The Bloodied King of the elves is not known for his beneficence - or his love of gnolls. The outpost at the Broken Spear is a source of great aggravation to him.
Despite this, one gnoll dwells happily and unmolested a few miles from the Holt. She is assumed mad, for she garlands herself with flowers and wears a grass skirt as she cavorts through wood and glade. She eats feathered cats caught on the wing, and raw tubers and acorns.
Travellers have sometimes been caught in conversation with her, which can take many hours and leave them dangerously close to nightfall. She seems totally ignorant of the threat that the elves pose others.
While what she talks of seems senseless and confused, those who’ve met with her and then later hear of developments in the City of Smoke wonder if she may be better informed than she first appears. The beavers of Riparia will confirm that the gnolls of the Broken Spear sometimes pay handsomely to relay messages to her up the Witchwater.
Hooks
- Who is the gnoll? Is she one of the three surviving Mothers?
- Who is sending her messages? Is she planning something?
- Does the Great Mother know about her?
- Why does the Bloodied King leave her untroubled?
