creature · AX-hound
Axehound
axehounds
The common companion animal of households — a six-legged predator with a carapace and a hound's loyalty. They hunt, guard, and sleep on kitchens' warm stones.
Roshar's idea of a dog — too many legs, still a pet.
- Role
- Pet, guard, and hunting animal
- Culture
- Alethi
- First introduced
- Book 1 — End of The Way of Kings
- Most recently in view
- Book 1 — End of The Way of Kings
Look
Sleek, low, six-legged, with a segmented hide and sensitive head-antennae. Not a mammal. They trumpet rather than bark.
Where
Alethi towns, , and manor halls
