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For all pact magic fans, I present to you a spirit inspired by a classic fairy tail figure! As always, constructive criticism would be appreciated, and if you like what you see, spread the word.
Nevea Gwendolyn Elsne, The White Queen
Constellation: Noble
Binding DC: 20
Totems
•You perform the ceremony when it's cold or snowing out.
•You perform the ceremony while looking at yourself in a mirror.
• Clutch a piece of ice against your chest during the ceremony.
Ceremony: You lay a small hand mirror or similar flat, reflective object in the center of the seal. Strike the mirror three times, making sure at least a few pieces break. As you do, recite the following poem three times (use your own gender for the second and fourth lines) "Lady Elsne, what do you say? What's he/she look like deep within? Lady Elsne, what do you say? Is he/she uglier than sin?"
Manifestation: The broken mirror and ice shards will form into a floating ballroom mask that Nevea was believed to wear. As her heart has long since deteriorated, she will show almost no emotion at all. Throughout the negotiations, she will ask you very personal, thought provoking questions intended to shake the very core of your beliefs. Failing to provide a sufficient answer can hurt your chances of a successful binding.
Major Granted Abilities
Aura of Winter's Reign: As a standard action, the area within 20 ft. of you gives off a deathly chill, inflicting 1d4 cold damage to all enemies in range every round for 5 + 1 per five binder levels rounds for the duration of the pact. These rounds don't have to used at once, but must be spent in one round increments.
Capstone Empowerment: Your aura conjures a miniature blizard. Any creature caught in it must make Fort save (DC 10 + half binder level) or be blinded.
Minor Granted Abilities
Mirror, Mirror: You may use augury, locate object, or detect thoughts as a spell-like ability 3 + your WIS modifier times per day, using your binder level as the caster level.
Oblivion’s Kiss: Your touch robs enemies of their strength and will. As a standard action, the user may leave a stylized snowflake mark called a “kiss” as a melee touch attack. The target must make a Will save with a DC of 20 + half the user’s binder level – 5 for every kiss they bear or be fatigued for 1d6 rounds and receive one “kiss”. If you use this attack on a target that already bears one of your kisses they must make another save or be exhausted. If they bear two of your kisses, they must make another save or die instantly (this is a death effect). Kisses disappear after 24 hours and give off a magical aura only the user can detect. Succeeding on any of these Will saves will remove any kisses and fatigue or exhaustion. Targets who succeed on a save against a third kiss will make the target immune to this ability for 24 hours, but must make a Fortitude save (DC 10 + the difference between the DC of the third kiss and the natural result of the roll that stopped it; min 0.) or fall unconscious. Kisses from different characters don’t stack.
Frigid Front: You give off an icy aura that grants you +2 to saves vs mind-affecting effects. At level 6, this bonus increases to +3 and you are immune to the ill effects of cold weather as the spell endure elements. At level 12, this bonus increases to +4 and you gain cold resistance 5. At level 18, this bonus increases to +5 and you gain a +2 pact bonus to AC. You must show Nevea’s sign to use this ability.
Thorn of Silence: As a standard action, you may release an icicle projectile that inflicts 1d4 cold damage. Creatures hit with this attack must make a Will save (DC 10 + half binder level) or be silenced. At level 10, you may expend an additional use of this ability to forgo silencing a creature and inflict an additional 1d4 cold damage. This is a ranged touch attack with same range as a magic missile with a caster level equal to your binder level, and can be used once per day for every four binder levels you have (min. 1).
Signs & Influence
Physical Sign: Your skin and hair turn almost white, and your eyes reflect little light. When you use one of Nevea’s abilities, the image of snowflakes can be seen around you.
Personality: You become almost completely emotionless and are always suspicious of other people, even if you know them very well.
Favored Ally: None
Favored Enemy:: Any (liars, traitors, and oathbreakers)
Vestigial Compaion
You gain an ermine familiar (Use weasel familiar for the template) for the duration of the pact. Treat your binder level as your wizard level to determine your familiar’s abilities. This ability replaces oblivion’s kiss.
Legend
The exact identity of Nevea Gwendolyn Elsne, also known as "The White Queen" has long been a subject of debate. Regardless of history, her tragic tale is a story any bard worth his lute knows. This is the most common version:
Nevea was the only daughter of a king and queen who ruled a snowy, northern kingdom. Despite being the fourth of five children, she was named heir to the throne at the age of 18 when her father passed away. Her older brothers didn't take this well, and began to plot against her, ending in a coup that cost all of them their lives. Having been sheltered much of her life, the betrayal of those closest to her and the numerous deaths of subjects and family devastated the innocent Nevea, causing her to question just how much bonds truly meant.
One day, an enchanter came to the castle and offered Nevea a magic mirror made of solid, polished ice. The mirror had the power to reveal a person's "deepest, most buried thoughts and feelings", with the wicked having ugly reflections. Additionally, as long as only a few shards were broken off if could regenerate. These shards also had the power to forever seal the emotions of anyone whose heart they pierced, leaving them empty shells. Nevea showed no hesitation, and took the mirror of truth with her wherever she went, freezing the hearts of anyone it showed to be wicked. But in time, Nevea began to depend on the mirror, and grew increasingly paranoid and withdrawn as more and more of her subjects were reflected as ugly. She began to see herself as a paragon of virtue, and began wearing ornate white gowns as a symbol of her “immaculate” soul, earning the moniker "White Queen". In a matter of weeks, the once kind-hearted young woman had become a merciless tyrant.
On the tenth year of her rule, Nevea’s younger brother, Prince Kay confronted his sister, reprimanding her for her actions. Seeing this as a sign of betrayal, Nevea prepared to use the mirror on him. But as she reached to activate, she saw herself in the mirror as hideous crone. Horrified, she shattered the mirror with her scepter, releasing its magic in a bright flash of mystic light. In that moment, Nevea realized that the mirror didn't reflect the evil in peoples’ hearts, but the weakness and ignorance. Realizing that she had damned innocent people to a life as hollow shells, Nevea took a shard of the mirror and plunged it through her own heart, unable to bear the great guilt and despair of her actions. She spent the rest of her days in the palace under the care of her brother, a broken, empty, husk. Upon her death, she was condemned to wander the mortal plane as a spirit, cursed to help others overcome their own inner weakness until her own frostbitten heart thawed.