#warwolf

Supporter sketch request reward! The "Sunshine Raccoon" variant skin for Rocket Raccoon, in the game Marvel Rivals. This ties in with the Hellfire Gala…event? location? something?…that exists in that game. And for some reason it seems that this design involves the warwolf puppy Amazing Baby riding around on Rocket's hat?! Someone who's played the game please explain to me if there's any further context for that, because it's both strange and adorable to me.

You got it, dude! Today You Learned about the Warwolf!

This siege engine, a trebuchet, was called 'Loup-de-Guerre', sometimes shortened to 'Ludgar' (maybe that makes sense in French?), was one of the largest of its kind. Wikipedia says it was the largest trebuchet ever built, but I don't know about that.

During the Scottish Wars of Independence, when William Wallace was in hiding, and Edward I of England had Scotland pretty much all in his grip, he besieged Stirling Castle in 1304. The Scots in the castle held out for months, but Edward had brought with him/had built a butt-ton of siege engines, including this monstrosity, which he was proud of enough to give a name.

[Note: the photo above is a reproduction. Obviously the original doesn't survive today.]

Sir William Oliphaunt, who held the castle at this point, actually surrendered before Edward shot off this thing. But Edward being, y'know, the kind of guy who drives really slow in the ultra-fast lane, decided he wasn't leaving the siege until he got to shoot the Warwolf.

So he did.

And he broke a hole in the wall of Stirling Castle.

After that, Edward I accepted the surrender of Stirling Castle.

Class act, this guy.

This sequence is depicted in the first scene of Netflix's film, The Outlaw King, about Robert the Bruce's fight against England.

Vic: *coming back in from the other room with a box* Ok now that the lights are on the tree, we can start putting on the ornaments... Misha: *stuck in the tree, tangled in lights, mewing pitifully* Vic: What the *puts box down and goes to detangle him* Misha what're you- your brother outgrew this years ago, why're you still- Alexei: *also tangled in the tree and lights just barely on the other side* Heh hi daddy ^^ Vic: Sonova-Arkasha! Get in here and fix your kids!

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