The Ryzhnyi Khoziain is one of the most feared spirits of Kislev, for no folk tale dares describe it other than as an evil, winged spirit that howls across the steppe on the darkest, coldest nights.[1a]
None who have seen the Ryzhnyi Khoziain have lived to tell of it, and chilling tales persist of riders discovering entire villages vanished overnight, no trace remaining of its inhabitants or livestock.[1a]
Unlike many other Kislevite spirits, there appears to be no way to placate the Ryzhnyi Khoziain, and all peasants can do when they hear its mournful howling is close their eyes and pray to the gods that it will pass them by.[1a]