The Old Widow

The Old Widow



This abberation has been seen many times, stalking the plains of havoc with a group of Giant Spiders in tow. Its name suggests that it is the female of the Giant Spider species, which would go some way to explain the creature's combat abilities. Female creatures do tend to be far more aggressive... The Old Widow's body is scarred in many places, but no adventurer has yet succeeded in felling the monster. Despite being clubbed, stabbed, fried, electrocuted and shot full of arrows, after every encounter The Old Widow appears a few days later, apparently unhurt. But the same cannot be said of the hero who supposedly slays the monster. It is said that every person who kills the Old Widow succumbs to a dreadful accident a few days later.

 Records say that that The Old Widow was spotted during the building of the dark cathedral. Although this would make the spider impossibly old, sceptics cannot deny that a scar on the widows back looks almost the same as a scar on the painting of the monster that terrorized the cathedral builders. It is rumored that the Old Widow was involved with the destruction of the dark cathedral, and so is linked intrinsically with the dark curse that blights the ruins, granting the monster the power to regenerate. If this is true, then there is perhaps more to the monster than meets the eye...

As told by Calamari, knight of Empera.