Mayo Deftinwolf

Mayo Deftinwolf is the General of the United Red Army, commanded by Supreme Tri-Mage Wilhelm Ryan. He is the first Z-class Cyborgnetic Organism to have been made by Gyatronic Techonolgies in the Second Era and was issued to Ryan upon completion. He acted as Ryan's right-hand man throughout the Mage War, a position common among Mages. He often fights on the frontlines in all Ryan's battles and his rank is only superseded by one other being: Admiral Vielar Crom. He also has a close relationship with the dragonflies Ryan employs in many of his operations. Ryan trusts no one else more.

Creation & Early Life
Deftinwolf was created in the Second Era by Gyatronic Techonolgies Incorporated. He was the very first Z-class Cyborg unit made by the company and was issued to Wilhelm Ryan upon its completion. At the time, Ryan was just a regular Mage. Upon the death of the Governor Mage of Sector 6, Sundihar Jepp, a new Mage was voted upon to take his place. Ultimately, Ryan won this position, though not everyone was happy about this. The Governor Mage of Sector 4, Covent Marth, invited Ryan to his sanctum in Sinosure, the office of the Mages, and Deftinwolf accompanied him, though from afar. When Marth implied that Ryan would be watched carefully by his own right-hand man, Vielar Crom, who fired at Ryan from afar, Deftinwolf returned the favor to Marth in turn.

Deftinwolf then accompanied Ryan in his brief rule as Governor of Sector 6, and subsequent endeavors to take over the rest of the Fence by disposing of several other Governors, sparking the Mage War. By this point, Ryan's fabled United Red Army was real, and Deftinwolf was appointed the commanding rank of General over it.

Post-War
Upon victory in the war, Deftinwolf advised Ryan to hold a victory rally to showcase his strength, and give the people something to love about him. He made a special vehicle for Ryan to parade in, and led the parade itself. At Ryan's command, Deftinwolf doused the crowd with some kind of special liquid that put everyone in a heightened, euphoric mood. The next day, the Black Rainbow appeared in the sky which had disconcerted Deftinwolf. Ryan would normally confer with him about his predictions and usually they came true without much difference, but the phenomena was absent from their discussions. Initially, Deftinwolf interrupted it as a sign of the limit of their power, but after speaking with Ryan, he was not only relieved that Ryan was aware of it, but after discussing the situation with him, concluded that a Black Rainbow was merely a challenge from the Creator and Deftinwolf was not daunted to fight against him.

Shortly after this declaration, KBI began interrupting Ryan's various operations, one major one of which was on Howling Earth. He broke this news to Ryan very matter-of-factly and the pair determined that Beast and Knowledge must be "a couple of lunatics operating on their own." Formidable, but alone. Ryan also determined that most likely, the Prise had worked with a human to create the two and set Deftinwolf to devise a list of possible people with the necessary capabilities. Ultimately, he wasn't too concerned about the incident. They narrowed their options down to Leonard Hohenberger and Deftinwolf alone paid him a surprise visit. He threatened him (nearly assaulting him), but otherwise remained calm as it dawned on the doctor that his wife was missing. He showed him a vid chip of his wife suspended in a kind of glass coffin above a pit, still in her nightgown. The coffin was so narrow she wouldn't have been able to even move her arms and had a small window around her face for her to consume food and water, but her face was the picture of terror.

Hohenberger, totally at Deftinwolf's mercy, asked what he needed to do to assure her safe return. Deftinwolf conveyed that Ryan wanted his virus completed and the secured capture of Beast & Knowledge. Some time shortly after this meeting, Hohenberger had contacted him to collect the ransom. Deftinwolf came cautiously, bringing roughly a hundred men in case the doctor attempted to sabotage him with the IRO-bots, rather than cooperate. Deftinwolf was led to the doctor's lab with a Red Army medtech where the unresponsive forms of Beast & Knowledge lay on gurneys. Eager to be rid of the pair, Deftinwolf reached for Beast's throat, but Hohenberger cautioned him. The medtech used a bioscanner to confirm the doctor's warning:"'Think of it as two components of an explosive. Each of them harmless as long as they are on their own, but lethal once combined. Knowledge contains the core disease itself... The Beast contains the compound that will provide the disease the required level of virulence that your master is seeking, although as it so happens that compound gives the Beast immunity to the virus within Knowledge.'" Deftinwolf made the immediate conclusion that combining their blood would give them the full version, but the doctor again shot that down saying they must isolate it from their blood to combine it. Angered, Deftinwolf demanded an already pure version, but the doctor remained firm that the Red Army did not specify how they were to get the virus. Unable to actually kill him, lest they need him further, Deftinwolf ultimately left with the ransom as it was.

