So called because of their resemblance to particularly aged women, hags are unseelie fae that have no other appearance whatever their age. Among the most intelligent and ruthless of the unseelie fae, hags are capable verbal mimics that can exactly copy another’s voice only once. They are also capable of casting an aura of darkness about them, which they generally use for concealment and hunting, luring prey with vocal mimicry and then strangling it or slashing it with their talons. Despite this fearsome reputation, hag attacks on humans are rare, and at least one hag, Coligstress Svingril, gained renown as a scholar before unseelie fae were banned from the Collegium by the Emperor-King.

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