In Irish lore the Dark Man ("Far Dorocha") appears as a physical and solid embodiment of death. Exclusively serving the Jinn Queens, the Dark Man of the Unseelie court is sent out on his black horse to abduct a human and take them to Jinnestan. Some sources claim he is headless. Never speaking to his victims they always understand his intent; unable to resist, they mount up behind him, a willing passenger. Although many have been taken to Jinnestan very few have returned; those who do are warned never to betray jinn secrets they learned, traitors will be visited by the Dark Man a second time; he will remove an eye or wither a limb. Some lore says if a person sees him as he rides down the road he will use his spinal-cord whip to lash out an eye or toss a basin of blood in their face.
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