Agata Dustmother

• Biographical Information

  hag (fey), she/her
  

  Originally from: Unknown
  Based in the Garamjala Desert

Agata Dustmother, often referred to as the “Old Woman of the Dusts,” is an ancient and cunning fey hag, based for many years on the edge of the Garamjala Desert, near Eastern Dunmar.

Overview

Agata Dustmother, known as the Old Woman of the Dusts, is an ancient fey hag renowned for her plotting and deal-making skills, who always seems to emerge victorious in her bargains. She has dwelt at the edge of the Garamjala Desert, in Eastern Dunmar, for as long as anyone can remember, luring the desperate and unwary into bargains. She is fascinated by strange and especially gruesome magic, and is a collector of magic items, from the common to the extraordinary.

In DR 1748, she was imprisoned in the Heartwood Grove in the Feywild realm of Amberglow by Dunmar Fellowship.

Description

Agata takes the appearance of a withered old woman, with dry, dusty skin, wearing white robes. Her lair is magical and seemingly un-scryable hut hidden on the edge of the desert, surrounded by brambles and rocks, and only approachable if one follows the correct path.

Events

• Agata was known as Dasoclese in the Feywild realm of Amberglow
• Agata was rumored to have been an ally of Cha’mutte in the Great War, focusing on the pain of war refugees and survivors. It was suggested by Hralgar and by Delios the Sage that she never forgave the Dunmari for their role in the Great War, and her later actions were often driven by vengeance.
• In the early 1740s, Agata imprisoned Nayan Sura in a magic mirror, triggering a chain of events that led to the ascension of Nayan Karnas, Sura’s brother, to the Dunmari throne, for mysterious ends.
• Acquired the Scepter of Command from the Fraternity of the Empty Moon sometime in 1747 or early 1748, in exchange for assisting the Fraternity in their plan to draw the energy of Pandemonium closer to Taelgar, strengthening the curse of lycanthropy and causing madness to spread across Dunmar.
• Thought to be killed by Dunmar Fellowship at Shakun’s Wellspring on May 29th, 1748.
• Masqueraded for months as a fey named Typhina in the Ring of the Warded Mind, recounting Typhina’s story to Seeker.
• Was finally imprisoned in the Heartwood Grove in Amberglow in the Feywild in November 1748.

Other Notes

• Agata possessed a magical substance called living wood, that she used to turn her victims into wooden puppets and worse. Jumi, Cintra’s daughter, was in the process of being turned into a wooden mannequin when she was rescued by Dunmar Fellowship in May 1748. Also freed were:
  • Garret Tealeaf, who had been forced into Agata’s service as a wooden scarecrow before being turned back by Dunmar Fellowship on June 2, 1748
  • Shandar, an old man who had been trapped as a table for decades, freed by Dunmar Fellowship on June 4, 1748
  • Kaya, a Dunmari woman who had been trapped as a chair for decades, freed by Dunmar Fellowship on June 8, 1748