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==External links==
 
==External links==
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Wolf Dire Wolf] - wikipedia article on real-world dire wolves.
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Wolf Dire Wolf] - wikipedia article on real-world dire wolves.
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Revision as of 18:40, 24 April 2007

A direwolf is a close relative of the wolf, but larger and stronger. A grey direwolf in a white field is the banner of House Stark.

Appearance

Direwolves can be grow as large as ponies. In proportion to their bodies, their legs are longer and their heads are larger than normal wolves. Their muzzles are also longer and more pronounced. Possible colorations include grey with yellow eyes and black with green eyes. Albino direwolves have white fur and red eyes.

Behavior

Like other wolves, direwolves are social animals and travel in packs. They are efficient solitary hunters as well, and extremely intelligent. Left to its own devices, a solitary direwolf can join the pack of regular wolves, and its larger size can grant it a significant advantage when establishing pack dominance.

According to Theon Greyjoy, direwolves had not been sighted south of the Wall for two hundred years until Robb Stark found a dead female direwolf with a litter of six direwolf pups on the path between Winterfell and the holdfast where Gared was executed.

Like other wolves, direwolves can form a magical bond with a warg.

External links

  • Dire Wolf - wikipedia article on real-world dire wolves.