[attr="class,"selkbody"]in the days leading up to the exodus, the big bad wolf hunted armies of men and goblins in the black forest. these invading forces had driven off the great beast's preferred quarry, and their own flesh was rotten with corruption -- hardly a
suitable replacement. he made it his game to destroy their camps, devour their night watchmen, and disrupt their supply trains while sparing their prisoners. one day he broke their ranks an discovered a particular woman they held captive. her skin
was white as snow, but her hair was dark as the night sky. he approached her, and she, knowing no sword could match the giant wolf's power, bravely placed her shackles in the beast's mouth. he freed her, but years would pass before the two met again
in the mundy world.
[break][break] long ago in the homelands, the north wind fell in love with a blazing white she-wolf. taking canine form, he courted her and stayed by her side for two seasons. however, the wind by nature must change direction and north's temperament carried
him back to his wintery castle. the she-wolf was heart-broken, and soon after her lover fled, she gave birth to a litter of cubs, including the one that would become the big bad wolf of legend. watching his mother die of sadness and unrequited love,
young bigby swore vengeance against the capricius north wind. seven times the beast journeyed to the great castle, but was no match for the elemental might of his father. having failed to taste vengeance, he swore to think no more of his dead mother
or loathsome father.
[break][break] buried hatred, however, is seldom forgotten.

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