Tribe | Ayame • Kai • Shinta • Rōrō • Wolf elder • Wolf demon graveyard protector |
| Unique Places | Lair of the wolf demon tribe • Wolf demon tribe graveyard |
| Unique Items | Goraishi • Kurikaramaru |
| Enemies | Birds of Paradise (Birds of Paradise leader) • Naraku • Panther tribe (Panther King) • Shichinintai |