Wolf Warriors
The homeland was lost due to Foam Rage, a plague not unlike rabies, but one that seemed made to torment the Wolf Warriors specifcally. Years have passed and now Madguts the Murderous bravely offers to reclaim the territory to win the hand of his heir bearess, Mewgull. A fallen Wolf royal from the dissolved Dreadful Drone tribe. The tribe once lived in what is now the Uglithugs Territory. Other tribes seem very willing to contribute help and the virus seems to be have disapated. Or does everything seem too good to be true?
There are many renditions of this story that I’ve heard but I shall tell you one that I heard when I was a child.
In the ancient days, as viking-kind was finding it’s footing in the Archipelago, there were many other beings that walked alongside them. There were dragons, there were possibly even ghosts, but the most mysterious of all was one that brought them so much inspiration.
Wolves.
What’s so mysterious about wolves you say? These weren’t your run of the mill wolves that skulked about in the forests. These wolves were magic and in touch with the gods.
It was said that these wolves admired the Vikings so much that they wanted to live alongside them and they were granted the power to Shift. They could live as wolves or Vikings! The Vikings were happy to have such powerful allies and they were dubbed Wolf Warriors (or simply as Viking Wolves in some places). Even as humans, they were taller, stronger, and very powerful! Strongest of all was their fierce loyalty that outweighed the Vikings combined!
As time went on, some Vikings didn’t appreciate these qualities enough and only saw the ones that they envied. Those Vikings greatly wanted the power to Shift. It was a common belief that wearing the pelt of an animal could give you it’s strength and power. So, these Vikings began to hunt the Wolf Warriors.
They discovered that the Wolf Warriors turned into humans when they died but if they were scared and shifted as a wolf, they could not shift back into humans. It was easy to scare them when they knew they were going to be harvested for fur. With this knowledge, there was a simple solution to get what they wanted. It was a grim solution that I dare not say in words. You will have to use your mind.
This spread terror across the populations of Wolf Warriors. Their numbers started to dwindle as they fled or disguised themselves as humans. Vikings would sellout Warriors in hiding and Wolf Warrior pelts were in high demand. Chiefs tried to ban the sale of these furs but Vikings would simply sell them discreetly.
Vikings who desired the ability to Shift would go someplace private and buy their Wolf Warrior pelt. However, most heard rumors that they didn’t work! Try it under a full moon, the seller would say. So they would buy the pelt and try it on under the full moon. Nothing.
The Vikings’ selfishness and cruelty became apparent to the wolves and they fled. They fled so deep into the woods and they were never seen again. That was the last anyone heard of the Wolf Warriors.
