Editing Dire Wolf

The '''Dire Wolf''' is a concept that appears in a lot of fantasy works, based on a simple train of logic: wolves are scary, cool and badass as they are, but they're actually pretty small. How can we make them even more scary, cool and badass? Why, we make them '''bigger''', of course! Whilst there can sometimes be other traits, such as being [[worg|malevolently intelligent]] or possessed of magical abilities, at their core, dire wolves are regular wolves scaled up several notches. The exact stature varies, but around the size that you can ride them like a horse is pretty common.

The term is also often co-opted as a badass title for spaceships, [[mecha]], tanks or other mighty war machines, simply because it sounds badass.

==In D&D and Pathfinder==
The dire wolf is the oldest and most recognizable of the [[Dire Animal]]s in [[Dungeons & Dragons]] and spin-off games like [[Pathfinder]]. In fact, there have traditionally been a variety of lupine monsters built around the dire wolf chassis, such as [[Worg]]s (evil, sapient dire wolves with a tendency to work alongside [[goblinoid]]s) and [[Winter Wolf|Winter Wolves]], who have icy [[elemental]] abilities.

==In Warhammer Fantasy==
In [[Warhammer Fantasy]], the wolves of [[Sylvania]] are known and feared as some of the largest and most vicious in the Empire. However, the ''term'' "dire wolf" is used for ''[[zombie]]'' Sylvanian wolves used as fast-moving hunters by the [[Vampire Counts]]. For more details, see [[Dire Wolf (Warhammer Fantasy)]].

==In BattleTech==
In the universe of [[BattleTech]], the Dire Wolf is an Assault [[OmniMech]] invented and deployed by [[The Clans]], and generally regarded one of the most terrifying Mechs ever fielded. See [[Dire Wolf (BattleTech)]].

==In Warhammer 40K==
The [[Adeptus Titanicus]] fields a model called the [[Dire Wolf Heavy Scout Titan]]. It is generally considered to be a blatant attempt by [[Warhammer 40,000]] to rip-off the [[BattleTech]] Dire Wolf [[OmniMech]].

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