Agya

A Long and Storied Life

Agya has many titles, but only one name. She is Agya the Wanderer in the north and in the Az’Qir. Agya is the Storyteller in the Aval. On the Lost Sea she is Agya Stormcaller, and in the swamps of the D’jecht peninsula they whisper Hag-Queen behind their hands. Legend says that Agya saw the birth of the gods, but was herself born of a different fruit, in a land far away. The stories all agree that she is not a god, nor an elemental, fiend, or fairy, and she is certainly not a celestial of any sort. It is clear, however, that she is much more than she seems. She seems to be an ageless matron of whatever people she is interacting with, traveling in a brightly painted wagon or boat. She is usually in a jolly mood, and happy to be met. Those that amuse her might win her favor—a fortune told, or omens read, maybe a blessing, or a gift. No matter the boon it always comes in handy at just the right moment. Those that cross her on the other hand find themselves in dire straits. Any curse from Agya’s lips will come true. She has been shown to be a spellcaster of legendary power and skill, altering weather patterns, conjuring arcane artifacts, and brewing potions that bend the fabric of reality seemingly on a whim. Most acknowledge her as queen of the Hags, though she isn’t a Hag herself. She seems to command their respect, and failing that, their obedience. She is never the center of any tale, but skulks around the edges of countless legends, always just out of plain sight.

Though any meeting with Agya is a portentous one, to cross paths with her at Leave Taking is seen as an omen of interesting times soon to come.

Artifacts

The Penumbral Cloak - Agya is often depicted in a gossamer cloak made up of innumerable strips of translucent fabric in shades of grey, with a deep hood and a net mask. This is especially common when she is met at twilight. The cloak seems to flit and flicker like darkness fleeing torchlight, and legends have grafted many powers onto it, but most agree that it grants the wearer the ability to step out of the light and become a semi-corporeal shadow.

The Blind Dwarf’s Ring - This red-gold ring set with an uncut, but highly polished diamond was bestowed upon a now forgotten King of the Dwarves by a mysterious, shapeshifting creature generally thought to be a fiend of some sort as a gift on the day of his consort’s funeral. The ring gave him the ability to reach beyond the realm of Nirn, and make contact with his departed partner in the afterlife, but it robbed him of the ability to see and hear in the real world. He wandered Nirn, following the soul of his dead lover on their journey through the afterworld until he crossed paths with Agya, who took pity on the lost soul, pried the ring from his finger, and gave him solace in his grief. Agya is thought to have worked some magic on it after this, because the next appearance of a ring of this description comes when it is given to a good hearted thief. In that tale the ring allows the wearer to wrestle the soul of a defeated lich to the ground as it tries to return to its phylactery. 

The Convenient Wire - Stories that include Agya are shot through with bits of thin, malleable metal that come in handy at crucial moments. While it’s easy to discount these as different bits of mundane detritus, some scholars posit that it is a single artifact that is always the perfect shape for the situation. It has never once been seen to break, or deform in a non-beneficial way. Though often used as a lock-pick, it has served in a myriad of other capacities, even seeing service as an improvised weapon on occasion.