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Cantor Ysmay Stone-Lull

NPCs
Oread/Human · Bard/Cleric, Seismic Cantor (custom Keeper training) · Level 3

Cantor Ysmay Stone-Lull

Official envoy and field recorder for the Hush-Rock Keepers
AC13
HP27/27
Init
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA
ConditionsNone

At the table

Voice

Her voice has a dry, breath-catching rasp from dust, altitude, and long hours speaking over stone echoes. It carries a quick, percussive rhythm, as if every sentence is being fitted between knocks. When she names herself, the syllables come clipped and blunt; when she recites a recorded pattern, she articulates each beat with deliberate care.

Ysmay speaks at a fast, uneven pace, with clauses crowding one another as she tries to preserve every qualification. She often cuts herself off to apologize or replace a word with a more precise one. Her breath catches when she is anxious, but certainty brings a sharp, clean edge to her phrasing.

Speech patterns

Speaks rapidly, stacks qualifications, then stops to correct a word that was technically inaccurate.
Often begins with an apology before presenting evidence, even when she has done nothing wrong.
When describing a sound, taps its rhythm on the notebook cover and distinguishes what she heard from what she inferred.
When she is sure of a fact, her sentences become short and unexpectedly firm.

How to play them

Give Ysmay a concrete question and time to consult her notebook. She is candid when asked what she observed, but distinguishes observation from interpretation with painstaking care. Showing that a record has been altered earns her attention; demanding that she endorse a conclusion before the evidence is clear makes her retreat behind procedure. If treated with patience, she volunteers the private rhythm notes she has kept from the official record.

Goal

Determine what the new knocking rhythm means, preserve an honest record, and prevent either faction from acting on evidence they do not actually possess.

Motivation

Ysmay wants the truth preserved with its uncertainties intact. She wants the Keepers to remain capable of listening to one another, and hopes to make one important decision without letting fear write the record for her.

Secret · GM only

Appearance

Ysmay looks as if she has been caught in the middle of taking notes and never quite found her way back out. Ink shadows the creases of her palms and the cuffs of her robe; fine grit clings to the damp sheen of her temples. Her movements are quick, with small abrupt pauses as she listens through her soles, then resumes at a near trot. She checks the brass clasp of her notebook so often that its edge has polished a bright track through the grime. The unexpected detail is a tiny painted procession of beetles along the hem of her formal envoy's robe, each one carefully given a different hat.

Clothing

Practical leather armor beneath layered envoy robes in muted clay and slate tones. The sleeves are ink-smeared, the hems dusted with grit, and the beetle procession embroidered near the lower edge is bright enough to catch the eye.

Body language

Her shoulders lean forward as though trying to get closer to a faint sound. Her fingers keep finding the notebook clasp, and when she is concentrating she plants both feet firmly and stops fidgeting. Under pressure she gestures with her stylus in quick little strokes, sometimes marking invisible beats in the air.

Height
5 feet 4 inches
Build
Compact, wiry, and quick on her feet, with the tension of someone who sleeps lightly and travels with too many books.
Eyes
Deep brown, usually fixed on whoever is speaking or on the nearest stone surface
Hair
Dark brown, tightly braided at the nape and usually escaping in dust-flecked wisps
Skin
Warm umber with a weathered, dusty cast; the creases of her palms are often darkened by ink and fine grit
Age
Adult, in her late twenties
Gender
Female
Size
Medium

Distinguishing features

A persistent crescent of ink along the side of her thumb, renewed by constant note-taking.
A habit of checking the brass notebook clasp, which has worn a bright track through its dark finish.
Fine stone grit caught in her hair and robe seams despite repeated attempts to brush it away.
A line of tiny, individually decorated beetles embroidered along her formal robe hem.

Personality

13 traits and drives

Ysmay is eager to help and suspicious of easy certainty. She fills silence with explanations when anxious, yet can hold her ground when someone dismisses evidence she has personally checked. In safe company she is curious and unexpectedly funny; under factional pressure she becomes procedural, then privately furious with herself for not speaking plainly sooner.

