Hounds of Light

The Hounds of Light were creatures of Kurald Thyrllan, the Elder Warren of Light, and (one-on-one) were easily the match of the Hounds of Shadow. The smallest Hounds of Light were at least the size of a horse. They had short bone-white hair through which could be seen dark blue (nearly black) skin.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 6, US TPB p.162 They had onyx-colored eyes and unusually long teeth.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 23, US TPB p.769-770Stonewielder, Chapter 7, UK TPB p.372 They were leaner and longer-necked than the Hounds of Shadow with short, stubby tails.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 24, US SFBC p.966
==The Hounds==
* Cast – almost twice the weight of Lock
* Gait – the lord of the pack, more silver than white, with a scarred misshapen muzzle, and wearing a battered thick collar of black leather adorned with opals and pearls
* Ghennan – the lady of the pack, also more silver than white, with an equally scarred misshapen muzzle, and wearing a collar much like Gait's
* Grasp – one of the three youngest in the pack
* Hanas – one of the three youngest in the pack
* Jalan – one of the three youngest in the pack
* Lock – bone-white and enormous
* Pallid – bone-white and enormous
* Ultama – long-limbed, sleek, broad head and sinewy neck with over-sized upper canines
* Venasara – fresh from birthing and raising a "squabble" of young
== In Toll the Hounds ==
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Two Hounds of Light--Lock and Pallid--appeared without warning among Shadowthrone and Cotillion's Hounds of Shadow.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 6, US SFBC p.200 Shadowthrone claimed they had appeared at his summons while musing aloud about the need for replacements for the missing Doan and Ganrod.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.719 Cotillion noted that the other Hounds seemed to have accepted them. The mixed group of Hounds mostly ran peacefully together, although Lock irritated Shan with his constant presence at her side. Her snaps and snarls only drove him away for a short time and he seemed to enjoy her frustration.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.716
The two gods brought all the Hounds with them to meet Traveller on the coast of Genabackis near Morn. While the Hounds of Shadow gathered around the man, allowing him to stroke their coats, Pallid and Lock held back. Traveller asked the gods if the newcomers might be the "fabled Hounds of Light" but received only a coy response and a wink from Cotillion.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 6, US SFBC p.197-200
While flying over the Lamatath Plain, Kagamandra Tulas caught the scent of the Hounds of Shadow. As their first master, he was pleased to fly down to greet them, although he found the two gods of Shadow unworthy of their company. But when Pallid and Lock appeared snarling at him amongst the Hounds, the Tiste Edur Soletaken was horrified. He warned Shadowthrone and Cotillion they did not know what they were dealing with before fleeing the combined pack's fury.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 16, US SFBC p.658Toll the Hounds, Chapter 18, US SFBC p.718-721
On the last night of the Gedderone Fête, when powerful forces converged on Darujhistan, the Hounds trampled the farm of Grisp Falaunt before destroying the Cutter Road Gate on their way into the city.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 21, US SFBC p.851-853 Pallid set off on its own, killing a dozen members of the City Watch before it was tackled by Baran. The pair's battle--which wrecked the Warden Barracks and nearly killed Chaur--seemed to signal the peace between the two groups of Hounds was over.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 23, US SFBC p.916-918 
After Anomander Rake's death, light flashed onto Darujhistan from the shattered moon above and eight more Hounds of Light manifested in the city to join Pallid and Lock.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 23, US TPB p.769 They came to seize Dragnipur, a sword of perfect justice, for their unnamed "master".Toll the Hounds, Chapter 23, US TPB p.770Toll the Hounds, Chapter 24, US TPB p.794 The Hounds were met with heavy resistance from Karsa Orlong, the Seguleh Second, Tulas Shorn, De nek okral, and Barathol Mekhar, who had gathered to protect the sword or fight the Hounds for their own ends. At least six of the Hounds were killed in the complex and confused fight that followed. Karsa and the Seguleh Second killed as many as three Hounds, Tulas Shorn flew away with three Hounds and dropped them from a great height north of Lake Azur, and De nek okral perished killing another Hound. Barathol Mekhar singled out Pallid and shattered its jaw for its attack on Chaur. Karsa Orlong's daughters, Delas Fana and Tonith Agra, helped drive off two more as Karsa sliced off the last's tail. The surviving Hounds of Light were forced to flee without their prize.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 23, US TPB p.775Toll the Hounds, Chapter 24, US TPB p.792-796
==In The Crippled God ==
In the book's opening scenes, the Tiste Liosan, Aparal Forge, looked upon "the four surviving Hounds of Light".The Crippled God, Chapter 1, US HC p.8 During the final fight on the 'First Shore' between the Shake/Letherii and the Tiste Liosan forces, these remaining hounds were killed by Yedan Derryg, who was wielding a Hust sword.The Crippled God, Chapter 15, US HC p.431-434/436
==In Stonewielder==
Kiska, Jheval, and Warran came upon a large, white Hound as they traveled through Kurald Emurlahn. The red-eyed creatureStonewielder, Chapter 8, UK TPB p.397 lay unmoving, nearly covered in sand, and exhausted after an apparent encounter with the Chaos Whorl unleashed by Yathengar.Stonewielder, Chapter 7, UK TPB p.372 Kiska stroked its head and called it a handsome beast. Later when the group was ambushed by an Azalan demon, the Hound which had followed them defended Kiska and killed her attacker.Stonewielder, Chapter 8, UK TPB p.397 The Hound continued to trail the group and made its presence known once again when they were taken captive by the Tiste Liosan Army of Light.Stonewielder, Chapter 9, UK TPB p.458/460
==Notes and references==
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