The Hounds of Tindalos were extra-dimensional, predatory creatures who existed in at least one universe, described by Mr Fell as “independent contractors in the same line of work” relative to conventional demons. They emerged into the human layer of reality inhabited by humans 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 angels millennia ago, but while most were destroyed by the angels using flaming swords, at least one survived, being bound into a Sumerian 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 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 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)
Behind the scenes
The Hounds of Tindalos debuted in a short story of the same name by Frank Belknap Long, in the March 1929 issue of 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.
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