Hag

Hags are a legend that should have died out long ago, yet never has. They are said to be women horifically altered by magic rituals for dark purposes, leaving them as horrific, boil-ridden beasts capable of wielding strange magics. They are said to live deep in the forests; a convenient aspect common in all too many legends that conserves their unprovable nature.

Hags are said by many to be the mothers of grecks, vichs, or goblins, depending on the legend. Recently, scholars have taken to believing that hags may yet exist, or that at least something resembling their role does, partially because of this belief: Grecks, found in the deep wood, are a race with magical properties and no sexual characteristics. Without any method of reproduction, something must be spawning them--why not hags?