Agatha was a night hag and the foster mother of Xella Blacktongue.
Description[]
She was a woman of mottled blue skin with long greasy hair, and she behaved rudely even when she received compliments.[3]
History[]
In the past, Agatha lived in the Utesspire Mountains under an ancient dead willow tree, using her magic to control nature, and even cast a powerful curse to that end. Not long before 809 PD, she made a deal with a couple, and took their human child. She raised him as her own in a small room in her lair, and took him with her occasionally when she had to deal with people; one of those times, the hag found the home of Professor Alexander Ward, who had found her heartstone, and traded a bag of oats for it.[4] Over time, her magical influence transformed her adoptive son into a hexblood, a fey being, and he eventually left, becoming an artificer and merchant known as Xella Blacktongue.[5]
At some point before 839 PD, the Slayer's Take defeated Agatha near her lair, although they weren't able to find her heartstone. Even after she was gone, her curse activated, animating many twigmen that attacked people and stole the sap from the local trees.[6]
Character information[]
Notable items[]
- Heartstone used to move through the Ethereal Plane, left in one of her twigmen, taken by Farah Vallari[7]
- Multiple trinkets
- Cauldron with a rune-based trap that releases a Circle of Death spell[8]
Appearances and mentions[]
- The Re-Slayer's Take
- "The Dire Descent" (RT2x03) (first mentioned), unnamed
- "The Terrible Twigmen" (RT2x11), mentioned only, unnamed
- "The Hexed Hive" (RT2x12), mentioned only
Trivia[]
- Her name derives from the Ancient Greek agathós (good).
- Though her adopted son is named Xella Blacktongue, Agatha's surname has yet to be mentioned.
References[]
- ↑ See "The Terrible Twigmen" (RT2x11). The twigmen know Primordial because of her.
- ↑ See D&D: Monster Manual (2014), 5th ed., p. 178.
- ↑ See "The Terrible Twigmen" (RT2x11).
- ↑ See "The Terrible Twigmen" (RT2x11).
- ↑ See "The Dire Descent" (RT2x03).
- ↑ See "The Terrible Twigmen" (RT2x11).
- ↑ See "The Hexed Hive" (RT2x12).
- ↑ See "The Hexed Hive" (RT2x12).