Scourges of the waste, dune hags are giant crones who haunt the desert seeking human flesh to sate their hunger. Thought to be a weaker offshoot of the more powerful annis hags, dune hags possess powerful claws and fangs but prefer subterfuge over open combat. A dune hag uses illusions to disguise herself as an attractive man or woman, trying to get close enough to plant a kiss on her victim, thus enslaving him or her. Such unfortunates follow the hag back to her lair, where she eats them.
Dune hags looks very similar to annis hags, eight-foot-tall old women whose wizened appearance belies their inhuman strength. Their skin ranges from sickly greenish-brown to blackish-purple like a fresh bruise, and their hair is always iron-gray.
A dune hag typically stakes out a section of desert as her own and waylays unfortunate travelers, though every so often she may wander into desert villages in disguise, looking for unwitting victims to lure into a tryst. Settlements that know a dune hag’s depredations are often cold or even hostile to outsiders, whom they fear may be hags in disguise.
Although dune hags are usually solitary, they can sometimes be coaxed into joining a coven with other hags, usually by intimidation from a more powerful annis or night hag. Resentful dune hags are quick to betray their covens, though, so other hags seek alliances with them at their peril.
Found in the great northern desert of Koll, dune hags are surprisingly persistent threats. It is said that the only way to detect a dune hag is by their shadow, which maintains their true stature. Their powerful lusts often drive them to worship Seshket.
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