Guess it's time I try one of these..

Name: Siarl

Race: Flash Hound: Subspecies of Blink Dog found in the Chindari PLains

Description: A large dog, looking almost wolvish, perhaps half of the height of a horse. His short gray fur has a bluish tint.

Background: A survivor of a dwindling species. Blink dogs have always been the enemies of displacer beasts, and the displacer beasts stand poised to hunt them to extinction.

Siarl was captured by a hunter as a puppy, and sold to traders. After a few weeks, those traders met up with a Chindari tribe. A young woman showed great interest in him, and seemed to be trying to help in some way. Siarl sensed some kind of bond, and that night, after the Chindari had gone their way, this bond awoke his latent powers,. Siarl blinked out of the cage, and tracked the Chinidari down, seeking out the young woman (Nadira Kanza) and becoming her friend and loyal guard. He has been such for the past 4 years.

Siarl is extremely protective of Nadira, almost to the point of recklessness. When she is in danger, his normally calculating mind is overwhelmed by the desire to save her.