They had come from nowhere, like moths drawn to a flickering flame, so they sought to extinguish the light that was glaringly bright in the depths of his old heart. It had been meant to be but a hunt, one to fill his stomach and desire for a fresh kill and even fresher meat. There was not supposed to be death and ruin today, but that was all that had greeted the mighty wolf as he'd disappeared from the halls of Thranduil's kingdom and into the ungoverned woodlands. For the beasts attacked from the cover of shadow and they were ruthless. Their pikes prodded at his fine white fur, stained it black and red and no matter how powerful he was, Huan was not to return to the halls alive.
Death did not scare him. He did not tremble against the unknown for it was known, he feared none of it. But...he feared he might be forgotten for the hound only wished to be remembered, fondly. He'd lived too many years to be forgotten in these trees, left to rot and it ached his heart as he collapsed to know that was all that would become of him. The white wolf snarled, gargled flows of blood seethed through his teeth as he spied a Warg amble toward him with pointed, tainted teeth, ready to sink into his neck and end his life.
For it was so ironic that he would fine his death once again at the jaws of a fierce canine.