Bag Of Noggin

Noggin was never the best looker in Ashenfall, or so others claimed. He lived his life ashamed of his appearance and wore a sad-looking sack across his face, so that none would fall ill at the sight of his hideous features.

He found himself an outcast. Mocked and jeered at by the locals of Bramblemead, he hid himself away in the forests, but kept wearing the sack.

One day, while standing in a field, scaring birds away for fun, he met a lost villager who had wandered too far. She was frightened at first; fearful of the strange figure with a face of itchy cloth. But as they talked and laughed together, her fear fell away.

In time, they grew closer, developing feelings that Noggin never believed he would feel. On the day they were to be wed, Noggin finally let her see the face beneath the sackcloth, but there was no face to be found.

Instead, as the sack was removed, Noggin's clothes collapsed in a pile to the floor, and the woman screamed as the silence engulfed her.

Now Noggin's face appears on scarecrows and training dummies all across Ashenfall. And on cold, dark nights, you could swear they are watching.