Wolf

Wolves are carnivorous, pack hunting mammals found in the temperate and cold regions of the WTF Realms. Though they're commonly depicted as vicious flesh eaters, they're also famous for being able to be tamed and become loyal companions.

## Description

Wolves are feared and hated by many for being ruthless predators who'll attack and devour livestock and lost people, drink out of toilets, and poop in the yard. But they prefer to keep to the wilds where they hunt deer and other wild mammals and keep their very own used toilets to drink whatever they want out of (unless they find a pure, clear lake that they don't have to lug into their territory). Many will also patiently wait their turn at the bathroom door before they take their turn to drink out of the toilet as long as they're left unprovoked. Many woodsmen and hunters have also learned to earn the trust of a wolf and even tame one as a traveling and hunting companion utilizing their great senses, stamina, speed, and strength whenever possible. Wolves use their natural assets to track and run down their prey until it's exhausted and are particularly fond of deer as well as rabbits, wabbits, gnomes (especially Pingas ones), and goats.

## Useful Tips

As mentioned already, wolves can be tamed if one were to approach calmly and slowly with the right offerings. But it's best to try taming a lone, young wolf instead a whole pack of them who'll be more likely to attack.

1. Offering fresh meat and or a nice, big toilet (a clean one would be preferred but is optional) full of water or some other drink is always a great first step to prevent a wolf attack. Fresh bones and food work too but NO CHOCOLATE!! Chocolate poisons wolves!
2. Wolves love to play fetch!! Hold a stick or bone in the air and wiggle it from a fair distance until the wolf wags its tail ready to chase and get it.
3. Never wear mismatching socks!! Wolves hate sock colors don't match!!
4. Have patience as well as calm. It takes time for a wolf to completely trust an individual. Would you automatically trust a random stranger upon first sight?? Of course not!! Dumby!!
5. Never wear antlers on your head unless being killed and eaten by the wolf immediately is the desired result.
6. Offering an outhouse doesn't count as an alternative to offering a toilet. The wolf will simply walk away and pretend you don't exist. It won't even attack you; just ignore you unless you attack it. You'll be little more significant than a dirt and shunned by the wolf until you offer a toilet instead of a freaking outhouse.
7. Never let a wolf see your butt first, or it will rush in and bite it!

## Subspecies

Roaming the wilds in several different realms has caused the wolf to diverge into numerous subspecies and variants; each one found in a different realm. They're most identical in body plan, but they're distinguished by coloring and one or a few unique traits.

1. Fluffy Demise Wolf: The biggest, strongest, and most intelligent and fluffy of all wolves. This subspecies is native to Skyrump which explains their mighty fluff; a handy adaptation for keeping warm. They're usually colored brown in the lowlands, but they have a white furred variant in the snowier highlands. In the wild, packs relentlessly pursue prey and take turns delivering powerful bites to weaken it until it collapses. Once tamed, they ?@%#ing love to cuddle and will kill to defend their tamers much like a tamed Anjanath would.
2. Buck Fanged Wolf: These wolves have longer legs than most, silver brown fur, and enlarged fangs. They live in Cheesyheim chasing down other fast running mammals. They were said to menace the mysterious Pingas Gnomes, but they still preferred wild hoofed prey over pudgy, bird flipping shouters of 'Pingas' and only hunted gnomes in times of hardship. When they did though, no one can blame them for it, as the gnomes were fat and kept craploads of cheese, bananas, and bread. Their speed is the best among wolfkind. Black furred variants also occur from time to time and are most often encountered at night in the more wooded wilds of Cheesyheim.
3. Blue Wolf: The blue is most cunning, agile, and blue colored wolf subspecies! They are native to Llebocat and can be found all over the realm whether in forests, marshes, or highlands. This subspecies is also the hardest to capture being so clever. Their blue fur is also too much for the inexperienced to take in. Think about it: blue fur!! All the more reason they're so hard to capture for taming! Blue packs are arguably the most organized of wolf packs and have been observed setting traps into which fleeing prey is chased into by faster pack members while stronger ones spring this trap attacking the panicking quarry.
4. Dark Wolf: The basal wolf found in the revolting realm of Crappyland. While not the strongest, fastest, or biggest of wolves, common blacks are still deadly carnivores not to be taken lightly, especially in packs. Crappyland's unpredictable weather along with it's overload of hills and fathead mushrooms have shaped common blacks to be very clever and vicious carnivores ready to attack any prey foolish enough to live there. Most of that prey consists of deer as well as the realm's most populous animal, the boar. They are the easiest wolf to tame but the toughest to spot in wooded areas thanks to their dark coloring; especially at night.

## Significance to WTF Culture

The wolf is among the easiest of predatory beasts to tame in the WTF Realms as well as one of the most beloved and widespread of their wildlife. When tamed, they're among the most loyal and lovable creatures serving as both guards and friends to their masters. Even when wild, they keep the populations of deer and goats in check, so they don't eat crops and gardens away. For one thing, potatoes aren't easy to grow, and it takes three days to make a great potato salad... THREE DAYS!! While not among the biggest and mightiest predators in the realms, it is still one of the most feared and admired of them.

## References

The WTF wolves are obviously based on real life ones. The models are inspired by a wolf from different games. Fluffy Demise Wolves are inspired by the wolves in Witcher 3 while Buck Fangs were influenced by Skyrim's wolves, the blue wolves got their origins from the maraudo wolves in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild and, lastly, dark wolves were referenced from lone wolves in Elden Ring.

Original Sauces:

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Lone+Wolf

https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Maraudo\_Wolf#Breath\_of\_the\_Wild

https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Wolf\_(Skyrim)