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Hag, Barrow

Barrow Hag (Bruha)
magic-user, but will only use her spells against more formidable
The wretched barrow hag, also known as bruha in other parts
opponents. Once she has slain her prey, she drags its corpse to her
of the Realms, looks like an emaciated crone with mottled, dry
lair or in a secluded location where she can bury it in a shallow
leathery skin stretched tight over her hunched body. Her horrid
grave or place it in a large jar or barrel to let it decompose for a
head is topped with wild, wiry black and grayish hair. Her hateful
few weeks until it is ripe enough for her. The barrow hag typically
eyes look sickly and glazed, and her mouth contains sharp, gnarly
stores several corpses in varying stages of decay.
yellow teeth and a long, greenish serpentine tongue. The barrow
Accursed Company. The barrow hag is usually a solitary
hag exudes a disgusting, overpowering stench that reminds of
creature, not wanting to draw attention like a large group can,
rotten fish and fruit, sickening those close enough to smell her.
especially if she has moved in recently to a location near a civilized
Corpse Eater. As her name suggests, a barrow hag haunts
area, such as a cemetery. However, if she decides she needs help,
barrows, catacombs, cemeteries, graveyards, and battlefields
she can create loyal followers by turning captured humanoids
where decaying corpses are plentiful. She typically makes her
into busos, a type of aswang. These busos become her eyes and
lair in a crypt or a network of tunnels underneath where she
ears during the day, providing her with information about the local
haunts that is difficult to access. Like a ghoul, she feeds on the
community and potential prey. The hag also attracts the company
decomposing flesh of humanoid corpses, especially that of young
of ghouls and ghasts that become subservient to her.
ones. She particularly relishes sucking the putrid marrow from the
Elder Barrow Hag. The elder barrow hag is an older, ancient
bones, slurping it with her prehensile tongue.
version of a barrow hag. She is an accomplished necromancer,
Corpse Collector. If the barrow hag is unable to find a corpse to
and her lair is typically guarded by numerous undead. She is
consume, she will resort to stalking people, prioritizing children
very dangerous when encountered with her minions, as she can
and solitary targets. In combat, she relies primarily on her ability
unleash a terrible wail that can both panic her foes and stir her
to paralyze her prey with her grotesque tongue before finishing it
undead into a deadly frenzy.
off with her sharp claws. The barrow hag is also an accomplished

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