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** Though doesn't seem 100% accurate. Grey Wind acts aggressively towards Raynald Westerling who in the end {{spoiler|dies to free Grey Wind from being murdered by some Frey soldiers.}} |
** Though doesn't seem 100% accurate. Grey Wind acts aggressively towards Raynald Westerling who in the end {{spoiler|dies to free Grey Wind from being murdered by some Frey soldiers.}} |
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* [[Fluffy the Terrible]]: Rickon names his wolf Shaggydog. (To a lesser extent, this is true of all the direwolves, but none of the others, except maybe Nymeria, are quite as savage as Shaggy, nor do they have quite so cutesy a name.) |
* [[Fluffy the Terrible]]: Rickon names his wolf Shaggydog. (To a lesser extent, this is true of all the direwolves, but none of the others, except maybe Nymeria, are quite as savage as Shaggy, nor do they have quite so cutesy a name.) |
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** Bran's direwolf is named Summer, bringing to mind brightness, cheer, warmth, and so on. Summer probably has the highest human kill-count after Grey Wind, however, much higher than Shaggydog despite Shaggy's apparent viciousness. Threaten Bran and Summer ''will'' kill you much faster than winter ever will. |
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* [[Foreshadowing]]: The death of the mother and the separation of the pups symbolize the scattering of the Stark children {{spoiler|and the death of their father Lord Eddard}}. The fact that the mother direwolf was killed by a stag further reinforces this {{spoiler|as the stag is the sigil of House Baratheon, and accepting King Robert's offer led to Ned's death.}} |
* [[Foreshadowing]]: The death of the mother and the separation of the pups symbolize the scattering of the Stark children {{spoiler|and the death of their father Lord Eddard}}. The fact that the mother direwolf was killed by a stag further reinforces this {{spoiler|as the stag is the sigil of House Baratheon, and accepting King Robert's offer led to Ned's death.}} |
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* [[Heroic Albino]]: Ghost. |
* [[Heroic Albino]]: Ghost. |
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