Alviana Shadowsworn
Defense
AC: 16, touch 11, flat-footed 15 (+5 armor, +1 Dex)
HP: 27 (6d8)
Fort: +5 Ref: +3 Will: +9
Defensive Abilities: resist nature’s lure
Offense
Speed: 30 ft.
Melee: scimitar +3 (1d6–1/18–20)
Ranged: sling +5 (1d4–1)
Special Attacks: wild shape 2/day
Spells Prepared: (CL 6th; concentration +10) 3rd—call lightning (DC 17), invisibility, poison (DC 17) 2nd—barkskin, chill touch (DC 16), gust of wind (DC 16), summon swarm 1st—cure light wounds, entangle (DC 15), magic stone, touch of fatigue (DC 15) 0 (at will)—detect magic, disrupt undead, guidance, ray of frost
Statistics
Str: 8 Dex: 12 Con: 10 Int: 14 Wis: 18 Cha: 13
Base Atk: +4 CMB: +3 CMD: 14
Feats: Alertness, Augment Summoning, Natural Spell, Shade of the Uskwood (see below)
Skills: Bluff +3, Diplomacy +4, Disguise +3, Fly +5, Handle Animal +10, Heal +10, Knowledge (arcana) +3, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +3, Knowledge (geography) +6, Knowledge (history) +4, Knowledge (local) +3, Knowledge (nature) +11, Knowledge (nobility) +3, Knowledge (religion) +5, Perception +13, Sense Motive +8, Stealth +1, Survival +15, Swim +1
SQ: nature bond (owl companion named Sootsable), nature sense, trackless step, wild empathy +7, woodland stride
Languages: Common, Druidic, Shadowtongue, Varisian
Combat Gear: potion of cure serious wounds, scroll of ice storm, wand of chill metal (10 charges), goodberries (8)
Other Gear: +1 hide armor, scimitar, sling with 10 bullets, pearl of power (1st level), Umbrae-Token, 120 gp
Description
Female human druid of Zon-Kuthon 6
Before Combat: Alviana summons animals (preferring bats and snakes) just before battle to outnumber and overwhelm her opponents.
During Combat: Alviana prefers to stay out of direct combat, hiding either invisibly or in animal form, summoning creatures to eliminate foes.
Morale: Alviana flees if in serious danger, preferably by becoming invisible or using wild shape to become a bat.
Feats Alviana’s Shade of the Uskwood feat is only available to a sect of albino druids from Nidal allied with the church of Zon-Kuthon; this feat adds unusual spells to the druid’s spell list, removes all fire spells from it, and requires an Umbrae-Token (an effigy made of hair, twigs, and blood that counts as an unholy symbol). See page 111 of the Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting.
In darkness, secrets bloom, and Alviana, one of Nidal’s elite foreign agents, cultivates them like the most precious of flowers. Her ability to take the form of a bird allows her to maintain espionage networks in multiple countries, flitting from one to another faster than most ground transportation. She spends her days endlessly flying from asset to asset and always seems to know the perfect way to manipulate them. Some of her contacts respond to a simple bribe or threat of blackmail, while others succumb to more exotic blandishments. A few even honestly support the aims of Nidal or worship Zon-Kuthon. Alviana has a predator’s instinct for spotting weakness, and she never hesitates to exploit whatever opening a target presents. Only the mission matters.
In her own life, Alviana resents the influence of beauty. Though she often claims that her albinism makes her an outcast, even the other pallid druids of the Uskwood consider her ugly. She tends to despise and discount attractive people since she believes they rarely need to work for their achievements. Much of her lifelong fascination with shadows and darkness stems from her quest for a place where appearance is meaningless and only the mind matters. If it proves necessary to attain this goal, she would not hesitate to sacrifice even Sootsable, her faithful owl animal companion, perhaps the closest thing she has to a friend in the world.
Boon: In addition to her abilities as a spy and spellcaster, Alviana can give allies the blessing of shadow if she believes they would be useful to the goals of Zon-Kuthon. This blessing gives recipients a +2 bonus on weapon damage rolls made during the surprise round so long as they make the attack in an area of dim light or darkness. Recipients lose this blessing immediately if they act against the interests of Nidal or the cult of the Midnight Lord.
Source: NPC Guide, p. 23