Fire Wolf
Fire Wolf
The Fire Wolf is a mysterious, blazing beast that lives in the Fire Forest and leaves a trail of flames wherever it walks. It was discovered in 2025 by an 8-year-old boy named Owen during a camping trip gone slightly out of control. While trying to roast 37 marshmallows at once using a sparkler, a lighter, and pure determination, Owen accidentally opened a fiery rift in the woods. Out stepped a Fire Wolf, slightly toasty and very confused. Owen named it "Wuff Wuff Hotpants" before it tried to chew on his flashlight. After bringing his discovery and a hand-drawn picture to scientists, it was later renamed the Fire Wolf.
The Fire Wolf is a medium-sized, heat-adapted predator measuring approximately 3 feet in length and 2 feet tall at the shoulder. Its body is covered in bright red fur that constantly emits heat, making direct contact dangerous for most other creatures. The fur is thought to be flame-resistant and may even help regulate the creature’s internal temperature in its fiery environment. One of the most distinctive features of the Fire Wolf is its three eyes- two for tracking prey and one for intimidating predators, for which it does not have many. Its jagged teeth look like they were carved from volcanic rock and almost seem to glow when the wolf is hungry, annoyed, or daydreaming about barbecue. Despite looking like it just walked out of a volcano (because it probably did), the Fire Wolf never burns itself—just everything else.
Fire Wolves live deep in the Fire Forest, a mystical, flaming woodland where all the trees are constantly on fire—but never actually burn down. The forest crackles with heat, and the air smells faintly of spicy peppers and singed pinecones. Only the bravest creatures live here (or the ones that don’t know how doors work). The Fire Forest is believed to be accessible only through strange accidents involving marshmallows, campfires, and kids playing with sprarklers.
Fire Wolves have a fiery appetite and enjoy: Lava (medium-rare), Magma (extra spicy), Leftover lighters (especially the ones with flames printed on them), Dogs, Firefish, Firedogs, or “some of them, I think,” according to their discoverer, Owen, who is not 100% sure and may have been eating s’mores at the time.
When a Fire Wolf walks, it leaves a trail of fire behind it, turning the ground into a carpet of flames. Its paws don’t touch the ground as much as melt through it slightly. The sound of its footsteps is often described as “crackly,” “sizzly,” or “AAAAAAHHH MY FOOT!” depending on who’s nearby. Fire Wolves are fast, sneaky, and capable of leaping through flaming trees without getting even slightly burned.
Fire Wolves glow brighter depending on their mood—especially when excited, hungry, or making a dramatic entrance.
Their only known predator is the Super Soaker Moose, which shoots powerful water jets from its antlers and smells like minty rain.
When they drink water, they burp smoke rings.
In Fire Forest folklore, spotting a Fire Wolf is considered lucky—unless it follows you home, in which case it’s just considered “very warm and extremely inconvenient.”