Name: Eli

Nickname(s): -

Age: Few months older than Aniu

Gender: Male

Breed: Husky

Parents: Unknown

Siblings: Unknown

Crush/Mate: Aniu

Pups: Ahnah, Balto and Iluq

Status: Unknown but considered as deceased

Personality: Eli is usually quiet, calm and not the type of a guy that easily loses his temper. He never states his own opinion unless he feels like he needed to. This guy tends to keep himself away from crowded places and other dogs except for his few childhood friends. It takes time for him to be able to trust someone completely, which is the main reason of his loner trait. He will only open himself to those he trusted the most.

Likes: Basking in the sun, quiet and peaceful surroundings, his job as a mail dog, being with Aniu

Dislikes: Crowded places, loud noises, bears

Fears: Bears, wolves (Except for Aniu)

History: Not much known about his early life. He was born in a litter of five and was the third oldest. He was bought by a musher and brought to Nome but not long after moved to Fairbanks. Eli was trained to be a sled dog and to his surprise the training wasn't actually to make him a sled racer but a mail dog. He enjoys his job though.

Later on he and his teammates were lost due to an unexpected snow storm while in the middle of their way to deliver mails to neighboring city. The terrible storm knocked down the musher and without him all of them were panicking, few dogs even decided to abandon their task, including the lead dog. Eli and the rest of the team managed to pull the musher and find a safe place to hide from the dangerous weather and fortunately they spotted a cave.

The following day, Eli was awoken only to find a bear in front of the cave entrance, looking at him furiously. As expected, the bear attacked them, probably because they were in its territory, Eli assumed. Eli was wounded terribly in order to protect his owner and fellow teammates. Some dogs were scared and decided it was best to run away and so they did, leaving Eli with only one other who refused to leave him behind. The attack killed his owner and wounded the huskies badly. In the end, even though it was hard for Eli, they ran off leaving the musher’s dead body in the cave.

Weak and terribly injured, Eli’s friend died shortly afterward. He burried him and continued to walk without direction alone. Night fell and he was still clueless of his destination. He blacked out in the middle of the forest and that was when Aniu found him. Aniu saved his life and he was grateful to her. He stayed with the white lone wolf until Eli regained his health. The two soon became really close with each other despite their differences and became mates.

A year later his first litter was born and as a father he felt that it was his duty to fulfill his family’s need so he searched for food, trying to catch small mammals to feed his family. He continued to do so for months until one day he suddenly disappeared. It is unknown whether he was found by some people and being taken away or killed by either bears or other wolves or died of accident . Relation to Balto: The father of Balto and the mate of Aniu.