Essaere

Essaere is a witch living in the woods near Hilden. She appeared in many stories and fairy tales over centuries, although she is not a typical witch, more like a friendly succubus. Storys say that she is incredibly hot and always greets you with a friendly "Hey you up?". Many men are getting lost in the forest every year searching for her. Most theories say you will find her house, when you are brave, smart and good looking enough to prove yourself worthy of her love.

History
The description of Essaere is very vague in most of the fairy tales about her, but all agree, that she is very pretty, loving and friendly. Men, who see her fall in love with her instantly and feel a very strong sexual desire. Therefore Essaere has created a magical barrier, that only allows men, who are brave, intelligent and pretty to see and enter her hut. Most fairy tailes have a man as the main protagonist, who indeed has all of these characteristics and lives his life together with her happily ever after. At least until they die. Some stories explain, that Essaere searches for a magic potion, to gift her husbands eternal life, but she hasn't found it yet and has to live with her burdon of having eternal life and seeing all her lovers die in front of her.

Pilgrimage
Until this day, many men still travel to the forest in Hilden, searching for this incredibly hot woman. Most of them are really obsessed with stories about her and her whole personality. They believe they are the one to be brave, good looking and intelligent enough to enter her hut. The Hilden City Council (HCC) has forbidden those pilgrimages in 1976, because many people get lost in the forest or suicide in their desperation. The law hasn't changed much. In 2017 they still found over 160 dead bodys in the forest, which is low compared to numbers from 1970, a year in which 376 people died in the forest.