Morrigan

Morrigan, also known as Morri and as the Fatestitcher, is a hag and archfey living in the Feywild and caretaker of both Birdie Calloway and her daughter Fearne Calloway.

Appearance
Morri is described as an incredibly old woman, even by fey standards. She stands around 13-15 feet tall.

Personality
According to Fearne, Morri is extremely intelligent. She cooks meatpies and makes candy.

According to Morrighan Ferus, Morri Calloway is incredibly kind.

She is stated by the Calloways and by Ira Wendagoth to be a collector, and Fearne notes that she always asks for a gift in exchange for favors.

Background
Morri was the caretaker of Birdie Calloway, and served as an 'honorary grandmother' but was not a blood relative. When Birdie and her husband Oleander Calloway left the Feywild for Exandria, they left their daughter Fearne Calloway with her. Fearne had not seen her parents for what she estimated as ninety years, though she received multiple letters and postcards, and she stayed with Morri all that time. These letters were written and illustrated by Morri herself. She calls her little bear-cub-banana.

At some point before 842 PD, Morri was contacted by Birdie, Ollie, through their associate Ira Wendagoth, asking for her to create an item called a Weave Lens. Morri created it, and gave it to Fearne, explaining that it was very important and she needed to deliver it to her parents. She then sent Fearne to Exandria by way of Artagan's Gate, arriving near Syngorn. Morri also sent Morrighan Ferus into Exandria from the Feywild.

Exandria Unlimited and Exandria Unlimited: Kymal
When Fearne and the other members of the Crown Keepers came across Artagan's Gate, they encountered a forlarren sent by Lady Elmenore to retrieve Fearne. The forlarren told her that Morri was the one who sent the letters and gave the gifts that Fearne thought were from her parents. However, Fearne was convinced she was lying.

During the Crown Keepers stint in Kymal, they met Morrighan Ferus, who was sent to Exandria by a woman of the same name.

Campaign 3
After Fearne was reunited with her parents, she learned the truth about her relationship to Morri from Birdie, and acknowledged that the letters she'd received were from Morri, not them. She and her parents also realized, with help from Ira, that Morri may have been the reason why Fearne had experienced her parents' absence as 90 years rather than six. She asked Ollie if she had been given to Morri as a gift in exchange for Morri's favor. Her parents were shocked and troubled by the possibility, but Ira evaded the question.

While brainstorming ways to interfere with the Cerberus Assembly's plans in the Feywild, Bells Hells learnt that Morri might be able to allow them safe passage into and out of the Feywild without losing time. Imogen used Sending to contact Morri, telling her that Fearne wanted to pay a visit, and Morri told her that Fearne was always welcome to visit and that she would be able to help.

Behind the scenes
Morrigan's nickname "Morri" is named after a massive, 35-pound cat that Ashley's family owned. Speaking on the many folklore influences on Fearne's backstory, she added, "Some of it leads somewhere, some of it does not... Morrigan could mean something or it could not." Ashley herself decided that Morrigan was a hag, and she thought that it was funny to imagine a hag acting grandmotherly (i.e., "You got to eat!").

Morrigan's character is inspired by Ashley's mother, who also inspired much of Fearne. Ashley described her as "innocently mischievous" and felt that was a good core for a fey character. She also drew on her mother's good relationship with her numerous nieces, nephews, and grandchildren. Ashley also incorporated into Morrigan her mother's eagerness to cook a wide variety of foods for the family, her "no rules" nurturing of artistic pursuits (such as painting on walls), and her tendency to stay up very late making art. She mentioned that her mother built a creepy, fairy-like birdhouse out of metal scraps that Ashley felt looked like a hag's house during the COVID-19 lockdown in Campaign 2. She and Ashley also spoke extensively about the game, which her mother did not really understand, for the first time during the lockdown.

Fearne's backstory, including her time with Morrigan, drew from various fairy tales and folklore stories, particularly Scandinavian folklore that Ashley heard growing up.

Appearances and mentions

 * Exandria Unlimited
 * Campaign 3
 * Campaign 3
 * Campaign 3
 * Campaign 3
 * Campaign 3

Trivia

 * Her full name, Morrigan, might be a reference to the Mórrígan, a prominent Irish-Celtic goddess. The commonly accepted interpretation for the meaning of the name Mórrígan is "Great Queen" or "Phantom Queen". In Irish-Celtic mythology, the Mórrígan is the goddess of war, fate, and death.
 * According to Fearne, Morrigan is an influential figure that has dated all types of people, even insinuating that she and Ira Wendagoth could have been lovers at some point.
 * She shares her name (although with a slight variation) with Morrighan Ferus.