Valgavia Rogatha

Valgavia was alternately the object of scorn or derision and the source of fear in Kardavan. She was an elderly woman of no apparent livelihood who dwelled in a poor hut outside of town. Casual inquiries in Kardavan about the mystery of the Wine Wood would always result in a discussion of Valgavia, who claimed to know all about the growing malevolence. She blamed it on the growing influence of the Nameless One and by inference would lead an astute party to the guess that she meant the Dark Lord. In these parts, that name still stroke terror in peaceful Dorwinadan breasts.

She was also the bane of Leigos Maladov. Rogatha knew much about the birds and beasts and had some magical knowledge, and it was this combination that lured Leigos into consulting with her. Long ago, Valgavia had been an agent of the Cult of The Long Night. Her reputation and her current conduct brought the elder Maladov to disgrace. Valgavia would threaten a curse on anyone who appeared in her immediate domain—the fact that some of these mostly annoying, but sometimes frightening, curses had come true made her an outcast in Kardavan.

Valgavia was short and stooped, but walked easily for her apparent age. She had fine white hair which she wore done up in a black cloth about her head. Her normal garb featured a black shawl wrapped about her old dress, which in it's day must have been a handsome garment.