Erik Sableshanks, third son of the mayoral family, became the Howlers number 1 can even before the teams first official game. He never missed the teams practice matches in which animated corpses and Necromantic experiments would tear one another apart until the last remaining constructs made up the final team roster. Bitten by the Blood Bowl bug, he approached the necromancers castle to ask how he could help the team. Infected by lycanthropy, Erik Darkhowl descended the mountain as captain of the team.