Fachan

This is a sneak peak chapter illustration for the upcoming rpg Age of Arthur, and my take on the mythological creature from the British Isles known as "Fachan". It was known to have one leg, one arm, one eye, swinging a powerful chain, so ugly it caused heart attacks within its victims.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The Fachen (also known as Fachan or Fachin or Peg Leg Jack [1]) is a creature with only half a body in Scottish and Scots-Irish folklore. Supposedly its appearance, which includes a mane of black feathers tufted at the top and a very wide mouth, is so frightening that it induces heart attacks. It can destroy an orchard with a chain in its strong, singular, withered arm, in a single night. A story in John Francis Campbell's Popular Tales of the West Highlands features a Fachen named Nesnas Mhiccallain being defeated in a race by the story's hero, Murachadh Mac Brian, who became king of Ireland. In Popular Tales of the West Highlands the Fachen is described as follows:

Ugly was the make of the Fachin; there was one hand out of the ridge of his chest, and one tuft out of the top of his head, it were easier to take a mountain from the root than to bend that tuft.[1]

It is also known as Direach Ghlinn Eitidh, or the Dwarf of Glen Etive."

Lots of more interesting things on this bizarre creature if you google it.