Steel and claw

The pair of alpha males were locked in a back and forth grappled tug of war for several moments until Deimos finally decided to give into the pulling Artorias was doing on his scruff and toppled over with him–except he made sure to fall in a way that he would fall on top of his opponent. He let his weight slam into the other man and knock the wind out of him to force him to let go of his scruff and Deimos rolled back to his paws, giving himself a shake before giving Art a grin and telling him, "I'll be expecting that bottle of special vintage to be delivered promptly." He chuckled and made her he hadn't actually hurt the man, but it looked like one of The Hallows' healers was running up to tend to him regardless so he pivoted away to look for another opponent. He was riding a high of a victory and was raring to go for another fight.

He didn't have to wait long though as a voice called out to him and his attention quickly turned toward a younger wolf that was charging right for him. Just based on his height and coloring alone it was obvious that this was one of Artorias' children that clearly wanted to take a shot at the brute that had bested his father. He grinned and shifted quickly into a defensive stance, waiting for the boy to reach him and bracing himself for whatever kind of attack he was going to start with. He did pivot to face him at least so when his shoulder struck his it was the fronts of their shoulders that clashed. He took the brunt of the attack, accepting the bruising and soreness that was bound to come from it in order to get the younger man into close quarters with him. He anticipated his opponent's reach for the back of his neck since it was exactly what he would have done in his position so he tossed his head back, intercepting Thorn's reach and trying to knock Thorn's cheek with the top of his skull and possibly scrape his cheek with his horns. Meanwhile, he shifted his weight to his other paws in order to lift his right forepaw and bring it up to Thorn's chest to try and shove him back with his bear-like claws lightly digging into his skin as "encouragement".

Deimos vs Thorn for Dominance
Round 1/2
Age: Over 1 Year
Size: Dire wolf
Build: Heavy
Offensive Battle Accessory: Dagger
Defensive Battle Accessory: Front Bracers
Companion 1: Kite, Female - Perception
Companion 2: Kite, Male - Perception
Mutation 1: Bear paws - Offensive
Mutation 2: Small rhino horns - Offensive
Skills: Master Fighter & Advanced Hunter
Specialty: Defender

"Deimos Mendacium"