# Akela — The Jungle Book character guide

> Akela in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the Lone Wolf, O Akela, Wolf

**First appearance:** 0002-mowgli-s-brothers

## Snapshot

The Lone Wolf who leads the Seeonee pack with quiet authority, calling the Law at Council Rock and judging each cub by its own merit.

## Who they are

Akela has led the pack for a year, scarred by wolf-traps and once left for dead, so he knows men's ways better than most. He presides over the Pack Council where Mowgli must be claimed, and his even voice holds the wolves to the Law even as Shere Khan's faction grows restless. His leadership is the fragile order that Mowgli's presence will test.

## Relationships

### [Mowgli](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/mowgli)

_friendship_

Akela, the leader of the wolf pack, is a father figure and protector to Mowgli, defending his place in the pack.

### [Shere Khan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/shere_khan)

_rivalry_

Akela and Shere Khan are adversaries, with the tiger plotting to undermine Akela's leadership and destroy the wolf pack.

### [Mowgli](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/mowgli)

_friendship_

Akela, the leader of the wolf pack, is a father figure and protector to Mowgli, defending his place in the pack.

### [Mowgli](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/mowgli)

_friendship_

Akela, the leader of the wolf pack, is a father figure and protector to Mowgli, defending his place in the pack.

### [Shere Khan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/shere_khan)

_rivalry_

Akela and Shere Khan are adversaries, with the tiger plotting to undermine Akela's leadership and destroy the wolf pack.

### [Shere Khan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/characters/shere_khan)

_rivalry_

Akela and Shere Khan are adversaries, with the tiger plotting to undermine Akela's leadership and destroy the wolf pack.

## In the story

### [Mowgli's Brothers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/mowgli-s-brothers)

The aging leader of the wolf pack; accepts Mowgli into the pack but grows weaker, making him vulnerable to Shere Khan's influence.

### [Tiger! Tiger!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_book_se/chapters/tiger-tiger)

Returns to help Mowgli, assists in cutting the buffalo herd into two groups for the trap.

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