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Morag MacNamara
Morag
Morag was an old and fragile silver-gray she-wolf.

General Info

Species: Dire Wolf

Gender: Female[1]

Family

Faolan- Son[2]

Mhairie- Daughter

Dearlea- Daughter

Kinnaird- Former mate

Brangwen- Mate

Description

Fur: Silver-gray[3]

Eyes: Green

Clan/Pack

Clans: MacDuncan Clan, MacDonegal Clan, MacNamara Clan

Packs: Pack of the Dancing Giants (MacDonegal)

Appearances

Lone Wolf, Shadow Wolf, Watch Wolf

Current and Previous Status

Current: Deceased, in the Cave of Souls; possibly a Star Wolf

Past: Living, Outflanker, MacDuncan wolf, MacDonegal wolf, MacNamara wolf

Fate

Old age

Abilities

Quick and strong (Outflanker), good storyteller

Age

Elderly (At Death)

Morag MacDuncan/MacDonegal/MacNamara was the mother of Faolan, Mhairie, and Dearlea, and mate to Kinnaird and Brangwen. After being banished from the MacDuncan clan for giving birth to a malcadh, she joined the MacDonegal clan. Later, Morag became blind due to sight failure, and decided to join the MacNamara clan.

Description[]

Morag was once a beautiful silver she-wolf[3]. But, after Faolan's second to third year, she became blind and her pelt grew frail. As Morag aged, she lost energy and the luster in her fur. After a while, Faolan met her and she died shortly after. Faolan then proceeded to build her a drumlyn, honoring her bones and body. Once she passed, Morag climbed up the star ladder with Thunderheart, Faolan's second milk giver.

Family[]

Kinnaird- Former mate (exiled from MacDuncan clan)

Brangwen- Current mate

Unnamed three pups- First or second litter; died in a flash freeze[1]

Unnamed pups- First or second litter

Faolan- Third litter; malcadh[2]

Mhairie- Third litter; raised by Caila

Dearlea- Third litter; raised by Caila

Brecco- Fourth litter

Unnamed two pups- Fourth litter; siblings of Brecco

Akira- Sister-in-law

Daraigh- Sister-in-law (possibly)

Edme- Daughter in-law

Myrrglosch- Adoptive grandson

Maudie- Adoptive granddaughter 

Eastern wolf

Mhairie is Morag's daughter.

History[]

Before the Books[]

Before being exiled for Faolan's birth, Morag lived with her mate, Kinnaird, in an unknown pack of the MacDuncan clan. She had given birth to two healthy litters of pups before her third litter, containing Faolan, Mhairie, and Dearlea. Unfortunately, her first or second litter of pups died in a flash freeze in late winter or early spring of that year. It is possible that she fought alongside the Guardians of Ga'Hoole.

Lone Wolf[]

Morag first appears searching for a den to give birth to her third litter. Scared of birthing a malcadh, she went by-lang and attempted to cross the border. There are several shallow pits, but they would offer no shelter. Morag then finds a pregnant fox waiting to give birth and after Morag gets rid of the vixen, she gives birth to three pups, two tawny females and a silver male. The silver pup has a splayed paw, deeming him a malcadh. This is a small flaw, but the pup will still be determined a malcadh. She takes her pups deeper into the fox's den through tunnels and curls up around them. Morag tells herself the deformity would straighten out in a few days, but it remains.

The Obea of MacDuncan clan, Shibaan then tracks Morag down. Shibaan had learned to become suspicious when a she-wolf went by-lang. She is able to foil her Morag's tricks, such as only urinating in ice-free parts of the river. She finds Morag and takes the silver pup to an icy river bank. Morag watches the Obea, devastated that Faolan doesn't recognize who's carrying him. She also notes the presence of a tween season storm, which are "the worst." Shibaan returns and both she-wolves carry the tawny pups and announce the birth of the malcadh to the clan. Kinnaird and Morag are exiled from the clan as is the rule for wolves giving birth to a malcadh. 

