I suppose I keep picking things I grew up seeing. We put statues of a wolf--Fen'harel--at the outskirts of our camp to ward off unfriendly spirits. As much as Fen'harel was a trickster, I suppose I always grew up thinking he protected our camp. Fierce and wild. So I liked the idea of a wolf. And Andruil's messenger was an owl, and I see owls round here. White ones.