Baba Yaga

Baba Yaga predates the Christian era in Slavic lands, connected to ancient goddess cults of the forest. She is not simply evil — she exists at the boundary between the living world and the realm of the dead, testing all who seek her with tasks and riddles.

An ancient, emaciated woman with a long nose and iron teeth. Her legs are bony to the point of being skeletal. She flies in a mortar, steering with a pestle, sweeping away her trail with a broom made of silver birch.

Commands the dawn (Zorya), dusk, and midnight — the three horsemen who serve her. Has encyclopedic knowledge of all magical matters. Can fly. Ages those who linger in her presence. Will eat those who fail her tests.