The Witch of Maeloncard

The swamps of Marloncard have long been the start of many a myth, this on differs only slightly in the fact that it is real. I have corroborated this story with many locals and some travelers, and have even been lucky enough to catch sight of her myself.   The people of the region do not often tell of this tale but the story goes that hundreds of years ago whilst in the midst of the swamp two brothers came to blows and one killed the other. When the brother died his blood sunk into the water of the swamp and out of it rose a ghostly woman dressed in the garb of ages past, this woman thanked the living brother for bringing her the offering of blood that revitalized her from her sleep. She stated that the blood was bringing her power and that she required more to come fully back to the world of the living. The brother was instantly enamored with the witch and agreed to bring her more blood to raise her back. He started off with luring people from the village to out to the swamp and killing them, this led to the witch gaining more power.   Eventually the people of the village found out what the brother was doing but and tried to kill him but by then it was too late, the witch had grown powerful enough to give the brother magic armour and weapons. The brother explained to the people of the village what he was doing, he used the witches magic to influence the minds of some of the villagers who joined with the him. This group then killed all the rest and gave the power to the Witch. With her power even grater and half the village under her spell she created a sword for the brother to store the magic from people he killed, she then tasked him with going out and killing more people with the sword to increase her power. Using this sword the brother roamed the Duchies gathering more power for the witch. The people of the village were also continuing to lure travelers and passerby's to their deaths to give more power for the Witch. As they gave her more power she became more real, and every month on the full moon would become full real, but not as a ghostly woman but as a woman encased in blood red robes and armour. It is said that the brother is still wondering the lands with the blade, sustained by the witches magic, killing people all across the continent.  This is the form that I sighted her in last night, I was walking the woods hoping to see her and I did, surrounded by people. I'm not sure if I was seen by the people but since then the villagers have been acting strange, so I am writing this record of my findings and hiding it incase something should happen to me.   Landuin Redmane