#wargs

[asparklethatisblue]

Leed and her warg puppies.

I think character design wise she's mz favourite in the manga and I can't wait to see her animated! ;3;

#leed #leed dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi #wargs #delicious in dungeon #my art #orcs

[lowcountry-gothic]

Battle of Five Armies

There and Back Again

Tom Bombadil

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Two Towers

Battle of the Hornburg

Battle of the Pelennor Fields

Battle of the Morannon

Evenstar

Red Book of Westmarch

Art by Wavesheep. Part I | Part II | Part III. 

#art #wavesheep #tolkien #the hobbit #lotr #thorin oakenshield #dwarves #bard the bowman #thranduil #wargs #gandalf #bilbo baggins #goldberry #tom bombadil #frodo baggins #legolas greenleaf #aragorn #boromir #saruman #sauron #eomer #rohan #eowyn #nazgul #gollum #arwen #meriadoc brandybuck #peregrin took #samwise gamgee

[humbababa]

While I appreciate all the relationship growth between all the characters, Chilchuck and Wargs is one of my favourites

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #chilchuck #warg #wargs #chilchuck tims

[gnomescarfcomics]

Middle-earth shots of the week

#Middle-earth shots #Arondir #wargs #Gollum #Smeagol #Thorin Oakenshield #Gandalf #Elrond #Rivendell #Samwise Gamgee #Ted Sandyman #Gaffer Gamgee #Old Noakes #hobbits #The Hobbit #Rings of Power #Lord of the Rings #Tolkien

[ludinusdaleth]

my favorite wizard101 mounts

yueltide stag ○ brown warg ○ war boar

#w101edit #gamingedit #wizard101 #mine #deer #wargs #wolves #canines #boars #pigs #animals #flashing gif #these were dream mounts of mine as a kid. look at me now

[jedimandalorian]

@mandojediblogger Your posts about Tolkien’s influence on the Filoniverse inspired this. @seleneisrising I thought you’d enjoy this too.

Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati are wargs.

Quote:

“In the philologist and fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fiction, a warg is a particularly large and evil kind of wolf that could be ridden by orcs. He derived the name and characteristics of his wargs by combining meanings and myths from Old Norse and Old English. In Norse mythology, a vargr (anglicised as warg) is a wolf, especially the wolf Fenrir that destroyed the god Odin in the battle of Ragnarök, and the wolves Sköll and Hati, Fenrir's children, who perpetually chase the Sun and Moon.”

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warg

So who are Skoll and Hati chasing in Ahsoka?

Shin Hati is in conflict with Sabine Wren in the trailer, and Baylan Skoll seems to be Ahsoka’s foe in the footage we’ve seen so far.

Quote:

“In Norse mythology, Hati Hróðvitnisson (Old Norse: [ˈhɑte ˈhroːðˌwitnesˌson], first name meaning "He Who Hates", or "Enemy") is a warg; a wolf that, according to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, chases Máni, the Moon, across the night sky, just as the wolf Sköll chases Sól, the Sun, during the day, until the time of Ragnarök, when they will swallow these heavenly bodies.”

Source:

Apparently Skoll chases the sun (Ahsoka) and Hati chases the moon (Sabine). So if they catch them does that mean that Ragnarök, the Twilight of the Gods, will begin?

“War is inevitable. One must destroy in order to create.” —Baylan Skoll in the Ahsoka trailer.

Dave Filoni likes to tell us what he’s been up to without really telling us. Remember the Rebels episode called “Wolves and a Door”?

Ahsoka may take us on a “new road” or along “hidden paths” by way of a “secret gate.”

#sabine wren #star wars #ahsoka series #ahsoka tano #baylan skoll #shin hati #wargs #j r r tolkien #dave filoni #star wars rebels

[eterna4est]

something about winter time compels me to draw my beautiful girl Kavrishk

#ocs #kavrishk #wargs

[gandalf-the-fool]

#lotr #lotr memes #the lord of the rings #the lord of the rings memes #the lord of the rings meme #legolas #legolas memes #the fellowship of the ring #the two towers #the return of the king #middle earth #tolkien memes #jrr tolkien #Aragorn #wargs #orcs #mordor #sauron #frodo baggins #new Zealand #samwise gamgee #merry and pippin #gimli #boromir #gandalf #infinite arrows #legolas bow #you have my sword and my bow and my ax #helms deep #gondor

[middleearthmistress]

Gandalf: Hobbits must know fear. Without it they'll try Frenching wargs, or try living in Mirkwood.

#incorrect lotr quotes #source: glee #gandalf #mirkwood #hobbits #wargs

[asoiafreadthru]

A Game of Thrones, Sansa I

Arya grabbed Nymeria around her neck, but the moment she pulled out the brush again the direwolf wriggled free and bounded off. Frustrated, Arya threw down the brush. “Bad wolf!” she shouted.

Sansa couldn’t help but smile a little. The kennelmaster once told her that an animal takes after its master.

