Benjamin Galler

"Don't call me a hipster. God, everyone says 'hipster.' It's so... mainstream."

Benjamin Galler  may be one of the last people you'd expect to be an unstoppable killing machine. As a human, he tops out at an underwhelming 5'8", all skin and bones. He wears thick-rimmed glasses, skinny jeans, and a scarf that never billows quite the way he wants. You are more likely to catch him buying some obscure vinyl than out running through the woods with his packmates. It's not that he's rejecting his spirit side; Frankly, it just scares the hell out of him.

Ben's young - only 19 - and a Sophomore in college. The whole "werewolf" thing is fairly new for him; His first change was over winter break of freshman year. A mere two months later he helped found the Oakguard, becoming its beta in the process. He's a little less skittish now that he's had help from his packmates, but he remembers his initial terror all too well - something that's helped him make acquaintances among the new werewolves that have joined the pack since (except John. Screw that guy).

Despite his reservations, Ben's curiosity led him to join the Bone Shadows and, subsequently down the road of discovering what he could do with his werewolf abilities. Figuring out the first gift of Mother Luna has led him to seek spirits who will teach him greater control over his body and shape-shifting talents, and they have blessed him for his ingenuity. It's become something of a goal of Ben's to discover and utilize every facet of his bodily fluidity.

After passing a harrowing test presented by his deceased uncle, Ben has proven himself potentially worthy of joining the Iron Masters... and after some deliberation, he did. There was no time for ceremony or celebration, however: it was mere days later that the pack came upon Kieran's corpse, spread across the spiritual landscape as the most grotesque decor ever conceived.

The pack soon learned the their once-member had committed among the most vile of werewolf sins: he had conceived a child with another of the People, and the resultant horrible spirit-beast had come for vengeance.

The terror lasted days, but the fight was over in moments. At the end of it, the spirit-beast lay dissolving into a puddle of putrid essence, and Ben... Ben had fought harder than he'd ever fought before, but nothing could have saved his pack. The only remaining member of the Scotia Oakguard who wasn't crazy or dead, the boy had been known for being scared of his own shadow became the warrior who had survived -  had been instrumental in defeating -  an Unihar.

Subsequently, Ben joined with the remaining Nightwatch and, in honor of his fallen friends, the pack was renamed the Nightguard.

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