![[ValindraShadowmantlePathfinder-v2.webp]] # Valindra Shadowmantle _Moon Elf Lich | [[Red Wizards]] | Unknown_ ## Summary A [[Red Wizards|Red Wizard]] lich who restored the [[Dread Ring]] and raised the ancient black dragon [[Lorragauth]] as her dracolich. She captured [[Nathaly Kormallis]] and forced her to channel souls through the [[Soulthrone]], killed [[Reese]] during the final battle, and was temporarily destroyed by [[Petra]]. Publicly demoted by [[Szass Tam]] after her failure, she now hunts [[Soulmonger]]s while secretly holding [[Lorragauth]]'s phylactery. %% ## Now Demoted by [[Szass Tam]] and assigned to hunt [[Soulmonger]]s, operating with reduced forces under her lieutenant [[Jawbone]]. She secretly holds [[Lorragauth]]'s phylactery — major treason — and wants revenge on the heroes, on [[Tashara]], and possibly on [[Szass Tam]] himself. ## Appearance Hauntingly beautiful moon elf, translucent alabaster skin, hollow emerald eyes lit from within. Platinum hair stirs on an ethereal wind; her crimson robes are trimmed with silver. ## Personality Viciously patient, pathologically vengeful, sadistically creative. She tilts her head to study others the way a predator examines prey. With [[Nathaly Kormallis]] she showed false tenderness while keeping her in chains — "my little pet" before a demonstration of total control. ## Quote _"True power isn't measured by who you control, but by how completely you can destroy those who dare oppose you."_ ## Connections **[[Szass Tam]]** — master who demoted her; a grudge she may act on. **[[Tashara]]** — former lover she sacrificed for lichdom; came back to kill her at the [[Dread Ring]]. **[[Nathaly Kormallis]]** — captured and controlled as her "pet" to channel souls. **[[Reese]]** — killed with her dark touch during the final battle. **[[Petra]]** — struck the blow that temporarily destroyed her. **[[Jawbone]]** — lieutenant leading her reduced forces. **[[Ostivar Kess]]** — diviner she sent to confirm [[Tashara]] is at [[Old Skull Tor]]; overdue and in [[Tashara]]'s hands. ## Background **The Betrayals:** She murdered her mentor [[Ilindyl Starbow]] for his arcane knowledge, then seduced the necromancer [[Tashara]] and inverted her ritual for her own lichdom when she learned Tashara meant to make her the "eighth skull." She claimed all seven of Tashara's enchanted skulls as trophies. **The Dread Ring:** Built on [[Lorragauth]]'s remains, the site amplified death magic. Using [[Acererak]]'s [[Tome of Unlife]], she planned to raise the dragon as a dracolich, and when [[Nathaly Kormallis]] delivered the Tome and revealed her [[Soulmonger]] abilities, Valindra took her as a prized pet. **The Fall:** At the [[Dread Ring]] she killed [[Reese]] after [[Sister Garaele]] refused to trade [[Nathaly Kormallis]] for his life. [[Klauth]] burst in battling [[Lorragauth]] while [[Artus Cimber]], [[Tashara]] (in Nathaly's body), and the heroes overwhelmed her; [[Petra]] struck the final blow. ## Stats Use `![[Lich]]` with these changes: - **Thayan Phylactery.** Her phylactery is hidden in [[Thay]] under [[Szass Tam]]'s protection — rejuvenation is effectively guaranteed unless the party campaigns to reach it. - **Signature Spells.** Swap two prepared spells for *finger of death* and *wall of ice*; she favors cold and necrotic. - **Undying Patience.** She serves the Red Wizards' design and would rather retreat and rebuild than die for one fight. ### Notes A recurring Red Wizard lich — run the library `![[Lich]]` block as written; the changes above just theme her and explain why killing her body never sticks. The real "kill" is a story arc against the phylactery in Thay. %%