![[RavennaPathfinder.webp]] # Ravenna _Yuan-ti Soulmonger Crime Lord | [[Gilded Gallows]] | [[Neverwinter]]_ ## Summary Called "the Viper," a yuan-ti [[Soulmonger]] whose ability to hear and command the dead carried her to the top of [[Neverwinter]]'s criminal underworld. Lover of fellow [[Soulmonger]] [[Decima Iscitarn]]. %% ## Now Bearing [[Iymrith|Lyrielle Storm]]'s grief-rage over [[Chezzaran]]'s death and [[Decima Iscitarn|Decima]]'s war with the [[Whispered Watch]]. With Decima now broken from the Gallows and gone to ground, Ravenna is her only refuge — and her love for Decima is pulling the church toward deposing [[Dagult Neverember]] outright. ## Appearance Olive skin marked with faint scale patterns that catch the light, golden serpentine eyes. Moves with fluid grace and hisses faintly when excited. ## Personality A cold, calculating predator who enjoys the manipulation as much as the kill and takes sadistic pleasure in fear. She treats violence as both tool and art. Tender only with [[Decima Iscitarn]], the one person who shares her burden. Pauses mid-conversation to listen to voices no one else hears, and smiles when she delivers a threat. ## Quote _"The dead whisper such delicious secrets about your loved ones. Shall I tell you what your mother's final moments will sound like, or would you prefer to hear it firsthand?"_ ## Connections **[[Decima Iscitarn]]** — lover; the only other who understands what they are. **[[Jareth Giltgrave]]** — founder who discovered and groomed her; she reports to him. **[[Iymrith|Lyrielle Storm]]** — patron; her demands drive the current crisis. **[[Mirran]]** — Storm Giant princess; client for the strike on the royal family. **[[Nym]]** — Storm Giant princess; client alongside Mirran. **[[Peggy Deadbells]]** — [[Soulmonger]] of her own creation. ## Background **The Creation:** Orphaned and subjected to the [[Sewn Sisters]]' experiments, she emerged as one of the first successful [[Soulmonger]]s. [[Jareth Giltgrave]] found her in a forgotten temple of [[Mask]] and raised her as the [[Gilded Gallows]]' perfect weapon. **The Love Story:** She clashed with [[Decima Iscitarn]] when expanding into [[Neverwinter]] — bitter rivals until a vicious fight revealed they could hear each other among their consumed souls. Rivalry became love. **The Rise:** She executed the "Viper's Kiss Massacre" to wipe out rival [[Vasco Vane]] and his loyalists, then waged war on [[Eldrana Moonbane]] and the [[Black Network]] — [[Decima Iscitarn|Decima]] cut out Eldrana's tongue as a gift. **The Contract:** [[Iymrith|Lyrielle Storm]] connected her with Storm Giant princesses [[Mirran]] and [[Nym]], who wanted Queen [[Neri]] killed and King [[Hekaton]] taken. She brought the job to [[Jareth Giltgrave]], putting the organization at the center of a continent-spanning crisis. ## Stats *Medium Humanoid (Yuan-ti), Neutral Evil — soulmonger crime lord, [[Jareth Giltgrave]]'s protégé.* **AC** 17 | **HP** 150 (20d8 + 60) | **Speed** 30 ft. **CR** 12 (8,400 XP) | **Proficiency Bonus** +4 | STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | 12 (+1) | 20 (+5) | 16 (+3) | 16 (+3) | 15 (+2) | 20 (+5) | **Saving Throws** Dex +9, Wis +6 **Skills** Deception +9, Insight +6, Stealth +9 **Damage Immunities** Poison **Condition Immunities** Poisoned **Senses** Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 12 **Languages** Common, Abyssal, Draconic ### Traits **Magic Resistance.** Advantage on saves against spells and magical effects. **Soul Sight.** Ravenna can see and speak with the souls of creatures that died within the last 24 hours near her. **Sneak Attack (1/Turn).** Extra 18 (4d6) damage when she has Advantage or an ally is within 5 feet of the target. ### Actions **Multiattack.** Ravenna makes three *Viper's Kiss* attacks. **Viper's Kiss.** *Melee Attack Roll:* +9, reach 5 ft. *Hit:* 9 (1d8 + 5) piercing plus 7 (2d6) poison and 3 (1d6) psychic damage. **Command the Fearful (Recharge 5–6).** Ravenna casts *suggestion* or, on a 30-foot cone, *fear* (save DC 17). **Soul Harvest.** *Ranged Spell Attack:* +9, range 30 ft., against a creature at or below half its hit points. *Hit:* 18 (4d8) necrotic damage, and Ravenna gains that many temporary hit points. If this drops the target to 0, she learns its surface secrets. ### Reactions **Serpent's Recoil.** When hit by a melee attack, Ravenna moves up to half her Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks. ### Notes CR 12 striker/manipulator, built to fight beside [[Jareth Giltgrave]] and [[Decima Iscitarn]]. She isolates a target with *suggestion*/*fear*, knives it, and finishes with Soul Harvest to heal. No legendary resistance — hard control locks her down, so she's far deadlier in her own halls with the Gallows around her than caught alone. %%