The Unyielding Flame
"King of the Ashfangs"
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To submit a unique Loth-wolf companion and war mount for Angeron.
Image Credit: Image generated using AI.
Role: War Mount, Companion, Symbol of Status and Ritual Beast
Permissions: N/A
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PHYSICAL INFORMATION
Age: 8-14 Galactic Standard Years (Prime adult)
Force Sensitivity: Untrained Force Sensitive
Species: Alchemically Enhanced Loth-wolf (Iron Howl Ashfang Variant)
Appearance: Towering at nearly 4 meters at the shoulder, this beast is larger than a standard Loth-wolf, with dense black and ash-grey fur threaded with streaks of ember-red, like lava veins across a volcanic ridge and obsidian plate. Its fangs are oversized and metallic phrik, grown through Sith alchemical processes, and etched with war runes in ur-Kittat. It bears ceremonial chain-links woven into its mane and a rugged saddle made of fire-hardened leather. Its eyes glow a molten amber, and it exudes an aura of primal dread.
SOCIAL INFORMATION
Name: Skarth the Grim
Loyalties: Angeron
Notable Possessions:
- Custom Iron Howl War-Saddle with Phrik armor-plated harness
- Engraved Fang-Plate muzzle (for battle ceremony)
- Ritual chain-collars bearing Sith runes of binding and loyalty
Training:
- Responds to silent gestures and war cries
- Trained to navigate volcanic terrain and chaotic battlefields
- Capable of silent ambushes and long-range pursuit
- War mount combat formations and flanking maneuvers
COMBAT INFORMATION
Combat Function: Skarth operates as both mount and warbeast. He is used for fast, brutal charges, clever ambushes, and disrupting enemy ranks with terrifying howls and overwhelming force. His Phrik fangs can pierce armor, and he can topple small vehicles or scatter infantry. His instinctual combat intelligence lets him flank and guard Angeron intuitively, even without direct command. He is less suited to spaceport or tight urban environments.
Force Abilities: N/A (While untrained, he exhibits instinctive sensitivity such as danger sense, tracking Force-users, and empathic links to Angeron.)
Strengths:
- Alchemically Enhanced Physique: Skarth is far stronger, faster, and more durable than natural Loth-wolves and Ashfangs, capable of shrugging off small arms fire and bounding over vehicles.
- Fear Aura & Bond: His presence instills dread in enemies (a result of ritual alchemy and Force presence), and he shares an empathic link with Angeron, allowing for seamless coordination.
- Pack Alpha: As King of the Ashfangs, Skarth has a certain control and authority over other Ashfangs which allows him to command and direct them.
- Large Size: Skarth cannot enter many facilities or confined spaces, limiting use in dense urban or shipboard/station combat.
- Rage Triggers: While loyal, certain pain stimuli or psychic attacks may trigger berserker frenzies, making him harder to control.
- Force Null: Loses his dark side ritually enhanced aura in force nullification zones or abilities.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Skarth was born in the volcanic tunnels beneath Fanghelm Citadel, from a bloodline of captured Loth-wolves subjected to Sith alchemical grafting, flame-forging, and rune-binding. As part of the Iron Howl's Rite of Warbonding, Angeron chose the fiercest pup and forged a pact in fire and blood.
Since then, Skarth has been at Angeron's side through campaigns across worlds, purges, and sacred hunts of the Iron Howl. His howl echoes across warfields as an omen, and his fangs have slain both beasts and men. To the Iron Howl, Skarth is not just a mount, but a symbol—a totem of ancient ferocity reawakened in the Chapter's image.