Wild Hunt hound

Wild Hunt hounds were a magical variety of hounds that originated in the Feywild. As their name implied, most members of this breed served Cerunnos in his Wild Hunts, having power over the breed.

Description
These hounds were quite large, often standing up to  at the shoulder. They had coats of fur ranging from black to white, with blue runic script hovering over them. Their eyes glowed a fiery green  and their tongues were like green flames, but did not impart pain like real fire, which gave them an eerie glow.

Personality
These hounds had an average level of intelligence.

Much like Cerunnos, these hounds would fight to the death against evil creatures. However, they generally avoided attacking a hunted creature until all those who had been drawn into the Wild Hunt had a chance to do so themselves.

Abilities
They could invoke fear in any mortal they were pursuing, what some described as being a sort of fear aura, caused by them constantly growling. They could also see in areas of low-light and could fly to some describe, though they were quite clumsy while doing so.

Those that were properly part of Cerunnos's Wild Hunt pack had a number of unique abilities. They had an aura around them equivalent to the protection from evil spell at all times, they could make their flaming tongues cause additional pain, and they could never truly die. Instead, when killed on a Wild Hunt their bodies disappeared, then reconstituted at Cerunnos's home.

Combat
Wild Hunt hounds struck their foes with hit-and-run attacks in order to harry and separate their them from any allies they may have.

History
In approximately 1357 DR, the goddess Hecate sent her jester out to the World Serpent Inn to acquire some suitable adventurers to obtain her a Wild Hunt hound, wanting to crossbreed it with her hell hounds. He ended up choosing a group of adventurers from Faerun and as theyu were guided through the planes by the jester, getting caught up in other transactions along the way, they learned of how she had imprisoned the goddess Lliira. They went on to free the goddess of revelry, then offered the captured Wild Hunt hound to Hecate in return for her removing the curse she laid upon her.

Relationships
Wild Hunt hounds that didn't serve Cerunnos worked tirelessly as guard animals at the manors of eldarin nobles and accompanied them on their own great hunts.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Tales of the Outer Planes, "A Simple Deed, Well Rewarded"