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.
Fantasy, Griffin, Gryphon, SOTSK, Summer King, Wolf, Wolfess
As he launched himself from the floor, his foot slipped in the dew covered grass and he shot awkwardly towards the gnarled tree. he hit hard and all of the air in his lung was knocked from him as though he had been kicked in the stomach.
Adventure, Dragon, Hatchling
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.
Adventure, Anthro, Hybrid, Military
The ground gave way, and i fell long into a pit - bouncing sharply off the slanted earth and stone and gnarled root, and feeling a savage pain echo through my brain.
Alien, Emotion, Female, Introspection, M/F, No-Yiff, Rain, Xenomorph, dreaming, jungle
Her stomach groaned in response, effectively blanking her mind of the sudden fear in exchange for gnarling hunger. the scent was now aiding to pull her along as she followed closely behind her mate.
"that smell..."
Assistant Mayor Bellwether, Dawn Bellwether, Drama, Ewe, OC, Romance, Sheep, Wolf, Zootopia, fancharacter, fanfic
The thing that had made that sound was a gnarled, splintery tree branch. it started out as thick as his arm, then widened out near the base like a club. there was a single leaf still attached near thoka's grip.
the others had them, too.
Ander, Anthro, Clean, Fox, Novel, Story, Wolf
After several fruitless discreet inquiries he finally was told where to go by a gnarled old rat, the wisened female cracking a mostly toothless smile at him, winking as he left her in the direction she indicated, feeling a little bit uneasy from their brief
Auction, Blue, Boy, Chubby, Crocodile, Food, Horse, Male, Reptile, Shy, Slavery