Unleashed from Khorne's fiery domain to drag the souls of cowards and traitors to the foot of the Blood God’s throne, Flesh Hounds stalk their prey across time and space with dogged determination. Ruthless and uncaring, Khorne’s hounds never tire and never slow in their pursuit, and most victims descend into madness from the chase long before they are caught. Flesh Hounds are mountainous beasts of claws, teeth, spikes, and red scaly skin, but it is the gleaming brass Collar of Khorne around each muscled neck that is by far their most defining trait. Acting as a psychic vortex, the collars drain Warp energy to such a degree that the wearers are all but immune to attacks from psykers. The beasts seem to relish this fact, and spend more time terrorising psychic prey than any other, almost as if they feed upon the fear of their victims.
In combat, they are swift creatures capable of covering large stretches of ground very quickly. With butcher’s knives for claws and monstrous jaws filled with rows of jagged teeth, Flesh Hounds are threats to even light vehicles, yet still nimble enough to avoid incoming fire and the frantic blows of their terrified quarry. Despite their best efforts, the Askellian Ordo Malleus have been unable to track any major instances of Flesh Hound attacks or incursions. Generally elusive creatures that stalk their prey for months at a time, evidence of a Flesh Hound’s presence is usually only found after their victim’s death. The way the Daemons hunt through the Warp makes tracking or predicting their movements next to impossible, and the Inquisitors suspect the involvement of such creatures in many grisly murders, but they lack the proof to say so definitively. More disturbing are the reports from a number of prominent Inquisitors that claim a Неизвестно cabal in the sector has actively summoned Flesh Hounds to hunt down their rivals. If true, this would mean these Radicals have moved beyond their attempts to harness the power of the Warp and have turned to outright daemonic heresy.