The Plains Smilohound is a wild pack-dwelling predator of Inland Thazvaar's open plains, descended from domesticated lines that reverted to feral behavior. Intermediate in size between the Greater Smilohound and Lesser Smilohound, its short broad skull, reinforced jaw, and compact musculature are adapted for endurance hunting across sunbaked broken terrain, with a single-layered ochre and stone-gray coat providing camouflage in grassy habitats. It hunts large herbivores in coordinated packs using high-pitched yelps, barks, and long-distance calls, rarely engaging humans unless provoked or territorial.
They are often kept starved and caged by inland pirates who release them during village raids, a practice that exploits the animal's pack aggression without requiring the pirates to risk direct combat. Integral to Thazvaari nomadic life as symbols of unity and strength, the Plains Smilohound's reversion from domesticated origins underscores that even the animals of the inland refuse to stay tamed.