He thought Ryan would be furious, but was surprised when he expressed admiration instead. He suggested they kill his wife, but Ryan explained that since the doctor gave them what they wanted, albeit in a form they did not expect, they should do the same in turn. Deftinwolf essentially brainwashed her against the doctor on their return ride to the Hohenberger residence and gave her a gun. Now that they had Knowledge and Beast, Deftinwolf suggested that they hold another celebration. At this celebration, Deftinwolf spotted Hohenberger and when the two locked eyes, Hohenberger stopped, pulled out a pulsar and aimed it at him. But he recognized this quickly and pulled out a larger pulsar of his own, knocking the doctor's from his hand before he could get a single shot off. Deftinwolf knew that Hohenberger wanted to be made a martyr, but refused to do that, instead trying to reason with him (probably because they still hadn't figured out how to activate the virus), but Hohenberger spat at him and while he was taken aback, twisted out of his capturer's grasp and grabbed another soldier's gun to fire at him. This time, however, Deftinwolf instinctually ducked, avoiding the shot, and fired back, hitting the doctor square in the chest. The crowd roared with approval.

Presumably, Deftinwolf ordered four soldiers and Doctor Teague to go to the doctor's house to search for more details about the virus and destroy any remaining evidence, but none of them came back. The following evening, Deftinwolf joined Ryan in his high tower where he'd moved Knowledge and Beast to admire them. It was not long into their discussion of the unfortunate end of the doctor that they were interrupted by a shuttlepod. The owner of the pod turned out to be the third, unknown to them member, Inferno. He jumped from the pod and landed on the shield of the high tower. Ryan yelled, "Farewell, fool," to him and he yelled "Camille" in return, which awoke the unconscious pair in the room. A fight ensued; Deftinwolf engaged with Beast, shouting for guards.

At some point, the pair tumbled down the stairs leading to the high tower's room, and in the struggle between them as they fell, Deftinwolf's "outer shell tissue" was damaged, but Deftinwolf shoved it back in place. After they were separated, they began to attack each other again. Beast loaded his arm cannon and fired towards Deftinwolf. The blast missed Deftinwolf, but hit the wall behind him and collapsed on top of him. When Deftinwolf came to, he was aware of a nearby figure: Inferno. Completely pissed about having been outsmarted by Beast, Deftinwolf had tunnel vision for revenge. Charging straight at the enemy, Inferno used his quick wit to devise a weapon of the chains near him and broke Deftinwolf's ribs. Inferno, knowing that it was Deftinwolf who killed Hohenberger and being a clone of the doctor, also had revenge on his mind and was much more determined for it. He broke several more of the General's bones before an explosion rang out and the walls and ceiling began to collapse. The little cut in his facial tissue was now completely separated from his metallic endoskeleton which was exposed.

Battle with Rebel Forces
House Atlantic had been blown up, but Ryan simply had the stronghold rebuilt and retrieved Deftinwolf. Though his outer shell tissue couldn't be fixed permanently, Deftinwolf regularly used flesh-colored latex to cover it up when necessary. Otherwise, the left side of his face regularly had the metallic endoskeleton exposed. He used this technique to meet with Coheed Kilgannon, formerly known to him as Beast. After 20 years, the United Red Army was able to track down the two former "terrorist" to a small town on the planet Hetricus in Sector 10. The pair posed as a married couple and sported four children. Kilgannon worked as a Heat Treat Specialist at a local plant. As he left his shift one evening, Deftinwolf intercepted him and demanded to speak with him about his family and a terror threat. Kilgannon, a family man through and through, listened, but was given more information than he bargained for: Deftinwolf realized Kilgannon's memory was completely gone so he conveyed all that happened but changed a few key details: Hohenberger was a terrorist and Kilgannon had killed him. He and his wife (now known as Cambria Kilgannon), had been infected with the Monstar virus and it had passed on to their children—mutating into the Sinstar virus, and certain to cause doom to the entirety of The Fence if they aren't killed.

He offered Kilgannon the opportunity to take care of this, lest the URA would do it for him, and provided him with a briefcase that could "help" him. He told Kilgannon he'd have until 2 AM. He then contacted Ryan to give a progress report and told him that the Kilgannons would be on Paris: Earth in two days, and that the children would all be dead. Ryan warned Deftinwolf to not promise things that weren't yet certain. Sure enough, Ryan later contacted him to tell him his Priests had conveyed to him that the oldest son, Claudio Kilgannon, had escaped death at his parents' hand. This is also when Ryan expressed deep concern to Deftinwolf about a prophecy conveyed in the Ghansgraad and how Claudio may be The Crowing, the one expected to bring down Ryan's reign. Deftinwolf entered the Kilgannon residence and immediately asked about the son's whereabouts. Due to Cambria's abilities to read minds and convey information telepathically, Coheed understood Deftinwolf's true intentions, and flipped out, attacking many of Deftinwolf's soldiers. He almost attacked Deftinwolf as well, but was tranquilized enough that he passed out.

