Heinrich Wolfe

Heinrich Wolfe is one of the protagonists of Widdershins. He is Mal's traveling companion, and joins him and Ben in the Malform removal office.

"A carefree former soldier, avid reader, and lover of music, Wolfe is having the time of his life wandering the world with his strange little friend Mal. It's rare to catch him not smiling, and rarer to find him without something nice to say."

Backstory
Wolfe volunteered as a soldier for the Prussian army in 1831 under pressure from his family, where he met Dominik Voss. Wolfe excelled in their training while Voss struggled, growing bitter and jealous of Wolfe.

On their first assignment they were sent to scout a German nationalist group, where they saw the rebels capture Jack O'Malley for stealing food. The Sergeant ordered them to assassinate the rebel leader, and while trying to stop Voss from shooting her Wolfe caused the bullet to hit Mal in the neck. Feeling guilty and threatened with an arrest for insubordination, he deserted the army to rescue Mal. Later, Voss found the two in the forest, convincing Wolfe he's on his side and asking him to return to the army with him. Mal demonstrated his abilities by seeing Voss' true intent, but Wolfe ignored his warning. After Voss betrays him and lets him take the blame for the incident, Mal returns with the rebel leader to rescue Wolfe.

Since then, the two have been traveling around Europe together, with Wolfe busking for money, and Mal doubling their profits in card games using his sight to cheat.

Skills
Wolfe is a skilled violinist. Aside from busking for a living, he's worked at a music hall, and composes original pieces. He also enjoys drawing, and frequently sketches from observation in his journal.

He is very physically strong - he excelled in army training, and holds his own in a fight.