Split Soul (Tragic Curse)
Kaelen’s soul is bound to Maelith’s Requiem. If reduced to 0 HP, he does not die — instead, he can be redeemed through a DC 18 Charisma (Persuasion) check made during combat or by returning his Soul Token (a holy symbol, found in the Hall of Soul Notes).
Aura of Dissonance (20 ft. radius)
The air hums with broken chords. All creatures starting their turn in the aura must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom save or have disadvantage on Charisma and Wisdom saves until the start of their next turn.
Conduct the Choir (Recharge 5–6)
Kaelen raises his arms and spectral singers rise from the floor, wailing in harmony. Summons 2 Spectral Stagehands (use Specter stats with minor variance). Lasts 1 minute or until dismissed. While active, Kaelen regains 5 HP at the start of his turn if any Stagehand remains.
Blade of Memory (Melee Weapon Attack). +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target
Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) psychic damage. Target must succeed on a DC 14 Int save or relive a painful memory, causing disadvantage on their next attack.
Wail of Betrayal (Recharge 5–6)
Kaelen emits a mournful scream filled with holy anguish. All creatures within 30 feet must make a DC 15 Charisma saving throw: On a fail: Take 27 (6d8) psychic damage and become frightened for 1 minute. On a success: Half damage, no frightened condition. Frightened targets may repeat the save at end of each turn.
Conducted Strike (Bonus Action)
If Kaelen or a Stagehand hits a target, Kaelen can immediately command another Stagehand to strike again (free reaction attack).
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Description
🎼 Ser Kaelen Rhyne, the Banshee Conductor
Once a knight of sacred vows. Now a phantom torn by love and betrayal.
> He floats forward like a curtain on a dead wind — a spectral figure clad in cracked, ceremonial plate, the armor warped and veined with glowing grief. His long hair sways as if underwater, white as candle ash. Where his eyes once held warmth, now they burn with pale, harmonic fire.
> In one hand, he clutches a conductor’s baton made of bone and gold, the tip splintered. With the other, he gestures to the air — and from the darkness, a silent choir rises, unseen mouths gasping and singing in reverse.
> Every movement pulses with broken rhythm, as if he conducts not music, but the raw memory of suffering. The air around him is heavy with sorrow — not rage, but something older, deeper: a love too long silenced.
> “She was the last song I sang,” he says, his voice distant and hollow. “And now, I conduct only silence.”
Kaelen’s presence should feel graceful and tragic, not monstrous — a noble soul twisted into a ghostly maestro of death. He is a mirror of Maelith’s heartbreak, consumed not by hatred, but by the need to finish the Requiem they began together.
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