The firewolf was a being familiar to the Chiss Ascendancy, which is the nation of the Chiss species. This creature lent its name to the Firewolf man-of-war, a type of warship utilized by the Chiss Defense Force. Furthermore, the firewolf was depicted as a game piece in Tactica, a strategy game enjoyed within the Ascendancy.
Within the in-universe Tactica board game, the firewolf was present as a piece in Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil, the 2021 novel that concluded Timothy Zahn's Star Wars: The Ascendancy Trilogy.