Raven's Watch Royal Eclipse

"Stark, you say - then you must be very strong," Birk had met a good deal of wolves since he had arrived here, but this guy was the first, who had a name that reminded him of the common tongue used up North. His parents and his siblings had been quite fluent, Birk - less so, because his ability to learn and remember languages was not great. Especially, when one did not use it for a long time. Some words stuck though and he thought that perhaps he should elaborate on the subject: ""Stark" means "strong"."

"Anyway - my name is Birk. Though I am the most tree-unlike person you will meet around here. Or in the Ice Fields, should you hapeen to wander there."