Akela
In Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Books, Akela is the leader of the Seeonee pack of Indian wolves and presides over the pack's council meetings. It is during such a meeting that the pack adopts Mowgli and Akela becomes one of Mowgi's mentors.
Name:
Akela
Publisher:
Real name:
Akela
Aliases:
- The Lone Wolf
- Big Wolf
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
- Agility
- Claws
- Intellect
- Leadership
- Stamina
- Stealth
- Tracking
First issue:
Classics Illustrated (1941) #83 The Jungle Book
Kipling portrays Akela as an honorable English gentleman who leads the pack through his strength and cunning.
The name Akela is Hindi and means "single" or "solitary".
