The idea of a family carrying an animal as its mark is not invented for the story. Medieval heraldry did exactly that, and wolves appear in it across Europe.
The reason was practical rather than romantic. A man in full armour is unidentifiable, and most of the people who needed to identify him could not read. A bold animal shape on a shield solved both problems at once, and it had to work at a distance, in mud, seen briefly.
That is why heraldic animals are stylised rather than realistic, and it is the same reason this pendant reads clearly at arm's length while a photographic wolf would not.
A sigil passed down a family and could not be picked to suit your personality. It was closer to a surname than a statement, which is a stranger idea than the modern version.
This is a fan piece rather than official merchandise, styled after the sigil rather than reproducing anything.
A bold silhouette suits a plain neckline, where the outline can be read. Against a busy pattern the shape is what gets lost first.
See the wolf pendant necklace range and our wolf totem article.
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