Guide to Taming Dire Wolves Content . Do you laugh when you see dire wolves ? Do you think they are big , dumb cousins of normal wolves ? Then you are stupid . Dire wolves are cunning and deadly . To them , your laughter says , " I am the next thing to fill your belly . " Shelga laughed at dire wolves once . Now Shelga has one ear . Shelga is no longer stupid . Now Shelga is beastmaster of Kvatch , the city with the dire wolf banner . This is why Shelga spends much time taming dire wolves . You may think it impossible to tame dire wolves . This is true . Predators cannot be tamed . Not really . But if Shelga called it a " Guide to Making Dire Wolves Eat Your Enemies and Not You , " none would purchase . Or purchase for the wrong reasons . First thing . A dire wolf looks like a wolf . It moves like a wolf . It smells like a wolf . But it is not . It is a dire wolf . Sounds easy , but easy to forget . A wolf needs a pack . A wolf with no pack is vicious . It is afraid to be alone . With effort you can tame a wolf . Give it food if it is hungry . Make it think it is part of your pack . A dire wolf needs no pack . This is because a dire wolf is one whole wolf pack . It is vicious only if it wants to be . It is not afraid to be alone because it is a dire wolf . You cannot tame a dire wolf like a wolf . If it is ever hungry , you are food . It needs no pack but itself . You must show it you are a pack as well . Show how your pack and its pack should travel together for more food . A dire wolf understands this because it eats as much as one whole wolf pack . Second thing . A dire wolf has a long memory . It is like a clan - mother with grudges from forty years ago . Don ' t give it reason to hate you . Shelga ' s sister Gralga once slapped a dire wolf for eating off her plate . This is how Gralga lost a thumb and learned manners at the same time . Gralga doesn ' t visit Kvatch anymore . If a dire wolf comes to hate you , do not back down . Do not cower . Show it you know its hate . Show it you don ' t fear its hate . This shows respect . Then give it much food to smother the hate . Shelga thinks this is why Kvatch puts the dire wolf on its flag . Kvatch does not forget . Kvatch respects those who show it respect . And Kvatch will smother its hate if you throw its people many banquets . Sometimes the dire wolf still hates you . Then you must kill the dire wolf . Do not do so in sight of a dire wolf ' s mate or it will hate you too . Just like people . Third thing . Scratch the belly . Scratch behind the ear , but not in the ear . Scratch where the tail meets the back . Top part of tail only ! Scratch below the chin . Do not scratch the paws . Dire wolf paws are sensitive , like High Elves . Also they have sharp claws . When a dire wolf thinks you want to take its paws away , it will come to hate you . Last thing . A dire wolf is clever but it doesn ' t understand magic . So use magic . Scrolls are cheaper than a false hand . Don ' t try to tame a dire wolf like in the stories . Don ' t be stupid . Shelga ' s sister Bolga says this is cheating . That a dire wolf made tame by magic is not a dire wolf . Shelga calls Bolga many names . Bolga does not back down , earning Shelga ' s respect . Then Bolga sends Shelga boiled thunderbug eggs . Shelga says if even Bolga can learn , so can you .