Sodden

Sodden

Rank:

Formidable (1 progress per harm; inflicts 3 harm)

Features:

• Milky eyes
• Mottled flesh

Drives:

• Drown the living

Tactics:

• Draw victims to the water
• Grab and scratch with jagged claws
• Chilling embrace
• Drag into the depths

A sodden is the restless spirit of someone who drowned or was put to rest in water. They can appear in seas, rivers, lakes, ponds, or marshes. Their loneliness and grief compels them to draw living victims into their watery lairs.

A sodden is not confined to its resting place. In fact, some believe that surviving an encounter with a sodden leaves you vulnerable around any body of water until the spirit finishes its work.

Quest Starter: Someone you know died and appears to you as a sodden. Who are they? Can anything be done to put them to rest?

Your Truth

Many Ironlanders habitually perform a quick ritual when near a body of water, believing it keeps any lurking sodden at bay. What do they do? Is there any truth to this custom?