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Name: Christopher Dunche

Age: 21
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Straight
Martial Status: Single, somewhat looking
Date of Birth: October 15, 1984

Appearance (Human):

Height: 6'1”
Weight: 189lbs.

Christopher has short, coarse dark brown hair that is parted down the middle. A soul patch goatee grows on his chin. He is built trim with a slight muscular appearance to him. He wears a black t-shirt complemented by tan khaki shorts, and brown dress shoes. His eyes are his most notable feature however. While being mostly brown, he has a ring of yellow around the pupil.

End Species Result: Red Great Plains Wolf

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*White dress shirt and black dress pants
*Two wolf shirts
*One grey sweater
*One Strong Bad Crazy Go Nuts University shirt
*One Weird Al Yankovic "Dare To Be Stupid" shirt
*One Custom-Made Psycho Pacman T-Shirt
*Three colored short sleeve shirts (blue, red, and tan)
*Three pairs of blue jeans
*Two pairs of khaki pants
*Four pairs of cargo shorts
*A hardback copy of “Dolores Claiborne” by Stephen King
*A paperback copy of “The Wild” by Whitley Strieber
*A cooler filled with meat
*A Mew poster
*An 8 inch stainless steel hunting knife
*A pair of headphones
*A portable CD player
*A cookbook
*A digital camera
*A portable scanner/printer
*A laptop
*DVD versions of his favorite movies
*A copy of his independent film, A Moonlight Lullaby
*A Canon XL-2 Digital Camcorder
*A plain looking music box with Lyall's tail inside
(Music Box Theme)

Christopher was born on October 15th, 1984 to Kenneth and Anne Dunche. He was raised in the Port Huron area of Michigan (Town of Residence: Croswell) which he quickly became accustomed to. His surroundings gave him the best of both worlds. He lived with his family on property surrounded by the woods. However, they bordered right next to a city-like area with all the major modern conveniences. Depending on his mood, he had many choices to his disposal.

However, Christopher was more accustomed to nature. He was known for finding ways to escape from the house and run out into the woods to explore or have some juvenile adventure. While it did cause many headaches for his parents, they did find it adorable and amusing, just anticipating what he might attempt next.

He was terribly fascinated with wolves at an early age. He would often be found going through encyclopedias and information books to learn more about them. He couldn't explain why he felt so strongly about them but it was like he was connected to them and shared a spiritual bond. His behavior would usually reflect this too. Even at the early age of 3, he was very honorable, protective, caring, social, defensive, territorial about his possessions, and just had this inexplicable spark of wildness in him.

Nearly every night, he would have vivid dreams of meeting wolves, running with them, petting them, even becoming one. After a period of time, his parents took to calling him “Little Wolfpup.”

Christopher also had another love in his life right away; the art of cinema. He was immediately fascinated with movies and constantly would act out scenes from various films which actually proved to be a form of entertainment for his parents and their guests. He didn't just like movies for purely entertainment either. He could see it as a valid form for expressing certain ideas and perspectives. He knew right away this is what he wanted to devote his life to; to become a filmmaker.

In school, Christopher was known to either keep to himself or be quite social. A lot of his fellow classmates were attracted to his colorful personality and his storytelling. During lunchtime or breaks, many of the kids would ask him to tell them a story. Half the time, it seemed like he was doing the teacher a favor in that respect.

However, a grim day for Christopher arrived when he was 13 years of age. The economy in their current residence was declining and his father was soon to lose his job. They had no other choice but to move where the jobs were. Christopher, despite knowing they had to do this, threw a huge protest and went kicking and screaming. They ended up relocating to Troy, Michigan, a rather built up city. Christopher despised it and was very sulky for the first year of his new “home.”

At his new school, he noticed the place was nothing but a popularity contest. He found it disgusting and just went to his own rhythm as usual. At first he got a lot of flak, but he overcame it by showing he was not one to be triffling with. After he showed he was not intimidated by this unneeded hell on earth, he was basically left alone after that. He went his own way as so did the others. Eventually he became well known like at his old school and found he had formed many friends and acquaintences. He didn't mind it but had a select group of friends he truly felt connected to. He mused to himself that it was his pack.

Christopher soon formed a new trait from his Drama class. One of their assignments was to perform a lipsynch to a song of their choice. This rubbed off on him and soon after, he would just subconsciously lipsynch to a song. He adopted it into his personality and used it as another form of entertainment for those around him.

After 4 years of tedious work, Christopher graduated from high school at the age of 18 and enrolled into a local film school. Near the end of the year, all the students had to turn in a completed screenplay for their final grades. Figuring he might as well write about something he knows about and is fascinated with, Chris came up with a screenplay involving native american culture and wolves. It concentrated on the idea of animal totems and becoming one with it.

It was a very spiritual piece of work and got good marks from his professors. Since the response was overall positive, Christopher looked into getting funding to put together a film production. It took a few months of shopping the idea around to possible investors and a lot of rejection and revisions, but Christopher lucked out and received a grant as funding. With that step out of the way, next was to assemble a small cast/crew and scout locations.

It didn't take too long to put together the crew. There were a lot of aspiring people in the business looking for work. The issue now was finding his cast as he wanted to use actual Indians in his film. Plus, there was the issue of trying to use wolves. There was no way he'd be able to do it with wild ones. That was out of the question. However, there was the possibility of a wolf sanctuary, and usually, there was a reservation nearby.

