Dark Harvest

In the Mojave, there are few crimes considered worse than pup stealing. Which is why the legend of Baduila has become one of the more infamous tales in the wasteland.

According to the legend, Baduilia was once a lone mother wolf, who had just had her first litter. When one day (either due to the stress of being a single mother, or because she was careless and lazy, depending on the story) she left her pups unattended while out hunting - only when she returned, her pups were all gone.

Baduila searched frantically for her pups for miles in all directions, but her children were never found. So as punishment (or perhaps penance) for her sins, she now roams across the lands, and steals pups from parents she considers "unworthy", so she can care for them for herself. Though what Baduila defines as an "unworthy" parent is apparently quite broad - encompassing wolf from the truly neglectful and heinous, to otherwise caring parents who might have taken their eyes off a pup for a single moment, resulting in them wandering off.

Even if the pup was immediately recovered afterward and returned uninjured, in Baduila's mind, it didn't matter. All bad parents were the same to her, and did not deserve their children.

Though if there was any truth behind this legend, it since morphed into little more than a scary bedtime story. One which transformed Baduila into a quintessential bogeyman - who roams across the Mojave, snatching up naughty pups and adolescents who don't come before dark. But rumors about that the real Baduila is still abound - perhaps hiding out somewhere in the thick jungles or swamps in the southern lands. A place impenetrable to most desert wolves.

But if Baduila is still out there (if she even existed in the first place) - they've never caught her yet.

SpoilerFormerly known as Baduila.

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Dk Hazel Mojave Search 5/27/23

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