STR 14 (+2)
DEX 16 (+3)
CON 14 (+2)
INT 16 (+3)
WIS 16 (+3)
CHA 20 (+5)
HP 115
AC 14 (Leather armor)
Racial Traits:
Darkvision
Fey Ancestry
Trance
Languages: Common, Elvish, Dwarvish, Primordial, Sylvan,
Thieves’ cant
Proficiencies(+6)
Armor: Light
Weapons: Longsword, Shortsword, Shortbow, Longbow, Simple
weapons, Hand x-bows, Rapiers
Tools: Cards, Disguise kit, Forgery kit, Lute, Thieves’
tools
Saves: Dexterity +9, Intelligence +9
Skills: Arcana +9, History +15, Insight +15,
Investigation +15, Medicine +9, Perception +15, Performance +11, Persuasion
+17, Religion +9, Stealth +15, Survival +9
Feats
Researcher
* * *
Expertise (History, Insight, Investigation, Persuasion)
Sneak Attack
Cunning Action
Roguish Archetype: Mastermind
- Master of Intrigue
- Master of Tactics
- Insightful Manipulator
* * *
Spellcasting
Bardic Inspiration (d8/5x)
Jack of All Trades
Song of Rest(d6)
Bard College: Lore
Expertise (Stealth, Perception)
Font of Inspiration
Countercharm
Cutting Words
Additional Magical
Secrets
Spellcasting
Spell DC: 19
Atk Mod: +11
Spells Known: 11
At-will (3): Friends, Minor Illusion, Vicious Mockery
L1(4): Comprehend languages, Cure wounds, Detect magic, Expeditious Retreat
L2(3): Enhance Ability, Locate Object, Lesser Restoration
L3(3): Counterspell,
Feign Death, Nondetection, Tongues
L4(2): Greater invisibility, Polymorph
Equipment
Rapier; Melee; +9 to hit; 1d8 +3 piercing; Finesse
Shortsword; Melee; +9 to hit; 1d6 +3 piercing; Finesse,
Light
Daggers(2); Melee; +9
to hit; 1d4 +3 piercing; Finesse, Light, Thrown (20/60).
Leather armor; Defensive; AC 11 + Dex
Burglar’s pack
Thieves’ tools
The current Chief Archivist of the Adamantine Archive is Selne Venestar. She’s fairly new, having held the position for only 50
years. Many people questioned her selection as Chief Archivist, given her
rather ‘colorful’ past.
The illegitimate child of a Goldsun noble, Selne’s
childhood was spent being shuffled from one reluctant relative to another
before she packed her things and ran away.
She wound up in Darkwater, where she was befriended by a half-elf artist
named Oren Zellor. Zellor recognized Selne’s fierce intelligence and helped her
develop it, assuming the role of mentor and patron. Among Zellor’s circle of
artists and intellectuals, Selne quickly became a bright,effervescent star. And
although she felt she lacked artistic ability, she could hold her own in a
battle of wits with the best that Darkwater society could throw at her.
Eventually, Selne and Zellor parted ways. She wanted to
pursue her intellectual interests; he wanted her to serve as his muse. The
parting was unpleasant and Selne seldom speaks of her time in Darkwater.
She left the city and fell in with a band of professional
tomb raiders. As the de facto historian among the group, she soon developed a
deep and passionate love for history and its mysteries. This led her to betray
her comrades when they uncovered a sorcerous weapon from the Dark Times. Her
companions sought to sell the weapon to the highest bidder, not caring what
happened afterwards. Selne knew what could happen. She stole the weapon and fled with it to a
Temple of Lukrym, entrusting the weapon to the priests and fleeing.
For the first time in years, she returned to Goldsun where
she became embroiled in their byzantine politics. Selne played the game well,
earning something of a reputation as a wild card among the city’s political
operatives. Her father attempted to
reconcile with her at some point, but Selne rejected his overture, sensing an
ulterior motive.
Eventually, Selne grew tired of Goldsun and left the
city. She traveled south, through the Palatine Peninsula, and ventured east,
visiting the Draconic Empire. She spent
some time in the aasimar city of Pax before returning to the West. Her steps brought her to Fallen Baramir,
where she encountered the survivors of her old adventuring group, grown rich
and corrupt over the years. The meeting did not end well for anyone and Selne
sought refuge in the Adamantine Archive.
This would prove to be a major turning point in her life.
The minute Selne set foot in the Archive, she felt a sense of warmth and
belonging. She spent hours wandering the complex. No door was barred to her.
The Archive showed her all of its wonders and Selne fell in love with the
place.
She renounced the world and joined the Order of
Archivists and Caretakers. Her affinity with the Archive did not go unnoticed
and neither did its affinity for her. Everywhere Selne went in the Archive, the
building seemed to brighten.
Recognizing the signs of a potential successor, then
Chief Archivist, Alger Neshit, took Selne under his wing. The two became extremely close and it was not
an uncommon sight to come upon the elf woman and the old dwarf sage discussing
some obscure fact of history or debating political theory.
When Alger Neshit died, the Archive chose Selne as his
successor. The Archive’s choice was not unanimously approved by its archivists.
Many felt that Selne was too young or too new to the Archive to have earned the
position. Selne encouraged the dissenters to test her, to question her fitness
for the position.
In a public forum, the archivists gathered and each asked
Selne a single question. The examination took the better part of a day. When it
was done, Selne had convinced the majority of her doubters that she was,
indeed, qualified to be the Chief Archivist. Those who continued to object soon
found themselves facing the ire of the Archive itself in the form of cold
showers, colder bedrooms and stuck doors. Eventually the dissenters either left
the Archive or agreed that Selne was the right person for the job.
Nowadays no one doubts Selne’s claim to the title of
Chief Archivist. During the Draconic siege, Selne pointed out to the archivists
that they were there to serve and protect the Archive, not the other way
around. She marched out of the Archive and challenged the leader of the
Draconic Legion to personal combat. He refused, preferring to march his forces
onto the grounds. It was a decision he would not live to regret, as the
invasion triggered the Archive’s divine defenses. The Draconic forces were
devastated.
Since then, Selne has been spending more and more time in
private communion with the Archive. They are making changes, closing off whole
sections of the building, devising new additions and vaults. When asked what
she’s planning, the Chief Archivist merely smiles and counters with some
question of her own, artfully derailing all inquiries into her plans for the
future.
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