Redemption

• Ben the Grouch³⁸⁸

Chat Archives

• Ben is probably a little younger than Mercy, 25 or so ^{Chat 2007-07-21}

Moon Called

• Not bad-looking, if a trifle effeminate for Mercy's taste ⁵⁹
• He looked boyishly charming when he smiled⁶¹

Iron Kissed

• Has pale hair⁹⁹
• Taller than Adam ²⁷⁶

Bone Crossed

• His blond hair looked almost white illuminated by the porch light ²⁶
• Fine featured ⁷²

Fire Touched

• Clear blue eyes ⁶⁶

Werewolf

Chat Archives

• Has been a wolf for 6 or 7 years ^2007-07-21

Moon Called

• The red wolf was taller and leaner than usual, as if he'd been bred for running rather than fighting ²⁷⁹

Blood Bound

• Despite his attitude, Ben had more control of his wolf than nearly all of the others ¹³⁹
• Ben had given up entirely to his wolf under the influence of Littleton²⁵⁵
• He wouldn't shift from wolf or hunt with the pack after he killed Daniel²⁶²

Iron Kissed

• If it weren't for the two submissive wolves in the pack, Ben would be on the bottom²⁷⁷

Silver Borne

• Ben was sometimes not as aware of subtle cues as some of the other wolves¹⁷⁰

Frost Burned

• His eyes were bright gold with the wolf²⁷
• If Ben had killed when he was wounded and shaken by Peter’s death, he could lose control of his wolf and never regain it⁷

Redemption

• His wolf saw all humans as weak, and people could feel things like that³⁶⁸
• He let the wolf he kept balled up inside him out just enough to be scary but not enough to be dangerous, a more difficult balance than usual because the moon’s song was in his blood³⁶⁷
• He stretched his neck and heard the bones pop, a sign that the wolf was too prominent³⁶⁷
• He didn’t care how dominant he was, he didn’t, though he disliked obeying other wolves intensely³⁷⁷
• Has new upward mobility in the pack structure³⁷⁷
• A wolf’s immortality was a gift for him to use wisely or poorly³⁷⁸
• He usually changed for the nights on either side of a full moon because fighting it was tough. No use at all fighting if the moon was full, she called his wolf right out³⁸⁰

Night Broken

• Ben had changed and grown stronger and wasn't as subservient to Aurielle¹³²

Fire Touched

• Ben had been climbing the pack hierarchy-not by battling his way up but by not backing down⁶⁶

Columbia Basin Pack

Ben Shaw House

Northwest Laboratories DBA Division

Moon Called

• Accent that wasn't quite like Prince Charles, but closer to that than Fagan in Oliver ⁵⁶

Iron Kissed

• Ben was tough as nails¹⁰⁶
• Fled England to Adam's pack to avoid questioning in a brutal multiple rape case¹⁰⁶
• Owned a little red Chevy truck²⁰⁴
• Ben was abused as a child²⁸²

• Education
  • Redemption
    • Did well in school³⁸²
• Work Experience
  • Blood Bound
    • A computer geek working at the Pacific Northwest Nation Laboratory which was affiliated in some arcane manner with the Hanford Nuclear Site¹⁰¹
  • Silver Borne
    • At work, when they get bored, they issue challenges¹⁰²
  • Redemption
    • Everyone at his work was scared of him except his friend Rajeev because Rajeev was on the other side of the world³⁶⁹
    • Ben had been used as a motivational force for good in his workplace when he tried to stop swearing to win a bet with Adam³⁷⁵
• Language
  • Moon Called
    • Has a British accent ⁵⁴

Chat Archives

• Ben's problems are personality problems, not werewolf related^2008-10-11
• Ben hates women. He'll do whatever he can to bother them^2007-05-20
• Ben mostly just hates everyone^2007-05-20

Blood Bound

• He was a petty, nasty, and violent man. Everything he said came out like a sneer or a threat, all in this nifty British accent ⁵⁷
• Ben thinks he's handsome, clever, and witty ⁶⁰

Iron Kissed

• He believes you only run if you have hope²⁵⁷
• Ben was vain enough to enjoy attention²⁷⁹

Bone Crossed

• Ben was a misogynist of the highest order with the added bonus of a foul mouth¹⁶⁹

Silver Borne

• When he extends himself beyond his usually nasty personality, people tend to find Ben reassuring¹⁷⁰
• He was bitter when he first arrived; Eastern Washington is a big comedown from London¹⁸⁵

Redemption

• Ben was starting not to recognize himself³⁷⁵
• Ben threw away what he knew and tried to go with what he felt—which was difficult for him because facts had never failed him the way emotions had³⁷⁷
• All of his life, Ben had always been considered brilliant—troubled, obnoxious, criminal, occasionally violent, but always brilliant³⁷⁶

Fire Touched

• Under orders, he tended to be much more businesslike, especially lately⁸⁷

Iron Kissed

• Ben made a really, really scary boogeyman²⁹⁸

Bone Crossed

• Wouldn't win a verbal skirmish with Kyle²³⁵

Silver Borne

• Computer work such as the mailing list is Ben's duty in the pack¹⁸⁸

In Red, With Pearls

• Warren can get by on the computer, but Ben makes him look like a complete Luddite³⁵¹

Frost Burned

• Ben is good for defense²⁷⁰

Redemption

• Writes his own code; is a top flight computer guru³⁶⁵

Frost Burned

• severely abused when he was a child⁸⁵

Bone Crossed

• He swears a lot, but never when Adam is around²⁹

Frost Burned

• He's creative when he swears⁸
• Ben's too smart to swear at cops⁸

Redemption

• Ben’s cubicle was the farthest one, and he liked it that way because people with random issues usually stopped elsewhere before they got to him³⁷⁰
• Ben hung a whiteboard on the outside of his cubicle wall next to the entrance of his lair. On it he had written: I know you are here. Wait silently, and I'll get to you as soon as I am able. If you speak with before then, you will not find me helpful. On the floor just inside his cubicle was a mat with a pair of black footprints and “Wait here” painted on it³⁷⁰

