Nu'atha Morghanna

By Mark Ormerod (mrb@aber.ac.uk)


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Fury-With-No-Retreat smiled grimly at the crash from somewhere ahead of him and shifted into Crinos, motioning for the rest of the Sept's remaining Ahrouns to follow him. Whatever Wyrm spawn waited in the forest's heart, it had killed too many of his brothers and its fate was now sealed.

As quickly as the noise started, it stopped. An acrid smell of ozone permeated through the air, and with a slight crackle it was there in front of them, trees splintering apart to accomodate it's huge size. As the Galliards let forth the howl inspiring the warriors to battle, Walks-With-Spirits brow wrinkled, all his mystical senses screaming with the warning that his gifts endowed upon him. This was no creature of the Wyrm... Calling out he realised his warning was both too late and futile. There would be blood today.

The Great Zmei, called forth by the foul hag Baba Yaga are not the only remaining survivors of the Dragons of old, nor is their nature indicitive of their species as a whole.

Nu'atha Morghanna roamed the ancient forest of Morgaine in the time of Arutha Pendragon, a creature both of the Wyld of of Gaia, defending the great Oak woodlands from the encroaching Wyrm tainted foreign Christian knights. As the Wotan worshipping Saxons fell, so did the forested hills in which they roamed. Eventually even the magic held within Morgaine's forest could not stem the tide of the foresters and their axes.

The Great Black Dragon of Morgaine's forest, Nu'atha Morghanna, who had sent so many foolish knights to their graves, retreated into the deep umbra to the realms of pure Wyld.

Nu'atha Morghanna can be found anywhere in the UK where deep, ancient, forest still remains. Now a creature of pure Wyld, Nu'atha will first attempt to persuade any supernatural creatures to leave such areas, killing on sight any who are Wyrm tainted, or erasing all memory from their minds. If attacked or tricked, Nu'atha will unleash his full fury upon the individual(s) responsible.


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