Bleakfield Marsh Men

Legends tell of a group of marsh-men supposedly living in the wetlands near Bleakfield-on-the-Moor. According to the tales, if you smell death and rotting flesh while traveling through the moors, it's best to turn around and head home quickly, lest you be taken by the strange men covered in skins and mud.
Old geezers tell stories of their encounters with the marsh-men in taverns, and wives scare their children with the stories of the spiriting away little ones who didn't come back to wash up for dinner by dark. This, along with other stories from the marshes, have led to people being superstitious around Bleakfield, often only treading known paths. This serves the marsh-men's interests well.

Historical Basis

In truth, the marsh-men are a small clan of lizardfolk living in the deep marshes. They are reclusive, and cover themselves in skins to avoid being detected. They are often closer than many in Bleakfield realize, and they don't always have a smell. Those that do are usually sick.
The adults in Bleakfield have a general idea that lizardfolk live out in the marsh, and some even come into Bleakfield to trade for necessities, often bringing strange jewellery or coins into shops. Much of this is valueless, but shopkeepers will often trade for them anyway. Some of them fear the lizardfolk, and others find it charitable to give them the supplies they need.
The lizardfolk do not mix well with others, and they know this. They keep to themselves, and do not show others the ways and paths to their homes. They scare away children, not because they care about them greatly, but because they know that if children were to go missing, the townsfolk would blame them, and would find and raid their village.

Spread

This myth is known to most every rural man, woman, and child in Greymoor, though there is only one actual lizardfolk village that these marsh-men supposedly come from.