Hag: a shape-shifter of dubious loyalties. She may or may not be immortal.
Leshy: a spirit of the forest, Alkonist. Sometimes goes by the name “Lesnik.”
Rusalka: the unquiet soul of a drowned girl. Likes to tickle young men to death.
Bukavach: a six-legged amphibious monster with a taste for human flesh.
Vila: also known as “rain maidens.” They feed off the powers of others.
The Storyteller: a large cat with an inordinate love for fairy tales. Alkonist.
Alkonist: a general label indicating any creature of authority in the Lows of Aer
-From “A Bestiary of Vasyllia” (Old Tales, Book II)
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
An Ordeal of Stories“Breakfast time, my darling Voran.”
It was the girl’s voice, not the hag’s. He dusted the night’s snow off his filthy rag-blanket. When will she tire of this g
