Hellhounds

Demons

Their Owners

Heightened Sense of Smell

Super Strength

Goofer Dust

Devil's Shoestring

**Hellhounds** are ballistic and maniacal canine-like beasts of the unnatural world, specifically Hell (hence the name), which are known to serve demons. Described as demonic pitbulls, hellhounds are ferocious, terrifying entities that inspire fear in humans, demons and even angels.

With time they became tasked with collecting the souls of humans whose deals are come due. In such circumstances, hellhounds can only be seen by those whom they have come for, making them a sort of reaper of the damned. In later seasons, hellhounds are seen working for various other demons (not just Crossroad Demons), usually acting as foot soldiers, guard dogs and/or assassins.

## History

According to Lazarus, after God started creating the Universe, he made an abundance of creatures, including the Hellhounds, which he intended to be used as "the Creator's best friends". However, the Hellhounds proved to be too vicious, so God decided to destroy them all. But Lucifer, once he fell from Heaven, managed to rescue one of the Hellhounds, Ramsey, who was pregnant, and from Ramsey the hellhound population regrew.

And from that moment on over the millennia, Hellhounds served as "*demonic pit bulls*" to demons, going after humans who had sold their souls.

## Characteristics

Hellhounds are voracious, tenacious, and intelligent. Once a hound has the scent of its target, it has it for life and will never give up the hunt until one or the other is dead, or unless its master calls it off. They can be clever, almost impossible to trick or distract, and are willing to improvise in order to get to their prey. Hellhounds will often physically rip their victims to shreds in order to collect their souls. In some cases, however, their mere presence is enough to literally scare people to death. Other times, the victims will be driven to commit suicide.

They appear as ferocious black dogs with red eyes. They vary in size, ranging from standard large-sized dogs to that of a small horse. They generate some kind of black aura around themselves, making them appear made of shadows.

As dogs, they are loyal, and answer only to the demons they serve; they cannot be swayed or bargained with, either. Not even Lazarus could devise a way to throw them off, short of using a bigger hound of his own to kill them.

Exactly how they are controlled is unclear. They have been shown to understand verbal commands, but sometimes they have stopped simply because the demon they serve changed their mind.

Hellhounds are vulnerable to iron, salt, the Colt, Angel Blades, and Ruby's knife. They are generally invisible unless the human they are after made a crossroads deal or is looking at them with an object scorched with Holy Fire, such as Hellhound Glasses.

## Masters

Any demon can command a hellhound, but very few of them can overpower one, or at least many at the same time. It is unknown if any demon or even angels could overpower one without the use of certain weapons. However, only Lucifer could command their father, Ramsey.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Invisibility**
* **Invulnerability**
* **Super Senses**
* **Super Speed**
* **Super Stamina**
* **Super Strength**
* **Tracking**
* **Hallucinations**
* **Immortality**

## Weaknesses

### Harming or Restraining

* Salt
* Goofer Dust
* Devil's Shoestring

### Killing

* Demon-Killing Knife
* The Colt
* Angel Blades
* God
* Iron
* Jack Kline