The She Wolf

In the canto she is the beast «sanza pace» that comes on and little by little pushes him back down: «non lascia altrui passar per la sua via, ma tanto lo ’mpedisce che l’uccide» (Inf. I 94-96). The game does the same thing in the same order. While the purse is under her muzzle she stands still like the other two; once it is gone she gets up and comes down the slope along a road written by the canto, not behind you, shoving down and biting whoever stays in front of her muzzle.

At the foot of the slope she does not stop: she starts searching, and she is not chasing you. No enemy in this game knows where you are, and she is no exception: she climbs the field of scent, marks the last place where she smelled something and goes there, exactly as a dog does. Running always gets you away from her, but running doubles the trace, and sooner or later you have to stand still.

Arrow and censer do nothing to her, because she is not a soul, and the only thing that works is leaving no trace. What makes her give up is the guide, as in the canto: the she wolf is defeated by nobody, she leaves the stage when somebody steps between, and she never enters the clearing of the gate.