Barghest

Barghest is a Hostile (Monster) spectral hound—an enormous, coal-black dog said to haunt lanes and lonely moor edges. It often appears rimed in shadow, its outline soft as smoke; the eyes glow faintly like embers. Smell: a metallic tang of old iron with a wet, earthy undernote, as if frost and turned peat had been stirred together. Sound: a low, resonant bay or prolonged, mournful howl that seems to roll through hedgerows; animals go silent before it arrives. Temperature: an abrupt, seeping cold that bites skin and fogs breath, leaving frost on grass where it passes. Field naturalist notes: tracks, when visible, are oversized and often oddly shallow for so large a beast; sightings cluster near crossroads, ruined farmsteads, and stretches of road where the light dies early.