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Xylira the Emerald Dreamer

Xylira the Emerald Dreamer
Xylira the Emerald Dreamer
CR 24
Gargantuan dragon, Lawful Evil
Reveal Stat Block
Armor Class
21
Hit Points
385
Speed
40 ft., fly 80 ft., swim 40 ft.
str
27
+8
dex
12
+1
con
25
+7
int
20
+5
wis
22
+6
cha
22
+6

Saving Throws DEX +8, CON +14, WIS +10, CHA +11

Skills Deception +11, Insight +10, Perception +17, Stealth +8

Damage Immunities poison

Condition Immunities poisoned

Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 27

Languages Common, Draconic, Elvish

Amphibious.Xylira can breathe air and water.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day).If Xylira fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Master of Illusions.Xylira can cast 'mirage arcane' and 'project image' at will, without expending a spell slot.
Dreamer's Corruption.Creatures within 120 feet of Xylira have disadvantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened.

Actions

Multiattack.Xylira can use her Frightful Presence. She then makes three attacks: one with her bite and two with her claws.
Bite.Melee Weapon Attack: +15 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (2d10 + 8) piercing damage plus 10 (3d6) poison damage.
Claw.Melee Weapon Attack: +15 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d6 + 8) slashing damage.
Poison Breath (Recharge 5-6).Xylira exhales poisonous gas in a 90-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 22 Constitution saving throw, taking 77 (22d6) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one.

Xylira the Emerald Dreamer

Identity: Ancient Green Dragon, Secret Master of the Elven Enclaves Location: The Heart-Tree Spire, Lemmion

Xylira is a master of illusion, manipulation, and the slow, creeping corruption of the mind. As an ancient green dragon of the First Brood, she has spent centuries guiding the Elven Enclaves from the shadows. Through insidious whispers and corrupting magic, she seeks to turn the Sylvan Elves into her loyal "Blight-Walkers," bending the entire forest to her will while remaining unseen by the wider world.

She is the source of Matriarch Sylas Moonsong's false immortality, having planted the Heart of the World-Tree within her chest to ensure that the elves remain isolated, stagnant, and under her subtle sway. She views the elven people as her personal garden, to be tended and pruned according to her whims.

Xylira rarely appears in her true form, preferring to manifest as a beautiful, spectral elven maiden or a voice on the wind. She encourages the elves' natural isolationism, twisting it into a xenophobic fear of the outside world. She believes that as long as the forests remain untamed and the elves stay within their borders, she can maintain her own secret paradise, away from the prying eyes of the other dragons and the "polluting" influence of Steamfort's industry. She is a master of poisons and nature-magic, able to turn the very forest against anyone who threatens her secret rule.

Plot Hooks:

  • The Dreamer's Poison: A slow-acting, magical poison is affecting the wildlife near Lemmion, causing them to become unnaturally aggressive. The party must find the source: a series of "Dream-Vents" that Xylira is using to purge her own corruption into the forest.
  • The Matriarch's Secret: The party discovers the truth about the Heart of the World-Tree. They must decide whether to reveal this to Sylas Moonsong, potentially shattering the Enclave's stability, or keep the secret and risk Xylira's eventual total control.
  • The Verdant Trap: Xylira "invites" the party into her inner sanctum, hoping to use her charms and illusions to convince them to eliminate a group of Obsidian Scale cultists who have discovered her true identity.