Church Grim

Typically black

Dog sized

Immense strength, purple or white eyes.

Physical strength, ability to vanish, impeccable speed

Eternal life

Pawprints

Barks, whimpers, etc

Bound to a single graveyard or area, can only leave for short periods by moving to another plane

75 mph

Biting

Biting, tackling, howling

Not aggressive unless provoked

Do not reproduce; they are the reincarnations of a dead animal or person, buried first in the graveyard.

No herding

Graveyards

Whatever's nearby

Noble protectors of all faiths.

THE KILLKENNY GRIM
In 1547, Christians in Killkenny, Ireland, buried a dead dog in a new graveyard. This practice was ancient, but was considered superstitious and cruel in the eyes of the witch community. Odinla, an elderly witch and a devout Christian, believed Church Grims to be real and effective. Edwina, a satanist who had long held ill well toward Odinla, decided to prove her wrong and be rid of her at once.

On a foggy autumn evening, Odinla was paying her respects in the Killkenny Graveyard when Edwina enacted her plan. Edwina drove a nail through Odinla's footprints, trapping her in the graveyard. Edwina then summoned a great many malevolent spirits, sure that Odinla, and all the Christian souls in the graveyard would be destroyed. To Edwina's surprise, as the dark figures closed in on the graveyard, a large black dog emerged from the fog and attacked the spirits, destroying them. From then on, Church Grims were used in witch burial sites.

A Church Grim is a protector of places of worship and burial sites. While originally Christian in origin, Church Grims protect spirits and places of all faiths.

A Church Grim is created when, during the establishment of a graveyard, a dead dog is buried first. The animal comes back as a Grim, and is to serve the area for all eternity, protecting the site from sacrilege, vandalism, evil spirits, and grave robbers.