He commanded his men to bring the pair to an E-Ven transport immediately (Cambria having been tranquilized almost at once) while they were still unconscious, and left a few men behind to clean up evidence and wait for the last child to return—killing him on site. They arrived at the space port for The Gloria vel Vessa. Deftinwolf checked in with Major Echret who informed him Captain Norris Henderson and Lieutenant Larry Goswell would be in command of the vel Vessa and ensure the arrival of the IRO-bots to their final destination: Paris: Earth. Deftinwolf did not board the ship himself, instead attending to other matters on the port, when not a few hours later, the port received a distress signal from the vel Vessa, to which Deftinwolf immediately wanted to respond; the Kilgannons were in ISO-Chambers on board and he wanted to know if they had broken free. However, Admiral Vielar Crom (formerly their enemy; now a higher rank than himself), commanded his order be belaid and relieved Deftinwolf of his command and rank, ordering him to see to The Flies—The Hariserringa Flies. Deftinwolf stormed out, indignant.

He went to Dr. Durvine's lab to do just as he was told. Still angry, he assaulted the doctor for a lengthily reply where a simple yes/no would do. He inspected a huge glass containment vessels full of the dragonflies and exclaimed that they would soon fly free, being filled with the Cache Serum that would help activate the Monstar Virus. Deftinwolf then moved the flies to Paris: Earth, along with a fleet of soldiers. Feeling as though everyone laughs at him as Crom took over his assignment, Deftinwolf asserted his position by terrorizing his men who took "action without command" claiming that was just as qualifying of insubordination as ignoring an order was. He was told that the Prise were on route to the planet and he contacted Ryan to update him. This ultimately pissed Ryan off more, and he chastised Deftinwolf for his lack of planning, boosting how Crom took care of the IRO-bots. He ordered Deftinwolf to "make sure the Admiral is comfortable," when he arrived to meet him.

Deftinwolf reluctantly went to meet Crom, who by the time he got there already had Coheed and Cambria strapped to opposing gurneys, their eyes forced open to look at each other. Crom aggressively suggested that he do his job, and after spitting on Coheed's cheek, went to the containment vessel for the flies. Just as he was going to command the gunman manning the vessel to release the flies, the gunman was killed by an outside phaser blast. Deftinwolf, quick on his feet, released the flies anyway, and ordered his men to find the shooter—Mariah Antillarea. His forces were able to pin Antillarea and her forces while he covertly snuck around them and, coming up behind her silently, he pulled out a big piece of glass, and cut her throat, killing her. He cut her head off and presented it to Ryan and a symbol of the Rebellion's destruction. He also collected Crom's body as he had been killed by The Monstar which Ryan wanted to experiment on. Deftinwolf protested this as he felt that Ryan afforded Crom special treatment. Ryan gave Deftinwolf his rank back and appeased, he left.

Pursuing the Remains of the Rebellion
In the six years after his rank was restored, Deftinwolf found their forces battling remnants of the rebellion that seemed as though the just wouldn't die. Ryan expressed frustration at his incompetence in this matter, and also mused to him about how they could possibly harvest enough energy to power House Atlantic for their plans. Deftinwolf remained silent at Ryan's musings and incited his ire—basically telling him, "You're the God; you figure it out." They are interrupted by a scientist who tells Deftinwolf that there was energy fluctuation on the planet Donar. Deftinwolf left immediately to investigate. Sending out scouting ships, it came back to him that the rebel forces were hiding in the water of the stormy planet.

After The Arbor destroyed the scout ship, Deftinwolf ordered all vessels to prepare to descend into Donar's watery depths to attack. The rebellious ship seemed to be alone when the forces met it in the water, but just as they surrounded it, something organic came on their radars. This turned out to be a reconstruction of Donar's mythical Sea Dragons' heads. These heads were actually ships outfitted with weaponry that attacked the URA forces. Just when it seemed they would lose, a Jackhammer arrived and blasted a hole in The Arbor ' s hull. A dozen Prise emerged from the damaged ship to attack the Jackhammer and URA force, allowing for the rebellion's forces to escape. Ryan immediately contacted him to discuss their luck: The Prise would make an excellent source for their purpose with House Atlantic.

