Baba Yellowlegs

Seven hundred years old, and she helped pull down a whole city of witches. She died in a carnival wagon, beheaded by a customer, with the smile still on her face.

Baba Yellowlegs is the ancient Matron of the Ironteeth Yellowlegs Clan, from Crown of Midnight — one of the Ancients, a seer and keeper of forbidden Wyrd lore who, by Adarlan's day, travels disguised as a harmless fortune-teller. Celaena goes to her for a riddle and leaves her headless.

At a glance

KIND: Ironteeth witch — Matron of the Yellowlegs Clan
AGE: Roughly seven hundred — one of the Ancients
FAMED FOR: Helping pull down the Witch-City; killing Queen Rhiannon
WORE: Rhiannon Crochan's stolen crown of stars
DISGUISE: A harmless carnival fortune-teller in Rifthold
HELD: The lore of the Wyrdkeys, the Wyrdgate and the Valg
KILLED BY: Celaena — beheaded with an axe off the wagon wall
HER DEATH: Marked Celaena a witch-killer, and set Manon hunting Aelin

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Baba Yellowlegs

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