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{{Monster Lore
| creature_name = Sea Hag
| type          = Fey — a hideous crone of foul tidewater, who fights through fear and slaves
| vulnerabilities = None discovered
| resistances   = None known
| immunities    = None known
| condition_immunities = None known
| strong_saves  = Nothing of note
| senses        = Sees in the dark; keen senses
| movement      = Swims; breathes water and air alike
| abilities     = A '''Death Glare''' that can stop a frightened heart outright; an illusion of monstrous ugliness that frightens; binds weaker creatures as '''thralls''' to fight for it; foul water-magic
| confidence    = Well-attested — put down more than once
| encountered   = [[Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice|Session 47]], the [[Sea of Moving Ice]]
| agent         = Agent Wren, of the Tellstone circle
}}
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== The Harpers' Read ==
A sea hag fights through fear and slaves, not strength. Its '''Death Glare''' can kill a soul that is already frightened, so the first rule is plain: do not let your people be afraid near it, and break any fear the moment it takes hold. It rarely fights alone — it binds '''thralls''' (drowned sailors, [[Merrow]], worse) and spends them without care, and its magic '''shatters when the hag dies''', freeing whatever it enslaved. Kill the crone and the fight usually ends with it.

== Encounters of Record ==
The company has ended sea hags twice. One ambushed their ship north with a Water Elemental and a band of [[Merrow]] thralls; when the hag fell the spell broke and the freed merrow turned grateful ([[Session 39 - Waves, Wands, and Wagon Tracks|39]]). Later a coven of three set upon the ''[[Frost Skimmer]]'' in the [[Sea of Moving Ice]] — the bronze dragon [[Verithrax]] unmade the last with a bolt of lightning ([[Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice|47]]).

== Harvest Profile ==
''CR 2 — Uncommon ceiling. Rules: [[Monster Harvesting]]. Search all components by effect: [[Find Components]].''
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{{Harvest Component|component=Sea Hag Death-Glare Eye|signature=yes|tool=Jeweler's|rarity=Uncommon|effect=The eye of the heart-stopping glare — dread distilled to a lens|effects=Afflict: Fear, Damage: Necrotic|primary_for=Wondrous|contributor_to=Wand}}
{{Harvest Component|component=Sea Hag Visage-Skin|tool=Leatherworker's (or Thieves' fine work)|rarity=Uncommon|effect=The face that wore horror like a mask — and could wear others|effects=Utility: Disguise, Afflict: Fear|primary_for=Wondrous}}
{{Harvest Component|component=Sea Hag Thrall-Binding Braid|tool=Weaver's|rarity=Uncommon|effect=The lank braid it knotted its slaveries into|effects=Afflict: Charm|primary_for=Wondrous|contributor_to=Staff}}
{{Harvest Component|component=Sea Hag Brine-Witch Heart|tool=Alchemist's|rarity=Uncommon|effect=A heart pickled in tide-magic — foul but potent reagent stock|effects=Boost: Spell Power|primary_for=Potion|contributor_to=Wand, Staff}}
{{Harvest Component|component=Sea Hag Claw Talons|tool=Smith's (or Thieves' fine work)|rarity=Uncommon|effect=Yellowed rending talons — weapon stock|effects=Damage: Slashing|primary_for=Weapon}}
{{Harvest Component|component=Sea Hag Blood|tool=Alchemist's|rarity=Common|contributor_to=Potion, Poison}}
{{Harvest Component|component=Sea Hag Lank Hair|tool=Weaver's|rarity=Common|contributor_to=Wondrous|notes=cordage that never quite dries}}
{{Harvest Component|component=Sea Hag Wart-Hide Scraps|tool=Leatherworker's|rarity=Common|contributor_to=Armor, Wondrous}}
{{Harvest Component|component=Sea Hag Fish-Bone Fetishes|tool=Woodcarver's|rarity=Common|contributor_to=Wand|notes=her own grim carvings}}
{{Harvest Component|component=Sea Hag Gullet Pearls|tool=Jeweler's|rarity=Common|contributor_to=Wondrous}}
{{Harvest Component|component=Sea Hag Pouch Trove|tool=Scavenge|rarity=Common|notes=drowned men's keepsakes — scavenge}}
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== See also ==
* [[Bestiary]] — the company's field bestiary
* [[Merrow]] — the thralls it favours
* [[Monster Harvesting]] · [[Harvested Materials]] · [[Find Components]]

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