The Hag's Bargain

The wind-riding hermit Grit is bound by a dark bargain with the hag Auntie Dirtha Bonebender. When the hag arrived to collect her cauldron - seven feet tall, hunched, carried on swirling dust - she muttered only "tick tock" before vanishing on the wind.

Helena's magic cracked through Grit's mental barriers, revealing fragments: a bargain, raw magic, and the sense that Grit's time is running out. The connection was violently severed, and Helena briefly forgot her companions entirely - seeing only the hag pointing at her from the desert below.

Grit struggles to answer questions about the bargain, as if something prevents him from speaking.

Warning: The hag has taken notice of Madam Helena specifically.