Sable

Eleanor's quiet assistant. Actually a kelpie

True Form
Like all kelpies, Sable's true form resembles a gaunt, dark colored equine creature. Her head is horse-like in form, but is closer to that of an eel or crocodile, with rows of needle teeth and a powerful bite. A long, lakeweed-tangled mane hangs over much of her face and neck, concealing her frightening visage until her victim is too close.

Her "hooves" are split into three webbed toes, better suited for the mud and marshy ground of a kelpie's natural habitat.

Sable's skin can secrete a disorienting toxin, absorbed through the skin or inhaled. Any person clueless enough to attempt to ride her would become so intoxicated they would lose any sense of where they were or what was happening, and quickly be drowned and devoured at the bottom of the nearest pond.

Sable is incapable of remaining in her true form for long, as an effect of a witch's curse.

Human Form
Sable's preferred human form is that of a young woman, with dark, curly hair and green eyes. Even in human form, her pupils retain their horizontally slitted shape, and her irises are unusually large.

She is capable of shifting into other human (and animal) forms, but is rarely seen to do so.