Hellbears

Hellbears are a species of bipedal ursine creatures in the Dota 2 world.

Habitat
Although not explicit, hellbears may live in Roseleaf where they are hunted by the Marrowfell Hunters every year. They are also seen in the Howling Weald as one of the few creatures to not be scared off by the conflict between Lucius Longclaw and his canine clan versus Bogdugg and the Bonemeal Ogres.

Physiology
Hellbears have powerful hands that can break metal swords and create shockwaves that throw lesser foes off their footing when they clap them together. Smaller hellbears can protect nearby allies with a magic resistance aura, but this may just be gameplay mechanics.

They come in two colors, yellow and red. Because of this, they are jokingly called Potato and Tomato, respectively.

Intelligence
Hellbears are primitive creatures and incapable of intelligible speech, communicating only in roars and growls. However, a clan of hellbears managed to learn the ability to read and write. They can also feel complicated emotions like anger from witnessing a fellow hellbear's death.

Alpha hellbears can assert their dominance over lesser hellbears by bullying them into doing something, indicating that hellbears are social animals.

Captivity
Lord Kwerthias of Revtel once owned a great menagerie containing exotic beasts such as hellbears. was dispatched by her sisterhood to assassinate Kwerthias and successfully did so by unleashing his pets in the palace. The guards were occupied with the rampaging beasts and Mortred used this opportunity to slit his throat.

Somewhere in White Spire, Grek has a menagerie of wild beasts for his dangerous shows. Hellbears are but one of the many species available in his collection, which he dispatched against Anessix to stall her from becoming the next Underlord after Momma Eeb's death.

Hunting
Hellbears are hunted by the poachers of the Marrowfell Tribe. Even a newly initiated poacher can kill a hellbear, but it is much more impressive to kill one without getting scarred.