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"Oh, do shut up! One word and Kia stops playing with your beta, and I stop playing with you. I've been civilized up until now, but you have no idea how close you are to being very, very dead."
— Rune to Fang in Family First


Rune
Rune-Icon
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Alias The Mad Eyed King
Mad-Eye[1] (By Fang)
Age 5,2 Years
Gender Male
Species Wolf
Status Deceased
Cause of Death Killed by Marra[2]
Affiliation
Current Kingdom of the West
Formerly Feather Ferals
Rank Common Member (Formerly)
King of the West (Preceeded by Kahleel)
Voice Actors
Current ConanTCimmerian[3]
(aka OpiumFireworksAmber)[4]
Appearances
Flashback The West,

Things Best Left Forgotten, Fall From Grace, Rise To Power, Love Hurts




Rune is the current king of the Kingdom of the West and formerly a Feather Feral. He served as an antagonist for a large portion of the series.

Appearance[]

Rune is a dark blue-gray male wolf with a jagged scar ripped down the left side of his face. This scar cuts through his left eye. His eyes are an emerald green. He has a scarred muzzle, yellow-stained teeth, three pale grey spots under both eyes, and pale grey inner-ears. Rune wears a red feather of a mandarin duck on his tail, and Mink's blue jay feather on the left side of his neck.

Personality[]

Rune was a bloodthirsty and power-hungry wolf. He enjoyed ending the life of his enemies and overthrew Vadar's dynasty in order to become king.
As a pup, Rune was enthusiastic about learning the Feather Feral traditions. He looked up to his father[5], and often looked for approval in his mother Doran.[6]

Trivia[]

  • Rune's Brother in Flight is a Mandarin Duck, which are one of his favorite birds, along with jays.[6][7]
  • Rune's name means "Secret" in Norse.[8]
  • Rune kept the skulls of his murder victims in his den.[6]
  • Rune would be about 50 years old in human years.[9]
  • When telling Lupis the story of his heritage, it is intended to be ambiguous. As such, Tribble has stated that neither version of Lupis' parentage is canon to the story.[10]
  • Contrary to popular belief, Rune did not remove Mink's feather before she died. It has been confirmed that it fell off before she died and Rune was waiting to give it to her. A direct quote from TribbleofDoom: "He did take it when they went back for her head. He didn't remove it when she died, it came off accidentally. He was mad at her, but to die without your feather, is basically the most horrific thing you can do to someone else in his culture. He would never do it on purpose. It fell off (and is seen billowing in Episode 17), and he finds it when he goes for her head, and keeps it, so he can give it to her when he dies and she can have her wings."[11]

Mistakes[]

  • When he made his first appearance, Rune's character design featured a torn ear and two v-shaped markings on the sides of both his eyes. He also had a lighter markings on his chest, paws, and the underside of his tail. In later episodes these markings weren't included, nor was the torn ear.[12]
  • He has been mistakenly shown with both three and four spots under his eyes (in separate scenes).
  • Rune is also mistakenly shown without the markings under his eyes in several episodes.

Family[]

Parents:

Terok[5] (Father): Deceased
Doran[19] (Mother): Alive (Revealed by Tribble)


Mates:

Mink (formerly)[20]: Deceased
Marra[21]: Alive (As of Love Hurts)

Pups:

With Mink (allegedly):
Lupis[22]: Alive (As of Love Hurts)
Kong[23][22]: Deceased
Czar[23][22]: Deceased
Sokka[23][22]: Deceased
With Marra:
Relic[11]: Alive (As of Love Hurts)
Cipher[11]: Alive (Revealed by Tribble)
Bellatrix[11]: Alive (Revealed by Tribble)

 
 
 
 
Missing
Generations
 
Terok
 
Doran
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rune
 
Marra
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnamed Pups


Gallery[]


Quotes[]

"Here's the deal, friends. You leave the prey here and high-tail it out of our territory, or you don't, and you die. And we get your prey anyway."
—Rune to Zir and Silver
"Sweet girl, no one accused you of doing anything wrong. I mean, what are you doing right at this moment?"
—Rune to Marra The Meeting, 4:04
"Don't look so surprised, love. We all get caught in a little white lie sometimes."
—Rune to Marra The Meeting, 4:22
"This world is a cruel place, and if you don't change yourself to align with that, it will swallow you whole. Be the hunter or you are the prey. If there's one thing I can teach you, let it be that."
—Rune to Lupis Who's Your Daddy?, 10:12


Dialogues[]

Rune: "I thought he'd taken everything from me, but he did not take you, Lupis. I'm not bringing you home to kill you. I'm bringing you home as a son. The son I've always wanted. The one with Mink. I want you to take my throne in the kingdom. I'm done being the Mad Eyed King. All I want is to teach you to be better than I am."
Lupis: "If I go with you, can you make sure the Kingdom wolves come and help Luna?"
Rune: "Anything you want is yours, young prince."
Lupis: "Okay... I'll come home. Thank you... father."
—Rune asking Lupis to come home and rule with him Love Hurts, 6:12


References[]

  1. Revealed in Family First, 10:36
  2. Revealed in Love Hurts, 13:12
  3. Revealed in Fall From Grace, Rise To Power Part I, Credits
  4. Revealed in Love Hurts, Credits
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Revealed in Fall From Grace, Rise To Power Part II, Unknown
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Cow of the Wild Voice Actor Livestream
  7. Revealed in Fall From Grace, Rise To Power Part I, 3:56
  8. "Rune" meaning
  9. Boy Oh Boy!
  10. Discord Screenshot Link
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Revealed in by TribbleofDoom,
  12. 12.0 12.1 Revealed in The West, Unknown
  13. Revealed in Things Best Left Forgotten Part II, Unknown
  14. Revealed in Back To Haunt, Unknown
  15. Revealed in Family First, Unknown
  16. Revealed in Who's Your Daddy?, Unknown
  17. Revealed in Love Hurts, Unknown
  18. Revealed in Hello, Goodbye, Unknown
  19. Discord Screenshot Link
  20. Revealed in Love Hurts, 4:05
  21. Revealed in Romance is Boring Part II, Unknown
  22. 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 Revealed in Love Hurts, 3:39
  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 "Brothers" by Patch21
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