> It could be simply descriptive, a long, lean dog
> (with or without fish head).
> > Ah, maybe when Declan arrived, he and his family
> did a Quest ...
> .. the Lord of the town called forth the
> guardian of his family. A
> mist rose up from the river and mingled with that of
> the well ...
Of course! What does any new arrival do in the way of a ceremony when they arrive in Prax? They make friends with the local water spirit! So the (present) Garhound is in part a water spirit: the son of the local river. Manifesting requires mist from the river: yes, the *right* river. And the little garhounds can only do their blinking tricks near the river, too, (that's got them back down to scale!).
(I take it Garhound does *have* a river: or at least, some sort of water source?)
What they neglected to check was the identity of the father: and there's your Brother Dog link. And a shaman of Brother Dog can command his son...
> a old
> man of the strangers stepped forward, rattled
> something and did a
> strange little dance and what does the Garhound do?
> It wags it's misty tail, is what it does!
> Then it lay down, head between front paws and
> whines.
>
> The Lord was a little surprised to say the least.
I bet! Now explain why, in that case, Garhound wasn't over-run by nomads within a season or so of being founded. Did this little old man then greet them as friends, allies, and fellow dog-worshippers? And teach them how to train their garhounds? Taking the son and heir away with him to teach him Mystical Secrets?
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