Christopher and the crew did some traveling and eventually found a willing Cherokee reservation and wolf sanctuary down in Minnesota. However, they weren't without guidelines, the major one being that they had to get acquainted with the wolves at the sanctuary and that when they were to shoot any scenes with a wolf, someone who acted as caretaker to the wolves had to be present on set in case things went wrong.

When it came to get to know the wolves, the crew was very nervous. Christopher was relaxed but he still knew he had to tread carefully. He put his knowledge of wolf communication and behavior to use and tried to imitate it. His attempts at first didn't work so well. Even though he knew the behavior, this was his first time ever really getting to interact with them.

Eventually, he caught on and was able to bond with them a little better. Over a period of two months, he had built up enough of a trust to work with the wolves, particularly one female wolf who seemed to take a liking to him. Her name was Lyall. With that obstacle out of the way, they could finally move onto filming the actual movie. Production on the film began when he was 19 years of age.

The beginning of the production was a grueling process. Trying to coordinate a scene with the wolves proved to be a real chore. Many occasions, the crew would make a sudden move that would make the wolves nervous or defensive. Most of Christopher's days were spent contemplating banging his head into a brick wall. He knew he should have been more specific with his crew instead of hiring a bunch of incompotent sheep. Well, at least he could chalk it up as experience.

Plus, he had formed a new canine companion through Lyall who seemed to follow him around whenever he was at the sanctuary. Over time, things fell more and more into place and the production ran smoother. Christopher could be none the happier. He spent a lot of his days off at the wolf sanctuary and hanging out with Lyall. It was all soon nearing an end though. He would hate to leave after spending so much time working on this project and getting to know everyone and the wolves but that was the nature of the business.

However, things came to an end that was far worse. Christopher was in the woods with his Boom Mic operator, Lyall, and one of the wolf caretakers. They had just wrapped a scene near the cliffs and were heading back when Christopher lost his footing and fell backwards. Lyall was by his side and ended up making the tumble along with him.

What happened was a blur. Christopher was dazed and confused and took a while to snap out of it. All he knew was that he was in a lot of pain. He tried to move but yelped in pain. His left leg was broken. Then it occurred to him. If this is what happened to him, what about Lyall?

He heard some whimpers in the distance and managed to crawl in that direction despite the immense pain. Christopher was horrified to see the sight before him. Lyall's skull was cracked and bleeding out. Her ribs had punctured through her flesh. But she was still alive. Christopher couldn't stand seeing her in pain, listening to the heavy breathing and the whimpers. He reached for a rock and with a lot of hesitation and tears, smashed it on top of Lyall's skull to put her out of her misery.

Boon, one of the wolf caretakers, came quickly to Christopher's aide and took him to the hospital where his broken leg was treated. However, Christopher was very heartbroken about what happened to Lyall. He felt guilty for her untimely demise. Christopher decided to stay on the reservation in Minnesota until his leg was healed and go through penance for his actions to prove how sorry he was.

Some of the tribe elders counselled Christopher and eventually made him realize what had happened was not his fault, that what he did was merciful. They also encouraged him to finish his movie as something to dedicate to her. Not long after, there was a ceremony held in memorium for the now deceased wolf. Afterwards, Christopher started to come around and felt free of his burden. He went ahead and finished the film.

Before he returned home, Christopher collected his possessions from the reservation and as a keepsake, one of the Cherokees gave him Lyall's tail. He was very grateful. He bought a plain music box with a very mesmerizing tune and put the tail inside for safe keeping.

His parents were very glad to see him again when Christopher returned home. After a while though, Christopher got that feeling of entrapment, the same one he experienced when he was 13. He felt like he had to move on. He decided to edit together what he had of his film and travel the film festival circuit and visit several colleges to have screenings of it. It would give him a chance to get away, enjoy life a bit more and maybe find a place to call his own.

This turned out to be a blessing as he got to visit many different states and cities and towns. Not to mention some of the scenery there was at his disposal. The movie was well received too which gained him some popularity. Interacting with the crowd and fans felt good. It took a lot off his mind and it actually relaxed him a lot. He still needed his days alone as it became too much at times. But the overall experience had been rewarding.

But now Christopher was in need of a true vacation after the strenous last 2 years of his life...

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Kenneth Dunche (Father)
Anne Dunche (Mother)

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General Information:

~Information Taken from Wikipedia~
The Great Plains Wolf (also known as the Buffalo Wolf) is an endangered subspecies of the Gray Wolf and native to North America. These wolves once ranged across the western United States and southern Canada, but were almost completely wiped out by the 1930s. In 1974, they were listed as an endangered species, and since then their numbers have climbed.

By 2004, there was an estimated population of about 3,700 wolves in Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Single wolves have been reported in the Dakotas, but these are considered to be dispersers from packs from outside the states and a breeding population most likely doesn’t live in either state.

A typical Great Plains wolf is 140 - 200 cm (4 1/2 - 6 1/2 feet) long from snout to tail tip, and weighs between 27 and 50 kg (60 and 110 pounds). They usually feature a coat blended with gray, black, buff, or red.

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Bibliography:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plains_Wolf

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