Styrix

Styrix is a night hag drawn into Ravenloft by Azalin. She now resides in Martira Bay, preparing her Rift Spanner to escape the Land of Mists.

Background

Azalin, ever desperate to escape his captors, opened a one-way gate to the Grey Wastes and called a night hag into the Land of the Mists. Progress towards escape was not readily forthcoming, Azalin deemed Styrix useless, and then banished her from his presence.

What Azalin did not realise was that Styrix had discovered a great deal about the planar mechanics of the Land of the Mists, far more than he and probably anyone. She put her knowledge to work in creating the Rift Spanner, a device that could tear free of the tendrils of the Mists and escape to the Prime Material Plane. Ultimately, she hasn't yet attempted her escape as her plan is intended to furnish a party with an adventure.

Styrix, like all night hags, has a voracious appetite and consumes one human a day, usually derelicts or drifters that no one would miss. She also kidnaps people to charge her Rift Spanner, which requires mortal souls to operate.

Other Notes

While not in her original entry, and being a lower planar outsider, it can be assumed that Styrix has a reality wrinkle, and cannot be destroyed by conventional combat. It can be probably assumed, given her extensive knowledge of the plane, that her corruption index is 0.

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

		Monsterous Compendium I & II - pp108-111 Monsterous Compendium II - "Night Hag(Styrix)" Bleak House
		Monsterous Compendium I & II - pp108 Monsterous Compendium II - "Night Hag(Styrix)"
		Monsterous Compendium I & II - pp108-111 Monsterous Compendium II - "Night Hag(Styrix)" Bleak House:Heroes, Monsters, and Settings - p27
		Monsterous Compendium I & II - pp108-111 Monsterous Compendium II - "Night Hag(Styrix)" Bleak House:Heroes, Monsters, and Settings - p25 The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens - p13