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Per Ione Messina

Selene, the Cloudening Moon

Human–Dragonborn Bard (College of Spirits)
Age 60 · Neutral Good · Voice of the Remembered

Once the younger sister of the stormborn Astra, Selene survived what her sister could not. Where Astra burned bright and fast, Selene endured — her fire turned inward, her music made of echoes and memory. Half human and half dragon, she now wanders a world unraveling, carrying her sister’s sapphire at her throat and a book of songs no one remembers how to sing.

Her bardic gift is not simple performance. When Selene sings, forgotten spirits stir; when she stops, silence itself seems to listen. Her voice is said to mend the edges of dreams, or sometimes tear them wider. She travels light, speaks little, and writes by moonlight in a tongue half her own and half the dead’s.

Those who meet her remember the stillness more than the words — a feeling that someone was listening to the world itself breathe.

“I’m Selene — once a singer, now mostly an echo.
My sister Astra was the storm; I’m what’s left when the thunder fades.
I travel with her sapphire and a few songs the world forgot.
If I seem quiet, it’s only because I’m listening — the sky has been trying to speak again.”

Selene is a Bard (d8 Hit Die), with Constitution 14 (+2 modifier).

At Level 1, hit points are:

8 (base from Bard) + 2 (Con modifier) = 10 hp

Core Stats Summary

Attribute Score Modifier

Strength 8 −1
Dexterity 13 +1
Constitution 14 +2
Intelligence 10 +0
Wisdom 15 +2
Charisma 20 +5

HP: 10 (8 + 2 Con)
AC: 13 (Leather Armor + Dex)
Proficiency Bonus: +2
Spell Save DC: 15 (8 + 2 + 5)
Spell Attack Bonus: +7
Skills: Performance (E), Insight (E), Persuasion, Perception, Arcana, History

Selene at this stage is already preternaturally gifted: her voice and presence are her defense, not her blade

Cantrips: Vicious Mockery, Minor Illusion, Message
1st-Level Spells Known (4):
• Cure Wounds — healing through harmonic resonance.
• Faerie Fire — moonlight revealing truth.
• Dissonant Whispers — the first stirring of the “Verse of Boring.”
• Detect Magic — tuning into the world’s faint unraveling hum.

Narrative Position – The First Light after Loss

Again at Level 1 after partial massive memory loss, Selene has only just stepped beyond the ashes of her sister’s storm. She is:

In exile from her past life. The bard who once sang in courts now sings to ruins and forgotten graves.

Haunted. Astra’s sapphire hums faintly, but its full resonance lies dormant.

Drawn to the unraveling. She senses the world’s sickness — whispers under moonlight that sound too much like memory.

Rooted in silence. Her songs are sparse, half-prayer, half-warning; when she stops, the world seems to hush in answer.

Psychological and Emotional State

Loss: Astra’s death is fresh; Selene still half expects her sister’s voice to answer.

Purpose: Unclear — she travels because standing still feels like dying again.

Gift or curse: Her music touches spirits; she’s not sure whether she’s invoking them or they’re invoking her.

Manner: Gentle, wry, composed on the surface — the still eye of an unseen storm.