Howl Jenkins Pendragon
Howl Jenkins Pendragon is a male character who features in Howl's Moving Castle.
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Biography
Howl Jenkins Pendragon (Japanese: ハウル・ジェンキンス・ペンドラゴン, Hepburn: Hauru Jenkinsu Pendoragon) was born to an ordinary family in modern-day Wales. However, he himself was anything but ordinary. Gifted with a natural talent for magic, he began studying it. Even in college, he wrote his thesis on magical spells and charms, and joined a group of other gifted magicians on Earth.
In Wales, Howl had a habit of going out with girls and then jilting them. In an attempt to hide from three angry rugby players whose sister he had jilted, he cast a spell that opened a portal to another land, Ingary, where he moved almost permanently. Still young, he took up tutelage under Mrs. Pentstemmon with him being her last and best pupil. Such was his skill with magic that he was quite powerful and his mentor hoped that one day he would replace her. His natural gift for magic showed, and he was quite powerful. He was in the same league as the Witch of the Waste. Howl is a wizard in the land of Ingary and he has several names; he is known as Wizard Howl in Market Chipping,
On one night at the Porthaven Marshes, Howl managed to catch a falling star that was a fire demon named Calcifer where he made a contract with him. Howl felt sorry for the creature and decided to forge a contract with the demon. In exchange for his heart, the creature bond itself with the magician allowing Calcifer to continue living. The act also led to Howl being furthered empowered with magic making him much stronger but at the cost of losing his heart. Afterwards, Howl ended his apprenticeship under Mrs. Pentstemmon and decided to live a life of a hermit.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Howl Jenkins Pendragon was a young, handsome man with bright blue eyes and hair that reaches below his chin. He was known by a number of aliases where by birth he was referred to as Howell Jenkins. He also went by the name of Wizard Jenkin in Porthaven and preferred Howl Pendragon in Kingsbury.
After his hair was dyed black, Howl was deeply upset and came to believe that he was now ugly despite the small cosmetic change. He went into a depressive state that magically affected his surroundings such as turning his body into a green sticky liquid and summoning spirits of darkness.
He was shown to be an endearing, charming man who was intelligent, considerate, if somewhat self-appreciative, dishonest, and careless at times.
Powers and abilities
He was able to transform in to a large beast with black feathers and seemly various stages of transformation. This power allowed him to fly to the battlefield and fight as well as to escape from enemies. Repeated use of his transformation ran the risk of permanently leaving him in his monstrous bird-like state.
His Moving Castle was empowered by the flames of the fire demon Calcifer who was able to keep it moving and active so long as he remained in its hearth.
Notes
- Howl Jenkins Pendragon was created by Diana Wynne Jones and featured in the setting of the Howl Series universe.
In other media
Films
Appearances
- Howl's Castle:
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