Cog-Hound

Cog-Hound belongs to loyal companion in the Landorya bestiary. Its usual habitat is Cog-Hounds live exclusively in domesticated settings within Gnomish settlements, with the largest breeding kennels maintained in Gearhaven and satellite populations in every Cog-Borough including Steamhaven Plateau and Aetherite-Ridge outposts.. Every Gnomish family of standing keeps at least one Cog-Hound as both a household pet and a working protector, and their gas-detection ability has saved countless lives in the ste… Key abilities include Detection of toxic gas leaks and Aether overloads by scent, Tenacious guarding instinct with low aggression threshold toward known companions, and Compact, low-slung build that allows navigation through tight workshop corridors.

Cog-Hounds are compact, barrel-chested dogs with short brindle or copper-toned coats and broad, flat muzzles perfectly shaped for low-to-the-ground scent tracking. Their ears are heavy and folded, filtering out the constant din of workshop machinery while funneling faint chemical odors directly to their extraordinarily sensitive noses.

Cog-Hounds are steadfastly loyal and even-tempered within their family unit, tolerating the noise and bustle of a busy Gnomish workshop without distress. They are alert and stubborn with strangers, holding their ground and barking persistently rather than attacking, and they form deep multigenerational bonds with the families that breed them.

The Cog-Hound breed traces its origin to a pair of stray mountain dogs adopted by the legendary Artificer Bram Kettwick, who first noticed their uncanny ability to detect the sulfurous prelude to a gas explosion before any instrument could. Kettwick spent forty years refining the breed alongside his mechanical work, and today every Cog-Hound pedigree scroll traces ancestry back to his original pair, kept in the archives of the Cog-Hall. Automaton Guardians stationed in disputed border zones are sometimes accompanied by Cog-Hounds, whose organic senses complement what even the finest clockwork nose cannot replicate.

Every Gnomish family of standing keeps at least one Cog-Hound as both a household pet and a working protector, and their gas-detection ability has saved countless lives in the steam-rich environments of Gearhaven and the Steamhaven Plateau. For the Gnomes of Landorya, the Cog-Hound represents the rare instance where nature was refined not by gears and springs but by generations of careful, loving breeding.