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type: npc
role: "Druid Watcher of the Verdant Circle"
location: "[[Eastmarch]] outskirts"
alignment: Neutral Good
race: Half-Elf
class: Druid (Circle of the Land — Forest) 8
---

# Elder Ylara Moongrove

## Appearance

A half-elf woman appearing to be in her 50s (actual age ~140). Silver hair woven with living vines, amber eyes that seem to glow faintly at night. Wears simple green robes and carries an oaken staff topped with a moonstone.

## Personality

- **Patient** — speaks slowly, chooses words with care
- **Kind but guarded** — protective of her secrets
- **Intensely focused** — when she senses elemental disturbance, nothing else matters
- **Maternal** — treats the party like wayward children who need guidance

## Role in Campaign

- Lore source: explains the seal anchors, the First Sages, and the nature of elemental binding
- Quest-giver: [[Arc 1 - Heirs of Sundering#Hook 2: The Weeping Sky|Hook 2 — The Weeping Sky]]
- Master of hidden knowledge: can identify the [[Cult Cipher]] as Ignan script and recommend translation in [[Valhold]]
- Rewards: [[Ring of the Verdant Eye]] if the party protects the seal anchor
- Revelation: After Arc 1 climax, reveals the existence of [[The Verdant Circle]] and directs the party to [[Ironheart Mine]]

## Stat Notes

- **HP:** 50 | **AC:** 14 (barkskin) | **Speed:** 30 ft
- **Spellcasting:** Druid 8 (DC 15, +7). Key spells: *cure wounds, moonbeam, call lightning, divination, commune with nature*

## Secrets

- She is a Watcher of the [[The Verdant Circle|Verdant Circle]] — a fact she only reveals after the party proves themselves.
- She once loved a Keeper of the Hand of Ruin, before they were corrupted. She still carries his pendant.
- She knows the location of all seven seal anchors — but will only reveal them one at a time.