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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shemeska" data-source="post: 3174948" data-attributes="member: 11697">The BoVD said she was an actual Night Hag, though LE rather than NE. As such I think it gives a really good opportunity to ask 'why is she in Baator in the first place?'. Really, given her power what's the story behind her ideological seperation from the rest of her sisters? Is she in Baator by her own choice? I figure she might be there as a pawn of Cegilune seeking to weasle into the politics of the Baatezu, or perhaps she was exiled by Cegilune and her rise to power is only part of a ploy to eventually usurp the position of her former ruler.Personally, I ended up using in my own campaign that Malagard/The Hag Countess was originally in Baator in self-imposed exile, being the sole survivor of the cabal of Night Hags who were responsible for the elevation of the Yugoloth Lord Xenghara 'the Angel of Desolation'. Following the end of his contractual obligation to the hags who had engineered his transition to a unique form he smiled and butchered them, but for whatever reason Malagard survived and fled into Baator, forever deprived of any chance to return home, given the unique 'loth's connection to the Waste perhaps allowing him to know exactly where she and her sisters were on the plane at any given time. [I also played with the idea that the hags had toyed with his memories, crafting an entirely new personality and set of memories for the 'loth, and it was out of rage, despair and self-doubt that he killed them].I'd like to see how Schwalb and co. handle the Hag Countess and her unique status among the other Lords of the 9 being that she never was a true child of Baator (not that the Baatezu are either, mind you), yet she has managed to rule over an entire layer.</blockquote>

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