"I have no choice but to die... NO! I have jumped for a tree,
jumped for a raven, jumped for a cougar. I shall jump for the sun!"
-Faolan when he jumps over the wall of fire; Lone Wolf, page 211
Faolan MacDuncan is a young male dire wolf (Canis Dirus) and the main protagonist of the Wolves of the Beyond series, as the books follow his life. He is the son of Morag and Kinnaird. Faolan was born as an outcast because of his splayed paw and left on ice to drown, but was rescued by Thunderheart. He soon joins the MacDuncan pack of the Eastern Scree and becomes a gnaw wolf, later becoming part of the Watch. He is the one who "jumped for the sun".
Faolan is currently the leader of the survivors who are traveling to the Distant Blue, including Edme, Banja, Maudie, Myrrglosch, Mhairie, Dearlea, the Whistler, Caila, Abban, Katria, Airmead, Toby, Burney and Gwynneth.
Description
Faolan has the luminous green eyes of the true wolves of the Beyond.
As seen on the covers of the books, he has dark, silvery-gray fur
running from the top of his head to his back and the top of his tail.
The rest of his body is a light silver, almost white. He has a black
nose and a bit of white fur above his eye. He has shiny, golden fangs.
Faolan is very fast; faster than the she-wolves, who are said to be the
faster than males.
One of his front paws is splayed, meaning that the toes are further apart from each other. However, when the Great Mending comes in Spirit Wolf, his paw is straightned. He has a spiral mark shaped like a swirled star on the pad of his left paw, making him a malcadh. Although the meaning of this spiral is unknown, Faolan believes it is part of a bigger destiny or a great harmony.
-Faolan when he jumps over the wall of fire; Lone Wolf, page 211
Faolan MacDuncan is a young male dire wolf (Canis Dirus) and the main protagonist of the Wolves of the Beyond series, as the books follow his life. He is the son of Morag and Kinnaird. Faolan was born as an outcast because of his splayed paw and left on ice to drown, but was rescued by Thunderheart. He soon joins the MacDuncan pack of the Eastern Scree and becomes a gnaw wolf, later becoming part of the Watch. He is the one who "jumped for the sun".
Faolan is currently the leader of the survivors who are traveling to the Distant Blue, including Edme, Banja, Maudie, Myrrglosch, Mhairie, Dearlea, the Whistler, Caila, Abban, Katria, Airmead, Toby, Burney and Gwynneth.
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Description
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Faolan has the luminous green eyes of the true wolves of the Beyond.
As seen on the covers of the books, he has dark, silvery-gray fur
running from the top of his head to his back and the top of his tail.
The rest of his body is a light silver, almost white. He has a black
nose and a bit of white fur above his eye. He has shiny, golden fangs.
Faolan is very fast; faster than the she-wolves, who are said to be the
faster than males.
One of his front paws is splayed, meaning that the toes are further apart from each other. However, when the Great Mending comes in Spirit Wolf, his paw is straightned. He has a spiral mark shaped like a swirled star on the pad of his left paw, making him a malcadh. Although the meaning of this spiral is unknown, Faolan believes it is part of a bigger destiny or a great harmony.
![]() Faolan from the cover of Spirit Wolf. He is a strong, silver male wolf. | ||||
General Info | Species: Dire Wolf (Canis Dirus)
Gender: Male Age: Possibly 3-4 | |||
Family | Thunderheart- Second Milk Giver
Morag- Birth Mother Kinnaird- Birth Father Mhairie- Birth Sister Dearlea- Birth Sister Brangwen- Step father | |||
Description | Fur: Silver
Eyes: Green Deformity: Splayed Paw | |||
Clan/Pack | Clan: MacDuncan Clan
Pack: Pack of the Eastern Scree | |||
Appearences | Lone Wolf, Shadow Wolf, Watch Wolf, Frost Wolf | |||
Current and Previous Status | Current: Wolf of the Sacred Watch
Past: Malcadh, lone wolf, gnaw wolf | |||
Fate | Living | |||
Abilities | Jumping high, Firesight, standing on hind legs, quick speed, large size, excellent gnawing, knowledge of grizzlies and sudden knowledge of owls, very strong, can change into a grizzly. | |||
Splayed Paw "I seek death, and it seeks life!" -Thunderheart when she first sees Faolan, Lone Wolf, page 19 Thunderheart (first known as "The Milk Giver" or sometimes known as "The Second Milk Giver" by Faolan) was a female grizzly bear who rescued and raised Faolan after her last-born was taken and killed by cougars. To Faolan, she became known as Thunderheart because of her large, booming heart. She died in an earthquake while looking for Faolan. While she does not appear, Thunderheart is constantly mentioned by her adopted son, Faolan.
Description
Thunderheart was a massive female grizzly bear, with silvery tips on
her cocoa brown fur. Like other grizzlies, she had a large hump on her
back, where her step son, Faolan,
would often climb aboard. She also had rich, gleaming, cocoa brown
eyes, so shiny you could see your reflection in them, and on bright days
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The Sark wasn't very pretty. In fact, she was blighted by one eye
that seems to skitter to the side. And her fur was wild, as if not just
her hackles, but her entire pelt, was in a constant state of alarm. If
one could look closely at her eyes, if one eye was not so skittish, one
could see that her eyes were not the same color. One was the true green
of the wolves of the Beyond, while the other was amber, like an owl's.
If she had these effects at birth, the Sark would have been claimed a malcadh. Her fur color is still unknown.
Gwynneth (pronunced Gwen-neth) is a Rogue Smith


