Kit Karlsson

Kit Karlsson is an Ulven and one of the main protagonists in VARULV.

Background
Kit was born and raised in the Northlands by his Human mother. He never knew his father, though his mother would raise Kit to believe he was an exalted soldier, despite the probability of not knowing him very well herself. Kit would himself be a soldier in his adult years before joining the ranks of the Ulven by means of The Rite. This was done in order to save him from the Plague, and proved to be a successful effort. In Ulven form, Kit is of the Canid variety, and assumes the appearance of a Wolf. He is currently a warrior of the Ulven of Blaidfästt.

History
Kit appears in the following VARULV Books:

Issues 1 - 4: Kit becomes an Ulven when Kjell inducts him by way of The Rite. A second boy, also suffering from the Plague, is not so lucky and dies before his first transformation. Blaidfästt comes under a second attack and Kit helps to fight off the Trolls, but becomes imprisoned along with Greta and Stig, due to a misunderstanding and despite winning the battle.

Kit is later forced to help Wilander scare off the villagers as he takes full and total control over the village. When Kjell frees the trio, Kit then helps to defend the humans once more, as a Firedrake attacks. It is during this fight that he loses half of his left ear.

Issues 5 - 6: Kit is entranced by the appearance of Wyn, an Iele with the power to influence others' wills. Stig is also affected, to a greater extent than Kit. After a time, Stig steals away to Wyn's cell and is nearly convinced to free her until Kit arrives and interrupts the two of them. Later, when he and Kit again try to enter Wyn's holding cell, they are stopped by Alo. After Tau injures her in battle, Kit, quite happily, gets to carry Greta home.

Issues 7 - 9: When Trolls again attack the village, Kit and Greta help Ragna defeat them. Shortly after, she announces she is pregnant to Gro'raan, though at some point, she explains to Kit that they are not true mates - just similarly minded. When talking about this with Greta, Kit hits a nerve and is saddened when she abruptly leaves. A short time later, after Greta is left in charge of the pack, Kit becomes her right-hand Ulven, suggesting she perform the Rite on the dying villagers, which she eventually does.

When Twila, one of the plagued villagers, eventually turns Ulven, Kit is on hand to help Greta recover her.

Trivia

 * Kit's name was originally affixed to him as a joke, alluding to his youth in order to tell him apart from other characters in the series. When efforts to find a suitable name for him didn't pan out, Kit was instated permanently.