Question: what are direwolves in game of thrones?
Answer: The Direwolf is a sigil of your house. They were meant to have them.” In the opening scenes in Season 1 'Winter is Coming', the five Stark children – Robb, Sansa, Bran, Arya and Rickon – plus the bastard Jon Snow, each adopt a Direwolf puppy after they find the orphaned litter in the Wolfswood beside their dead mother.