The entity known as the Ashen Wolf is another being of great power and inscrutable motives in Vandalmál. Some believe that it is another ancient Fey, like the entities known as the Old Gods in Hrim; indeed, its primary nexus of followers is the Brotherhood of the Wolf Hunt, who have for centuries made pact with the beast in exchange for power as they protect the people of Hrim from the dangers of the wilderness. Others believe the Ashen Wolf is a harbinger of the end times - a vanguard of the great apocalypse where gods will war with each other and the world will be torn asunder. Whatever its true purpose, the Brothers of the Wolf Hunt who do make pact with the Ashen Wolf are changed by it in visible, often striking ways, forever marking them as separate and other. Whatever it demands of them in return, the Brothers do not speak of it, instead going about their work for the people with grim purpose and sometimes wild abandon.
Expanded Spell List
Wolf's Blessing - Granted at first level. As Dark One's Blessing from the Fiend Patron, except that the Ashen Wolf also "grants" a unique change to the character, something physical evocative (such as animal eyes, non-statistic based physical appearance changes) and flavor-based (longer life, always know directions, etc).
Wolf's Luck - Granted at sixth level. As Dark One's Own Luck from Fiend Patron.
Endless Pursuit - Granted at tenth level. As the Compendium of Forgotten Secrets: Awakening version of the Ashen Wolf Patron.
Ashen Investiture - Granted at fourteenth level. As Beast of the Burning End from the Compendium of Forgotten Secrets: Awakening version of the Ashen Wolf Patron, save the following changes: