Name: Iluq ("frost" in inuit)

Species: Alaskan wolf

Gender: Female

Parents: Unknown

Siblings: Unknown

Mate/Crush: Akiak

Pups: None

Personality: Iluq is wolf with a really fiery spirit and quite a temper, and if you make her angry you'd best get as far from her as possible and as fast as you can. She's a spunky and headstrong girl who is not one to be bossed around or told what to do, and while her mate Akiak is a more serious and calm wolf who thinks before acting, she's the adventure loving and careless one of the two, which is why they complete each other quite well. Iluq never backs away from an argument, and usually she doesn't give up until she's made her point and snaps at you very easily if you keep pushing her, when some of the pack members usually have to calm her down, but she never would really want to hurt anyone, she just likes to stand up for what she believes in.

History: Iluq was born to two lone wolves who had been exiled from their pack, but both her parents were killed by hunters when she was very young. She had to learn how to find food and survive on her on at a very early age, which made her a tough and independent individual who needed no one to tell her what to do or boss her around. She managed to take care of herself, and grew up to be a beautiful and strong wolf, until one day when she was hunting a herd of caribous when they stampeeded, and she would've been ran over by them if two male wolves around the same age as her hadn't come to her rescue. They were called Atka and Akiak, and Iluq learned they came from a pack that lived near by, she couldn't help but notice Akiak was rather handsome and caught her eye. The two males took Iluq back to their pack with them, and the leader, Atka's father Ataneq allowed her to stay, but also wanted to bethrode the young female to his son. Both her and Atka were shocked with the alpha's announcement, because Iluq had had her eyes set on Akiak and Atka just couldn't stand the idea of an arranged marriage. Atka went to confront his father about the desicion, and meanwhile Iluq took advantage of the situation and was able to spend some alone time with Akiak who took her for a tour in the pack's lands. During their walk, they talked and started getting rather close, and soon enough they both just couldn't deny the fact that there was a spark between them. Finally, as Ataneq noticed that Atka and Iluq had no interest for each other whatsoever, he decided to let it slide, and allowed Iluq and Akiak becoming mates, which made the two very happy. 

Relation to Balto: Her mate's friend, Atka, falls in love with the daughter of Balto and Jenna.