Ryan also suggested Deftinwolf read up on The Ghansgraad, specifically it's parts concerning The Crowing and The Vishual. He did so as they chased Inferno's forces to Silent Earth: 3. This would be the site of a massive battle. Deftinwolf donned his own set of armor and joined the battle alongside his men. Ryan even appeared to them on the field to urge them to victory. While the battle ensued, Deftinwolf recognized The Vishual on the battlefield, but before he could capture her, a giant, red IRO-bot tried to assault him, but he gassed him, knocking him out. Just as he turned his attention back to The Vishual, the Prise also joined the battle and were powered up by the Vishual, and multiplied, with dozens of Prise now standing where only a few had been before. Their expanded forces made a more significant dent in the URA's defense, and easily apprehended Ryan. Deftinwolf and the remaining URA forces fled. Many lieutenants immediately wanted to mount a rescue for Ryan, but Deftinwolf reassured everyone (albeit with use of force) that what was happening was according to Ryan's plan.

Deftinwolf, unbeknownst to anyone, had captured Sizer who attacked him before and tortured him for information on Shylos X, also known as the garbage planet. But Sizer, even with his guts bared and appendages missing, refused to give him any information beyond the ominous warning of The Crowing. However, in giving this warning, Sizer referred to Inferno as "our old man," which in turn gave Deftinwolf what he wanted: information on The Vishual. Done with him, he shot the IRO-bot, and tossed him in the trash. Returning to House Atlantic, he oversaw the transfer of Ryan's consciousness to a new body upon Ryan's death as a result of the guilty verdict of his crimes against the Fence. This transfer was successful. Ryan simply ordered Deftinwolf to make sure the URA was ready, which proved prudent as the rebellion was soon on the steps of House Atlantic. Deftinwolf wanted to go down to fight alongside his men, but Ryan ordered him to stay beside him. Of course, what followed was the disappearance of the Prise at Ryan's hands and a nearly fatal encounter with The Crowing's power, that left House Atlantic in rubble yet again.

Pursuing The Crowing
With the integration of Admiral Crom into House Atlantic's structure, the stronghold was reformed in just a few days and Ryan's operation continued nearly seamlessly. His new goal was to simply be rid of The Crowing after his power was used against them. Deftinwolf informed Ryan that The Grail Arbor (on which The Crowing escaped) was tracked to the outskirts of Sector 11 and that his men take care of it shortly. Ryan also confided in Deftinwolf that he wished to break free of the chains of mortality and implied that he would become a supreme God to the citizens of the Fence in the afterlife. Deftinwolf, suggesting they reenlist the flies from the activation of the Monstar, went to meet Dr. Durvine once more.

A few days later, Deftinwolf and Ryan visited Durvine again to show off their progress on the Aeonstar Serum—a virus that would cause instant death. They demonstrated on a test subject, who after the serum was administered, was placed in a mechanism they called "The Leech." Inside the Leech the test subject's soul was able to be shown and morphed into a hideous monster. Ryan ordered that a vaccine for just the URA be created that would enable his men to survive the initial administration, but the soul would still morph when they did, ultimately, die, as soldiers do.

After a few more days, Ryan determined that the flies and the virus were ready. He told Deftinwolf to use the nearby city of Kalline as a testing ground. Deftinwolf went to the city with an army command and released flies onto the population. Sure enough, the people were infected and Deftinwolf was just about to expand their experiment before his men informed him that they picked up something weird in the sky on their sensors. Looking for himself, Deftinwolf recognized the ships that were in the airspace as Narrow in origin and ordered for them to be destroyed by Jackhammers. He also noticed a bit of The Grail Arbor after a section was hit in the crossfire. Sure enough, it soon became fully visible; its cloaking device failing. It soon crashed.

Deftinwolf donned heavy armor and made his way to the crash site. There, he engaged directly with Inferno. Even without armor, Deftinwolf bested the elderly IRO-bot. He pulled out a knife, taunted him about killing Antillarea, and nearly slit his throat. Inferno pulled his head down and inserted a data stick into the cyborg's motherboard. The body continued on autopilot briefly, slashing at Inferno's neck and ripping out his heart. But right after this, he experienced System Failure and slumped over; his system rebooting shortly thereafter. After being rebooted, Deftinwolf made his way inside the totaled Arbor, tripping the intruder alert which activated a self-destruct sequence. Calmly and carefully, he sat at the main console and entered the deactivation sequence which was accepted. His left eye, normally glowing red, was blue and after his face was scanned, the computer determined it was, in fact, Inferno who inhabited the cyborg. The question remains... is any part of Deftinwolf still there?

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Trivia

 * At some point, Deftinwolf also led a campaign on the planet Javan III. It's unclear when (exactly) this took place, or what this battle entailed, just that this battle was indispensable to future URA gunmen.
 * The name and subsequent moniker of "The Hound" came from Sanchez's grandfather's dog, Mayo.
 * In a Reddit AMA post, Sanchez joked that Deftinwolf would be played by New York rapper Kwamé in a live action adaptation.