Wolfie

Wolfie
Information
Gender	Male (presumed)
Appearance
Hair	Gray and white
Eye Color	Amber
About
Debut	Chapter 5
Death	Chapter 9
Cause of Death	Attacked by a Wendigo
Status	Determinant

“	I was hopin' I'd run into you again.	”
	— Mike

Wolfie is Mike's nickname for the wolf which he finds in the Blackwood Pines Sanatorium. If the wolf trusts Mike (depending on the player's choices), he may protect him, and help him navigate through the facility.

Wolfie was motion-captured by Saxon the dog.

Appearance

Wolfie is a Northwestern Wolf with white-gray fur and amber eyes.

Personality

Wolfie is shown to be a loyal companion. He, along with his dark wolf ally, were kept by Jack Fiddler, whom they guarded. Due to his protective nature, Wolfie initially appears aggressive when Mike first encounters him in the Sanatorium in Chapter 5, perceiving him as a threat. If Mike treats him kindly, however, Wolfie quickly warms up to him and later accompanies him when he returns to the Sanatorium in Chapter 9. Wolfie is even willing to sacrifice himself in order to save his new friend, should Mike fail to defend himself against the Wendigos.

Until Dawn

Biography

Wolfie is one of two wolves kept by Jack Fiddler on the mountain as his personal guard dogs at the Chapel of the Blackwood Sanatorium.

Involvement

Chapter Appearances
Prologue:	Absent
Chapter 1:	Absent
Chapter 2:	Absent
Chapter 3:	Absent
Chapter 4:	Absent
Chapter 5:	Debut
Chapter 6:	Absent
Chapter 7:	Absent
Chapter 8:	Mentioned
Chapter 9:	Appears
Chapter 10:	Absent
Credits:	Absent

Chapter 5

Wolfie first appears as one of the two wolves following the Stranger around into the Sanatorium.

Mike first encounters Wolfie as he is walking up the stairs. He jumps out and growls at him. Mike then starts to run away as the wolf chases him down, until Mike quickly shuts the door behind him.

Mike calms Wolfie.

Mike later meets the same wolf again, (who he later nicknames Wolfie) when he opens the chapel door. As Mike opens the door, Wolfie pops out to bark at him. You have the option to kick the wolf or do nothing. If you allow the action timer to run out, Wolfie will leave Mike alone and lie down.

• If Mike approaches Wolfie, he will have the choice to back away or get closer.
  • If he gets closer, the Guidance Totem premonition from earlier of Mike petting a wolf will come true. Mike can also pet him if he picks up a bone from the chest in the center of the room, and brings it over to Wolfie.
• If Mike kicks Wolfie, Wolfie will be upset, and won't accompany Mike later unless he makes amends.
  • Mike can do this by picking up a bone and giving it to Wolfie. If Mike does not do this and tries to approach him, Wolfie will try to bite his hand.

Chapter 9

Wolfie doesn't appear again until Mike returns to the Sanatorium. How Wolfie reacts to seeing Mike again depends on what action Mike chose earlier. If Mike kicked him, Wolfie will bark at Mike and run away, not to be seen again. If Mike befriended him, he will pet him and tell Wolfie where they need to go. Wolfie will then proceed to lead Mike around the Sanatorium, and stays by Mike's side as he fends off the Wendigos.

After Mike has the choice to barricade the door or escape, Mike will drop down a hole and Wolfie will look down at him. If Mike barricaded the door, Wolfie will be safe, but no matter what you choose, Wolfie will not follow him down the hole.

Possible Deaths

Mike did not barricade the door, causing Wolfie to be slaughtered.

• When Mike is jumped by a Wendigo after a rat gets out from under an old can, and Mike fails to defend himself with the shotgun or a usable machete, Wolfie will attack the Wendigo to save Mike (whether Mike had befriended him or not) and the Wendigo will break Wolfie's neck.

• When Mike is hiding from a Wendigo jumping on tables, and Mike fails the Don't Move or the QTE to catch the bottle and then fails to defend himself with the shotgun or a usable machete, Wolfie will attack the Wendigo to save Mike (whether Mike had befriended him or not) and the Wendigo will break Wolfie's neck.

• If Mike gets grabbed by the neck by the final caged Wendigo in the Restraining Area, and Mike fails to defend himself with the shotgun or a usable machete, Wolfie will attack the Wendigo to save Mike (whether Mike had befriended him or not) and the Wendigo will break Wolfie's neck.

• When Mike is supposed to roll the explosive barrel at the two Wendigos at the end of the Restraining Area hallway, and Mike misses any of the cues to roll the barrel and fails to defend himself with the machete (if he has a usable one) or the gun (if Mike had befriended Wolfie) when being tackled by a Wendigo, Wolfie will attack the Wendigo to save Mike (whether Mike had befriended him or not) and the Wendigo will break Wolfie's neck.

• If Mike doesn't barricade the door after running from a Wendigo in the final Sanatorium hallway, and Mike had befriended Wolfie, Wolfie will be killed by a Wendigo when Mike encourages him to jump down a hole heading towards the exit.

Aftermath (Wolfie died)

Billy Bates, one of the Wendigos, chases Mike all the way to the entrance of the Sanatorium where Mike can either choose to shoot him or a barrel of gas, blowing up the Sanatorium in the process.

• If Mike blows up the Sanatorium, Billy will chase him down to the mines and attack him. Sam will notice this and run up to Billy to decapitate him, killing him and avenging Wolfie's possible death.
• If Mike shot Billy instead, Sam will venture into the Sanatorium and find Billy attacking Mike. She will hit him with either a pipe or shovel, giving Mike enough time to blow up the Sanatorium, thereby killing Billy and avenging Wolfie's possible death.

Aftermath (Wolfie survived)

After the Sanatorium is blown up, Wolfie will not be seen again, but the trophy "The Skillful Wolf Man" and the "Man's Best Friend" butterfly effect update confirm that Wolfie has survived and is well.

Trivia

• Wolfie is the only character outside of the main cast to have a determinant fate.
• Having Wolfie survive earns the trophy "The Skillful Wolf Man".
  • Wolfie and Jessica are the only characters to have a trophy rewarded specifically for keeping them alive.
    • In the remake, there is a trophy, "Only Others Left Alive," earned for keeping only Jessica and Matt alive.
• Mike is the only playable character who meets Wolfie, therefore the only person whose choices matter for Wolfie's sake.
• When asked about Wolfie's fate during a developer AMA on Reddit, Will Byles and Tom Heaton stated that a character in Until Dawn is not dead unless his or her death happens on-screen and that the same rule applies to Wolfie.
• In a line of cut dialogue, Ashley spots a "gnarly-looking wolf" through the telescope. This was possibly Wolfie.

Gallery

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