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Sela the Hermit

Moon Elf · Druid (Circle of the Moon) · Level 0

Sela the Hermit

Guardian of the Veiled Sanctum
“The tide of your destiny rises”
AC9
HP4/4
Init
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA
ConditionsNone

At the table

“This flickering candle”
From how they speak

Voice

Thin, wispy, and high-pitched like the whistling of wind through a narrow crevice.

Soft and echoing, as if she is speaking from the bottom of a well. She uses metaphors involving tides, cycles, and celestial bodies.

Speech patterns

Uses phrases like 'The tide of your destiny rises' or 'The light grows thin around your ankles'
Always refers to herself in the third person as 'This flickering candle'
Stops talking abruptly to listen to the 'cracking of the moon'

How to play them

She will use guilt and prophecies of doom to ensure the players promise to be stealthy. She will offer information only in exchange for news of the outside world's beauty.

Goal

Recover the Moon Amulet before the eclipse starts in three nights.

Motivation

To prevent the upcoming eclipse from severing her tethered soul and to restore the sanctity of her former home without more blood being added to its stones.

Secret · GM only

Appearance

Sela's skin is the color of bleached bone and is translucent enough to see the silver-tinged veins beneath. Her eyes are milky orbs without pupils that faintly pulse with light, mimicking the current phase of the moon. Her hair is a chaotic mane of shimmering, spider-web thin strands that seem to float as if underwater. Despite her fragility, she moves with a ghostly, rhythmic grace that leaves no footprints in the dust. A single, dark violet vein pulses on her forehead whenever a cloud covers the moon.

Clothing

Tatters of once-fine azure silk held together by living ivy and lichen. She wears a shawl woven from the hair of mountain goats.

Body language

She leans heavily on her staff and tilts her head as if listening to music only she can hear. She avoids physical contact with other living beings.

Height
5 feet 4 inches
Build
Emaciated and skeletal
Eyes
Milk-White
Hair
Silvery-Grey
Skin
Pearlescent White
Age
247 years
Gender
Female
Size
Medium

Distinguishing features

Eyes that glow according to the moon's phase
Fingertips that leave faint phosphorescent trails on stone
A brand of a crescent moon on her throat that bleeds clear water when she is stressed

Personality

13 traits and drives

Sela is a woman of deep, hollow sorrows who speaks in riddles because the moon's light fragments her perception of time. She is fiercely protective of the mountain's sanctity yet paralyzed by the fear of her own impending death. While she is endlessly patient with the flora and fauna of her cave, she is biting and cynical toward 'blood-filled mortals' who she views as walking catastrophes waiting to spill their contents on her sacred ground.

Alignment
Neutral Good

Quirks

She hums a low, resonant frequency that vibrates the rocks nearby
She refuses to step on shadows, hopping over them even when distressed
She treats a small, flat stone as if it were a beloved pet, whispering secrets to it

Habits

Rocks back and forth when agitated
Arranges pebbles in geometric patterns that mirror constellations
Closes her eyes tight whenever anyone mentions fire

Traits · 4

Cryptic
Melancholy
Terrified of darkness
Inflexible about non-violence

Flaws · 3

Paralyzing fear of direct sunlight
Extreme physical frailty
Total reliance on a specific celestial schedule

Fears · 3

The Total Eclipse
The smell of fresh blood
Being forgotten by the stars

Wants and needs · 3

The Moon Amulet
Peace from the constant pain of the tether
Someone to acknowledge her sacrifice

Combat

AC 9 · HP 4 · 20 ft.

Sela cannot engage in direct combat. If attacked, she will use Fog Cloud to escape or simply weep, which causes a chilling dew to rise in the room.

Sela the Hermit

Medium humanoid (moon elf), neutral good
Armor Class9
Hit Points4
Speed20 ft.
Level0
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA
Saving ThrowsWisdomIntelligence
SkillsInsightNatureReligion
SensesBlindsight 60 ft. (limitations apply), Passive Perception 14
Languages
Common,
Elvish,
Druidic,
Sylvan
Moon-Sight. Sela is blind to the physical world but has 60 feet of blindsight as long as the moon is in the sky.
Soul Tether. Sela takes psychic damage every time a creature is killed or sheds blood within the Vampire's Castle.

Spells

Druidcraft (cantrip, transmutation). Predicts weather, lights small fires, or makes flowers bloom.
Guidance (cantrip, divination). A target gains a bonus to an ability check.
Fog Cloud (level 1, conjuration). Creates a 20-foot-radius sphere of fog.

Actions

Quarterstaff. Melee Weapon Attack: to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2 () bludgeoning damage.
Luminescent Burst. Sela releases a flash of moonlight. All creatures within 10 feet must make a Constitution save or be blinded until the end of their next turn.

Reactions

Moon's Evasion. When Sela is targeted by an attack, she can momentarily turn translucent, imposing disadvantage on the attack roll if she is in dim light or darkness.

Services they sell

Lunar Divination
Natural Lore guidance
Safe harbor in her cave

Rewards they can give

Blessing of the Moon (A temporary +1 to AC in moonlight)
A map of the castle's secret drainage pipes
A Ring of Mind Shielding (Her old wedding band)

Equipment

  • Moon-Wrought Tunic (clothing)Ragged clothes infused with the essence of the stars.
  • The Listening Stone (trinket)An ordinary stone that Sela believes transmits the whispers of the mountain.

Possessions

Staff of the Lunar Wane (Old rotted wood)
A pouch of glowing moon-lichen
The 'Listening Stone' (A smooth river pebble)

Background

Sela was once the High Oracle of the Silver Sanctum before it was seized by the vampire lord Valerius. In a desperate act of preservation, she performed the Rite of the Lithic Pulse, tethering her soul to the very stones of the castle to prevent the vampires from fully corrupting its core. This bond saved the castle's sanctity but doomed her to feel every drop of blood spilled within its walls as a physical lash upon her own spirit. Now, as the Great Eclipse approaches, she knows that if the Moon Amulet is not returned to its pedestal, the eclipse will permanently sever her soul and plunge the region into eternal night.

Role in the story

Quest Giver and Spiritual Guide. She provides the critical warning that a 'noisy' approach to the quest will result in her death and the failure of the mission.

“This bond saved the castle's sanctity but doomed her to feel every drop of blood spilled within its walls as a physical lash upon her own spirit.”
From their background
Faction
None (Formerly the Circle of the Silver Moon)

Known connections

The spirit of the mountain (Ally)
Valerius the Vampire Lord (Former student, now mortal enemy)
The local owls (Her primary spies)
Major secret · GM only
Minor secrets · GM only

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