| Vyrrwolf | |
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| Names | |
| Common Name: | Vyrrwolf |
| Scientific Name: | Canis dirus |
| Appearance | |
| Dark blue-black fur, glowing yellow eyes | |
| Behavior | |
| Vicious and evil dire wolves, capable of casting fyngrot | |
A vyrwolf, also spelled vyrrwolf, is a dire wolf that has been infused with vile nachtmagen on the night of a full moon. Their power waxes and wanes with the moon and is brought on by being truly evil and drinking from a strange pool in the Tunnel of Despair. Vyrrwolves are larger than dire wolves in their full-moon state and have noticeable physical differences, such as their bright, yellow eyes and dark bluish-black fur. They are comparable to hagsfiends, and can even cast their own kind of fyngrot.
History[]
Before the Books[]
Vyrrwolves were mentioned to have appeared in dire wolf society in the past which may have also been the time of the Legends of Ga'Hoole when nachtmagen ran rampant and hagsfiends were present as well. Eventually, however, they dwindled and finally came to be considered a relic of the past.
The Golden Tree[]
The young king Coryn and the band left the Great Ga'Hoole Tree to wander the Southern Kingdoms to see if any traces of nachtmagen were to be found (especially ones concerning Coryn's mother, Nyra). After receiving whispers from Rabbit, the web-reader rabbit, his search led him to Beyond the Beyond. There the owls met with the dire wolves Hamish, Gyllbane and Cody and told them the purpose of their mission. When they recounted the legends and the powers of hagsfiends, the wolves became afraid and revealed their knowledge concerning vyrrwolves and their similarities to hagsfiends. They also made known that Dunleavy MacHeath had become a vyrrwolf and had taken the wolves of the MacHeath Clan to a foul tunnel known as the Tunnel of Despair after he and his strange new mate, Brygdylla (another wolf infused with nachtmagen) massacred most of the MacHeaths after they refused to join them in their madness. Remembering the whispers Rabbit gave, the owls determined that Nyra was in the tunnel seeking to revive nachtmagen and had struck up an alliance with the corrupted MacHeath Clan. Coryn, the Band and dire wolf reinforcements assembled for an attack and fought the remnants of the Pure Ones and the vyrrwolves. At the battle's conclusion, all of the vyrrwolves were dead.
Star Wolf[]
Vyrrwolves are mentioned to tend the hearth in the Dim World, the wolf hell. This is similar to how "hagsfiend" is a term used to refer to both a species of bird and a demon. [1]
Abilities[]
Unlike hagsfiends, the powers of vyrrwolves are not permanent, as a wolf infused with nachtmagen could only take on their vyrrwolf form under the light of a full moon.
- Vyrrwolves are able to use fyngrot, like hagsfiends.
- Their strength and size are increased to the point where it might take many wolves to take a single vyrrwolf down.
- It is said Vyrrwolves can carve exceptional, profane gnaw bones; they are sometimes considered Outclanners.
- Vyrrwolves are extremely sensitive to loud, high-pitched sounds, wherein which also lies their weakness, as they can be weakened or even killed by such noise, as shown when Madame Plonk utters the high note called the mysticus, which kills several of Nyra's vyrrwolves.
Notable Vyrwolves[]
Trivia[]
- Vyrwolves are also mentioned in the Wolves of the Beyond series, but never seen.
References[]
- ↑ Star Wolf, page 95