# Wood-Sun — The House of the Wolfings character guide

> Wood-Sun in The House of the Wolfings by William Morris.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** the Wood-Sun

**First appearance:** 0004-iii-thiodolf-talketh-with-the-wood-sun

## Who they are

A supernatural woman who draws Thiodolf into the moonlit beech-wood, bound to him and to the Wolfings by love and an older, stranger fate.

## In the story

### [III: Thiodolf Talketh with the Wood-Sun](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/iii-thiodolf-talketh-with-the-wood-sun)

A divine Chooser of the Slain and daughter of the Gods, she meets Thiodolf in the wood-lawn, gifts him the hauberk, and pleads with him to wear it to ensure his survival and their continued love.

### [V: Concerning the Hall-Sun](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/v-concerning-the-hall-sun)

The carline who speaks with the Hall-Sun is revealed to be the Wood-Sun in disguise. She questions the Hall-Sun about her past and her powers, and her presence triggers the Hall-Sun's vision of her mother and the foretelling of doom.

### [X: That Carline Cometh to the Roof of the Wolfings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/x-that-carline-cometh-to-the-roof-of-the-wolfings)

Implied as the carline; arrives at the Roof of the Wolfings, is welcomed by the Hall-Sun, and later sits with the women telling tales.

### [XII: Tidings of the Battle in Mirkwood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xii-tidings-of-the-battle-in-mirkwood)

The carline (Wood-Sun) is present in the Hall, listens intently to Gisli's tale, stares at the Hall-Sun, and vanishes before the feast ends, troubling the Hall-Sun.

### [How the Dwarf-Wrought Hauberk Was Brought Away from the Hall of the Daylings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xvi-how-the-dwarf-wrought-hauberk-was-brought-away-from-the-hall-of-the-daylings)

Takes on the likeness of Thorkettle to retrieve the Dwarf-wrought Hauberk from the Daylings; her shape-changing craft is noted.

### [XVII: The Wood-Sun Speaketh with Thiodolf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xvii-the-wood-sun-speaketh-with-thiodolf)

The Wood-Sun appears to Thiodolf in the dale, expressing sorrow and love. She warns him of his mortality and urges him to live for the Wolfings, then shares a tender moment with him before departing.

### [Thiodolf Meeteth the Romans in the Wolfing Meadow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xxiii-thiodolf-meeteth-the-romans-in-the-wolfing-meadow)

Not directly present, but her influence on Thiodolf's fate is implied through the dream and the hauberk.

### [The Goths Are Overthrown by the Romans](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xxiv-the-goths-are-overthrown-by-the-romans)

Appears as a vision to Thiodolf, distracting him and deepening his dreamlike state during the battle.

### [XXVI: Thiodolf Talketh with the Wood-Sun](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xxvi-thiodolf-talketh-with-the-wood-sun)

The Wood-Sun sits on the stone seat, speaks with Thiodolf and the Hall-Sun, confesses her lie about the hauberk's curse, and bids farewell to Thiodolf.

## Links

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