Stroud Sisters

Stroud Sisters

(Organization)

Type

Hag coven

Leader

Demelza

Alignment

Chaotic evil (assumed)

Headquarters

Ditches, River Kingdoms

Scope

Local

Structure

Coven

Members

Elspeth, Mairghread

Source: Classic Horrors Revisited, pg(s). 38

The Stroud Sisters are a coven of green hags who live in the Ditches in the River Kingdoms. They are three triplets from an ogre father, named Demelza (the matriarch), Elspeth, and Mairghread. They were stillborn but somehow recovered, and the near-death experience has given them power over the undead.

They seek to breed with any available males and have no compunctions about incest. As a result, they now have a brood of over a dozen ogrekin. They also have a marsh giant minion they call Brother Grunt.

The sisters prey on travellers and marsh dwellers, and take a particular delight in tormenting the exiled nobles of nearby Gralton.

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