![[Selthara.png]] # Selthara Mourne _Elf High Priestess | [[Maidens of Misfortune]] | [[Yartar]]_ ## Summary The last surviving royal diviner of fallen [[Shilrua]], transformed by witnessing her city's destruction into [[Beshaba]]'s High Priestess. Her warnings about the Elder Brain were ignored by the Mage Council over a thousand years ago. She has spent centuries ensuring such "willful blindness" is punished across the realms. Killed by the heroes during the final battle against [[Beregond]] in the Halls of Calamity beneath [[Yartar]]. %% ## At a Glance Impossibly ancient elf, tall and skeletal with eerie grace. Paper-thin skin over angular features, covered in writhing tattoos that chronicle every disaster she's witnessed or caused. Eyes are pools of pure ink—no iris, no white. Shadowed crimson robes drink in light. Bears the cracked crown of [[Shilrua]] as a reminder of royal failure. Speaks in archaic patterns with unnatural pauses. Fingers constantly trace invisible patterns. ## Personality Eerily serene. Fatalistic. Patient as eternity. Bitter about ignored wisdom. Views ignored warnings as invitations to disaster—if people refuse to heed them, perhaps they deserve the catastrophes that follow. ## Quote _"I warned them of the madness beneath Shilrua. They called me paranoid. Now I ensure the willfully blind receive the misfortune they court."_ ## Background **The Diviner:** Princess Selthara served as royal diviner in ancient [[Shilrua]] over a thousand years ago. When her visions revealed the danger of linking the dormant Elder Brain to the city's mythal, [[Thalorien Duskwalker]] and the Mage Council dismissed her warnings and proceeded with their experiments—unleashing the [[Cacophony]] and dooming the city. **The Survivor:** As the only survivor of [[Shilrua]]'s royal court, she watched her entire civilization fall to psionic madness. In her grief and rage at being proven right too late, she embraced [[Beshaba]]—the goddess who governs misfortunes that befall those foolish enough to ignore obvious dangers. **The Priestess:** Became [[Beshaba]]'s High Priestess, dedicating her immortal existence to ensuring willful blindness receives its inevitable reward. Served alongside [[Beregond]] conducting rituals to transform [[Yartar]] into a permanent misfortune site. ## Stats **Custom (CR 10):** AC 16, HP 144, Legendary Resistance 2/day. Fate's Threads aura (disadvantage on d20 rolls within 5 ft). Multiattack with Fate Dagger (2d6+5 piercing + 4d8 necrotic) or Oracle's Vision (4d12+5 psychic, learns target's secret). Spellcasting: at will *thaumaturgy*; 3/day *bane, fear, counterspell*; 1/day *harm, mass suggestion*. %%