Looking for Feedback. “The Three Hounds.”
So I’ve had this idea for a couple years and have mostly just been letting it percolate in the back of my head. Shared it once a while back on a different sub but that was just someone wanting to hear about people’s fan hatsu. Found out about this sub and thought to put out a somewhat revised version and open it up for criticism.
User’s Nen type: Emission
The Three Hounds
Baskerville- the user, after acquiring either an object/objects connected to, or sufficient information on a target, will perform a ritual which result in the creation of a Nen Beast, which will then attempt to hunt down its target. Depending on the materials, Baskerville becomes more powerful, capable of preform greater acts, and will zero in on a target far faster. A piece of clothing or a rough location, all the hound can do is track and locate the target, a piece of the targets body (hair, blood, skin, nails, etc…) or their full name, the hound can actually attempt to kill and consume the target, this has a further effect on another ability. Baskerville can only exist for 24 hours and cannot be recreated for another week, a month and a day if a hunt is unsuccessful (any hunt in which the target is not found within the time limit).
Ulster- the user designates a target or target location, (if the location is an open space, the maximum volume is a half sphere with a radius of roughly 200 meter), and preforms a ritual which results in the creation of a Nen Beast. Ulster will either patrol its designated territory, or follow its designated target, guarding against any threats (guarding a mobile target halves its range). Ulster’s strength is proportional to the amount of energy invested in its initial creation, though it can be enhanced by specifying threats it must guard against, similar to Baskerville. If “fed” in the sense of either more aura being given to it, or it slays a trespasser, it can exist theoretically indefinitely, but if destroyed, Ulster can not be recreated for another month and a day, if simply dismissed, the cooldown is reduced to a week.
Gevaudan- summoned through a relatively short ritual requiring only a quick chant. With a heavy investment of Aura, Gevaudan is the strongest of the hounds on average. Gevaudan will automatically seek out threats to the user and defend against attacks. It has no special abilities beyond its capabilities for violence, and its nature as a Nen Beast. Once dismissed it cannot be resummoned for a 24 hours.
The user knows the location and condition of each Hound, and only one may be summoned at any time barring one specific scenario. It should be noted that while each use of Baskerville and Ulster will create a new Nen Beast, Gevaudan is the same across all uses of the Hatsu.
In the event of the users death, a new ability is triggered.
The Wild Hunt-following the users death on the night of the next new moon (assuming they have been killed). At midnight user will rise in a conjured set of armor with the antlers of an elk, a spear, and a warhorn. The horn, when blown will summon all successful examples of Baskerville and Ulster in a large horde, along with one massively upgraded version of Gevaudan known as the Grimm. The user must hunt down their killer, feed them to the Grimm, and slay it with the spear before the sun rises, or the ability ends and they return to grave permanently. If successful, the user returns to life along with a new Gevaudan, but the ability has been reset. It cannot be used again for a year and a day, and no hounds may be created until that time has passed.
In the case of Baskervilles and Ulsters, each hound summoned has the aura of each person that specific hound devoured, and only that amount. In some cases hounds will possess the Hatsu of devoured enemies should they have them. The Grimm possesses the sum total amount of aura from those it has consumed.
Feel free to poke holes, criticism is welcome.