Editing Wilders (section)

=== Mother of Darkness ===

The Mother of Darkness, also known as ''Mater Tenebraum'', is the oldest and most well-known of the wilder Goddesses.  Across Eskara she has many names; most often she is called The Witch, or by a name from those who claim to have glimpsed the sharp end of her long nose (Hook-Nose) or felt the hardness of her iron teeth (Iron Tooth). She is unnaturally tall and clothes her lean body in a ragged robe that swallows her face in the depths of its hood.
 
The Mother of Darkness lives in a house in the middle of a dark forest in the far north. Eskaran tales say the house is surrounded by a high wooden fence with a gate made of bones. There is said to be a skull with a glimmering eyes perched on each fence post, these skulls cry out a warning to warn her of intruders.
 
Like some of the other wilder mistresses, she likes human sacrifices with a known preference for children. She does not like the Church of Elements, so the sacrifice of a Child of Light is especially pleasing. She dislikes all forms of light, laughter and any evidence of frivolity.   
 
She is bloodthirsty and cruel and reportedly so fond of infant flesh that even the bravest woman trembles at her name. Yet she is also known to have helped those who please her. 
 
She is said to be the mistress of the sources of life and death, she who knows the secrets of the past and the future.