Description
Sylvara Greenthorn appears as a warm, earth-touched representative of the old groves. Her robes are patched with living moss, and her staff is topped with a glowing seedpod said to pulse with Faeren’s will. She laughs easily, eats heartily, and knows the names of every street vendor in Balandel. The city’s people love her.
And yet, of the three, Sylvara’s replacement is the most dangerous. Her former self was incinerated during a ritual “burn-cleansing” deep in Telor’Augus. Her usurper—a Harbinger named Kaethis Crowroot—embraced the role with terrifying joy. Beneath her gregarious front lies a furnace of zealotry. She believes that joy and destruction are not opposites, but mirrors.
Personality
Sylvara plays the fool to disarm suspicion. She is gregarious, chaotic, and full of stories that never seem to end. She sings old songs of the forest, dances in the street, and claims mushrooms speak to her (they do, but not the way she says).
But in private, her demeanor shifts. She becomes silent, ritualistic, and precise. She has no empathy for those she manipulates—only a hunger to feed the cycle of destruction. To her, the Black Architect is not a god, but a gardener—and she is his fire.
Story
Sylvara served as the druid ambassador to Balandel, representing the Circle of Verdant Flame. Her warm demeanor and easy laugh made her beloved by the city’s people, but beneath this friendly exterior lurked a Harbinger of the Order of the Black Star.
When Eleanor Vess, the Queen’s chief advisor, was murdered, Sylvara’s careful manipulations nearly succeeded in framing Velara Kael for the crime. The party convinced Queen Aelra to investigate further, and Lirielle’s divination vision led her to suspect Sylvara would be unable to resist truth serum.
During a private lunch with the Queen, the truth serum worked exactly as Lirielle foresaw. Sylvara revealed that Dessie Pindlehop was the real murderer—confirming that the halfling the party had “rescued” was actually an undead puppet controlled by the cult.
When Sylvara realized she had said too much, she reached for her blade. Momeline acted instantly, delivering a devastating assassin’s strike. The battle was brief but violent. Momeline struck the final blow that killed the corrupted ambassador, ending her threat to Balandel.