![[AvareenePathfinder-v2.webp]] # Avareene _Lich | [[Shadow Thieves]] | [[Skullport]]_ ## Summary A powerful lich known as "Sightless" who became the Lich Queen of [[Skullport]] and led the [[Shadow Thieves]]. She was [[Marlos Urnrayle]]'s mother (under the false identity "Cyndane") and [[Xyrbwynn]]'s grandmother, whom she transformed into a medusa using the [[Snake Ring]]. Allied with [[Graz'zt]], she helped prepare [[Demon Gate]]s across the [[Sword Coast]]. The heroes destroyed her during their assault on [[Skullport]], but she revealed she had given the [[Snake Ring]] to [[Graz'zt]] before dying. Her phylactery was never found. %% ## Now _Deceased — destroyed by the heroes during their assault on [[Skullport]], though her phylactery was never found._ ## Personality Vengeful and patient, a manipulator who poisoned households and built power over decades. She views everyone as a tool for revenge against those who wronged her. ## Connections **[[Marlos Urnrayle]]** — son (as "Cyndane"); she destroyed his face and raised him as an undead weapon. **[[Xyrbwynn]]** — granddaughter, whom she turned into a medusa with the [[Snake Ring]]. **[[Graz'zt]]** — demonic ally; she gave him the [[Snake Ring]] before dying. **[[Isabel Urnrayle]]** — granddaughter. **[[Xanathar]]** — raised him as her Death Tyrant to seize [[Skullport]]. ## Background **Infiltration:** Originally a [[Xanathar Guild]] mage and slaver, she murdered and replaced Rafaela Urnrayle to infiltrate the noble family as "Cyndane," becoming mother to [[Marlos Urnrayle]] and poisoning the household with years of manipulation. She destroyed [[Marlos Urnrayle|Marlos]]' face and gave him [[Ogremoch]]'s teachings, later raising him as an undead weapon. **The Lich Queen:** After fleeing the Urnrayle estate she became a lich and the Lich Queen of [[Skullport]], leading the [[Shadow Thieves]] in revenge against the [[Xanathar Guild]] that had banished her. Her assassination campaigns killed [[Masked Lords]] and [[Lanniver Strayl]]. **The Demon Plot:** As an ally of [[Graz'zt]], she helped prepare [[Demon Gate]]s across the [[Sword Coast]]. Maps recovered from her [[Tower of Seven Woes]] revealed the Amn invasion was merely a distraction for [[Graz'zt]]'s demonic assault. Her defenses in [[Skullport]] included an undead [[Xanathar]]. %%