Direwolf Death

[The Lord of the Crossing]

There are still four direwolves left and that is too many to survive the series.  (1)  Which of the direwolves is the weakest?  (2)  Which one is likely to die in tWoW?  (3) Which one should die to move the story along and would fit with its current plot?

My answers are:

1)  Summer

2)  Ghost

3)  Nymeria should die since she has gone to the point of making her pack an enemy of the riverlands, but I do not think she will die in the next book.  She will end up living, to serve as Arya's vessel when her own human body dies. 

 

[Veloknight]

Why is that too many to survive the series? 1/3 of them are already dead!

[The Commentator]

• Weakest = Ghost
• Will die in Winds = Nymeria
• Well, since the crows got rid of their nutty lord commander it should logically follow that they will get rid of his dog too.  So it has to be Ghost. 

[Jeeves]

1. Summer
2. Nymeria
3. Nymeria

[TPTWP Timett]

1. Shaggy dog didn't Summer kick his ass in one of the first few books.

2.  Ghost

3.  Nymeria

[SevasTra82]

7 hours ago, Veloknight said:

Why is that too many to survive the series? 1/3 of them are already dead!

Agreed.  I don't see why one could consider there being too many.

[Eden-Mackenzie]

11 hours ago, Lame Lothar Frey said:

There are still four direwolves left and that is too many to survive the series.  (1)  Which of the direwolves is the weakest?  (2)  Which one is likely to die in tWoW?  (3) Which one should die to move the story along and would fit with its current plot?

My answers are:

1)  Summer

2)  Ghost

3)  Nymeria should die since she has gone to the point of making her pack an enemy of the riverlands, but I do not think she will die in the next book.  She will end up living, to serve as Arya's vessel when her own human body dies. 

 

I'm curious as to why four direwolves is too many? Also, are you saying Summer is the weakest because of his fight with One-Eye?

[Bran the Shipper]

1.  Physically it is likely Ghost since he was the runt of the litter, but mentally Shaggy Dog seems to be at a disadvantage.

2.  The only Direwolf I see dying is Summer (because I don't have much hope for the survival Bran's crew, they're too far north and winter has come).  Though I see Summer surviving until Dreams of Spring and that no Direwolves die in Winds of Winter.

3. Summer.  If Bran really is paralleling the tale of the Last Hero, as I think he is, then the death of his 'dog' is part of that.  Summer will also be his last tie to the physical world and allow him to accept becoming an old god. 

[purple-eyes]

2 minutes ago, Bran the Shipper said:

1.  Physically it is likely Ghost since he was the runt of the litter, but mentally Shaggy Dog seems to be at a disadvantage.

2.  The only Direwolf I see dying is Summer (because I don't have much hope for the survival Bran's crew, they're too far north and winter has come).  Though I see Summer surviving until Dreams of Spring and that no Direwolves die in Winds of Winter.

3. Summer.  If Bran really is paralleling the tale of the Last Hero, as I think he is, then the death of his 'dog' is part of that.  Summer will also be his last tie to the physical world and allow him to accept becoming an old god. 

Agree the last hero stuff. 

But in this case, does meera need to die too? 

[7-KG]

(1)  Which of the direwolves is the weakest? 

Shaggydog.

(2)  Which one is likely to die in tWoW? 

Ghost.

(3) Which one should die to move the story along and would fit with its current plot?

Summer.

[purple-eyes]

I honestly believe all magic animals will die after the final battle against others. 

Including dragons and wolves. 

Magic will be gone and this world will become similarly to our current world with regular seasons. 

[dread wolf]

Ghost - unlikely he started as the smllest but it is said in wiki as he becomes the largest of the pack bigger than grey wind. i don't think jon will die. he already "died" once to him to die again feels like shitty writing.

nymeria - no way she has a superpack of wolves and her name is of a wwarrior queen of rhoynar. if arya dies(which i would hate it to happen) she may warg into nymeria as someone else said

shaggydog - no idea don't anything about rickon only season 6 or TWOW  will tell us 

summer - he is likely to die as we know that in asoiaf "magic comes at a price" thing

[Damsel in Distress]

1. Summer is the weakest.
2. Ghost
3. Ghost should die, to move the plot

[Son of Man]

1. Weakest => Shaggydog
2. Next to die => Ghost
3. Should die => Nymeria

The Tullys are down to  one, Bartheon to two, Targaryen to one, and the Lanns down to three. Arryns is already gone.   It's unfair to let all five remaining Starks live. 

[The Fresh PtwP]

Weakest-Shaggy

Likely to die-Nymeria, been running rampant since ACOK.

Should die- Shaggy. After the battle of Ice, with Robb's letter, LF's scheme, and Davos' task all in the works there is going to be a KiTN/Lord of Winterfell sucession crisis...and i call (F)rickon shenanigans.

[The Commentator]

• I don't know which is weakest.  They're about the same.  Ghost might be a tad larger.
• Which direwolf will die in Winds of Winter?  Nymeria.  Arya too.
• Ghost

[Mon ami]

1. Nymeria.  Females wolves are smaller than the males.
2. Summer dies I think.  That's what pushes Bran to the edge and makes him turn to evil.
3. Ghost should die with Jon in tWoW.

[Son of Man]

#3 - Nymeria should die.  She enjoys killing now.  She no longer kills just for sustenance.  She is a reflection of Arya in many ways.

[DrewStark]

I don't see how Ghost dying will move the plot along? I don't think any of the wolves will die 

[Jak Scaletongue]

On 2016-02-04 at 3:54 AM, The Fresh PtwP said:

Weakest-Shaggy

Likely to die-Nymeria, been running rampant since ACOK.

Should die- Shaggy. After the battle of Ice, with Robb's letter, LF's scheme, and Davos' task all in the works there is going to be a KiTN/Lord of Winterfell sucession crisis...and i call (F)rickon shenanigans.

Beautiful pun

On 2016-02-08 at 10:05 PM, Mon ami said:

1. Nymeria.  Females wolves are smaller than the males.
2. Summer dies I think.  That's what pushes Bran to the edge and makes him turn to evil.
3. Ghost should die with Jon in tWoW.

According to Wikipedia, and specimens found of real-life direwolves (which I admit, aren't a 1-1 comparison to Westerosi direwolves, but it's the best we've got!):

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With the exception of the canine teeth in some populations, male and female body and teeth sizes evidence no major sexual dimorphism, similar to most canines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_wolf

So it's not *necessarily* true that Nymeria is visibly smaller than her brothers.  It's certainly not a given.  Possible, yes, but you shouldn't assume.  And "smaller" doesn't mean "weaker."  She might *look* smaller but she's bound to be better fed than Summer, what with all those Frey's running around to eat!  "Smaller" may also mean "dense" as in she may *look* shorter but she's still got as much or more muscle-power as the others.  A smaller, denser man can be stronger than a tall beanpole of a man.  Or even a person who's considered small and wiry can still have an equal amount of strength as a beefier person.

In short - small =/= weak.  Small things can be strong and big things can be weak.