Packmaster

Packmaster is a title, which refers to the leader of a group of werewolves; also known as an alpha werewolf. The title is most commonly used in the HBO television series True Blood.

On True Blood, Marcus Bozeman was the packmaster of a group of werewolves from Shreveport, Louisiana. What distinguished Marcus' group from others was the fact that they increased their physical prowess by regularly consuming vampire blood. Marcus was killed by werewolf Alcide Herveaux. By right, the role of packmaster would turn to him, but Alcide turned his back on the other members of the group. As part of their tradition, the surviving members of a pack would consume the remains of their fallen leader. An older werewolf named J.D. sought to become Marcus' replacement, but when Alcide learned that he intended on continuing the tradition of drinking vampire blood, he challenged him to the position.