Tomb Widow
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The Tomb Widow, the Last Ball
“In the old crypts, if someone is humming, don’t try to find out who.”A grave robberIn the old days, when a man of high rank died, his wife was buried alive beside him so she could follow him into the realm of the dead. The kingdom outlawed this barbaric custom a century ago, but its victims still lie in the old crypts. Some of them, as the stone closed over them, bound their souls to their husbands’ to follow them. The master of the realm of the dead would not tolerate that bargain: he raised them and condemned them to dance for all eternity, on the threshold of a realm they will never enter. A few old families still keep the tradition in secret, and some lords are vain enough to demand that someone follow them into the grave, so new widows still join the dance.
Appearance
You spot her. At the back of the crypt, in dust undisturbed for a century, a figure in a wedding gown dances alone. Her steps are slow and steady, and now and then she hums a festive tune whose words have long been lost. She doesn’t see you, and as long as nothing breaks her dance, she keeps going.
When she wakes. A torch held too close, a hand on her shoulder, a sarcophagus forced open: the dance stops dead. She turns toward you, and the scream that tears from her throat shakes the walls of the crypt.Combat
How she fights. Her scream is a weapon: it splits stone, makes ears bleed, and can bury beneath the vault those who pulled her out of her trance. Between screams, she strikes with her fleshless hands, with the fury of a prisoner who once clawed at the lid of her own tomb.
How to fight her. The safest course is never to wake her: cross the crypt in time with her tune, without bright light, and she’ll let you pass. If the scream has already broken loose, get out before the vault gives way. Those who wish to bring her peace seek out her husband’s sarcophagus to carve her name on it, a name the custom never carved.The Tomb Widow is an undead female figure dressed in a tattered, floor-length red wedding gown with flowing sleeves and a dark veil, her skeletal face and decayed hands visible beneath the decayed fabric, set against a stone crypt background. This token or character asset represents a cursed undead boss or elite enemy for crypt, tomb, and mausoleum encounters, functioning as a banshee-type creature with sonic attack mechanics and stealth-bypass conditions. Compatible with horror, dark fantasy, and gothic RPG systems such as D&D 5e, Pathfinder, and OSR games, this asset suits virtual tabletops including Roll20, Foundry VTT, and Owlbear Rodeo.
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