Wolf spirit


 * This article is about the spirit from The Search. For other uses see Wolf (disambiguation).

The wolf spirit is a ferocious beast and servant to the Mother of Faces. He attacked Team Avatar while they were traveling to Hira'a.

History
Around 83 ASC, the wolf spirit was spotted while drinking from a stream by Ikem, who had turned to a life of isolation in the forest near a river.

Eighteen years later, when Team Avatar was traveling to Hira'a in search of information about Ursa, Aang began feeling a strange urge to constrict his face and sensed the presence of the wolf spirit. He briefly saw the wolf spirit a short while after, before being distracted by Azula's quick desertion. The wolf spirit appeared again and attempted to gnaw off Sokka's head. When Aang tried to respectfully approach the spirit and reveal his position as the Avatar, the wolf spirit quickly attacked him instead. Team Avatar tried multiple ways of attacking the spirit, all to no avail, until Appa swiped the wolf spirit with his tail. He retaliated by throwing up a cloud of moth wasps, which quickly surrounded Team Avatar. The spirit was eventually scared off by Azula's lightning attack that struck the moths.

Aang met with the wolf spirit again in the Spirit World, and tried to encourage it to travel to one of the other pools in the Forgetful Valley to drink from. The wolf spirit, however, did not show any signs of response, and suddenly ran off. Aang managed to grab hold of the spirit's fur, and found himself in front of the Mother of Faces, who admonished Aang for riding her wolf.

Abilities
The wolf spirit has the ability to remain invisible to most humans, and can breathe moth wasps with that same skill. It is also able to consume fire, and can easily withstand physical attacks, possessing sufficient physical strength and endurance to hold its own in a fight with several benders and a large flying bison.

The Search trilogy

 * The Search Part 1
 * The Search Part 2

Trivia

 * The wolf has face-like markings on its chest that resemble the face Aang made when he sensed the presence of the wolf.
 * Legend has it that the wolf spirit will appear in the Forgetful Valley, and drink from one of the four pools of water. Whichever pool the wolf chooses to drink from, is where the Mother of Faces will appear.
 * The wolf spirit is referred to as being male by Misu, whereas the Mother of Faces refers to it as female. Gene Yang himself has referred to the wolf as being male.