Hound (Ties That Bind)

Early Life
Hale Donovan was born in the Shetland Islands, to a full-human father and a Beast Man mother who had fled there in her youth to escape oppression elsewhere in the UK. Due to Wolf-Men being seen as benevolent figures  (Wulvers)  who aided starving villagers  in local mythology, they were welcomed and granted full personhood in Shetland, forming close bonds with the rural community there and it was in this idyllic, secluded landscape that Hale grew up in.

Dog of the military
A desire to see the world led him to joining the Scottish military right out of high school after being scouted by an officer, and he served on two UN peacekeeping missions before he decided to return to Shetland, after becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the things he was asked to do on the field and the way he was treated by people beyond outside of his regiment.

Retirement interrupted
He decided to settle down at his family home and become a farmer, living a sheltered life away from the rising tension surrounding the Decepticon movement for several years, until the tensions came to him when he made the decision to shelter Ravage and Laserbeak who were on the run from authorities initiating the Clampdown.

During their time there, they opened his eyes to the true depth of the suffering that his kind went through in other parts of the world and he felt guilt for the first time (in that he understood he had privileges very few of them had, including the right to own property) which ignited a sense of duty in him to help the cause and led him to joining the initial battle against Sentinel Prime and Senator Proteus’ forces.

Call to Revolution
While wasn’t a part of any team initially, aiding both Omar (Optimus) and Morgan’s (Megatron) splinter teams when required as they were both fighting under the same cause at first.

However he made the hard decision to go against his old friends (Ravage and Laserbeak) and join Omar’s team when it became clear that Morgan’s iron fist predilections when it came to  negotiations, hatred of compromise on his vision and hardline manifesto was swiftly turning the Decepticon movement into something of a military junta.

Personal life
Hale is a moderate Prebysterian.

As one of the few members of them team with agricultural experience, he and Omar Parvez have taken to indoor and vertical farming to bolster food supplies for the team and the local needy.

He has formed close friendships with the local stray dogs and often employs them as sentries and scouts.

His hobbies include knitting, gardening, wrestling, bird-watching, trekking and watching M.A.S.H reruns.