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Gwynneth is a Masked Owl, a species of owl from Tyto. It is unknown what type of Masked Owl she is.
Family
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Gwyndor- Father
Thora Plonk- "Auntie"
Gwynneth- Mother
History
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Before the Books
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Gwynneth was born to Gwyndor
and his unknown mate who had died before she was hatched (Gwynneth was
named after her mother, so we assume her mother was named Gwynneth). As
she grew, she exp

Lone Wolf
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After the War of the Ember, Gwynneth established her forge in the
Beyond and became a rogue smith. It was also during this time that her
father died because of wounds he suffered during the war.
One day while trying to create metal art, she overheard a beautiful howling sound and decided to find the source. This was how Gwynneth came across Faolan, a lone dire wolf with a splayed paw mourning for the loss of his second milk-giver, Thunderheart. She felt a great deal of kinship with Faolan because of the similarities in the circumstances of their family. It was by this kinship that she was able to convince Faolan to seek out the wolves of the Beyond and become a gnaw wolf instead of staying with her. Gwynneth also made Faolan promise not to come and visit her until he had become a gnaw wolf.
After he left, Gwynneth unintentionally shaped a piece of metal into the swirling shape she had seen on Faolan's twisted paw.


Shadow Wolf
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Gwynneth is the witness of the murder of an unnamed tawny malcadh pup, altough she only heard it. She tells the Sark of the Slough what she heard. In the end, the rouge smith helps Faolan, along with the Sark, give evidence that the murderer is Heep.
Later after Heep escapes punishment and Faolan is named one of the two winning gnaw wolves who gets to become a new watch member, Gwynneth is the first to witness Heep and two outclanner wolves looking for Faolan's most cherished bones of Thunderheart and alerts Faolan. Before he gets there, Gwynneth is the first to confront Heep, attacking him with her talons until Faolan arrives.
Watch Wolf
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Gwynneth is one of the many owls who fly to the Ring of Sacred
Volcanoes during the She-Winds. She also goes with Faolan and the Sark
to the MacNamara Clan so Faolan can meet Morag, his first mother. She is
also in the epilouge with the Sark when Faolan begins to howl after he
sees both Morag and Thunderheart climbing to the Cave of Souls.
Frost Wolf
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In Frost Wolf Gwynneth continues the journey of finding her father's resting place that she long forgot. She and the Sark of the Slough not only find the resting place of Gwyndor but, find and reveal the Prophet to be none other than Liam MacDuncan.
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