Tanta Hagara

Tanta Hagara was an evil annis who worked her way into the Blue Bear tribe of the Uthgardt.

Description
Tanta stood tall, had a muscular and wiry frame with deep blue skin, and dull greenish-yellow eyes. Her hair, teeth, and nails were all a glossy black. She dressed in heavy, cowled robes that covered all her skin so as to avoid frightening her followers if caught in this form.

Whenever she appeared before members of the Blue Bear tribe she would use disguise self to take on one of two forms—a beautiful, barbaric hunter goddess with sky-blue skin or a blue-furred bear.

Activities
Tanta's greatest known goal in life was to gain access to the Uthgardt ancestral mound that laid beneath the Grandfather Tree - an ancient embodiment of the forest, reputed to hold the Hall of Mists. Dating back to the creator races, this temple was said to contain gates to other worlds, including the Abyss and the Negative Material Plane. She would often tell her Tanar'ri minions that these gates would allow them bolster their army with more tanar'ri, creating an army large enough to conquer all of the North. Beyond the gates, she sought two artifacts that resided within the Hall of Mists - a crystal ball that projected the contents of a Book of Vile Darkness into its user's mind and a mysterious extra-planar artifact.

When not pursuing these goal she would often be found stalking the wilderness, either hunting for human prey or meeting with the demon Grintharke.

History
A servant of the demon Grintharke, Tanta corrupted the Blue Bear tribe with base rituals while posing as their shaman. This corruption developed to such an extant that the tribe began to view her as an avatar of their totemic spirit, they were driven away from the Grandfather Tree by its guardian spirits, and they were shunned by the rest of the Uthgardt tribes. Those who did not accept her as their shaman splintered off, becoming the Tree Ghost tribe.

By the, Tanta had grown to become the tribe's chieftain and would lead them on an assault of Hellgate Keep, ultimately claiming it as her own domain. A year later a group of Harpers infiltrated the city and exposed her as an annis, but this did nothing to destroy the respect the tribesmen had for her and they would retaliate by attacking caravans enroute to Sundabar. They also made attacks on the city of Silverymoon, but these were fended off by the magic of Alustriel. Later that year she would lead the tribe and their demon allies in an attack on Grandfather Tree. An alliance of Everlund, High Forest, and Harpers drove them back and ultimately killed Tanta along with a majority of the tribe's members.