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The Red-fingered Woman
The legend of the Red-fingered woman is that she serves drinks eternally at a public house on the banks of the Hyburleth River in the Shadow Lands of the Dead. Some hold that she is none other than Veyn the Beautiful, a goddess of an earlier age who is serving out a divine punishment in exile.
To be called "Red-fingered" refers to the legend of the Dwarven King who painted his vault doors in order to discover who was embezzling from his treasury. So this woman was caught in the act of some crime or another -- just what has never been explained.
Despite a perpetual grimace at her lot in life, the Red-fingered Woman is said to have a secret weakness for a good story or a well-told joke. Thieves believe that if they can make her smile, she will hide them beneath her robes while others will be ushered upon the Ferry.
While being hidden this way will not get them to their preferred destination of Whiskerhaven, they believe they will at least avoid any other divine judgement awaiting them. With the Red-Fingered Woman they will be able to drink forever and find themselves slumbering at each day's end in her ample bosom.
Some other notable myths have accreted to the person of the Red-Fingered Woman, including one that says that she will be transformed by the right man into the once beautiful version of her younger self. In this form, she will enjoy his company for all eternity.
Some other notable myths have accreted to the person of the Red-Fingered Woman, including one that says that she will be transformed by the right man into the once beautiful version of her younger self. In this form, she will enjoy his company for all eternity.
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