Clapperjaw
A child-sized scarecrow, lives in Hither roaming the swamps and Downfall. It has giant blue lobster claws and head made from a gourd and the skull of a reindeer like creature complete with antlers.
He knows the way to Thither and Skabatha by using the swamp gas balloon tethered to Bavlorna's cabin.
In Search of a Skull. The figure chatting with the severed heads is Clapperclaw the possessed scarecrow, who is 3 feet tall. Created by Granny Nightshade using a tormented child’s soul she found in Gehenna, it ran away from home so that it wouldn’t have to perform evil tasks for her. After fleeing Thither, Clapperclaw was waylaid by Agdon Longscarf and his harengon brigands, who stole its head, which the scarecrow describes as a most glorious stag skull. It desperately wants its head back, and it’s a bit self-conscious about its replacement head: a hollow gourd that now sits askew on its shoulders. Eight copper coins are sealed inside the gourd, causing the head to rattle whenever Clapperclaw nods, turns, or shakes its head.
It fears Bavlorna Blightstraw too much to enter her cottage, but it will patiently wait for the characters outside the cottage if they choose to enter it. The scarecrow has a similar aversion to the other hags of the Hourglass Coven.
Clapperclaw carries a sailcloth sack filled with moldy straw. If the scarecrow gets hurt, it heals itself by stuffing itself with replacement straw or similar plant matter.
Children
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