# The Hounds — The Night Land character guide

> The Hounds in The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** their

**First appearance:** 0007-vi-the-way-that-i-did-go

## Who they are

Monstrous canine beasts that hunt in the darkness of the Night Land.

## Relationships

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/the_narrator)

_friendship_

The Hounds are loyal, telepathically bonded creatures that accompany and defend the Narrator on his quest.

### [The Humpt Men](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_night_land_se/characters/the_humpt_men)

_rivalry_

The Hounds attack and drive off the Humpt Men, working in tandem with the Narrator and the Beast-Man.

## In the story

### [II: The Last Redoubt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_night_land_se/chapters/ii-the-last-redoubt)

Referenced as the monstrous Night Hounds living in the Valley of the Hounds.

### [The Hushing of the Voice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_night_land_se/chapters/iv-the-hushing-of-the-voice)

Five score attack the Ten Thousand; slay 1,700 men before being hewn in pieces by the Diskos.

### [In the Country of Silence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_night_land_se/chapters/xvi-in-the-country-of-silence)

A pack of Night-Hounds bays and pursues the Narrator, nearly catching him before Naani dies.

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