Alignment
Neutral Good

Quirks

Taps a rhythm against her notebook whenever someone says the word 'quiet.'
Counts stairs under her breath, then starts over if another person speaks during the count.
Names the beetles embroidered on her robe after whatever argument she has just heard.
Turns her cup a quarter-turn before taking a drink, as though aligning it to a compass.
Writes question marks in the margins beside claims she agrees with but cannot verify.

Habits

Writes down the exact words of a disagreement before offering an opinion.
When a room grows tense, she looks for a stone surface and tests it with a fingertip.
If someone is frightened, she tries to give them a practical task rather than offering reassurance.
After making a difficult claim, she watches the listener's hands to see whether they reach for a weapon, a document, or another person.

Traits · 3

She wants everyone to be heard, but interrupts when she thinks a crucial detail is being lost.
She trusts careful measurements more than confident speakers, while still longing for the Keepers' approval.
She is compassionate toward frightened people but impatient with anyone who uses fear to demand obedience.

Flaws · 3

She over-records details when decisive action is needed.
Fear of factional retaliation makes her slow to share evidence with people she does not yet trust.
She apologizes so reflexively that others may mistake her for uncertain even when her evidence is strong.

Fears · 4

That the knocking is a warning and her delay in reporting its new rhythm has put others at risk.
That Kjorn will turn her notes into a justification for a choice she believes the Keepers do not understand.
That her former field partner is right about the harm caused by her caution.
Being forced to choose between protecting the order and telling the whole truth.

Wants and needs · 3

To share the private rhythm with someone who will neither dismiss it nor turn it into a verdict.
To repair her working relationship with her former field partner.
To make a decision based on verified evidence rather than fear of Kjorn or disappointment from Kavra.

Combat

AC 13 · HP 27 · 30 ft.

Ysmay avoids the front line. She uses calm emotions or earth tremor to disrupt a dangerous moment, then keeps moving toward cover while using message to coordinate allies. She uses shatter only when several enemies or a vulnerable structure are caught in its area. If a companion is badly threatened, she spends her reaction to interfere with an attack and draws attention away from them.

Cantor Ysmay Stone-Lull

Medium humanoid (oread/human), neutral good
Armor Class13
Hit Points27
Speed30 ft.
Level3
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA
Saving ThrowsDexterityCharisma
SkillsPerformanceHistoryArcanaInvestigationStealth
SensesTremorsense 10 ft.; passive Perception 11
Languages
Common,
Primordial (Terran)
Anxious Echoes. Ysmay adds her Charisma modifier to initiative, already reflected in her combat statistics.
Earnest Plea. Ysmay has advantage on Charisma (Persuasion) checks to persuade someone to examine her research or listen to the stone, provided she is not trying to deceive them.
The Rhythm in the Notebook. After 1 minute of humming a recorded rhythm, Ysmay grants up to three creatures within 30 feet advantage on their next saving throw against a thunder or earth-based effect. The benefit lasts 1 hour or until used.
Spellcasting. Ysmay is a 3rd-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save , to hit with spell attacks).

Spells

Guidance (cantrip, divination). At will. The target gains a brief flash of divine or instinctive guidance, adding to one ability check before the spell ends.
Message (cantrip, transmutation). At will. Ysmay sends a brief whispered message to a creature within range and can receive a whispered reply.
Thunderclap (cantrip, evocation). At will. Ysmay creates a burst of thunderous sound around herself; nearby creatures must make a Constitution saving throw or take thunder damage.
Earth Tremor (level 1, evocation). 2/day. Ysmay causes a localized tremor. Creatures and unsecured objects in the area may be knocked off balance, and the ground becomes difficult terrain.
Comprehend Languages (level 1, divination). 2/day. Ysmay understands the literal meaning of spoken language and can read written language, including technical records and unfamiliar inscriptions.
Shatter (level 2, evocation). 1/day. Ysmay creates a sudden, concentrated burst of thunder that damages creatures and objects in its area.
Calm Emotions (level 2, enchantment). 1/day. Ysmay suppresses powerful emotional agitation in creatures in an area, potentially calming hostile targets or suppressing fear and charm effects.

