Felhound
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Felhounds are Demon Hounds that appear in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. These demonic canines are controlled by the Pit Lords to sniff out sources of magic and various magical energies. Felhounds feed upon magic itself and are fond of draining the energies of hapless wizards, sorcerers, mages, shamans and other beings of magic.
Felhounds are able to attack land units only and love nothing more than tearing their enemies to shreds with their mighty claws and razor-sharp teeth. Felhounds also fire mana bolts that absorb mana from magical beings and also do damage to those beings.
Felhounds reside in the realm of the Twisting Nether and have been responsible for the destruction of many mortal worlds. In the final mission of the Undead Campaign, the Burning Legion send Felhounds and Infernals to aid Arthas (the Death Knight) and Kel'Thuzad in summoning the Eredar Demon Lord Archimonde.
In the final mission of the Orc Campaign, Felhounds and Doom Guards, along with the Demon-tainted Warsong Clan, are found guarding Grom Hellscream against Thrall and his untainted Orcs.
In addition, Felhounds play an important role in the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft. Under the designation "Felhunter" they are summonable by the Warlock player class.
This version of the Felhound serves the warlock as a pet, following the orders of the warlock. Felhunters are capable of both removing negative buffs (debuffs) from their masters, as well as positive buffs from opponents, regenerating their own health as they do so. Also, cursed (or blessed?) with "Tainted Blood", melee attacks against them do increasingly less damage. Their greatly enhanced powers of perception grant their warlock masters the ability to more easily detect other units (players and otherwise) under the guise of stealth. Their hunger for magic often puts them at odds with caster-type character classes, and they have therefore developed the skill to interrupt the casting of spells by casters, as well as to prevent future casting for a short period of time.
Summoning the Felhunter costs the warlock a Soul Shard reagent, in addition to a considerable amount of mana, the measure of which increases in proportion to the level of the Warlock character.
Felhounds also play a role as NPC Mobs (mobiles) in WoW. Under names such as "Mage Hunter" and the like, the zones they patrol in World of Warcraft often are full of other demons as well, including Infernals, Succubi, and Felguards.
[edit] Remnants of the Burning Legion
Upon the defeat of the Burning Legion in Azeroth, their forces have become whithered and scarce. Different strains of Felhounds were evident in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. These included the Fel Ravagers, Fel Stalkers, and Fel Beasts. They were encountered by Prince Kael'Thas at Dalaran and were slain. They were also encountered multiple times on Draenor, including Magtheridon's Black Citadel, by Illidan's Forces.
In World of Warcraft, Felhunters (also known as Fel Beasts) are featured as pets to warlocks.
