A fae-touched animal, the Rain Snake is a mystical kind of Black Snake that causes it to rain for six hours after being cut up into four pieces. Its life, development, and habits are comparable to that of an average black snake. Long ago, when the Appalachian region suffered from a prolonged drought and heat wave, local peoples struggled to survive, finding and growing little food. Saddened by the humans’ condition, sprites gathered several Black Snake eggs and cast a spell on them. Several days later, the eggs hatched, revealing snakelets that were pale white and banded in dark blue. The sprites brought the hatchlings to human communities, teaching them how to call the rain by slicing the reptiles into four parts and placing them belly up on top of a fence. Each division must measure to be a certain percentage of the snake’s body for the rain to be called; if miscut, strong winds, harsh storms, or tornadoes could be called. Dispersing the snakes equally among humans, they were intended to…