I've found around 13 so far by exploring all over the world (LITERALLY all over the world, from River's Rest to OTF), but I'm searching for a particular one and having no luck finding it. The beast in question is "The Lady of Skulls", which is described as such:
| a ranting bone-adorned madwoman: Supporting herself with a carved ivory staff, the woman is obviously mad. Her eyes roll and she chatters in tongues, her nonsensical words accompanied by the staccato of the clacking bones stitched to her robes. |
I've asked several old-timer friends, done extensive research on whatever I could think of, but so far haven't managed to find much of anything. Given her appearance, my best guess is that she might be Hagga from the "Rise of the Reivers" storyline, but I've found very little to confirm what Hagga, herself, looks like. Her hut, which can be found in the Reiver's camp, looks like this:
| [Hagga's Hut] |
| The hovel, sewn from the skins of countless felines, reeks of decaying meat and the acrid smell of blood. There are no windows; a torn leather flap provides the only way in or out. A small cooking fire centered in the room provides a dim illumination, and a dried mat of what appears to be krolvin skin is stretched out on a rack very close to the ground. A large variety of bone and skull fragments are strewn haphazardly around the rack. |
Sounds promising, right? I've tried looking all around that area, as well as near her rather clearly labelled skull (which can be found outside Landing):
>>Mounted on the pike is a skull that is charred and covered with soot. Scratched into the skull is the word, "Hagga."
Makes sense, right? Hagga's Skull, Lady of Skulls... I also heard rumor that someone else was possessed by or had taken her skull later (Ladriel??), so I suppose that might lend credence to that theory. I couldn't find much information on that at all, however. Alternately, I logically presumed that this particular character might be shades of Zelia, of course, so I also searched through and around all three Zelia shrines (IMT, Solhaven, and EN) to no avail, including all throughout the Lunule Weald... which, given her description, I would think might fit this particular brand of crazy pretty well. It's certainly possible I've overlooked -- or am not aware of -- something or someplace, though; I've also tried searching any area I could find that had bones or skulls, any area related to Sheru or any other type of crazy.
So far, no luck though... the Hagga storyline was far, far before my time and information on it is somewhat limited. Anyone have any inspired ideas of any other spots to check, or who else she might could be? Or have any information on Hagga, or Landriel, or anything else that might be related? Or perhaps Auchand might be so kind as to chime in with a some manner of vague clue? :D
I'd love to figure who she is, regardless, even if I go with one of my other prime choices; I'll more than likely raise another beast so I can capture a second one at some point later, and she's pretty keen.
"Bring me your suffering. The rattle roar of broken bones. Bring me the riot in your heart. Angry, wild and raw. Bring it all. I am not afraid of the dark."
- mia hollow
