Alias: Lesser Smilohound
Origin: Geba (planet-wide)
The Sentinelhound is a canine-like guardian native to Geba, a close relative of the Lesser Smilohound with extreme intelligence and adaptability mirroring nearby humans' personalities to form deep bonds reflecting behaviors and emotions, the adage "A Sentinelhound is a mirror. Remember that" underscoring its inability to be deceived, making it trusted globally for protective roles from companionship to military security, popular among Tactician-class Engineered for coordination. Rear height 0.2–1.0 meters and weight 20–110 kg suiting woodlands, plains, and urban perimeters while absent from volcanic or subsurface extremes unless with humans. Bred since the Era of Early Dominion, it is ubiquitous in capitals, relay hubs, and outposts, long-lived and maturing quickly to reproduce in human-linked rhythms.