Balto

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Balto is the main protagonist of Balto and it's sequels. He is a wolfdog who lives on the outskirts of Nome, and ends up saving the town by leading Steele's Team home with the Diphtheria Anti-Toxin.

Balto is a wolfdog who is part wolf and part Siberian husky, the son of Aniu and Balto's Father. At a young age, he was separated from his mother and taken in by Boris, who also raised him.

When he's fully grown, he lives just outside of Nome on an abandoned boat with Boris. He is an outcast and bullied by dogs who tease him about being half wolf, and humans who believe he's dangerous for the same reason. When Diphtheria spreads in Nome and the sled team carrying the medicine gets lost, Balto sets out and finds the lost team, facing bears, avalanches, and blizzards, and successfully leads the team back to Nome with the medicine. Balto is named a hero, and everyone changes their mind about him and admires him.

After some period of time, he becomes the father of Jenna's pups: Aleu, Kodi, Dingo, Saba, Red-Blaze Pup, and Red-Faced Pup. At the same time, he has recurring dreams of a raven that turn out to be messages from Aniu about he and Aleu's destinies. When Aleu runs away after learning about her wolf heritage, Balto follows her, and the two end up helping the Wolf Clan journey across the ocean. Aleu is found to be the prophesied leader of the clan, and leaves Balto to join them.

Sometime after this, Balto becomes fascinated by the Bush Plane that comes to Nome to compete with the Mail Team for their job in delivering the mail. His son, Kodi, is one of the mail dogs, and Balto leads the team in a race against the plane, which they win, but Balto worries about the pilot of the plane, Duke. When he discovers that the plane crashed, he goes into the wilderness, finds the crash site, and takes Duke back to Nome. Duke takes Balto for a ride in his new plane, the Balto Flyer, and Balto's dream of flying comes true.