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| description = '''The Hag's Bane''' contains its [[Hag's Bane|recipe]]. Prior to reading, this book is titled '''Tear-stained Journal'''. | | description = '''The Hag's Bane''' contains its [[Hag's Bane|recipe]]. Prior to reading, this book is titled '''Tear-stained Journal'''. | ||
| quote = A loosely bound collection of notes and diagrams. | | quote = A loosely bound collection of notes and diagrams. | ||
| book | | book author = Adrielle | ||
| book text = [This book seems part diary, part scientific study. Detailed diagrams of hags, from Green, to Annis, to Dune, fill the margins. This page is written in a harsh, sloping scrawl - sentences are blurred by what looks like tears.] | | book text = [This book seems part diary, part scientific study. Detailed diagrams of hags, from Green, to Annis, to Dune, fill the margins. This page is written in a harsh, sloping scrawl - sentences are blurred by what looks like tears.] | ||
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The girl is dead. | The girl is dead. | ||
We were close, so close to perfecting it. Another day, and she would have been safe. But we were too late. It was too much for the mother - I found her swinging from the rafters this morning. Helm, forgive me for not saving her. Forgive me for not saving her child - two years old and eaten alive by a hag. What is wrong with this world? | We were close, so close to perfecting it. Another day, and she would have been safe. But we were too late. It was too much for the mother - I found her swinging from the rafters this morning. [[Helm]], forgive me for not saving her. Forgive me for not saving her child - two years old and eaten alive by a hag. What is wrong with this world? | ||
But it doesn't have to be this way. I'm onto something - I know it. Hags have powerful digestive systems - it's what allowes them to turn a child into a hag. However, their gut flora is incredibly sensitive to certain alchemical agents. With the right ingredients, and Helm on my side, I could theoretically force emesis - causing the hag to vomit up a stolen child. | But it doesn't have to be this way. I'm onto something - I know it. Hags have powerful digestive systems - it's what allowes them to turn a child into a hag. However, their gut flora is incredibly sensitive to certain alchemical agents. With the right ingredients, and Helm on my side, I could theoretically force emesis - causing the hag to vomit up a stolen child. | ||
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I both pray this works, and that I'll never have to use it. | I both pray this works, and that I'll never have to use it. | ||
[Detailed instructions follow on how to make what the author calls the 'Hag's Bane'] | [Detailed instructions follow on how to make what the author calls the '[[Hag's Bane]]'] | ||
| type = Books | | type = Books | ||