The baying of demon dogs gets louder as you move forward into the ruined neighborhood.  Only a few moments later, you catch sight of a large number of dog-like creatures, eldritch power flickering around their paws, eyes, and muzzles as the mill about in one of the open squares in the city.  Three of them are dismantling a city bus that has overturned, apparently trying to learn how to properly hunt cars in the process.  Others savage the goods in hastily abandoned shops or damaged food carts.<br/><br/>You also hear a piteous cry for help--a number of people scrambled for the repair scaffolding set up around a traffic control island.  The bamboo structure is not sturdy enough to allow the hellhounds to climb up after them, but it's also not likely to hold together much longer under the wantonly sadistic attentions of the beasts!<br/><br/>Time to get heroic!<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Hellhounds</div><div class="spoiler_body">Hellhound<br/>Type: Swarm<br/>Skill: Melee Weapons 3<br/>Wounds: 6 (normally 3, but there are a <em>lot</em> of them...)<br/>Defense: 3<br/>Powers: Force Attack (4CD to gain 5SD)<br/>Weakness: Vulnerable to Frost</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Goal</div><div class="spoiler_body">Rescue the Menaced Citizens!  (Difficulty 6)</div></div>