Character from The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb
Fitz's wolf — a Wit-bonded partner whose blunt animal wisdom and fierce loyalty kept a broken man alive for fifteen years, and whose death left a wound that never fully closed.
Nighteyes communicates through the Wit-bond with a directness that cuts through all of Fitz's elaborate self-deception. Where Fitz overthinks, Nighteyes simplifies: hunt, eat, sleep, be with your pack. His philosophy is elemental — the now matters, the pack matters, everything else is just noise that two-legs invent to make themselves miserable. But Nighteyes is no simple beast. Living bonded to a human has given him a complexity unusual for a wolf — he understands jealousy, humor, loyalty in its human dimensions, and the particular pain of watching someone you love make terrible decisions. He is simultaneously Fitz's therapist, conscience, and best friend, delivering wisdom in the form of gentle mockery: 'We are pack. Is not that enough?' His death from old age while Fitz is still relatively young is one of the most devastating moments in the saga — the severing of a bond so deep that Fitz nearly follows him into death. Nighteyes lives on as a presence in the Skill current and ultimately merges with Fitz and the Fool into the Stone Wolf.
A large gray wolf with amber eyes that carry an intelligence no natural wolf possesses. His coat is thick and grizzled, scarred from years of hunting and fighting. He moves with the easy, rolling gait of a predator comfortable in his own body — everything Fitz is not. In his later years, his muzzle grays and his gait stiffens, but the eyes remain sharp and knowing.
Also known as: Brother, My Brother