Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Vadleany comes from Eastern European folklore. She is a forest sprite. her name means "Forest Girl" (literal translation: wild girl) who seduces wanderers and steals their strength. She is usually naked and has extremely long hair. The vadleany appear in the fictional world of El Arcana as woodland nymphets who lure men into the woods and then drain their energy. It also appears to be a not-infrequent pseudonym for teenage girls from Russia or Scandinavia.