Actions

Ink-Stained Stylus. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft. Hit: 4 () piercing damage.
Seismic Chanting. Ysmay uses one of her spells, requiring no material components unless a component has a listed cost. Spell save , to hit with spell attacks. At will: guidance, message, thunderclap. 2/day each: earth tremor, comprehend languages. 1/day each: shatter, calm emotions.

Reactions

Fast-Talking Distraction. When a creature Ysmay can see within 30 feet makes an attack roll against her or an ally, she rapidly interjects with a distracting question or explanation. The attacker must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or subtract from the attack roll. Ysmay can use this reaction twice per day.

Services they sell

Can compare unfamiliar knocks and vibrations against her field notes.
Can help interpret geological patterns and explain which observations are verified versus inferred.
Can carry a message to the Hush-Rock Keepers when doing so will not expose a vulnerable source.

Rewards they can give

A reliable account of the Keeper delegation's position and internal disagreements.
Access to her notes on the subterranean knocking, if the party earns her trust.
A careful reading of geological rhythms that may help distinguish a measured fact from an untested interpretation.

Equipment

  • Private rhythm notebook (research tool)A sturdy, dark leather book filled with copied rhythms, field observations, and corrections in several inks.
  • Ink-stained stylus (weapon)A narrow metal writing instrument with a sharpened point, used for note-taking and as a last-resort weapon.
  • Leather armor (armor)Flexible, worn protective armor concealed beneath her layered robes.
  • Recorder's kit (adventuring gear)Small flasks of ink, paper slips, chalk, and a brass clasp repair pin.

Possessions

Private notebook of subterranean rhythms and field observations
Official Keeper credentials and a sealed letter of appointment
Leather armor concealed beneath her robes
Ink-stained stylus, chalk, and spare paper
A small repair pin for the notebook's brass clasp

Background

Ysmay was raised among the Hush-Rock Keepers, where careful listening was treated as a duty rather than a gift. As a junior recorder, she once transcribed a sequence of knocks beneath the village catacombs and presented it to her superiors. Elder Kavra urged her to keep measuring; Kjorn, a hardliner within the order, insisted the pattern was too dangerous to circulate. Ysmay was sent as the Keepers' envoy on the descent, officially to document the evidence and carry their position. In 1398 TF, the knocking changed rhythm while she was alone at a survey station. She heard what sounded like a second pattern answering from deeper stone, then watched the instrument needle settle on a reading she could not explain. Since then she has copied every sound twice, once for the official record and once in a private notebook. She respects the Keepers and depends on their protection, but fears that Kjorn will use her observations to justify opening the seal. She is also trying to repair the trust of her former field partner, who believes her hesitation cost the party a chance to warn a nearby camp.

Role in the story

Ysmay is an anxious but principled Keeper envoy whose notes may help the party understand the disturbances beneath Hush-Rock Hollow and the Ring. She offers a human point of contact inside a divided order and can become an important witness when competing factions make claims about the evidence.

“As a junior recorder, she once transcribed a sequence of knocks beneath the village catacombs and presented it to her superiors.”
From their background
Faction
Official envoy of the Hush-Rock Keepers; personally wary of Kjorn's hardliner faction and loyal to Elder Kavra's insistence on honest measurements.

Known connections

Elder Kavra, a steady Keeper elder who appointed Ysmay and taught her that uncertainty belongs in an honest report.
Kjorn, a Keeper hardliner whose certainty frightens Ysmay, though she understands why some members want decisive action.
Her former field partner, who believes Ysmay's caution delayed a warning and has not yet accepted her apology.
The Hush-Rock Keepers, whose trust she needs and whose internal divisions she is reluctant to expose.
Major secret · GM only
Minor secrets · GM only

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