Snips and snails and puppy dog tails make for the perfect little boy but Ithan Holstrom is far from perfect, and far from a little boy. Who is this darling, wolfy, jock? Allow me to enlighten you.
Ithan Holstrom is the younger brother of Conner Holstrom and the son of two unnamed wolf shifters in the Valbaran Wolf Pack. Unfortunately they passed while he was young and left him in the care of his older brother whom he began to not only idiolize but follow in the footsteps of. He was even nicknamed "Conner's Shadow" by the Pack of Devils.
Many of the cast of characters in Crescent City attended Crescent City University, and Ithan is no exception. He was a history major and a star player on the university's Sunball Team with the intention of going pro once he graduated. The only reason why he didn't go pro the moment he was done with high school was at the insistence of his older brother that his education came first and his sports dreams second. It is in University that Ithan first meets Bryce Quinlan and begins to develop a bit of a crush, only to find out that his brother is also in love with her.
Ithan's older brother Conner was the Beta for the Pack of Devils, second in command to Danika Fendyr. Despite rumors of Ithan going pro in Sunball after graduation there were many who believed him to be joining the Pack of Devils immediately after instead to follow in his brother's footsteps. Afterall, he already hung out with the pack on a regular basis and was considered by a majority of the wolves to be an honorary member already. Unfortunately that would never come to be.
Pack nights were nights that Danika Fendyr spent inside watching TV and eating trashy food with the Pack of Devils. Normally Ithan would be a proud staple at one of these nights but was absent for the later part of this particular party. A demon tore through the Pack of Devils in Bryce Quinlan's apartment, with not a single one left alive. Ithan's reaction to this was to call Bryce a totaly of twenty-one times and leave an almost alarming amount of audio-mails. When Bryce did not return any of his messages, and he saw the messages she was sending Danika that night he chose to cut all contact with her and join the Black Rose Wolf Pack. He dropped out of college and quit Sunball as well, seeming to close himself off from anything that made him happy before the loss of his brother.
Ithan Holstrom has a complex backstory, an immense amount of trauma, and an unfortunate case of unrequited love. That's not to say that his life is all doom and gloom as eventually this poor little puppy dog does grow into his own fur, becoming a leader in his own right. Ithan Holstrom may not be made of snips and snails and puppy dog tails but he is made of loyalty, determination, and bravery which makes him just perfect to me.