Jaga Baba
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The name Jaga Baba is whispered within the occult circles of Threshold, and mentioned even less by the druids and bards of Aregon. This lone figure is also known as the Gray Lady, the rumoured ruler of the chaotic and dangerous region known as the Northern Wilds.
Jaga Baba is said to be a mistress of magic, a spirit of the woods and one of the survivors of the fall of the Age of Dragons. She leads a host of spirits of the wild, and is often called 'Grandmother' by them, the word carrying respect and powerful connotations among the spirit folk.
Those who know of her speak a very simply prayer to her for her aid when they travel in the Northern Wilds. "Grandmother, turn your back to the forest, your front to me." As Jaga Baba is said to control the Wilds and everything within it, the prayer is a request that she turn her back from her domain, and protect the supplicant as they pass through her domain.
Jaga Baba is rumoured to aid those of pure heart, but devours the souls of those who visit her unprepared and unclean of spirit. She is rumoured to also guard the fountain of the water of life - any who drink from the fountain are purified in body, mind, and soul, becoming whole, and restored to the prime of their life. The water, it is said, will even restore the dead or undead, bringing them back to life.
Her apparent age is not set. It is said that she ages a year every time someone asks a question of her, and when she is older, she becomes frustrated and angry. She can only return to her youthfulness by drinking a tea made of blue roses. Any who bring her a gift of such with pure intention will be granted anything they wish as a reward for their aid.
Jaga Baba's name is whispered with deep respect and fear by those who know of her. It is said that it was by her will that both Drachenkeep and Tarantis failed to expand into the Wilds, that the monsters and plagues were sent by her.
She will accept no rule but her own within the Wilds, and she does not wish 'civilization' to encroach. Any clan or tribe that grows too big within the Wilds is met with disaster, and that is why the Wilds have not progressed for centuries. The Wilds will, until she chooses otherwise, remain Wild.
