I thought I remembered all the wolves (both giants and dwarf faction) in velious having the dire wolf model (top one) including the ones in thurg/GD.
Picture of the ring war with coldain wolves
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Also the picture of a coldain tracking wolf in GD is the dire wolf model on alla...
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which would lead me to believe the wolves inside thurgadin are also the dire wolf model.