Mabrigash (Morrowind)

A mabrigash is an Ashlander witch woman, a renegade wise woman who has forsaken the established rules of behavior for an Ashlander woman to become a master of dark magic and the weapons of war. By secret rituals the mabrigash steals a man's vital essence and makes herself a powerful sorceress and warrior. the manifestation of her dark power is called a ghost snake that paralyzes and drains a victim's vitality.