Author: jasmineecer
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Bean Nighe; The Washerwomen
The Washer-Women were beautiful creatures by day, radiating beauty that captivated all who beheld them. But as night descended, their former beauty deteriorated so that they were nothing more than aged crones. Yet their task, never changing, saw them continue to toil beneath the moonlight until the streams they inhabited…
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Kuchisake Onna; Slit Mouthed Woman
I had ventured home late; perhaps around 3, 4 in the early hours of the morning, when the birds had begun to sing and the usual hum of daily life had faded into stillness. The road I walked was empty, enveloped in a deadly silence, but it was a comfort…
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NUCKELAVEE
It was not long after the sun began to dip below the horizon that I noticed the wind beginning to rise more harshly, howling with a relentless force that tore through the air and thrashed the initial calm of the waves. And there, in the water, I was sure I…
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Leannan Sidhe; The Muse
A young writer, who went by the name of Cillian, happened across a strange phenomenon one night in his office. The words on his page seemed to wither before his eyes, leeching the last remnants of energy he had left in his body. So, standing up, he decided that it…
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The Werewolf
My little brother had always resented me. So much so that upon visiting him one evening, I discovered that he had left in place of my supper a hunk of human flesh. I knew that he hoped I would fall into Satan’s grip, just as surely as he believed me…
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Ghouls; the Desert Wanderers
By the time I reached the cave dusk was beginning to creep across the desert, and a soft breeze stirred the sand that surrounded me. Before me stood a grand golden door, broad and imposing, its silent whispers urging me to open it. Thinking of the treasures that the old…
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Frau Perchta; Belly Slitter
On the final night of Christmas, the houses lay in stillness, scarcely breathing in anxious anticipation for the visitor they feared yet knew so well. For it was Frau Perchta who glided through the night, accompanied by her spectral followers and horses of the dead that whinnied and rumbled in…
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Bake Kujira; Ghost Whale
The great boat lurched through the furious waves, dragging the desperate men with it. The deck was soaked with seawater, slick and treacherous beneath their feet, and the ocean howled around them. The sky above offered no reprieve from the torrent of rain that battered down from an endless mass…
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Leshy; the Old Man of the Forest
Amidst the sheltered embrace of ancient trees, the old man of the forest dwells, safeguarding the creatures within which he cherishes so dearly. He is a fallen angel, forged by the devil’s hands, cast from heaven to reign over his own shadowed domain. APPEARANCE A Leshy is a guardian, at…
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The Gorgons; Mothers of Monsters
The Gorgons were figures of terror in ancient mythology, three hideous sisters born from the sea god Phorcys and the sea monster Ceto. These formidable beings were said to dwell in desolate corners of the world, far removed from civilization. The two elder sisters, Stheno and Euryale, were immortal, but…
Ethereal Chronicles 