N I G H T B R I N G E R . S E
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BLACK ANNIS
The rolling moors and hillsides of the Scottish Highlands harbour this witchlike creature. She has been seen in many parts of Scotland from Ben Lomond to the Pentland Firth, and so it appears she has no settled home. Probably this is because any report of her appearance causes mothers to keep their children indoors and even the bravest Highlander to walk in company, thus robbing her of her prey and forcing her to move on again.
Terrified gillies from the moors have described Black Annis as a hideous hag, easily distinguishable from any other old woman by her blue skin and her single piercing eye. They have only glimpsed her in the distance, because anyone who approaches closely enough to see Black Annis clearly will not escape from her clutches. The manner in which she deals with her victims, and whether she eats them raw or cooked, is therefore unknown.
Usually the reports of her presence say she is sitting on a pile of bones outside a cave, but when a party assembles to hunt her out of the district she has always moved on. Only the pile of bones remains, and when the party inspects these relics they see that Black Annis often has to content herself with a diet of sheep or deer when humans are not available.
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