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The '''Hounds of Tindalos''' were extra-dimensional,, predatory creatures who existed in at least [[Universe_(The_Folly_of_Men)|one universe]], described by [[Mr Fell (The Folly of Men)|Mr Fell]] as “independent contractors in the same line of work” relative to conventional [[demon]]s. They emerged into the human layer of reality inhabited by [[human]]s through corners, first as a mist or smoke in the corner, then as full physical bodies.  

In [[Jenny Cornelius]]'s reality, the Hounds were dealt with by the [[angel]]s millennia ago, but while most were destroyed by the angels using [[flaming sword]]s, at least one survived, being bound into a [[Sumer]]ian artefact kept at the [[British Museum]]. In the 1960s, it escaped due to a curator treating the artefact carelessly, and headed to the shop housing [[Mr Fell (The Folly of Men)|one of the angels]] who'd fought its kind back in the day. The angel, being deprived of a Sword, sought out [[Jenny Cornelius]]; although the Hound followed him to the mews housing Jenny's home, she was able to furnish him with [[Jenny Cornelius's lightsaber|a lightsaber]], which proved an adequate replacement for a Flaming Sword and allowed the celestial being to quickly dispatch the Hound, whose body dissolved into “smoke and foulness” as soon as it was dead. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dog Days of Sumer (short story)|Dog Days of Sumer]]'')

The Hounds of Tindalos debuted in a short story of the same name by Frank Belknap Long, in the March 1929 issue of ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Tales Weird Tales]'', and are now in the public domain. Known for being attracted to time travelers. Cryptically, the Hounds are said to inhabit the angles of time, while human inhabit the curves.