She gave Lady a quick little hug. Lady licked her cheek. Sansa giggled.

Arya heard and whirled around, glaring.

#a game of thrones #sansa i #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf #arya stark #nymeria #sansa stark #lady #direwolf #direwolves #wolf #wolves #house stark #farlen #animals #wargs #warging

[arofili]

A Warg in Sheep’s Clothing

a fic for the @tolkienrsb 2022, written by me @arofili and featuring art by @stardryad​ !

Fíli and Kíli find an injured puppy in the woods, and simply must adopt him. Only, is that actually a puppy...or something more dangerous?

Rating: T | No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Fíli & Kíli & Warg OC, Fíli & Kíli & Dís & Vali (OC), Fíli & Kíli & Thorin, Warg OC & White Warg Characters: Fíli, Kíli, Buddy (Warg OC), Dís, Vali (OC; Dís’ husband), Thorin, Dwalin, Óin, Glóin, Gimli, Hlífa (OC; Glóin’s wife), Tauriel, White Warg Word count: 8.1k

Full art piece rebloggable HERE! (Rating: G)

READ IT ON AO3! (available beginning 9/10/22!)

#trsb22 #tolkienrsb #the hobbit #fili #kili #kili the dwarf #fili the dwarf #dis #thorin #oc vali #dis' spouse #oc buddy #white warg #wargs #my writing #my fic #tefain nin #a warg in sheep's clothing #stardryad

[anragaire]

My favourite thing about the new warg design is that they absolutely have the vibe of a chihuahua named Princess and let me tell you, I am afraid.

#inspired by the most vicious of dogs #tiny dogs #trop #the rings of power #wargs #the rings of power spoilers #lotr

[whitehorsevale]

Wait. Wargs don't leave behind bodies when they die?? I've been pretty complacent about the idea of wargs as simply Wolves But Evil, but only two other characters in Lord of the Rings are explicitly shown as dying without leaving behind a body and. What are wargs

#lotr newsletter #january 13 #lord of the rings #wargs #lotr spoilers

[too-pirate-to-function]

just realized that our Strong boys could technically be wargs because they have the blood of the First Men through their father, Harwin.

hmmm…

#fix-it fic anyone? #hotd #asoiaf lore #house strong #harwin strong #lucerys strong #jacaerys strong #joffrey strong #wargs #lucerys velaryon #lucerys targaryen

[addamvelaryon]

Okay, so I need to distract myself from Moon Knight for a bit so I’ll pivot over to ASOIAF instead. Specifically thinking about Jon Snow, I wonder if he may become a fully fledged skinchanger in TWOW? 

It’s established in the books that all the Stark children are wargs with their connection to their direwolves, to varying degrees of ability. But being a warg doesn’t necessarily make one able to skinchange into other animals. [For the purpose of this post, I will refer to warging as solely having control over wolves (/and dogs) and skinchanging as having control over any and all kinds of animals; that is how the author describes it so I shall too.]

Of the siblings, Bran is clearly the most powerful: a warg, skinchanger, and greenseer too. His fall leaves him in a coma, which results in Bran experiencing his first meeting with the Three-Eyed Crow. But it’s not until the second book that Bran feels he can truly reach beyond himself, and beyond his direwolf, Summer:

He remembered who he was all too well; Bran the boy, Bran the broken. Better Bran the beastling. Was it any wonder he would sooner dream his Summer dreams, his wolf dreams? Here in the chill damp darkness of the tomb his third eye had finally opened. He could reach Summer whenever he wanted, and once he had even touched Ghost and talked to Jon.

— A Clash of Kings, Bran VII

It’s not the first time Bran has warged into Summer, so clearly something has changed this time. In ASOS and ADWD, we can see Bran further his abilities by skinchanging into different animals and even a human.

Arya is also a very powerful warg like her brother. She can reach out to Nymeria despite considerable time apart and over a large land distance. Though Pre-ADWD, she is only able to connect with her direwolf, not any other animals. It is specifically after she loses her eyesight that Arya starts being able to skinchange into cats. 

So that loss of sight (Bran being engulfed in the darkness of the crypts and Arya actually loosing her eyesight) is what seems to awaken the latent skinchanging ability. TWOIAF does make mention of something regarding this:

These new Lorathi were worshippers of Boash, the Blind God. Rejecting all other deities, the followers of Boash ate no flesh, drank no wine, and walked barefoot through the world, clad only in hair shirts and hides. Their eunuch priests wore eyeless hoods in honor of their god; only in darkness, they believed, would their third eye open, allowing them to see the "higher truths" of creation that lay concealed behind the world's illusions. The worshippers of Boash believed that all life was sacred and eternal; that men and women were equal; that lords and peasants, rich and poor, slave and master, man and beast were all alike, all equally worthy, all creatures of god.

— The World of Ice and Fire, The Free Cities: Lorath

Jojen also provides some insight on the opening of the third eye:

"How would I break the chains, Jojen?" Bran asked.

