Fang

"Hide! I'll put them off. But I hope you realize it's because I haven't given up on you. You belong with your real family."

— Fang to Storm in The Endless Lake, page 80

Fang
Affiliations
Current: Past:	Fierce Dogs Wild Pack
Description
Species Breed Gender	Dog Doberman Pinscher Male
Names
Names	Pup: Grunt Member: Fang
Family
Family	Mother-Dog: Morningstar Sire-Dog: Unnamed Male Foster Mother: Martha Foster Father: Lucky Brother: Wiggle Sister: Storm
Rank Positions
Rank	Member
Status
Status	Deceased (killed by Blade)
Book Appearances
Living	Darkness Falls, The Broken Path, The Endless Lake, Storm of Dogs
Dead	A Pack Divided

Fang was a large, stout, thickset, muscular, brown-and-tan male Fierce Dog with glossy fur, darker fur along his back, a square head a dark face, and a pointed, lighter muzzle; torn, stunted erect ears ragged around the edges, brown eyes, sturdy, muscular legs, and a short, thin tail.

History

In the Original Series

Darkness Falls

Grunt is one of the Fierce Dog pups found by Lucky and Mickey. He has a litter brother named Wiggle, and a litter sister named Lick. He seems to be the oldest of the three.

Though his littermates have an immediate liking toward the two adult Lone Dogs, Grunt remains cold and cautious.

Now that Grunt, Wiggle, and Lick have technically been adopted by Lucky, the older dog seems to begin to admire Grunt's courage and the ability to be a risk-taker. But Grunt makes Lucky feel anxious because of the risks Grunt took that could've costed him his life.

As Lucky brings the pups to the Wild Pack, all the dogs are frightened. Grunt is cautious, not liking any of the members as they seem to be dismissive to him on his first encounter. Grunt appreciates Martha giving the pups a chance, forming a strong bond with her.

Grunt and his siblings are to be trained by Lucky on Alpha's orders. Grunt still encourages his younger brother when he loses against Lucky as he has faith that he will eventually overpower Lucky. Grunt seems to show he does have love and kindness inside of him.

Grunt and his littermates are tested by Alpha and sent with Daisy to search for new camp locations. They are followed by Lucky and Alpha. The group of pups encounter a giantfur, and Daisy instructs the three pups to stay still as the giantfur only wanted the honey from a bee hive, but Grunt disobeyed orders and nearly got them all killed. Grunt and the others are kept alive by Lucky persuading Alpha to intervene.

When the Pack is discussing what should happen to the pups, Grunt confronts Alpha, and he ends up hating everyone, including Lucky, and won't forgive his former friend for what he did, even though Lick and Wiggle do. Grunt then tries to convince his littermates to leave the Pack and search for their Fierce Dog Pack, but they're already there.

After the Fierce Dog Pack leaves with Grunt and his littermates, Grunt watches Wiggle get murdered by their Alpha, Blade. Grunt pleaded for Blade to spare him and Blade accepts him. Grunt then watches his Alpha try to kill his sister, who escapes into fog. He and his present Pack are set out to hunt down the Wild Pack.

The Broken Path

Grunt is given a new name from his Alpha, Fang. He also gets his ears mutilated to make him a real Fierce Dog.

One night,  Fang leaves to meet his sister in secret after he and his sister receive a dream. He invites her to rejoin the Fierce Dogs, but she refuses. He and his sister tell Lucky about their dreams when he chances upon them during one of their meetings. It is implied Fang shows guilt over his brother's death. Fang is sent back to camp with a slashed flank when Blade soon shows up. It leaves a temporary scar.

The Endless Lake

Fang moves with his Pack to their new home in a longpaw town near the ocean. Soon, Fang and a couple of his Pack members encounter dogs from the Wild Pack. Fang is not easily fooled when Lucky shows up quickly and tries to trick Fang's Pack. Fang asks his newly-named sister Storm to come back with him. Fang chases after the retreating Wild Pack when Storm refuses again. Fang is convinced by Storm to let the Wild Pack go. He lies to Blade and the Pack about where their enemies went and convinces them. Fang is punished by Blade for his stupidity and is taken away his right to eat for the night.

Fang is set up for the Trial of Rage with Storm after she is captured by the Fierce Dogs. Fang fights with no mercy. Fang is trampled by his Packmates while the Wild Pack shows up and distracts the Fierce Dogs. Fang fights his sister again and is defeated by her. Fang angrily tells Storm she should have killed him, saying that he would rather die with her living with the Fierce Dogs than have to live through her weakness and pity.

Storm of Dogs

Fang appears injured in Wild Pack territory, coming to Lucky for refuge. He fakes his sincerity about joining him and escaping Blade, successfully taking advantage of Lucky's pity. Fang leads Lucky to his "temporary shelter" which turns out to be Blade's base. Fang succeeds in tricking a now captive Lucky.

Later on, Fang and the other Fierce Dogs surround Lucky and the others trying to escape. He is killed by Blade, since she believed the Earth-Dog wanted all pups born in her Pack after the Big Growl dead. All dogs are quiet, besides Storm, who gives a grief-stricken howl for his death.

