Hell Hound

Beast Name: Hell Hound

Approximate Size (l x w x h): 5.5'(+3' for tail)x2.5'x4.5'

Known Locations: Devla Desert, Kageroth Mountains

Strengths & Weaknesses (if applicable): Hell Hounds are extraordinarily quick and silent for their size. They are solitary predators, preferring an ambush and kill tactic. In the wild, they remain hidden, observing their prey and forming a crude plan, before making an attack. This typically ensures an easy kill. Their head and front quarters are well armored with a thick coat of bristly fur and leathery skin. Their hind quarters are less well protected: they lack the coarse fur found on the upper body. A disabling attack on the flank of the best is ideal.

Weapons & Defenses (if applicable): The Hound is well known to have sharp teeth, a wide-opening mouth (easily flexible enough to encompass a man's head), and long, retractable claws. They have also been observed to use their long tail as a crude whip, and some may even have a sharpened, weighted tip.

Observations (in biology or behavior):

Legend:

If a man looks into the same Hell Hound's eyes three times it is an omen of death within the next twenty-four hours.

When a Hell Hound howls, the person (physically) closest to them dies.

Common Knowledge:

Years ago, a half demon named Vagoraur bred and raised a pack of Hell Hounds. He traveled vast regions of Exodyus, loosing his horde on towns and villages, plundering and killing as he went. Thousands of townsfolk died over his two year reign. Asis Sundoom (Asis the Great) finally put a stop to the madness, killing Vagoraur and all but three of his pack of Hounds. He trained and reformed the three remaining beasts (Bysi, Mach, and Pelisi) and they became his loyal pets and guards.