"Open your eye."

"They are open. Can't you see?"

"Two are open." Jojen pointed. "One, two."

"I only have two."

"You have three. The crow gave you the third, but you will not open it." He had a slow soft way of speaking. "With two eyes you see my face. With three you could see my heart. With two you can see that oak tree there. With three you could see the acorn the oak grew from and the stump that it will one day become. With two you see no farther than your walls. With three you would gaze south to the Summer Sea and north beyond the Wall."

— A Clash of Kings, Bran IV

Additional note by Bloodraven:

"Never fear the darkness, Bran." The lord's words were accompanied by a faint rustling of wood and leaf, a slight twisting of his head. "The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong."

— A Dance with Dragons, Bran III

The darkness, or shall I say sensory deprivation, is key here. Jojen (greendreams) and Varamyr (skinchanging) are two other characters with such supernatural abilities, and since both of them are described as being sickly in their childhood, it’s possible some kind of sensory deprivation state came about as a result of their childhood sickness.

Regarding the abilities of the other siblings, Rickon was also present in the crypts alongside Bran, but since he is a non-pov, it’s not really possible to say how exactly he is affected. Though I will say this, considering his young age, Rickon does seem to be incorporating large aspects of Shaggydog’s nature the same way Shaggydog is incorporating Rickon’s nature. In terms of describing their personalities, it’s hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. Moving on to Sansa, she is an interesting case because Lady died near the start of the story. Sansa still has warging potential but the skinchanging seems rather unlikely since I don’t see a situation in Sansa’s future where some kind of sensory deprivation could take place (who knows, it might happen, it might not).

Robb & Jon are in a similar situation where they both are somewhat aware of the connection they have with their direwolves. But both of them, over the course of their stories, start to deny this part of themselves (eg. locking up their direwolf).

The Varamyr prologue chapter introduces us to skinchanging 101, and one of the things we’re told is that Jon has great potential:

He had known what Snow was the moment he saw that great white direwolf stalking silent at his side. One skinchanger can always sense another. Mance should have let me take the direwolf. There would be a second life worthy of a king. He could have done it, he did not doubt. The gift was strong in Snow, but the youth was untaught, still fighting his nature when he should have gloried in it.

— A Dance with Dragons, Prologue

Varamyr acknowledges Jon’s latent skinchanging ability. Should a situation arise where Jon also experiences sensory deprivation, he could tap into that latent skinchanging ability he has. Though it’s not enough to simply have the ability, you need to be able to acknowledge that part of yourself. Jon does sometimes try to deny it. Robb, from what we saw of him, had a similar tendency; fluctuating between keeping Grey Wind always by his side and trying to limit their connection.

Part of the reason Bran and Arya are such powerful wargs, is that they fully embrace the nature of a human’s connection with their direwolf, and so they’re able to further that into their latent skinchanging ability easier than their siblings:

She took a deep breath, then lifted the broomstick in both hands and brought it down across her knee. It broke with a loud crack, and she threw the pieces aside. I am a direwolf, and done with wooden teeth.

— A Clash of Kings, Arya X

Yes, Arya thought. Yes, it's you who ought to run, you and Lord Tywin and the Mountain and Ser Addam and Ser Amory and stupid Ser Lyonel whoever he is, all of you better run or my brother will kill you, he's a Stark, he's more wolf than man, and so am I.

— A Clash of Kings, Arya VIII

I won't be afraid. He was the Prince of Winterfell, Eddard Stark's son, almost a man grown and a warg too, not some little baby boy like Rickon. Summer would not be afraid.

— A Storm of Swords, Bran III

"I'd sooner be a wolf. Then I could live in the wood and sleep when I wanted, and I could find Arya and Sansa. I'd smell where they were and go save them, and when Robb went to battle I'd fight beside him like Grey Wind. I'd tear out the Kingslayer's throat with my teeth, rip, and then the war would be over and everyone would come back to Winterfell. If I was a wolf . . ." He howled. "Ooo-ooo-oooooooooooo."

— A Clash of Kings, Bran I

Both of them even react in the same appreciative way to hearing about Robb's warging/connection with wolves. This is something we don’t really see with their siblings.

Jon most likely warged into Ghost upon his “death”. So that will certainly build a closer bond between the two. Depending on Jon’s internal psyche (if he has dreams in the crypts) and what state his body is kept in, he could very well be resurrected with his latent skinchanging ability awakened.

TLDR; I would like to see Jon skinchange Mormont’s raven.

#valyrianscrolls #asoiaf #asoiaf meta #meta #jon snow #bran stark #arya stark #rickon stark #sansa stark #robb stark #jojen reed #brynden rivers #varamyr #skinchangers #wargs #direwolves #ghost #summer #nymeria #shaggydog #lady #grey wind #skinchanging #text

[nikolas-ilic]

Some wargs!

#illustration #characterdesign #lotr #wargs