Fire Touched

• Ben's swearing was a defense mechanism¹⁰⁷

Silence Fallen

• His game name was Sodding Bart²
• Ben's work had a discussion about swearing in professional emails with him. Being Ben, he'd actually increased the swearwords, but added asterisks⁹⁸

Storm Cursed

• His clear British accent had the weird effect of making everything he said sound a little more intelligent than it really was, an effect that he conscientiously-Mercy was convinced-canceled by adding the kids of words responsible for whole generations of people who knew what soap tasted like⁵
• Ben was a computer nerd; when in doubt, his brain focused on electronics⁶

Mercy and Ben

Chat Archives

• Ben likes Mercy despite himself^2008-01-06

Blood Bound

• Mercy dislikes Ben⁸⁵
• Ben shifted in order to help save Mercy after she went hunting Andre²⁸⁹

Bone Crossed

• Ben adores Mercy. He doesn't know how to deal with it yet²³²

Silver Borne

• He could be creepy and horrible, but he was almost Mercy's friend⁴⁶
• Ben rushed into Mercy's burning trailer with Adam to help save her; rescued Medea¹⁶⁵

River Marked

• Mercy told him her sisters were off limits³⁹

Redemption

• the burnt motor-oil smell that was a part of her used to irritate him—and now it irritated him that he associated the smell with pack and safety³⁷⁷

Smoke Bitten

• Mercy didn't know that she could bear a world without the foul-mouthed wolf¹⁵⁴

Adam and Ben

Chat Archives

• Bran was pretty sure Ben was fixable which is why he was sent to Adam^2009-10-08

Moon Called

• Adam told Jesse to stay out of his way⁵⁸
• He came to Adam's rescue twice, and the second time it was only chance that he intercepted a tranquilizer rather than a bullet³⁰⁴

Blood Bound

• Ben would take a bullet for Adam⁵⁷

Iron Kissed

• He was impressed with Adam's computer skills²⁷⁴

River Marked

• Darryl, Warren and Ben lined up next to Adam during his and Mercy's wedding³³

Redemption

• He didn’t think of Adam as his father. He’d had one father, and that was enough for him. But Adam was good at sorting out people³⁷⁵
• Adam would never hurt him or allow him to be hurt outside of the discipline needed to keep peace within the pack³⁷⁷

With The Pack

Blood Bound

• Not an out werewolf at this time⁵⁶
• Ben was a pretty decent nerd and that surprised Darryl who got him a job¹⁰²

Bone Crossed

• After Mary Jo was healed from death, she told Ben that if he’d keep his mouth shut, she’d love to get naked with him¹⁶⁹

Silver Borne

• It took Ben a while to appreciate Warren¹⁸⁵
• Ben had to memorize the official code of conduct before he was allowed to join the pack²³⁴

Frost Burned

• People outside the pack and Adam's family just weren't real to him⁸⁵
• He considers Kyle a part of the pack⁸⁵
• He likes Kyle and he didn't like very many people¹³⁷

Smoke Bitten

• Warren and Ben are good friends⁹⁸

With His Previous Pack:

Redemption

• Ben’s first Alpha had been more beast than man, and he’d never explained anything about dominance other than the absolute rule that Ben had to obey everyone he couldn’t take down³⁷⁶
• Terry had been the pack’s second in London, in Ben’s first pack³⁸⁴
• He worked for the Alpha, who was a loan shark. The whole pack worked for him, really, but Terry got paid for it. Terry’s job was to go collect from people who weren’t making their payments³⁸⁴
• Shortly after Ben was Changed, he was sent to tag along to make sure matters were discreet. The Alpha felt that Terry might forget himself and hang around until the police came by³⁸⁴
• After his real IT job, Ben got to trail Terry around three days a week³⁸⁴
• Terry didn’t just beat up the people because they weren’t quick with their money; he beat up people because he liked it. Ben’s real job was to stop him before there was a dead body³⁸⁵
• Terry went hunting with Ben as observer; sometimes it was one of the other wolves, but mostly it was Ben—and Terry liked that part of it, too—and so did some dark part of Ben³⁸⁵
• And so it went for almost a year and a half, fourteen victims. The fifteenth lay unconscious on the floor³⁸⁶
• Ben cut Terry's throat, then ripped off his head³⁸⁷

Ben & His Parents

Issues with Women & the Law:

Chat Archives

• Ben doesn't have a criminal record – but it's more that he didn't get caught than any good behavior on his part.He's had run ins with the police, been suspected of stuff^2009-10-08
• Ben was high on the suspect list for some rather nasty crimes involving women. Not even Ben's Alpha knew if he'd done them^2009-10-08

Iron Kissed

• Ben had fled England to Adam's pack to avoid questioning in a brutal multiple rape case⁹⁹

River Marked

• He's better than he was when he first came to Adam's pack, but he's not safe. Some part of him still hates women, still looks upon them as prey; as long as that's true, he needs watching⁴⁰

Redemption

• He wasn’t used to having a woman defend him. It made him feel odd. Odder than it should³⁷⁵
• Women were always smiling and pretty on the outside³⁸²

With Vampires:

Chat Archives

• Ben likes Stefan quite a bit^2008-04-05

Blood Bound

• Ben and Daniel had struck up an odd friendship while they were out hunting Littleton and it destroyed him after he killed him²⁶²

Bone Crossed

• Ben fed Stefan when he needed it; feels he owes him³⁰