Tatter-Man Cometh

A Tatter-Man Wiki

Tatty-Bogles are scary as they shamble down country roads with their arms outstretched as if crucified.

Inspiring terror may not be their prime motivation. They want to stretch their legs after a long day of standing in solitude.

The fear generated may be either amusing or regrettable to them. It may even go unregistered.

They are the Scarecrows, and their very name and nature are meant to frighten. Farmers erect them in fields to try and protect their crops from the hungry beaks of birds.

The reasons for their nocturnal animation are a mystery. Not all will rise and leave their plot. However, some seem more inclined to come to life at night.

This animation may be of their own volition, or there may be some external enchantment at work. The magic of Witches or possibly the Fay animates these rag-bag effigies to cause mischief or perform other tasks.

A Scarecrow could provide an ideal host for a wandering spirit or Demon with no proper form. Such strange and shapeless souls are the Brollochan.

These uncanny wanderers may visibly consist of, at best, a mouth and a pair of eyes. Still, they can grant mobility to any inanimate object they enter.

Should a Tatty-Bogle be thus possessed by a Brollochan, this event would be revealed. The only words it can utter are “Thyself” and “Myself”.

Also known as scarecrows, wurzels, tater-men mommets, and bugbears.