Tralka Vonan

Tralka Vonan (aka 'Blood Feeders') were vampire-like "demons" (driven more by mindless instinct rather than intellect) who were created by a nasty curse - usually cast by a witch or warlock (or by any magic user powerful enough). The curse could be directed at an individual, a group, or a category – and could usually only be removed by the caster themself. The death of the caster could not be counted on to void the spell. This curse transformed childless women who came – or who were already – of age into shrieking, blood-thirsty, ferocious monsters with snarling, snapping jaws and strong, sharply clawed hands. They had greenish ichor in their veins instead of blood and made beetle-like clicking noises when excited. When the 'frenzy' was upon them, screaming Tralka Vonan would attack and consume anyone warm-blooded who caught their attention and who were not able to escape from them or to kill them.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 16, US TPB p.543-544Toll the Hounds, Chapter 18, US TPB p.605-608/610-612/613
==In Toll the Hounds==
Master Quell led a Trygalle Trade Guild caravan intended to transport Mappo Runt from Darujhistan to the continent of Lether. But the caravan was forced to make an unscheduled, intermediate (and more than usually dramatic) stop outside a tavern in 'Reach of Woe'--a village of wreckers situated on a "wreckers' coast" among the islands of southern Genabackis. The Guild equipage's violent arrival awakened the cursed village's Tralka Vonan to the presence of strangers. Under attack, the Guild shareholders and Mappo barricaded themselves in the tavern, while the villagers locked themselves in the tavern's basement. With some difficulty and a bit of luck, the three Tralka Vonan were slain by Gruntle and Reccanto Ilk. These Tralka Vonan (of an initial twelve – the other nine having already been slain by other outsiders) had been young maidens of the village when the original curse had been cast upon 'Reach of Woe' some four years previously.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 16, US TPB p.543Toll the Hounds, Chapter 18, US TPB p.605-609
After the attack, Master Quell, Precious Thimble, and Mappo sought out Bedusk Pall Kovuss Agape, the village Provost, who was revealed to be a Jaghut living in a tower near the village. The Provost admitted to casting the Tralka Vonan curse upon the women of 'Reach of Woe' after one had spurned his love. He had no interest in undoing the spell. Quell learned from Bedusk Agape that the Guild caravan's three female shareholders (Faint, Sweetest Sufferance, and Precious Thimble), being childless, would be 'taken' by the curse unless they left the village within the day and went elsewhere further along the coast. The villagers did the same with their daughters who happened not to have undergone puberty, settling them in other villages before they became susceptible. Women who had already borne children were immune.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 18, US TPB p.610-613/615 
Quell agreed to let the female shareholders leave immediately until the severely damaged Guild carriage was sufficiently repaired to depart. The male shareholders completed the repairs over several days before collecting the women and continuing the interrupted trip to Lether. In this way, the Trygalle Guild women successfully avoided the Tralka Vonan curse.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 18, US TPB p.610-613/615Toll the Hounds, Chapter 20, US TPB p.674-676/677
==Notes and references==
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