Editing Dog of War (section)

=== Weaknesses ===
They draw power from a specific conflict; it's a potent source of power as long as it lasts, making them difficult to bind, but once it ends they eventually lose their immortality.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":1" /> If cut off from their war by a strong enough binding circle, they will also be rendered mortal.<ref>“Okay, so… just so we know, how do you deal with a Dog of War or any of its variants?” Verona asked.<br><br>“By putting a bullet in them, or some other means of execution, after cutting them off from their power source.”<br><br>“How do you cut them off?”<br><br>“Draw a circle around them.  I can teach you the basics of binding Others at a later date.  With John, don’t bother trying.  The act of finishing the drawing of the circle gets harder the greater the source of power is.  His source of power is a big, long-running conflict with no sign of ending, even if Canada pulled out six years ago.  Like a large body of water with a narrow hole feeding out the bottom to this particular output, the pressure is immense and the stream violent.  You’re not positioned to put that conflict to rest and you’re not equipped to close a circle.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/05/19 Excerpt] from [[Lost for Words 1.4]]</ref> Injuries that weren't inflicted by weapons of war take them longer to heal.<ref>“Are you going to be okay?”<br><br>“Yes.  Harm through medical tools takes longer to heal than harm through weapons of War, but… I’ll be fine.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/08/14/summer-break-13-4/ excerpt] from [[Summer Break 13.4]]</ref>

They don't have an innate understanding of the [[Seal of Solomon]],<ref name=":10"/> but like many [[Other]] they do have instincts relating to [[Innocence]], breaching it can ensure their permanent death.<ref>“Yours and theirs, both sides,” Ribs said.  “Fires left to burn in places with people inside, when they could have been put out.  Indiscriminate shooting.  Getting ''mean''.  We’re ''you'', your deeds made manifest, from the uncounted dead.”<br><br>John stirred.  He shook his head as he pulled himself together.<br><br>''Don’t.  Don’t tell them that.''<br><br>It felt wrong, somehow, even if he wasn’t sure why.  To tell when- when the journalist was there.<br>[...]<br>“He’s not supposed to die from fire or explosions,” Songbird said.<br><br>“He’s not supposed to tell innocents what we are, either.  I think the protections that he’s supposed to have failed him,” John said.  “The innocent might have been alive still when Ribs’ explosive went off.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/03/30 Excerpt] from [[One After Another 10.a]]</ref>