In the Gathering Darkness arc

A Pack Divided

Fang, now before being named, makes an appearance in the prologue. He assures his two worrying littermates that Blade would return with the Pack to fix their Mother-Dog and her motionless pup. He has an air of superiority and a gruff tone, being the largest of the three pups. Fang eventually loses hope in Blade's return and joins his litter-mates in a volley of howls about their hopelessness and abandonment.

Fang appears in one of Storm's dreams. Telling her of her savage nature, that while she thinks she wasn't as cruel as Blade but not many other dogs could defeat Blade without having savagery in them.

When Sweet tells her Pack the story of the Wind Dogs, Storm remembers how Martha used to tell her, Grunt, and Wiggle stories about the Spirit Dogs, and they didn't know anything because their Mother-Dog had died before she could tell them.

When Storm has a dream that she is Lick again, she asks Martha where Wiggle and Grunt are, and says that she wants to play with them.

Dead of Night

In the prologue, Grunt, Wiggle and Lick go through the forest with Mickey and Lucky like in Darkness Falls when they hear coyotes. As the older dogs encourage them to hide, Grunt prepares to fight, commenting a Fierce Dog never hides. Lucky stops him and makes him hide instead.

Later, after Lucky and Sweet's pups are born, Storm remembers her brothers. She decides she misses Wiggle, and Fang, but when he was Grunt, as even though he was a pain, he was still her brother.

Into the Shadows

In the prologue, Martha brings Grunt, Wiggle and Lick to a river, and tells them about swimming and the River-Dog. Lick is the first one to jump in, followed by Grunt. They find swimming fun, however, Grunt eventually swims out further than is safe to get to Martha, and claims the River-Dog isn't dangerous at all and swimming is easy. As he says this, he's knocked aside and pulled under by a wave. Martha saves him and manages to hit him until he coughs up the water. Lick thanks the River-Dog for letting her brother go.

Red Moon Rising

In the prologue, Grunt, Wiggle and Lick try to leave the Pack because they think nobody likes them. Lick wakes up Grunt, and he is more determined than his siblings to leave. However, trying to run away in the night, they get lost, and though Grunt holds out hope for leaving the longest, he eventually becomes too tired to continue on after his siblings decide to turn back. They are found by Daisy, who tells them the other dogs do want them. Lick is unsure if Grunt agrees, but notices he is too tired to argue.

The Exile's Journey

Grunt, Wiggle and Lick are walking with the Fierce Dog pack when Blade accuses them of not being her pups. Grunt and Lick hide their fear, but Wiggle is unable to, and is killed. Blade calls him "no true Fierce Dog", and asks Grunt if he is. Grunt says he is a real Fierce Dog and promises to be loyal and useful. Lick runs away in fear and escapes, now alone due to Wiggle's death and Grunt's betrayal. She realizes she was never alone before, it was always the three of them, even if Grunt was rock-headed and Wiggle often too timid to move.

Later, when Arrow and Bella's pups are born, though one of them dies, Storm remembers her brothers. She decides that she does miss Fang, but misses Wiggle more, as Fang made his own choice to join Blade, but Wiggle never got the chance to decide what he wanted to be.

Trivia

• Fang was around 8-10 weeks old when Lucky and Mickey rescued him.
• Storm mentions to herself in The Exile's Journey that she misses Wiggle more than Fang, as Fang made his own choices, but Wiggle did not get the chance to. She also states in Dead of Night that she misses Grunt rather than Fang, as he was more her brother back then.

Family

Members

Mother:

Morningstar: Deceased As of Storm of Dogs

Father:

Unnamed Male: Status Unknown

Brother:

Wiggle: Deceased As of Darkness Falls

Sister:

Storm: Living As of The Final Battle

Foster Mothers:

Martha: Deceased As of Storm of Dogs

Blade: Deceased As of Storm of Dogs

Foster Father:

Lucky: Living As of The Final Battle

Tree

Unnamed Male

Morningstar

Storm

Fang

Wiggle

    = Male

    = Female

    = Gender Unknown

Quotes

"They've destroyed him. If only he'd stayed with us."

—Lucky's thoughts on Fang

"Get out of here! You're no match for dogs! The enemy never wins against a true warrior!"

—Grunt to the Giantfur

"I'm not scared of bullies! You never back down before the enemy!"

—Grunt to Lucky

"Come on! They don't want us here, and we're better than this shabby Pack. We're going off to find our own kind—-that's where we belong!"

—Grunt to Lucky and Wiggle

"We belong with dogs like these—-fierce, brave warriors—not that ragged bunch of scroungers who cower at the sight of a silly giantfur!"

—Grunt

"The pup is a natural leader. With a little patience and compassion, he could be a great asset to the Pack."

—Lucky's thoughts on Grunt

"You should have killed me. I would have rather died bringing you back to your rightful pack than live through your weakness and pity."

—Fang to Storm

"I'm where I belong, and I'm not going to join you and your band of misfits! It's you who should stay here! We belong with our own kind."

—Fang to Storm