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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsQuestion for real Game of Thrones fans/scholars:
What the hell ever happened to Arya's direwolf?
I remember that in the books, it ran away, but she was somehow still psychically connected to it. I can't remember if the show even went there.
So where is it?
hlthe2b
(102,509 posts)while there was a bit of recognition, she watched as it went off with its pack.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)hlthe2b
(102,509 posts)I haven't read the books and I'm certainly no "scholar", but I do remember the scene. (I tend to remember all things canine)
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)No wonder I don't remember it.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)I don't remember exactly where, but there is a mention of a roaming pack of wolves terrorising the countryside, let by a fearsome, enormous wolf, which is clearly Arya's direwolf.
The meeting between them last season was probably what they call "fan service".
yellowdogintexas
(22,292 posts)they roam the Riverlands, near Riverrun.
In the books, Arya wargs into Nymeria several times but so far they have not crossed paths
I can't remember which one of the kids experienced this, but at some point two of them are warged into their wolves and the wolves sense each other's presence but they don't actually find each other.
This might be the scene around the tower in the lake, in which Bran, Rickon, Osha and Hodor are in the tower with ShaggyDog and Summer; Jon who is with a pack of wildings comes into the area and they sense that their brother is near.
We did not get much warging in the series, but the books have a lot!
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)When the snows fall and the white winds blow,
the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives
I guess Nymeria is foreshadowing how the Stark clan stays together and survives. I cant explain Ghost then but his name foreshadowed Jons death and resurrection. IMHO Ghost deserved many more pets because he was such a good boy!
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Probably because of all the fur. It's tough to make it look convincing.
So that's why you don't see characters physically interacting with him much.
But, yes, he is definitely a very good boy.