About ten moons after Faolan's birth, Morag became the mate of Brangwen of the MacDongeal clan and bore another litter of pups. She soon began to build mental barriers around herself, almost forgetting the malcadh, that had been taken away from her. Morag then sets off to find a new den for her growing pups. While near a creek, Morag spots a spiral pattern in a pool of water and howls in alarm; a raven in the sky returns the call, "asking" for help to tear into the flesh of an animal's carcass. The raven then leads the old she-wolf to the body of a grizzly, who happened to be awake in the winter. As she draws closer to it, she finds a scent on the bear, the smell of her silver pup. Morag realizes this grizzly has taken care of him for her. To show her gratitude, Morag guards what remained of the grizzly from ravens.

Shadow Wolf[]

In Shadow Wolf, Morag remembers about her son from two years ago, Faolan. She was

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Brecco, one of Morag and Brangwen's pups.

becoming blind, because the darkness caused in the place Faolan grew in her womb had come to her eyes. Because of this, she had previously fallen as an outflanker during a byrrgis. She talks to her mate, Brangwen, about this. They decide they leave for the Sark of the Slough's camp because she believes the Sark knows her son. They leave at dawn, leaving their three pups (one is called Brecco) under the care of Brangwen's sister, Daraigh.

Watch Wolf[]

When Airmead and Katria are getting close to MacNamara clan, they meet Brangwen, and Morag. The four wolves soon joined the clan.

Later, near the end of the novel, Gwynneth and the Sark of the Slough take Faolan to see his mother, Morag, who is now dying. Because she is blind, Morag must sniff her son. Faolan raises his splayed paw, which the old wolf sniffs and licks. She then realizes that she is with her son and she and Faolan talk. Morag talks about Thunderheart, and her son and herself being blessed. She asks Faolan what they call him, and he replies. She states that she was planning to na

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Morag after she became blind.

me him Skaarsgard. Because Faolan's name means "Gift of the River", Morag says gift repeatedly and so it is her last word. Faolan then feels that last beat of her heart.

In the Epilouge, Faolan is glaffing, or howling in grief and mourning. He does this while building a drumlyn for her. His glaffing then turns to howls of joy when he sees a larger mist by Morag's mist on the Star Ladder, which belongs to Thunderheart.

Frost Wolf[]

After Finbar and Faolan agree to take Faolan's littermates, Mhairie and Dearlea, to the MacNamara clan, Faolan decides that he must show them their mother's drumlyn.

Upon arriving in MacNamara territory, a scout of two wolves greets the three, and they continue to Broken Talon Point. They eventually arrive at the drumlyn, and Faolan tells the two sisters to carve a bone for her. While Faolan watches, Mhairie and Dearlea carved a bone telling her about themselves, and how Caila had raised them.

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Morag is now in the Cave of Souls.

Death[]

Morag died of old age shortly after she first met her son (not counting his birth), Faolan, in Watch Wolf. Her last word was "gift" (she kept repeating it after Faolan told her what his name meant). She is now in the Cave of Souls.

Trivia[]

  • Her mate before Brangwen was named Kinnaird, who, just as Morag, was exiled after Faolan's birth.
  • Skaarsgard probably helped her up the Star Ladder, because she was blind.
  • One of Morag's litters died when she used a shallow pit as shelter for them. She tried to lick them but her tongue bled from all the ice shards.
  • In the 12th book of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole, a wolf named Morag is mentioned before the battle of the Book of Kreeth. This Morag is from the MacNamara clan. However, it is unknown if she is the same Morag from the Wolves of the Beyond series.
  • She is a star wolf, because in Spirit Wolf she appeared as a lochin.
  • "Morag" is Gaelic for "great" or "sun"

References and citations[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lone Wolf, page 1
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lone Wolf, page 2
  3. 3.0 3.1 Lone Wolf, page 5
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