She threatened to toss me to the ghosts and serpents on the Coiled Path. Everyone involved could make a fortune if the Mabrigash could be convinced to open trade with the outside world. They are, however, unwilling to sell or trade this wonderful material to outsiders-or even to the men of their own tribe. They use this leather for everything, from clothing to packs to a simple armor. From an economic perspective, the tribe crafts unique snakeskin leather. She spoke very fast, and as I've said before, my mastery of the dialect was far from perfect. Or that it was a creepy dead snake that liked to haunt the Vale and eat innocent Mabrigash children. She went on to tell me that the Ghost Snake was the combined spiritual essence of the tribe's female ancestors, given spectral form by the belief and respect of the living tribe members. The Ghost Snake offers advice and protection, as long as we care for the Vale, she continued. Follow the Coiled Path and you'll find out, she replied with a bat of her cute little eyelashes. What is this Ghost Snake I keep hearing about? I asked her. I deflected her question with one of my own. My understanding of the Mabrigash dialect is rudimentary, at best. She asked me why I was being so creepy and watching them all the time. She approached me with absolutely no fear or hesitation. Here is the legend of the Ghost Snake, as it was told to me by a charming little lady of some six or seven years of age. The tribal elders encourage trials to honor this Ghost Snake, and many of these end in the death of the participants. It appears they sacrifice their own tribe members to this mythical deity. I believe they use this so-called Ghost Snake to scare visitors away and to keep the village population in line. They claim a Ghost Snake gives them advice and watches over the Vale. I wouldn't say this society hates males, but they certainly don't trust them or like them very much. They also seem to outnumber the males by a factor of three or four to one. The Mabrigash appears to be a matriarchal society, and their females are definitely more dominant than males. Forthwith, here are my findings on the Mabrigash: The Mabrigash do not welcome visitors. I remained nearby for a time, watching them and recording my observations. However, my curiosity about this isolated tribe steeled me against their attitude. Although, frankly, their rudeness, which rivals that of any of the more civilized Dark Elves I have ever met, is more than enough to drive outsiders away. ![]() I believe they have concocted the story of the perilous Ghost Snake to discourage outsiders from lingering too long in their village. Unlike their Vvardenfell brethren, this tribe is not nomadic and appears to have settled in an isolated region of Deshaan, a location they call the Vale of the Ghost Snake. Observations on the Mabrigash from the journals of Bonorion the Wanderer, 2E 568 In Deshaan, I encountered a strange tribe of Dark Elf Ashlanders. Contained within Shalidor's Library, these books are part of the subcollection Deshaan Lore Legend of the Ghost Snake is a Book in Elder Scrolls Online.
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