Hyskosa

At a glance

An eyeless Vistani prisoner and renowned seer freed from a metal cage chamber beneath Castle Avernus. He can nevertheless see, by a means he says is not the magical eye amulet he wears.

Portrait

• Primary reference: Hyskosa Portrait
• Canonical status: Visual baseline for Hyskosa’s silver-streaked hair, empty scarred eye sockets, narrow moustache and pointed beard, layered Vistani clothing, and brass eye amulet.

Known facts

• Hyskosa was held in the Castle Avernus Beast Prison.
• He warned the party not to trust a friendly captive woman in a red glove, calling her a spider.
• His ordinary face was an illusion. When he tore it away, the party saw that he was disfigured and had no eyes.
• Rage and Carver were overcome by grief after the reveal.
• He wears a magical eye amulet but says it is not what allows him to see.
• The party freed him, and he entered the torture chamber with them.
• Hyskosa used Rage’s blood to create a scrying pool, enabling visions of Azalin, Ebbasheyth, Ankhtepot, Firan Zal’honan, Allaric, and Strahd.
• After an ash ritual, he helped the party obtain a second, searching view above Castle Avernus.
• Carver gave him an Ersatz Eye in Martira Bay.
• Hyskosa hailed a Vistani vessel during the River Dancer’s Mist passage and exchanged greetings with Arrigal.

Current status

Newly freed companion. He has traveled with the party, Lafing, Ooru, Siv, and Voss back to Martira Bay, and now continues with the group aboard the River Dancer.

Related sessions

• Session 18
• Session 19
• Session 20
• Session 22

Gallery

• Hyskosa’s Revelation — Hyskosa’s illusory face dissolves as Rage and Carver collapse in grief.
• Hyskosa’s Scrying Pool — Hyskosa guides Rage’s blood into a vision of Ankhtepot’s golden relic.

Open questions

• How does Hyskosa see without eyes?
• Why was he imprisoned beneath Castle Avernus?
• What is the source and limit of Hyskosa’s scrying?