Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 35
The big tree with the gnarled braches wasn't coming any closer, no matter how many steps james took, but he kept walking anyway, knowing it would have no choice but to come closer, as long as he didn't give up.
A clan's new member
Everyone took shelter from what was coming: a darkness that swallowed all life and twisted it until it was unrecognizable--a demonic form straight from the abyss that turned the ground into ash and the trees into twisted gnarled pieces of wood.
A Small Adventure for a Small Dragon
The fox's burrow was situated beneath the gnarled roots of an old tree, a dark hole that disappeared underground. the fox stopped in front of it, turning to face the pursuing hatchling with the rabbit still in its jaws.
Allistair the Oathbreaker (dragon TF)
She croaked with a voice as raspy as a saw hewing a log, pointing a gnarled figure at the letter. allistair squealed, desperately trying to keep his head above water. "please help me!"
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 35
The big tree with the gnarled braches wasn't coming any closer, no matter how many steps james took, but he kept walking anyway, knowing it would have no choice but to come closer, as long as he didn't give up.
The Pool (Art + Story)
Despite often going on short walks with him, until this day he had barely spent an hour out of sight of the house, with its red, curving roof and stone chimneys poking above the stand of gnarled maples which guarded it like a garrison of sentries.
Aberration, Part 2 - Effectively The Beginning
A small grove of trees, twisted and gnarled; most of them dead. but a handful of them have managed to survive, and even flourish, as well as anything on this planet can flourish.
The Force
Samual smith was known by the hybrids as gnarl for his habit of growling at people when he got upset. the humans under his command just called him sir. he was large for a full human. "they are ours sir!" the young soldier saluted as he spoke.
"The Thin Line," Part SS
I had stripped down my gear to the essentials, when a gnarled paw gripped my shoulder. i turned to face auld tom. "tha an' lady mouse shan't be 'lone."
the house of dar-sek
It was a humble building with one floor and was surrounded on all sides by trees most looked gnarl like hands which at any moment could snare the building and drag it into the earth.
Song of the Summer King: Chapter 3
Birch trees gave way to a ring of skeletal rowan, gnarled and dark. in autumn, their berries blazed like forest fires all over the islands, but now they only added to shard's tension, for they offered shelter to enemies.
Lonely Oak Chapter 24
They passed lots of withered trees, their black, gnarled branches like frozen lightning bolts captured and stuck upside down in the ground.