Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-27411820-20160204004113/@comment-11533671-20160206185801

I had a great reply then my phone reset itself just as I hit reply....grrr!

SPECULATION ONLY....NONCANON....OPINION ONLY

Out of all the "shifters" we've seen the common trait we see is that they can learn how to control their nature's and practice shifting to the point it becomes just a matter of will.

The other creatures have triggers such as the lunar cycle, anger, etc. The Hellhound has only emerged when one of two things happen - 1) Parrish suffers life threatening injury and 2) There is a body to hide.

The Hellhound seems driven solely by instinct. Even when looking for the Nemeton, Parrish had no clue where to go but the Hellhound inside him knew and so he subconsciously drove the correct path.

When the Hellhound emerges it has no concern for anything outside of its pursuit of fulfilling its role, protecting the secret of the supernatural. It has no other motivations other than self-preservation and acting as the supernatural "warden" of sorts.

The only difference between a prisoner and the Warden is that the prisoner is confined by barriers like locked doors (mountain ash) wherein the Warden holds the keys and can move in and out of the prison freely.

In conclusion, the Hellhound seems beholden to its nature and is given the abilities (its strength, endurance, imperviousness, etc.) to carry out only those "orders", unlike the others that can shift for whatever reasons they choose, Parrish only shifts when the Hellhound is needed for either self-preservation or to cover-up the supernatural. If it were able to be entrapt or prevented from reaching the body by mountain ash or other conventional supernatural wards then it would fail to accomplish what it is "born" to do.


 * There is one instance of the Hellhound briefly emerging outside of my above points and that was when Parrish helped Chris Argent out of the rebar trap. My guess is that perhaps Parrish cannot access more than a little piece of his Hellhound abilities outside of the main two "triggers" I mention.