Tower Hags

Official Dungeons and Dragons 5e Art of an Annis Hag

### Cause of death

Originally slain by the Heroes of Io. Memories of the Hags destroyed by Bronn Luxprin and his allies.

## Campaign Appearances

### Main Campaign(s)

Voidstar Act 2, All King

> *"You meddle in forces beyond your understanding!"*
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> -Bronn Luxprin to Grandmaster Zelow
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**The Tower Hags** were a triad of malevolent hags that occupied a tower in central Quethos. At one point in history, they fought against the Fallen Heroes of Io. Though they succeeded in killing one of the Heroes, Oswin, their efforts were undone by a resurrection courtesy of Bronn Luxprin.

## Description

### Appearance

The Tower Hags were all mostly identical. They were large grey skinned creatures that were vaguely feminine. They had hideous faces with large mouths and equally large filthy teeth. Their fingers were long and elongated, acting as claws rather than hands. These hulking crones were clad in plain robes and adorned with features such as animal skulls and flowers.

### Personality

Not much is known of the hags' disposition, other than they are extremely viscous and hostile to anything that is not themselves.

## History

### Background

Very little is known about the Tower Hags. At some point during the Age of the Gods, these three hags allied with one another and took over a large stone tower in Central Qethos.

### The Death of a Hero

Some time after occupying the tower, the trio of Hags were confronted by a group of warriors on a quest. A fight broke out between the two parties, with the Hags descending on one of their number, a wizard named Oswin. The three hags tore Oswin apart, chewing on his flesh and rending him with their claws. Once done with the dead wizard, the hags took on the rest of the party. The trio were eventually overwhelmed by the combined forces of Oswin's friends, especailly with the trigger-happy sorcerer Cronovan hurling Fireballs. When the hags lay dead, Oswin was ressurected by his party's cleric Bronn Luxprin, who invoked his god DIV to do so. The ressurection was a success, though Oswin lost his right arm as a result.

## Story

### Memories of Despair

By the year 735, the tower had fallen into the hands of the Order of the Crow, a group of VOID cultists. With the tower, the cult also came into possession of a large crystal with the petrified arm of Oswin encased within, which they could use for scrying. When brought before their Grandmaster, Zerlow, Bronn Luxprin, under the alias Abel Avlys, and his allies attempted to negotiate with the cult leader. He tried decieved Zerlow into believing that the Order of Bronn had accompanied them and were elsewhere ready to descend on the settlement. Zerlow then decided to use the crystal to identify if there was any such threat via scrying. Before he could, the young sorcerer Sachi Ko launched a Fireball at the crystal, shattering it.

Though the crystal was destroyed, the Fireball triggered memories of the fight with the Hags over 500 years prior. In an instant, simulacra of the Tower Hags came to life within the Tower once again and immediately tried to kill the inhabitants. Admonishing the cult leader before he fled, Bronn led his companions to fight the Hags. The fight proved difficult for the adventurers, with young Sachi very nearly meeting her end in a similar manner to Oswin. Mercifully, she was able to escape and the Hags met their end at Bronn's maul. With the hags defeated, the group used the oppurtunity to escape and find the Ruby Eyed Sceptre they were tasked with obtaining. Before leaving, the tortle Kua took the petrified arm of Oswin along with him, a grim reminder of the battle they and the Fallen Heroes had once had against these vile creatures.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Bite**: The Hags' perfered method of dispatching their foes was to eat them alive with their horridly sharp teeth. Oswin and Sachi both became the unfortunate victims of such an attack.
* **Claws**: The Tower Hags used their viscous claws to tear apart their enemies.
* **Crushing Hug**: The Tower Hags would grab their targets and hold them in a crushing embrace to kill them.

## Trivia

* In-game, Bronn Luxprin was present at both alteractions with the Tower Hags. Out of game, both Lawlman and Gmart were present for both fights against the Hags.
* The simulacra of the Tower Hags is one of the first indications of the presence of the Memory in Io, as they were recreated from Oswin's Memory when Sachi used her Fireball, just as Cronovan had in the first encounter with the Hags.
* Though not stated to be such, the Hags use the same tokens as Annis Hags from Dungeon and Dragons 5e. They are also the same size category of Large.