![[BabaYagaPic.png]] # Baba Yaga _Fey Witch | Independent | [[The Dancing Hut]]_ ## Summary One of the most ancient and powerful entities in the Feywild, feared and respected across the multiverse. Known for her dancing hut with chicken legs, she collects secrets, children, and bargains with equal enthusiasm. Her grudge against [[Mab]] began when the Winter Queen killed her lover [[Boreas]] to steal his winter powers. She has adopted numerous "daughters" over millennia—[[Elena]] the Mad, [[Natasha]] the Dark, [[Black Kathleen]]—raising them with harsh lessons while using them as pawns. Her interest in the [[Firesong]] bloodline runs deep. [[Owynn Firesong]] once asked her for [[Tharizdun]]'s true name—knowledge that killed him instantly. [[Kali]]'s mother bargained for his return, and the memory was sold, eventually inherited by Kali herself. During the War of Shadow and Light, Baba Yaga played all sides—capturing [[Kali]], sheltering [[Pellowea]] from [[Mephistopheles]], controlling [[Elkane]] as one of her Horsemen, and attempting to claim [[Oberon]]'s soul. In the aftermath, she demanded the party kill [[Halaster Blackcloak]] in exchange for releasing her claims. %% ## At a Glance A hunched crone with weathered blue-gray skin and long, matted white hair that moves of its own accord. Hooked nose adorned with warts. Teeth of iron or bone depending on her mood. Multiple layers of tattered cloth covered in pouches, fetishes, and jingling trinkets. Eyes shift color with her intentions—coal black, gleaming amber, milky white. Speaks in a voice that alternates between croaking whisper and booming command. Frequently laughs at private jokes. Makes constant small gestures with gnarled fingers, weaving invisible magic. Shows momentary kindness followed by terrifying cruelty. Values debts and bargains above all else. ## Personality Inscrutable, mercurial, bound by her own twisted code of honor. Never forgets a slight. Always thinking centuries ahead with plans within plans. The Dancing Hut is more than a home—it's an extension of her power and consciousness that can act independently to enforce her will. ## Quote _"All debts come due, child. The only question is whether you'll pay willingly or be collected upon. And I assure you—I always collect what is owed."_ ## Background **Origins:** Lost to time. Contradictory stories place her birth in the earliest days of the Feywild, the Material Plane, or darker realms. Rose to prominence during the primordial age through knowledge and binding pacts. **The Grudge:** Her romance with [[Boreas]] ended when [[Mab]] killed him to steal his winter powers, earning Baba Yaga's eternal enmity. She also resents [[Oberon]] and the seasonal courts for various perceived slights. **The Firesong Connection:** Generations of interference with this bloodline, culminating when Owynn sought the name of the Chained God. The forbidden knowledge killed him; his wife bargained for his return; the memory was sold and eventually found its way to [[Kali]]. **The War:** During the War of Shadow and Light, she positioned herself as an independent power. Protected [[Pellowea]] from [[Mephistopheles]]. Controlled [[Elkane]] as one of her Horsemen. Attempted to use [[Kali]] as a weapon. Her Dancing Hut became both sanctuary and deadly trap, its death screech claiming multiple lives. **The Demand:** In exchange for releasing her claims on souls and Kali's life, she demanded the party kill [[Halaster Blackcloak]]—indicating her schemes continue across the planes. ## Stats **Archfey.** Legendary Resistance (5/day), Dancing Hut (mobile fortress), Binding Contracts (unbreakable magical bargains), Planar Travel at will, spells function at maximum level. %%