Great Hund

"The Great Hund crept through the Berfrost unopposed, a phantasm lashing out from the shadows to break the necks and chew the limbs of the unsuspecting settlers." "—The Death-Linked Bridge"

The creator of the Löwa species, the Great Hund was a wicked beast that once worked toward conquering the entire Grauwelt.

Physiology
The Great Hund was described as a giant black wolf with bright eyes and teeth like swords. He was able to slip into settlements unnoticed and kill the local inhabitants without being detected.

Society and culture
As the creator of the Löwa species, the Great Hund set the precedents for his progeny. He laid down a number of laws for his "children" to follow and passed the rule of the species down in an unbroken line of ruling kings, known also as the Reikhalders.

Among the laws given to his progeny, the Great Hund forbade the disinterring of the Children of Hel and their use and charged his "children" with the task of extinguishing the Mannish Race.

History
The history of the Great Hund before the arrival of Dietrich to the Grauwelt was unknown.

Sometime after Dietrich's appearance, the Great Hund found his settlement in the Berfrost and attacked it, killing many of the Mannish settlers. Dietrich rode into battle against the Great Hund with 1,500 of his finest troops; during the ensuing battle, 1,000 of Dietrich's soldiers were killed.

Dietrich's only hope in defeating the Great Hund lie with Hel; he made a pact with the underworld and was bestowed with the Children of Hel.

Upon their second meeting, Dietrich and the Great Hund exchanged mortal blows. Dietrich was the first to die, and the Great Hund used his dying breath to seal his enemy shut in Hel forever, and also thereafter prevented any other being from crossing into Hel from the Grauwelt.

Sometime before his death and his final battle with Dietrich, the Great Hund made the Löwa species by using and growing pieces of his own flesh. This practice (an "art" to the Löwa) was passed down over the years as the Fleischkraft, and became more sophisticated with time.

The Türs
The Great hund was credited with creating the Türs, which he had scattered around the Grauwelt. These "pillars" allowed him to cross huge distances in very short spans of time and were even rumored to allow him to cross into different Worlds.

An unknown number of Türs were constructed by the Great Hund, but only ten of them remained at the time of the events of The Sword and Its Servant.