Sidhesheghlien
Below is the description of a sidheshegh called Meallien Taurlashir. I used the Van Ricten's Guide to Ghosts to create her. I've neglected to give her game statistics because in my opinion sidhesheghlien really are not meant to get involved in physical combat; they are the agents of role-playing.
Meallien Tuarlashir, Sidheshegh
Magnitude:
All sidhesheghlien, including Meal, are spirits of the fifth magnitude.
This is due to the fact that death for an elf is completely unatural and
thus extremely traumatic. What this means is that she is incredibly powerful
and it is unwise to anger or cross her.
Physical Consistency:
Meallie is semicorporeal. She has no true body, and those attempting
to touch will always pass through her instead. However, wherever she goes
she is able to bear a material scabbard which holds the blade Muarshegh
(man's blood), a tighmaevril weapon.
Physical appearence:
Meallie appears as a beutiful young elf dressed in a pure white dress
made from elven lace. On her chest is a dark red bloodstain, and attached
to her hip is a belt from which her sword hangs. She moves with incredible
grace, her feet never touching the ground. All around her is a faint siver
glow similar to that of a full moon shining through the clouds. Her voice
is calm and sweet, at times like a summer breeze, at others like a babbling
brook.
When around humans she speaks in a curt manner, and no man is able
to meet her gaze.
Origins of the ghost:
Vengeance. Meallie was slain in cold blood by humans who were invading
her realm. Many times she had sought to appease them, but the riches
of the forest spoke louder than her words. In a final dramatic battle her
arboreal palace near the Sielwode was burned before her eyes before she
and all her people were put to the sword. As soon as her spirit was thrown
out of her
body she retaliated by slaying all those responsible for the massacre.
Her hatred for humanity has only intensified with the centuries.
Anchor:
An item, the sword Muarshegh, which was the revered artifact of her
kingdom, passing down from monarch to heir (Something that happened three
times in all its history). The sword is a finely wrought longsword with
a bluish grey blade of tighmaevril and a hilt wrought of gold. The hilt
is in the form of a tree encircled by ivy, with ivy leaves serving as the
hand guard. Besides being wrought from tighmaevril it is also a sword +1,
+2 against humans. The sword is also cursed in that any human who wields
it will one day be slain by it.
Trigger:
Event, Meallie appears once every century when three of Abryniss' fellow
planets (here's some more of that cosmology stuff) in a way that gives
haelyn's comstellation a sword.
Extraordinary powers:
Meallie retains her former bloodabilities. Her bloodline was Masela,
major, 36, and her abilities were: resistence (major), elemental control
(great), and divine aura (major).
Her transformance to a sidheshegh has enhanced her elemental control
so she now has two elementals under her control, both formed from the sidhebhaine
of her lost people.
She also has the power to, once every three hours, conjure galeforce
winds for round. She can also charm humans who meet her gaze. No saving
throw is allowed for three weeks after the victim is charmed.
Habits:
In her quest to avenge her lost people Meallie has fallen into a recognizable
pattern. Every time that the planets are right there is a great festival
held in honor of Haelyn. Many heads of state tend to gather for these feasts,
forming alliances and intrigues. Meallie generally appears at one of these
feasts(many are held throughout cerilia) stating that only the greatest
of the rulers present will be able to unsheath the sword at her waist.
Naturaly all the rulers will try, but will be unable to do so. She
will then say that none are worthy...yet. She then says that she will
return to the same locale one year hence and that the greatest ruler at
that time shall pull out the sword.
Naturally what she is trying to do here is start a major war between
the rulers of the kingdoms which will result in bloodshed and waste of
life. This event meets varying levels of success, the largest being when
she appears before major contenders for the iron throne. Of course the
greatest ruler is slain by the sword later due to its curse. After this
the sword wanders from victim to kiler for another decade or so before
vanishing.
By Bearcat
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