Baba Yaga (Quest for Glory)

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Baba Yaga is a fictional character from Sierra On-Line's classic graphic adventure series Quest for Glory. The character first appeared in Quest for Glory I: So You Want to be Hero, and later appeared in Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness. She is directly patterned after the Baba Yaga of European folklore.

Baba Yaga, an ogress-witch known for her chicken-legged hut, was the villain of the first game. When she first arrived in Spielburg, the Baron tried to force her to leave, so she put a curse on him that led to the death of his wife and the disappearance and transformation of their son and daughter. The evil witch has a fondness for turning wandering heroes in frogs, and using them to run errands for her (such as retrieving Mandrake root from graveyards at midnight). After the Hero forced her to leave Spielburg, she settled in Mordavia. She lives with her pet bat and spider; and her chicken legged hut is always guarded by Bonehead, a talking skull. In order to access Baba Yaga's hut in both games, the Hero must give him something he wants: an eye in the first game, and a hat in the fourth.