In theory, hell hounds are, like hellcats, proud outsiders
who won’t submit to being treated like pets. In practice, though, everybody
uses hell hounds—fire giants, efreet, devils, evil spellcasters, fey lords,
etc., etc. (Heck, chaotic good
water elementals probably even use hell hounds.) So the question is, who is holding the leash? And in the case of Nessian hell hounds,
which power in Hell signed the adoption papers?
A wayang sorcerer
named Ki Suyang Anan is always accompanied by two hell hounds. He delights in their presence,
particularly the fear the light of their burning breath inspires in his Shadow-touched
countrymen. As for the hell hounds
themselves, Marxus sees his service as a way to escape a far worse placement
under an infernal lord. Meanwhile,
Cinder has never tasted wayang before and looks forward to the day when Anan
grows too familiar with her, so she can take offense and devour him.
A cloud giant seeks
to enslave a fire giant clan in the name of his dark deity. As proof of his right to do so, he
displays his pack of Nessian hell hounds.
Even stranger, their barding is of dwarven, rather than infernal,
make. The fire giant thane needs
someone to unravel this mystery—fast.
Elven dogs, more
properly known as coin-sith or cooshee, serve fey and traditional elf
houses. They are limned in green
fire and often have a greenish cast to their fur as well. Treat them as hell hounds with the fey creature template and alignments that match their lords’.
—Pathfinder Bestiary
173
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