The WayWalker

The WayWalker

The Fens have long held mysteries that fire our imagination, customs that stretch our credulity and creatures beyond our belief. One of these enigmas is the shrouded history of the WayWalker. Originally scavengers scraping an existence from the paths and highways of the county like cart-track mudlarks, they roamed the ancient Icknield Way and Roman roads near what would later become Cambridge, recovering valuable items discarded by passing nobility and Roman legions. Being abroad mainly at night helped them avoid mainstream society – adding to their mystery – but also honed their sight and let them develop an extraordinary talent for spotting the glint of treasure in roadside brush and marsh edges.

Conjured from the misty expanses of the East Anglian fens, the WayWalker's legend grew through centuries of Cambridge history. While initially dependent on borrowed light—the flicker of carriage lamps, the glow of torches, or the silver reflection of moonlight on still waters—the WayWalker's vision was transformed into something entirely supernatural following a mid-14th Century meeting with a charismatic Italian visitor to Ely. It is believed the WayWalker traded their corporeal existence for immortality – and astonishing powers.

This, then, truly distinguishes the WayWalker among Cambridge's spectral residents - a unique ability to temporarily absorb the characteristics and powers of other entities it encounters. Like the valuable objects it once collected, the WayWalker now "harvests" abilities—spending an evening with a fen witch grants it temporary command of her arcane knowledge; time alongside Black Shuck bestows fleeting lycanthropic powers.

While many Cambridge ghosts maintain cordial relations with the ancient WayWalker, even the most powerful spectral residents maintain a respectful distance from this ancient collector of powers, whose true capabilities remain unknown even after two millennia of wandering. 

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