Stryga

A beautiful body, a corpse's face, and the threads of stolen lives spooling through her fingers — the spinner at the heart of the Wood. We still flinch when she turns around.

One of three primordial Death-gods, bound to a cottage of bone and hair in the Middle of Prythian, where she sings and waits for something to wander in. We knew better than to wander in. We did anyway.

At a glance

Title: The Weaver of the Wood · a Death-god / Old God
Home: A cottage in the Middle, the heart of Prythian
Kind: Primordial being, older than the Cauldron and the Mother
Power: Feeds on life itself — devouring the living restores her youth
Look: Young body, inky-black hair, a gray rotting eyeless face; blind, sensing by scent and magic
Siblings: Twin of the Bone Carver; elder brother Koschei
Fate: Dies a defender of Prythian — neck snapped by the King of Hybern, fed to his hounds

Threads of the Wood

Bound to her

Swipe to meet them all

The Bone Carver Her twin brother — a fellow Death-god, bound in the Prison; said to grieve for her on the battlefield.The Bone CarverTwinEnter The Bone Carver →

Koschei The third Death-god, bound to a lake on the continent — a lingering threat across the later books.KoscheiElder brotherEnter Koschei →

Feyre Archeron Robs her of Rhysand's mother's ring in ACOMAF; later lures Ianthe and Hybern's soldiers into her cottage to be devoured.Feyre ArcheronThiefEnter Feyre Archeron →

Rhysand Sets the theft as Feyre's task, then strikes the war-bargain — the crescent-moon tattoo — that frees her to fight Hybern.RhysandBargainerEnter Rhysand →

Ianthe Devoured by Stryga in the cottage; the Weaver keeps her circlet as a trophy.IanthePreyEnter Ianthe →

King of Hybern Snaps her neck on the battlefield and feeds her body to his naga-hounds.King of HybernKillerEnter King of Hybern →

The Middle of Prythian The heart of Prythian where she is bound — her cottage of bone, hair, and fat, where High Lords are forbidden to interfere.The Middle of PrythianDomainEnter The Middle of Prythian →

The long versionRead her whole storyEverything, in one place.Enter the full story

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