Granny Pots

Deep in the marshes in the shadow of the northern mountains, lies a cabin. The trees there are so thick that no light touches the crumbling structure, and the air is so thick any visitors feel as though they're suffocating. It's very hard to find, and there's very few who would dare to search. This place was the home of a terrible creature: a black-hearted hag named Granny Pots.

Physical Description

Body Features

If it weren't for her clearly unnatural features, Granny Pots would look every bit the frail old woman. She was both very short and almost bone-thin, but this unassuming stature hid a deceptive amount of strength. Her skin was a sickly shade of green, and her features were unnaturally hideous with warts and hairs being common on her horrible visage. Her hair was a dull grey and had a texture similar to straw.

Apparel & Accessories

Like most green hags, Granny Pots preferred to dress in shapeless dresses, usually grey-green in color. Unlike most hags, she preferred keeping herself relatively clean, especially considering her harsh surroundings. She also always wore a bag of herbs around her neck that gave of strong, musty scent.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

The one who would become Granny Pots was born an elven girl, but while she was still an infant she was given to a hag in an unspecified deal. As soon as she came of age, a dark ritual turned her into a hag, herself.
The one small portion of her mind that remembered what she once was plotted the downfall of her "mother" as an act of vengeance. After it was done, she kept the skull as a trophy. It was her favorite possession until it was stolen by a wizard from Talran.
Through the long march of time, she did as other hags do. She stayed in her hut, making deals with the foolish and the desperate. Inevitably, those deals would end in misery and ruin for those that made them, and she would watch cackling with glee.
Then, one day a twisted creature found her way to the hat's cabin. This wretch was actually an elf, Velsarra Til'vere, and she desired the beauty her deformed body lacked. Granny Pots could sense the hatred in her, and so agreed to teach her the ways of magic.
The elven woman learned what she needed to reshape her body into a thing of beauty. She returned to her home city, but was disgusted by how superficial the elves were. She returned to Granny Pots seething with rage.
Seeing the opportunity to sow chaos, the hag encouraged the woman's hatred. She suggested using her powers of transmutation to seek vengeance on all those who wronged her. She took that advice and created the verbeeg, a race of physically superior beings.
During this time a young gnoll teleported into her hut. This person was a begger named Ratagar of Rall, and he was very far from home. Seeing the naivete in him, she agreed to teach him magic and encouraged him to seek the life of an adventurer.
As she intended, her pupils came into conflict, and Velsarra was killed. Granny Pots took the opportunity she'd carefully created to impersonate the elven woman and take control of her army. She immediately sent them against Talran to satisfy her grudge against the centuries-dead mage who stole her mother's skull.
The verbeeg swept over a nation distracted by infighting and nearly took it without opposition. Against all odds, Ratagar rallied the Talrani and the magically talented forces were very effective against the giants, but true victory wouldn't be so simple.
Ratagar revealed "Velsarra's" secret, turning the furious verbeeg against her. She fled to forbidden labs beneath the Talran Academy of Magic, and waited until the gnoll mage came for her. They fought a terrible battle, but the dark magic in the forgotten labs wasn't enough to survive her duel with her former apprentice.

Social

Mannerisms

Granny Pots greatly enjoyed maintaining the facade of the kindly old lady. She would often refer to guests by affectionate nicknames, and even offer them completely safe sweets. If necessary, she would drop all pretenses of benevolence and instead allowed her true menacing nature to show with sadistic relish.

Alignment

Chaotic Evil

Species

Green Hag

Circumstances of Death

Killed in battle

Gender

Female

Eyes

Yellow

Hair

Grey

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Green

Height

4 ft 10 in

Weight

85 lbs