Mendacium Family Adoption

Name: Merrick Mendacium
Family Relation: Manea's older brother
Gender: Male
Height: Dire
Build: Medium
Appearance:
Special Attributes: Talons with hooked thumbs, scars on his face and littered throughout under his fur.
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Personality:
Brutal: There is little feeling within the brute for those that do not prove their worth. He will mete out justice easily and with no remorse. His methods are swift when necessary and drawn out when the situation calls for it. You might think that he draws pleasure from torturing and killing others. You wouldn't be wrong in that assessment. Why not be proud of something that you're good at? Often, Merrick has been called upon to cull extra pups in litters when the parents just can't stomach the task. There are whispers that he has been called The Reaper behind closed doors.
Vindictive and Possessive: An eye for an eye. Or maybe your whole head. Merrick does not take slights against him very well. The women in his life will be forced to walk on eggshells and any displeasure will be blatantly shown. Punishments will be given quickly to those that disobey. Look at another man and he'll pop your eyes right out of your skull. Touch another man and you'll lose that paw. Lay with another man... death will swiftly follow.
Self-Serving: Merrick is more than a little selfish. He enjoys being complimented and doted upon to a fault. This can make him let his guard down a bit with the women in his life. Keep him happy, do what he wants, and he'll be sweet as pie. Merrick tries to shift situations into his favor whenever possible. He really is the most important wolf in his life. It's rare that another receives a similar sense of import.
Superstitious: It might be a little odd to think a brute like Merrick could be superstitious, but he very much is. Omens and symbols have power. A shift in the wind can bring calamity or prosperity. Believing so deeply in superstitions can often bring the brute to episodes of mania, making him extra aggressive to those around him.
Backstory: One of two options:
1) Merrick settled down with his soul mate until she banged another man and birthed bastard children. He them promptly killed all of them. Having nothing else tying him down, he went to seek out Manea.
2) Merrick was out to sea with a band of slavers, traveling the world so that he was never in the same place long enough for Manea's ravens to find him. When the ship pulled into port for a long overhaul, the ravens finally found him and he decided to seek Manea out.
Plots: Integrating into the pack, learning his place, taking on unsavory tasks. If we go with backstory two, then he'd possibly be on the lookout for his soulmate and hope to pump out some nice, mutated children. He might build himself a tiny harem.
Down the line, his obsession with superstition might drive him a little mad, but that won't be until he's much older.