{"sf1_id":2107608,"sf2_id":"4nAvRLl1","title":"Gareth, The Wolf Knight (Commission)","author":"Corvid_Conquest","words":170,"posted_at":"2024-02-21T16:15:16.000Z","tags":["Commission","Gareth","Knight","Love","Poem","Poetry","Proem","Transformation","Wolf","the"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2107608-gareth-the-wolf-knight-commission","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/4nAvRLl1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/45/be/45bea3e2-21fd-4448-9b03-bcf85d029aee","description":"Shiloh Skye commissioned a proem from me, set in his Zweihander universe. Thanks for the support, Shiloh! ^v^  \n  \nFor [https://shiloh-skye.sofurry.com/](https://shiloh-skye.sofurry.com/)","content":"His form found fullness furred —  \nFanged sharp, noble howling  \nToward soured spirit, canine piercing heart;  \nHis human poverty fouling  \nUp vigor of lupine urge.  \nSeeking desperate war,  \nCaught enslaved in the vice cold art —  \nDesiring peace, long gone.  \n  \nWaged war, whipped at dawn  \nBy broken body — that binding  \nMortal cursèd frame fed fear —  \nAnd crushed soul crashed by finding  \nNo truce; torn, but calming drawn  \nOut of his love for him.  \nThat fortune defying friend who wears  \nThe rose-wreathed shield undimmed.  \n  \nThat tail, fierce fur untrimmed,  \nBeating no doubt in song  \nTo rhythm of heart — heart of his love!  \nPercussive, eternal, strong!  \nPaws pressed, vulpine rimmed  \nBy arms in embrace, with visions  \nUnshackled of chains, challenged above;  \nWandering freed from prisons.  \n  \nYet still he shoulders decisions,  \nDuties donned — drawn death —  \nThe dread Fang fleshed with bodied curse;  \nBlots 'til his final breath.  \nSoldier of sorrow, derision  \nOf lot, long lashed to word —  \nService to war-god — granted worse  \nFates with form de-furred.","series":{"name":"Poetry","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2150729-dangers-in-division.json"}}