Seryn is an aged woman, accomplished and beautiful at the age of 58. PCs are likely to meet her at her inn, the Sorcerer’s Return. It is a bustling inn and bar, in an affordable (for adventurers) part of town. Although it is well-kept and busy, it still attracts just the kind of element most PCs will flock to- slightly criminal, a little shady, but well-lit enough to avoid most trouble. It boasts magical Dancing Lights on the walls, private booths/rooms, special rates for party banquets, and, most importantly, Happy Hour! Seryn can be seen watching from the balcony most of the time the place is open, smiling in a motherly fashion and humming along with the music. She makes her way about the floor, remembering patrons’ names and professions, welcoming their return and celebrating their victories. She’ll ruffle hair, recall birthdays, and generally make her inn a favourite for all of its patrons. However, when she taps her cane on the floor, all of the staff immediately come to attention and look her way. Seryn is a redoubtable woman, in full control of her staff and faculties. A demonstration of her disarming and pinning a barbarian, using only her walking-cane, is usually enough to settle her patrons. But then, when threatened, she uses her words, verbally excoriating and eviscerating her opponent. She dresses them down like the fiercest drillmaster combined with your favourite grandmother, and is a force to make Paladins tremble. None who have witnessed one of these epic dressings-down repeat the behavior which warranted it (hurting one of her employees certainly qualifies). She wears a jeweled bauble about her neck on a chain, and often plays with it idly. Those who get to know her well over a glass of fine wine one evening may even convince her to speak about it, and she tells the story of her love, the wizard Taldor, who showed it to her in the event that he ever was to die. With a tear in her eye, she’ll recount the story of the day, fifteen years gone, that his party returned with his lifeless body, drained by some undead creature. She took the gem from his body and has worn it ever since. A keen-eyed observer will notice that the gem inside the golden framework is incredibly valuable- a diamond worth at least 10,000 gold pieces. Those who are even more keen-eyed (with a Detect Magic spell) will notice that the gem radiates necromantic magic, and has been storing poor Taldor’s soul these long twenty years. Seryn is blissfully unaware of this, and PCs might choose to aid her... or steal the gem. Statistics: Neutral Good Level 9 Bard (retired). (Originally posted on Game Masters Stash on 1 July 2018) Categories All Comments are closed.
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