The Lonely Hunters

The Lonely Hunters live in the City of the Dead during the Ninth Hour of Night. Some of them seek out their prey, some of them wait for their prey to seek them out. Some of them are well-known, some of them are known only by a few.

• the apothecary
• the beggar's child
• the blacksmith
• the boney king of nowhere
• the bookman
• the chattering teeth
• the city
• the cur
• the mary
• the preacher man

The Four Women are separate from the Lonely Hunters. They do not hunt. They give, if you seek them out, if you supplicate yourself to them. If you wish knowledge or power or freedom, they can give it to you if you are willing to pay their price.

• the drowned woman
• the charred woman
• the woman in the earth
• the woman in the sky