Creature Size

[The Prince of Newcastle]

So... This is mainly for the Direwolves...

How big are the surviving wolves at the end of ADWD?

I can't see it explained anywhere.

Drogon is the size of a horse with a 20 foot wingspan I think... Smaller than on TV.

But the Direwolves... How big? Is ghost the biggest?

[PrinceHenryris]

I'd guess that Shaggydog is the largest of the Stark Direwolves.

Lady and Grey Wind are dead.

Nymeria, Ghost and Summer all have faced hardships that Shaggy might not have.

[Tall Tyrion Lannister!]

i saw something on Tumblr that said Ghost was 6 feet tall, which just seems weird.

[Roose Seal]

Isn't Nymeria supposed to be the size of a horse?

Since we haven't had any reliable accounts of her appearance, only hearsay and exaggerated accounts, it's hard to tell what is true though.

[The Holy Goat]

I imagine the surviving direwolves are as big as small-/medium-sized ponies, huge, much larger than normal wolves, but not gigantic. Like a shetland pony maybe. And yes, Ghost is bigger than the other direwolves, although he was the smallest when born.

[Free Northman Reborn]

Ghost

Greywind

Summer

Shaggydog

Nymeria

Lady

That is the order of size. Take out the dead ones and you will have the current order of size.

[RumHam]

From Wikipedia:

The dire wolf averaged about 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in length and weighed between 50 kg (110 lb) and 79 kg (174 lb)

Martin has said his are a little bigger than real world direwolves.

[The Holy Goat]

Ghost

Greywind

Summer

Shaggydog

Nymeria

Lady

That is the order of size. Take out the dead ones and you will have the current order of size.

This is it.

From Wikipedia:

Martin has said his are a little bigger than real world direwolves.

The size described in your quote is basically the size of large male wolves today, so I think it's safe to say that the direwolves of Martins world indeed are a bit larger. If they weren't, they wouldn't have the impact they do on people close to them. Even when young they terrify people in a way that a regular wolf wouldn't.

[Darksnider05]

Don't they pray on mammoths up in the far North?

[Bright Blue Eyes]

Tall enough to look most people straight into the eyes. Five feet at the shoulder, head higher.

[RumHam]

The size described in your quote is basically the size of large male wolves today, so I think it's safe to say that the direwolves of Martins world indeed are a bit larger. If they weren't, they wouldn't have the impact they do on people close to them. Even when young they terrify people in a way that a regular wolf wouldn't.

I didn't realize, don't see many wolves around here. I wonder what made them so dire then.

[Bright Blue Eyes]

I didn't realize, don't see many wolves around here. I wonder what made them so dire then.

More weight, greater fangs, shorter legs. A bit like a hyena.

[Kasporio]

real life dire wolves mesured 4,9 feet in length, slightly bigger than a great dane (4,4).

[BrojenReed]

Tall enough to look most people straight into the eyes. Five feet at the shoulder, head higher.

Pretty f**kin' terrifying when you think about it.

[acosta]

Actual dire wolves were about the size of mastiffs. More than size, the difference was much larger and stronger jaws allowing them to hunt larger prey. They weren't the ridiculous giants like described in the books or the CGI monsters from the show. Ghost was already as tall as Gilly in the first episode of season two. He looked like a good 300 lbs. I can't remember any exact description of their size from the books, but I do remember Ghost is the largest.

[Lady Blizzardborn]

I recall reading that Martin said the direwolves when fully grown would be the size of small horses. Rickon could totally ride Shaggydog into battle one day.

[Bright Blue Eyes]

Actual dire wolves were about the size of mastiffs. More than size, the difference was much larger and stronger jaws allowing them to hunt larger prey. They weren't the ridiculous giants like described in the books or the CGI monsters from the show. Ghost was already as tall as Gilly in the first episode of season two. He looked like a good 300 lbs. I can't remember any exact description of their size from the books, but I do remember Ghost is the largest.

There is the odd description of some direwolf looking a grown man straight into the eyes, or Jon wrapping his arm around Ghost's shoulders while standing.

[LyrnaSnowBunnyAvenger]

Rickon could totally ride Shaggydog into battle one day.

My total over the top fantasy - Rickon riding into battle on Shaggydog dual wielding Ice n/k/a Widow's Wail and Oathkeeper, leading a whole bunch of cannibals on unicorns to take back WF. Yeah, I know. Cheesy and never going to happen. But I'd still total fist pump/snoopy dance.

[Barty]

According to Bran the Direwolf mother was bigger than his pony - so about the size of a horse. But that is a female and in the dog family males tend to be bigger and heavier than females. So the male direwolves - Ghost, Shaggy and Summer are probably as big as your average warhorse while Nymeria is slightly smaller.

Bran also said the mother direwolf was twice the size of the largest hound in his father's kennel - considering this is the warden of the north he probably has a well supplied kennel. So the biggest hound he has would probably be the size of an Irish Wolfhound ~33 inches(could be bigger) that puts the direwolf mother at 66 inches(6 and a half feet) - and thats a female so a fully grown male direwolf could be as big as 7 feet.

[C0bR]

According to Bran the Direwolf mother was bigger than his pony - so about the size of a horse. But that is a female and in the dog family males tend to be bigger and heavier than females. So the male direwolves - Ghost, Shaggy and Summer are probably as big as your average warhorse while Nymeria is slightly smaller.

Bran also said the mother direwolf was twice the size of the largest hound in his father's kennel - considering this is the warden of the north he probably has a well supplied kennel. So the biggest hound he has would probably be the size of an Irish Wolfhound ~33 inches(could be bigger) that puts the direwolf mother at 66 inches(6 and a half feet) - and thats a female so a fully grown male direwolf could be as big as 7 feet.

I like the way you think.