>>5943373Unfortunately, it does not take long for someone to seek out the hag for a dark and terrible purpose. A half-elf man of the recently-established village of Cortona that rests upon the shores of the lake containing the drowned shrine is visited by tragedy when his son dies in an accident at the hands of another. Society refuses to persecute the accidental killer, and driven mad with grief, he goes to the swamp where the hag awaits.
He makes a bargain, for the hag knows of a specialist of matters such as this. A demon is summoned, a sinewy creature of pure malice and hatred: wrath made manifest. The demon hunts down the killer and brutally slays him in the night, tormenting and torturing the man. When others try to intervene, they too are slain, for the demon is invulnerable.
Once its task is complete, it vanishes. As for the man who made the bargain, none know the price he paid, but he is never seen again, a victim of the hag's insidious magic.
The legend spreads of the hag and the demon of wrath, the demon of vengeance. A horror tale for children to keep them from going out at night, and a warning to any who would seek her out. Any who attempt to enter her swamp who are not wanted, who enter the swamp with the intent to find and kill the hag are unable to find her or her home, but those who seek her out for help, whose hearts are filled with pain and sorrow are always assured to find her, and she has a specialist for every problem they could ever have... for a small price.
