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AKA: August’s Black Augur
an additional note, these halflings are sometimes referred to as “August’s Black Augur,” as Grave Puck’s fruit is most plentiful and likely to be eaten in August, and their birth/lineage is followed by many dark omens.
Fruit eaten from Grave Puck Groves kills humans within 7 days, unless they are pregnant; for these unfortunate women, Blue Grims have much worse in mind. An expecting mother that has partaken in the deathly fruit will experience no oddities until she enters labor. The expected, excruciating pain of childbirth is accompanied by all symptoms of Grave Puck Syndrome, but at a higher intensity.
In the past, once the baby was born after many grievances, the placenta was buried or sent down the river; the floating placenta was meant to notify healing fae of the mother’s troubles, calling them to aid, whereas the buried placenta would give knowledgeable midwives an answer they suspected, yet feared. Benevolent fae never answered these calls, as the women were untouchable—houses for Blue Grims. If the placenta…