#it's foolproof. if you have cool armor i will follow you into a white windowless van.

[scattered-winter]

how do you have so many good ideas? please tell me about your fantasy world building for the weewoos

the answer is very simple it's because I 1) don't have any social life to speak of and 2) am filled with Constant Thoughts about the current hyperfixation (whatever it may be) so . there ya go

this is an au that some of my DC mutuals may have already heard about because I'm kinda picking and choosing elements of it to add to the 911 au. because I am a simple man who reuses my own ideas every so often and also because my worldbuilding has PEAKED with the monster in this. that said I will try to actually . make a new au instead of just copying and pasting everything. I'm not gonna cheat y'all that much. but I love the Hound with literally everything in me it is my most precious bit of lore from literally anything I have ever created (original stories included) so I am including it in this because i CAN. DC mutuals cover your eyes and look away because I lomve it soooo very much <3333 my most beloved skrunkly nightmare fuel <333333333333333

so in essence, the Hound is basically a cocktail of dark magic spells and curses all compressed into a neutron star of dark magic. it takes the form of a giant black wolf, but its form flickers and blurs as it moves, with particles of dark magic floating around in its wake (I am not immune to the anime flower petals effect <3). it can walk on its hind legs as well, and when it does, it moves in a very jerky, uncoordinated way (a la horror movie monster). but when it's on all fours, it's smooth and unnaturally graceful. basically it walks on its hind legs to frighten, and walks on all fours to hunt.

I have some rough sketches/concept art that is pretty old but still capture the general vibes of what this bitch looks like!

the Hound was created by dark mages long ago as a weapon against anyone who opposes them. it's the ultimate predator; once it has someone's scent, it can track them across continents and oceans. literally nowhere on earth is safe if the Hound is hunting you. no matter where you try to run, it will find you.

ownership of the Hound has been passed down through the ranks of dark mages as the centuries have passed, and much of the knowledge about its origins have been lost to time, so not even the Hound's handlers really have a full picture of what they're dealing with. it isn't a lapdog that follows orders to the letter. it's intelligent and independent, and it's truly, fully evil because it's literally made of evil magic from top to bottom. most creatures/people in this universe are at least multifaceted, but the Hound is literally pure malice and fear. it's my little skrunkly <33

the Hound has also sort of . passed into legend. it's in the stories parents tell their kids, it's woven soo deeply into the mythology of the world, and it even has a nursery rhyme:

ash like scattered pet-als eyes like flaming coal teeth like knives and claws like swords it'll always reach its goal a howl like whis-tling wind a roar like rumbling thun-der The Hound is coming from the dark to tear you all a-sunder skin like wisps of black smoke paws like creeping fog you can try and run but you can never hide for-ever it'll smell you from a-far it'll chase you to your bur-row The Hound is hunting through the trees and you'll never see to-morrow

largely inspired by ring around the rosie and how it is objectively a horrifying poem but turned into a kid's nursery rhyme. same concept

ANYWAY this is all coming into play because I have a very very vague concept of where the characters all are in this !! I still haven't decided if I want it to be lone star or 911 or both, but I think tarlos as royalty/knight would be SOO <3333 and the 118 as a squadron of knights would also be SOO !!! but in any case, no matter who I ultimately include in this au, they'll be coming face to face with the Hound and will have to try and find a way to kill it before it kills them. <3