Baba Yaga
Baba Yaga, the grandmother of witches, still haunts the wilderness though the spread of technology has pushed her far to the east. As her beloved forest disappears a bit at a time with each year that passes, she becomes more bitter and evil. Whereas in the past she’s been known as a neutral or even grandmotherly figure, now she’s more likely to punish those she find in “her” parts of the world. She finds more and more “naughty children” in the form of developers, loggers, and oil workers to lure into her hut for punishment and eventual consumption.
Baba Yaga’s hut is famous in folklore, literature, and music. The Hut—no larger on the outside than a rude peasant’s hovel—is a sprawling complex of interconnected rooms that may go on forever. The Hut walks on a pair of gigantic chicken legs to transport Baba Yaga across the Russian countryside. It’s possible the Hut has exits to other worlds, which may look the same as Earth-Prime or utterly different.
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