# Thera "Even-Hand" — The Radical (the Rot)

**Look:** Silver-haired woman in her late fifties, plain grey coat, folded hands, and the warm stillness of a beloved teacher.
**Vibe:** Courteous, reassuring, and perfectly controlled; underneath, she appraises people as gently as livestock.

- Forty-one undisputed closings hide a soul-harvesting tithe; she carries a warm soulcoin
- Already marked Dace and is deciding whether to kill or recruit him
- Tells: ritual courtesy (DC 16 Perception / DC 14 Insight), sour milk, animal unease, appraising gaze (DC 16 Insight)
- Only proof breaks her cover: soulcoin, visible grey mark, or catching the ritual; invoking Orenn cuts through her certainty

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| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA | AC | HP | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +1 | +4 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +2 | 17 | 84 | 30 ft. |

**Saves/skills:** DEX +7, WIS +6; Stealth +10, Insight/Perception +6, Deception/Persuasion/Religion +5
**Resist:** necrotic. **Assassinate; Sneak Attack (1/turn):** +4d6. **Evasion.**
**Unweighed:** Advantage vs. divination; alignment detection, thought reading, locating, and scrying automatically fail.

**Actions**

- **Multiattack.** Two Even Hand or two Hand Crossbow attacks.
- **The Even Hand.** +7 to hit, 5 ft.; 8 (1d6+4) piercing + 7 (2d6) necrotic.
- **Hand Crossbow.** +7 to hit, 30/120 ft.; 7 (1d6+4) piercing.
- **The Marking (1/day).** Touch; DC 15 CON. Fail: 1 hour of vulnerability to her necrotic damage, no healing, grey throat-seam. Consecration or *Remove Curse* ends it.

**Reaction / Escape**

- **Uncanny Dodge.** Halve damage from one visible attacker.
- **Soulcoin Surge.** First drop to 0 while carrying a charged coin: instead 1 HP, free Disengage + Dash, leave a cracked coin behind.

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