A trully tragic couple, Calandryl and Cennaire live a hard life. He loves a woman who is trully a walking corpse, but he loves her all the same. She was a seductress and murderer who is trying to change for herself and for him. Thrown into this mix is an evil wizard, who hates Calandryl and made Cennaire, then sent her to kill him. Now they seek this monstrous madmand, named Anomious, to regain Cennaire's heart and try to return her to life.
Calandryl
Male human Pso3/Ftr9/Ari1; CR 24; Medium-size humanoid (human); HD 9d10+3d4+1d8; hp 148; Init +7; Spd 30 ft; AC 28 (touch 13, flat-footed 25); Atk (+11/+6/+1 base) +15/+10/+5 melee (1d8+4+1d4 lawful, +1 banesword) or +14/+9/+4 touch (by spell); SA Spells, psionics, ; SQ Psi-Sorcerer abilities; AL LG; SV Fort +15, Ref +8, Will +19; Str 17, Dex 16, Con 17, Int 17, Wis 14, Cha 19.
Height: 5 ft. 11 in.
Skills and Feats: Alchemy +87, Balance +30, Bluff +72, Concentration +80, Craft (Rods and Rings) +97, Diplomacy +82, Gather Information +72, Handle Animal +42, Heal +38, Hide +68, Innnuendo +62, Intimidate +92, Knowledge (arcana) +52, Knowledge (geography) +77, Knowledge (history) +87, Knowledge (nobility & royalty) + 77, Knowledge (the planes) +87, Knowledge (religion) +97, Listen +80, Move Silently +78, Profession (military general) +72, Ride (nightmare) +50, Search +95, Sense Motive +100, Spellcraft +97, Spot +100, Swim +26, Tumble +30; (7 feats) Combat Casting, Improved Initative, Leadership, Lichloved, Quicken spell, Spell Focus (Enchantment); (Bonus Feats: Weapon Proficiency (all but Exotic), Armor Proficiency (all), Shield Proficiency).
Special Attacks: Spells, psionics.
Special Qualities: +1 to saves vs. mind-influencing or mind-affecting powers and energy/ability drain. Undead see him as another undead.
Sorcerer Spells per Day: 6/6/6/6/5/5/4/4. Base DC = 28 + spell level, 30 + spell level for compulsion spells. Deity: Bane. Domains: Tyranny (+2 DC on compulsion spells), Hatred (+2 on attacks, saves and AC against one opponent), Destruction (smite 1/day. One single melee attack at +4 attack bonus and a damage bonus equal to cleric level).
Possessions: Cloak of resistance +3, surestriking longsword, pendant of magic detection.
Calandryll is young and clean-shaven. He has blonde hair and very blue eyes. He dresses in rider's clothes and carries a longsword as his weapon. He often wears a cloak (of resistance +3).
A noble by birth and a scholar by desire, calandryl had to leave home to prevent becoming a gelded priest and never get to be scholarly again. As he journeyed, he encountered several friends, none more life-changing than Cennaire, his love. Finding out that she was undead almost destroyed him, as did discovering his arcane and psionic talents accidently. Now, with his love Cennaire, Calandryl journeys, parted from his friends, in search of the evil wizard who wants his death and holds Cennaire's heart.
Cennaire
Female lich [unique] Rog12/Sor1; CR 15; Medium-size undead; HD 13d12; hp 148; Init +7; Spd 30 ft; AC 28 (touch 13, flat-footed 25); Atk (+11/+6/+1 base) +15/+10/+5 melee (1d8+4+1d4 lawful, +1 banesword) or +14/+9/+4 touch (by spell); SA Fear aura, spells; SQ Immunities, +4 turn resistance, DR 20/+2, undead qualities, unique qualities; SR 25; AL CN (Good tendencies); SV Fort +15, Ref +8, Will +19; Str 20 (13), Dex 17, Con --, Int 15, Wis 15, Cha 21.
Height: 5 ft. 9 in.
Skills and Feats: Alchemy +87, Balance +30, Bluff +72, Concentration +80, Craft (Rods and Rings) +97, Diplomacy +82, Gather Information +72, Handle Animal +42, Heal +38, Hide +68, Innnuendo +62, Intimidate +92, Knowledge (arcana) +52, Knowledge (geography) +77, Knowledge (history) +87, Knowledge (nobility & royalty) + 77, Knowledge (the planes) +87, Knowledge (religion) +97, Listen +80, Move Silently +78, Profession (military general) +72, Ride (nightmare) +50, Search +95, Sense Motive +100, Spellcraft +97, Spot +100, Swim +26, Tumble +30; (7 feats) Combat Casting, Craft Wondrous Item, Improved Initative, Leadership, Quicken spell, Skill Focus (Intimidate), Spell Focus (Enchantment); (Bonus Feats: Automatic Ignore Material Components (special), Weapon Proficiency (all but Exotic), Armor Proficiency (all), Shield Proficiency).
Special Attacks: Damaging Touch, Paralyzing Touch, Fear Aura, Coldfire, Despair, Grasp of Death, Doom Gaze, Voice of Maleficence, Spells (Baneliches automatically make use of the Ignore Material Component feat).
Special Qualities: Unique Qualities: Cennaire is similar to a lich, but not exactly as one. She has no touch attacks, only a bare knowledge of magic, and an unstandard phylactery. It is her heart, which is sealed in a pyxis. If this box is destroyed, her heart will perish, and her with it. If she is otherwise destroyed, she does remain dead. Also, her body does not decay or feel dead. She has a blush of health, soft skin, and feels warm to the touch, with only the lack of a heartbeat to give her away. TR +4, SR 25, Lich Sight, Fast Healing 5, Fire Resistance 10, DR 20/+2.
Sorcerer Spells per Day: 6/6/6/6/5/5/4/4. Base DC = 28 + spell level, 30 + spell level for compulsion spells. Deity: Bane. Domains: Tyranny (+2 DC on compulsion spells), Hatred (+2 on attacks, saves and AC against one opponent), Destruction (smite 1/day. One single melee attack at +4 attack bonus and a damage bonus equal to cleric level).
Possessions: cloak of resistance +5, boots of elvenkind, dagger, rapier, stone of giant's strength. A stone of giant's strength (acts as belt) is permanently embedded within Cennaire's body, giving her the enhanced strength she enjoys.
Upon first sight, Cennaire looks no different than any strikingly beautiful woman. She has long, flowing black hair, large, almost liquid brown eyes, and smooth skin the color of fresh cream. Only if you saw her bare chest would you have even a clue that something is amiss, and even then, you probably wouldn't. Cennaire has a scar across her left breast, (where her heart was ritually removed) and a rune inscribed over it. This means little though to those not extremely knowledgeable in magic. Otherwise, she dresses as a rider, wears a cloak, and keeps her rapier and dagger near her, though she has little to fear from most individuals.
Created by an evil wizard to slay a noble prince, Cennaire was a fine choice. In life she had been a courtesain, and was the lowest of filth in her home. Sentenced to death for a murder of a money-grubbing ex-lover, she was saved from death to be greeted by it and then animated as the creature she now is. She was sent to kill Calandryl, who she easily influenced with her wiles, but subsequently fell in love with his innocence, a thing she had been unaccustomed to in her living days. She now seeks the pyxis, and a magic power strong enough to reunite her heart with her body, so that she can live her life with Calandryl, but finding the evil wizard has proven difficult.
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