Gorta/Gortha

- A Gorta(Gortha) is a man(woman) who goes begging during a famine. Whoever gives him/her food will receive gifts. If assistance is not provided, the town will be cursed and any creature travelling through it will suffer pangs of hunger that will kill the creature unless satisfied.

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