The Gruagach

The Gruagach


The grugach are wild elves, akin slyvanor wood elves, but smaller, lighter, and very pale. When not in their tribal bands, they dress in leather armor decorated with the shapes of leaves or of the animals of the deep forest. Except where otherwise noted, grugach conform to the speafics of wood elves and of elves in general.

Origin:

Gruagach was once a shapeshifting warrior of the Tuatha De Danann, who would later become the Daoine Sidhe; the fairy folk of Ireland. Long ago, he rode with the sons of the High King Dagda against the giants (presumably the Fomorian enemies of the Tuatha de Danann, as recounted in Celtic myth). Gruagach was able to change into many shapes, and during the battle he took the form of a hulking monster, personally killing twenty of the giants.

Some time thereafter, Gruagach fell in love with a human girl. This girl wished to see the form he took when he fought the giants, but the fairy was reluctant, fearing that she would be affrighted by him. There was a strange law which meant that should the girl scream at the sight of his monstrous form, Gruagach would be banished to some purgatorial land of mists and never see her again. Nevertheless, the girl managed to persuade him into appearing as a monster. As he'd feared, the girl was quailed by the sight of her fairy lover as a giant, tusked beast, though she resisted the urge to scream. In order to allay her apparent fear, Gruagach turned into a little songbird. However a cat appeared and the girl screamed to warn him, but with that scream Gruagach was lost to the mists.

   Encounter: Back when i was 10 hears old I was growing up in Grassland with my litte sister Amilia, there was so much to do out in Grassland so we chase each other around the house and come up with little games to play, but when Amilia turned 7 she became a bit decent to me not like she hated me but in such she was focused on something else, I approached her about it one day and she explained it to me that she has to play with her friend Tom too or else he get jelous, I assumed that Tom was her imaginary friend. One day I was reading in my room when my mom bursted through with the door and ranged, she asked me if I ate all of her honey because those jars of honey are not cheap and it was for special occasions only, “It wasn’t me” I answered, “I did mom” Amilia answered as she entered my room, “i had to feed Tom and he loves honey”, “Amilia If you wanted some honey you should have ask and I will give you a little bit there’s no need to make up a story, okay?”, my mom answered in anger, “but Tom loves it, look I’ll show you” Amilia said. My mom and I followed her to her room and pointed under the bed “this is where Tom lives” Amilia said, my mom nervously looked down at Amilia’s bed and there she found the empty jar of honey, my mom went full back to full ranged mode and grounded my little sister for making up stories, “but I’m not lying, I swear” Amilia cried. The next day my mom stormed into my roo and said “what is happening with you, You are stealing my liquor now?”, “I didn’t rake anything” I said defensively, “it was me again mom” Amilia said from a doorway, my mom shutted her a one of the scariest glares I’ve never seen her make, “let me guess, Tom drink it?” my mom asked, “yes mom, you wouldn’t let me give in the fancy honey so I have to give him something, look” Amilia said, again we followed her in her room and my mom found an empty liquor bottles. My mom was furious she taught my had actually little sister drink the liqour herself, my mom grounded her for the rest of the years and my sister cried all night. Amilia asked me if I believe in her but I said wasn’t sure. My sister and I went to the same school during class the next day I got called to the principal’s office, apparently she had gotten a fight during recess and ended up hurted pretty bad, some so called friends pushed her over on the rock and she has to rushed to the hospital, they tried to reached my mom but they can’t, so they asked for me to go to the hospital with her, I immediately rushed over to make sure that she was okay but she was pretty beaten up. “I’m sorry Amilia”, “it wasn’t your fault, this is Tom’s” she said, she explained that since she couldn’t give him treats anymore he was making all her friends hate her. Once my mom got to the hospital I walked back home and do homework, now I don’t believe in spirits or anything like that but I taught but what if Amilia is interacting with something, someting me neither my mom can’t see?  I decided to do a brief online search, I typed ‘invisible friend who eats honey and liqour, I honestly didn’t expect anything to came out but I came across a site who talks about a Grugach they were invisible house spirits that were helpful as long as you gave them what they want, typically expensive items, however if you make them angry by not giving them their gifts they will caused you major harm, never name a grugach for they will become permanently attached to you.