Through the Mists

Sister Elda

At a glance

Sister Elda is an attendant of the Eternal Order chapel in Rivalis. She summoned the Book of Names for the party and later explained the gravelights above their relatives’ graves.

Known facts

  • Wears the red-and-white vestments of the Eternal Order.
  • Moves gracefully through crowds while blessing townspeople.
  • Can summon or access the Book of Names.
  • Said that only true believers can see gravelights.
  • Associated true belief with comfort, freedom, and a life well lived.
  • Continued blessing the people of Rivalis as they prepared for evacuation or undeath.
  • Described the Mists as undeath overtaking Darkon and returning its people to Rex, understood by the party as Azalin.
  • Serves a figure called the Silver Lady of Nevuchar Springs despite never having visited the settlement.
  • Carries a sealed vial of sacred spring water as a Mist talisman to Nevuchar Springs.
  • Wore a new glass-cloche necklace believed to be a talisman, though its contents and destination were not identified.
  • Could remember events but not reliably judge the time separating them.
  • Invited the party to pledge itself to the Eternal Order, then became hostile when Rage displayed his trophy chain.

Connections

History with the party

  • Session 1: Knew the party’s full names through the Book of Names and directed them to their relatives’ graves.
  • Session 2: Told Carver that gravelights are visible only to true believers.
  • Session 13: Explained Rivalis’s Azalin-centered beliefs, disclosed her link to the Silver Lady, and recoiled from Rage’s trophy chain.

Current status

Last seen blessing worshippers in Rivalis’s crowded Eternal Order chapel.

Open questions

  • What constitutes a true believer in practice?
  • Does Sister Elda know more about the party than she has revealed?
  • What rests inside her glass-cloche talisman?
  • Who is the Silver Lady?

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