Wolf

Wolves are a race of Jerako belonging to the Gaean superset.

Society
Wolves often act as gatekeepers between Human-controlled areas and those populated by Outsiders. They have Druidic traits and are responsible for inducting Humans into Gaeanhood. Wolves are sometimes treated with mistrust due to their relative neutrality between Humans and Outsiders.

Abilities
Wolves are all of the Psi element and are the most magical Gaean subtype. Their Phasing passive ability links their stats to the Moon Phase, granting them stat boosts as the Moon becomes more full, but granting them a penalty in the New phase.

Wolves also have the ability to Howl to demoralize nearby enemies.

Development
Wolves were the last standard race added to Jerako: The World That Is and it was decided when the Ibeji were created to make them the cut-off for the basic set. Wolves originally shared the generic Gaean token with the other Gaean races, but eventually were given a crescent moon token.

The idea to keep them all Psi element was a defining concept from the beginning, both to give them a leg up on magical utility despite relatively low magical stats and so they would not be punished by the field effect as heavily due to their stats being tied to it, and they are the only race with a Psi innate available. Their marker was created specifically for them, making it relatively unique both in lack of usage elsewhere and in that at the time the goal was to re-use as many graphics as possible in unique combinations rather than to create unique graphics.

Wolves were assigned a position closest to Nature of all the standard playable races, giving them unique gatekeeping positions to several items in the game, from the second map area to the rite of transformation. Of the playable races, they were intentionally left the most ambiguous and mysterious to help them in that position.

Trivia

 * Wolves were the last standard playable race of Jerako: The World That Is to be added. All subsequent races are unlocked by various means.
 * While Tigers, Panthers, and Cheetahs were based on existing characters from other writing, Wolves were added as a nod to Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger after it was noticed the existing Gaean types corresponded to the initial trio of heroes. The fact that Psi corresponds to the violet color of GekiViolet was a reinforcing factor.