Talk:Hellhound/@comment-93.105.250.220-20180513221506

It seems that Abigail may have had something to do with creating "The Beast."

Which is probably why it's possible to kill it regardless who you accuse of causing it to appear.

I think that the Beast was in life a dog that Abigail owned, I base that claim on what Alvin says during his trance. He talks about a dog who was skinned alive, and right after quotes presumably some kids mother who is yelling at her child for "bothering the witches dog again."

The aforementioned witch was most likely Abigail, unless there was another before her, and as we know she does not own a dog when we meet her.

So Abigail may have cursed the townspeople for killing the only real friend she had while living there. And so the soul of her deceased dog returned as the beast to punish all the wicked people who live there.

Odo's claim the he had seen the beast gazing at Abigail's window also seems to confirm this, it probably means that deep down the beast still has some memory of it's owner and why it would want to get a glimps of Abigail from time to time.

Which would explain why blaming Abigail works too, as she did willingly or unwillingly help create the beast. But with all the dirt that can be unveiled about those people, it's safe to say the had it coming.

In a way it can be said the beast does serve it's purpose in the end, as Geralt can "punish" them all for their crimes, but without the beast all the skeletons they keep in their closets would never have seen the light of day.