Name: Death
Also goes by: Wolf, Lobo, Muerte
Nicknames: --
DOB | Age: ?? | Immortal
Hometown: --
Currently resides: --
Occupation: Death, Grimm Reaper
Aliases: Bounty Hunter (mistakenly), The Wolf, Lobo, Big Bad Wolf
Hair color: Silver
Eye color: Black sclera with red irises
Height: --
Weight: --
Species: God of Death
Blood type: --
Complexion: --
Body modifications: --
Scars or birthmarks: --
Languages: English, Spanish
"Everyone thinks they'll be the one to defeat me. But no one's escaped me yet."
Personality
Death is a cunning and sinister individual whose sole purpose is to take the souls of the deceased. Although he waits in the shadows for people to die naturally, if someone angers or offends him enough, he will physically manifest in order to attempt to take their life by force.
Death is sadistic and thrill-seeking, as he takes a degree of pride and pleasure in his job, and openly admits that he enjoys striking fear into his victims. This is shown by the pleasure he took in scaring and provoking Puss in Boots with his taunts, eerie whistling, and his very presence, and how he got especially excited when he managed to draw blood on the cat. Death also admits to having a dislike of cats and the fact that they all have nine lives, finding the very idea to be "absurd".
Despite Death's sadistic and sinister nature, he does have a sense of honor and nobility, as his main reason for pursuing Puss in the first place was to punish the cat for arrogantly squandering his eight lives with reckless abandon, concluding from this that it would be best to kill Puss before he wasted his final life. Not to mention Puss often declared that he "laughed in the face of death", therefore Death was insulted and disrespected by Puss by his words as well as his deeds in wasting his lives. This indicates that despite representing the end of mortal life, Death holds life sacred and is disgusted by those who don't treat their own lives with true appreciation or care. He also has a sense of fair play, as he always gives Puss the chance to fight back whenever they encountered each other, even giving Puss's old sword back to him for their final duel on the Wishing Star. This suggests Death prefers to give fair fights for those who challenge him, but his comments about how much he would enjoy taking Puss out from the realm of the living seems to indicate that he may have brought him his sword back just for sport, finding it more entertaining to see Puss fight rather than just surrender.
When Puss finally stops running from him and instead fights him while promising to respect his final life with his friends, Death, although initially enraged that Puss has changed and thus "ruined his hunt", quickly calms down and recognizes that killing him now would be pointless and unethical. Thus, Death honorably decides to let Puss live out his final life, respectfully biding the cat to live his last life well. However, he does warn Puss that they will meet again eventually when Puss's life finally comes to a permanent end. This all but proves that Death isn't unbeatable, even if he is unavoidable in the long run.
Overall, Death is best described as a harsh, but fair and reasonable individual who takes his job seriously and enjoys a thrilling challenge, but doesn't kill just for the sake of doing so and is able to respect and spare those who prove him wrong.
"Go ahead, run for it. Makes it more fun for me."
Biography
Death first appears, mixed in with the residents of Del Mar as Puss duels the Sleeping Giant of Del Mar to save some of the townsfolk and their governor. However, Puss first meets the Wolf after being told by the town veterinarian that he is down to his ninth life, meaning that if he dies again there's no coming back. Puss isn't bothered by this, as he goes down to his favorite bar to relax and drink some milk to avoid his problems. That attempt to deflect the serious news is suddenly interrupted by a sinister, melodic whistle. The source of that whistle is coming from a mysterious hooded figure, who appears seemingly out of nowhere and sits right next to Puss. The menacing figure claims to be a fan, but when he asks Puss to sign a wanted poster specifically where it says "dead", it's clear that he's got something else in mind.
Believing that this is just another bounty hunter trying to collect a reward on him, Puss triumphantly draws his sword, only to have it immediately swatted away by The Wolf. The two have a duel, but it's one that Puss is losing the entire time, with the Wolf somehow calculating and predicting every single move he makes. The fight concludes when the Wolf deprives Puss of his rapier and grazes the cat's forehead with one of his sickles, drawing a stream of blood which drips down Puss's face (according to the legend, Puss in Boots was never touched by a blade prior). As the terrifying realization that his demise will be permanent dawns on Puss, the Wolf picks up the scent of the blood and gets eerily excited to dispatch the cat, dragging his twin sickles across the floor as sparks fly. The horrific beast orders Puss to pick up his sword so they can finish their duel, but Puss flees out of fear instead, escaping through the sewage system, much to The Wolf's amusement.
Death appears again in front of Puss to terrify him on two occasions: first while Puss, Kitty Softpaws and Perrito are running away from "Big" Jack Horner and his Baker's Dozen (on the occasion Death places two coins on his eyes to send a message to Puss), and then during the battle on the river, scaring Puss to the point of having a panic attack. But in the Cave of Lost Souls in the Dark Forest is where they finally meet again. Death reveals his true identity and explains that he has come to personally kill Puss not for money or fame, but instead to punish him for arrogantly squandering eight of his nine lives with reckless abandon, all while "laughing in the face of death". Seeing Puss conversing with reflections of his past eight lives, Death also expresses his disgust for how cats have nine lives due to how some such as Puss can carelessly squander them, and shatters the crystal reflections as he taunts Puss. Utterly terrified that he has come face-to-face with the embodiment of the very thing he once laughed at, Puss runs away, much to Death's amusement.
Soon, with Puss's friends and his enemies watching from the various points of the fabled Wishing Star, except for Big Jack Horner trapped in his bottomless bag, they witness a final showdown between the fearless hero and the Grim Reaper, where the harbinger of Death slashes the ground with his sickles to summon a ring of fire around himself and Puss. He gives Puss his sword back for a proper climactic battle. Death has enjoyed the chase thus far, but grown tired of the cheap novelty and is ready to make that final notch on his sickle. But this time, Puss is ready to face the powerful enemy, now having true friends to protect and a last life he wishes to cherish.
Puss rises to the occasion and disarms his foe, mirroring the scene where they first met, where Death taunted Puss to pick up his weapon but with Puss now the one taunting Death, not out of arrogance, but out of mutual respect. Puss makes clear that he'll never truly be able to defeat Death and only wishes to keep him at bay so he can cherish this one life before it later reaches its end. Frustrated, but also impressed, Death curses in Spanish out of rage.
Death stares into Puss's soul, telling the cat that he came here to claim the life of "an arrogant little legend who thought he was immortal", but he doesn't see that in Puss anymore. Knowing now that Puss has learned his lesson, Death decides to spare Puss by telling him to live his last life well and that they will meet again. Puss accepts this by saying that he will accept whatever fate has planned for him when they meet each other again. Satisfied by Puss's response, Death happily departs from the Wishing Star, whistling that familiar tune as he walks off with a newfound respect for Puss in Boots, disappearing into the barrier.
//Long story short, she's a zombie witch with an affinity for bladed weapons over wands and staves. She owns an omni dimensional shop that appears everywhere and nowhere. Is often caught maintain the magical order and balance in the human world but often visits Hell. Everything else is on my profile.
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