Aleu is the main protagonist of Balto II: Wolf Quest. She is an adolescent wolfdog and the daughter of Balto and Jenna, as well as the sister of Kodi, Dingo, and Saba.
Appearance[]
Aleu has sandy-grey fur, with a lighter underbelly. While mostly looking like her father, she shares some similarities to her mother.
Aleu is said to have a far more wolf-like appearance than her father, though this is not entirely accurate. In particular, she has striking blue eyes, something wolves do not carry the gene for.
Personality[]
She's very stubborn and brave, prone to not listening to her father. She was also disdainful of her wolf blood (though she eventually learns to accept it). She also dislikes anyone else using improper grammar especially double negatives.
Although she never realized it, Aleu acted more like a wolf than a dog. She had a reputation for being aggressive and had a high prey drive and stronger predatory instincts than a common dog. It is unknown how she developed her prey drive as neither Balto nor Jenna possessed a prey drive.
Despite a very emotional blow at the hands of her father, the two reconcile at the end of her journey and she remains very closely tied to Balto despite leaving him perhaps forever. Although there is a chance they may meet again someday.
As a pup, Aleu is highly attracted to howling. In her own words, "Sometimes I just can't help myself," Aleu is strong in spirit and leadership, with all the traits a wolf pack could hope for, she is closely bonded with her father. And she is also known as affectionate, lovable, even-tempered, understanding, athletic, level-headed, empathetic and upbeat.
Though she would never admit it, she loves her father very much though sometimes they can get on each other's nerves. Aleu is very outgoing with a tendency to do things without thinking.
Biography[]
Balto II: Wolf Quest[]
Aleu was born to Balto and Jenna within the same litter as her brother Kodiak, and is believed to be the oldest pup. She bore great resemblance to a wolf more so than her siblings, and also acted more like a wolf unlike her more domesticated siblings. As a result, she was never adopted.
Aleu with her brother Kodiak as pups
Aleu spent a year with Balto and Jenna, believing that one day a human would adopt her for who she was. When she grew up, she scared Muk and Luk when she got on top of them and howled during hide and seek and a hunter took aim at her, mistaking her for a wolf.
Balto was forced to tell Aleu about her wolf heritage, causing her to run away. Balto tries to catch her, on the way he encounters the Totem animals, such as the Fox and Wolverines. Meanwhile Aleu questions herself on what she's doing, running away with nowhere to go, she decides to rest in a cave to get out of the sun that the Raven (Aniu in disguise) helped her find, in the cave. She hears singing, and follows the sound to a large cavern in the back of the cave, she discovers a mouse named Muru who encourages her to find her destiny, by singing the song Who You Really Are.
Aleu is encouraged and then finding out Muru is her spirit guide, leaves the cave thinking about what he had said. She runs into a grizzly bear also resting in the cave, that attacks her, she runs out of the cave and is cornered at a cliff. When Balto saves her by attacking the grizzly bear, but she refused to return to the life offered with her family at Nome.
Through a series of spiritual events, Balto, Nava and eventually Aleu herself come to realize with the aid of her spirit guide Muru that she is destined to lead the pack towards a better future. At the end of the events in Balto II: Wolf Quest, she bids her father a very emotional farewell, informing him to deliver her best love to her mother.
She disappears with a confident howl across the Bering Sea. Her future and whereabouts are now unknown. She has a strange supernatural power that allows her to have visions of the past or future, as well as read minds. This is shown by her eyes lighting up a bright yellow.
Balto III: Wings of Change[]
She'll only made her appearance in 'You Don't Have To Be A Hero' sequence as a pup.
Relationships[]
(If certain characters aren't here, that means that they've not had any thoughts about them nor interacted with them. Feel free to summarize their perspective. (Fanfictions NOT included))
BaltoShe cared about her dad a lot. But she'll be shocked to hear that he was in fact part wolf, due to this, she ran away from home and into the wild so she can find where she belongs. As she was wondering the wild, she asks herself and worries where is she going. She was almost gonna be attacked by a bear but she'll end up being saved by her father again, later, she makes a decision about leaving the bear and escaping. While trying to find themselves back, Aleu would come across an area where he and she would go from there to enjoy the water splash right her but her dad tells her to keep moving which would lead to her getting upset. While heading back home, they would be assaulted by wolves lead by Niju, Balto tries to protect her daughter and Aleu tries to fight one but would be overpowered by the wolf's strength but would be overwhelmed by them. Once Niju decides to join he would be stopped by Nava who was welcoming the strangers. She was staying close to her father as she was nervous with all the wolves in here meanwhile, Nava states that Balto was chosen to lead the pack. But her father doesn't want to accept the offer but Nava's time was almost over to lead. Once Balto leaves to lead, he says goodbye to his daughter. After she and Nava were fighting Niju, Balto swim back to save them both and wanted to fight Nuji but the pack was almost gone without a leader then Aleu chooses to lead them. Balto was upset that he was gonna be alone again at being the only wolf in the family but she says that she'll always be with him. JennaShe cares about her mother a lot, when balto asked her to stay with her mother, Aleu states that he should stay with her as he belongs with Jenna more than herself. BorisBoris help Balto to take care of her when she was rejected by humans, sometime later when she is an adult, she was growing tired of Boris acting like she's still a pup. Muk & LukEven when they hardly communicated, they would mostly play games with each other. MuruMuru helps her knowing to find out who she really is. AniuWhen Balto admitted that he was half-wolf becuase his (Aleu's grandfther) was husky who had pups with a wolf. Aleu couldn't believe her grandma was a wolf. KodiEven when they hardly communicated, they are siblings and they both played together at a very young age. Unlike Niju, Nava was more welcoming them but Nava knows that Balto was the choosing leader to lead the pack but Balto which would lead Aleu be surprised to hear this but Balto isn't accepting it as he mainly lead sled-dogs than wolves but he would stand on his side if Niju gains a lot of the pack members on his side. Once Balto left to lead, Niju would assault her but Nava would try to save her but his age would prevent him to even handle him. Once after left the pack to save his daughter then Nava assures them that someone needs to lead the pack or they'll be helpless to be guided, Aleu chooses to lead and says goodbye to her dad. NijuUnlike Nava, Niju was more hostile towards them and even doubting that they aren't worthy to lead the pack but after all that, they would break into a fight but Aleu was no match to him. After Balto left the pack to save his daughter then Nava assures them that someone needs to lead, Aleu chooses to lead and says goodbye to her dad. Nuk, Yak and SumacAleu doesn't see anything different from they to Niju but they both would change their minds on Balto. |
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Trivia[]
- Aleu's name was inspired from Aleut Archipelago, off the coast of Alaska
- Aleu has also made a cameo appearance as a pup during Balto's flashback in the song “You Don't Have To Be A Hero” during Balto III: Wings of Change.
- Critics didn't liked her voice as much. Some of them criticized her voice as being annoying, whiny, made her sound like a kid despite being almost an adult.
- She's the only who has blue eyes despite none of her parents supporting any blue eyes but she also doesn't have her sclera's Yellow like her father.
- Her eyes sometimes has diamonds shapes. (yet again, none of her parents supports the diamond eyes)
- Aleu and Kodi or the only pups that have a movie dedicated to them.