Princess Sarah Chan

Sarah Chan was born under a blood moon to Emperor Chen and his human concubine, a celebrated bard whose voice could move stones to tears. Her father, besotted with both mother and daughter, declared her his only legitimate heir despite his three sons—a decision that set the palace ablaze with whispered resentment. Her mother's early death from wasting sickness left a void that the Emperor frantically filled by granting Sarah's every whim, no matter how extravagant or unreasonable. Her older brothers, pushed aside by their father's obsession with his half-elf daughter, learned to smile through gritted teeth at court functions. Sarah inherited her mother's prodigious musical talent and her father's imperial authority, a combination that made her simultaneously beloved and feared among the nobility. She grew up in a gilded cage of yes-men and sycophants, where the word "no" was treated as heresy against the crown itself. By adolescence, she had cultivated an almost supernatural ability to read people—to find their weaknesses and exploit them with surgical precision when they displeased her. Her reputation as the realm's most gracious and benevolent princess was carefully constructed through calculated gestures: adopting orphaned dire wolf pups and raising them with genuine affection, commissioning art that celebrated common folk, and performing at galas where her enchanting music brought nobles to tears of joy. Those animals and subjects truly beloved by her received her authentic kindness—a warmth so genuine that it seemed impossible she harbored cruelty in her heart. Yet servants who failed her, courtiers who questioned her judgment, or rivals who threatened her position discovered a Sarah that existed only in the darkness of her private chambers: a woman whose beautiful voice could deliver cutting remarks that shattered self-worth, whose delicate hands could orchestrate social ruination, whose laughter at another's suffering was the most terrible sound in the palace

Strength

12, modifier +1

Dexterity

16, modifier +3

Constitution

20, modifier +5

Intelligence

18, modifier +4

Wisdom

14, modifier +2

Charisma

22, modifier +6

Melodic Dissonance

Sarah sings a haunting melody. Each creature within 60 ft. must make a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or take 6d8 psychic damage and be frightened until the end of their next turn.

Dire Wolf Command

Sarah commands her dire wolf pups to attack. Choose up to 3 wolves to make a bite attack (1d8 + 3 piercing damage) against a target.

Searing Rebuke

As a reaction, Sarah can unleash a cutting remark. Target must make a DC 18 Charisma saving throw or take 4d10 psychic damage and be incapacitated until the end of their next turn.

Charming Performance

Sarah performs a captivating song. All creatures within 30 ft. must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed for 1 minute.

Imperial Decree

Sarah issues a command. One creature within 60 ft. must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or be forced to use its next action to follow her command.

Sadistic Laughter

Sarah targets one creature she can see. The target must make a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or take 3d10 psychic damage and be frightened until the end of their next turn.

Charming Presence

All creatures within 30 feet have disadvantage on saving throws against being charmed.

Masterful Manipulator

Once per turn, Sarah can impose disadvantage on an enemy's attack roll.

Dire Wolf Affinity

Sarah can communicate with dire wolves and has advantage on Animal Handling checks involving them.

Imperial Authority

Once per long rest, Sarah can force a creature to reroll a successful saving throw.

strength

+7

dexterity

+9

constitution

+11

intelligence

+10

wisdom

+8

charisma

+12

Whispers of Cruelty

Sarah can target one creature she can see within 60 ft. The target must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or take 3d8 psychic damage and be frightened until the end of their next turn.

Imperial Retribution

Sarah can make one attack with her musical instrument, dealing 2d10 + 6 psychic damage on a hit.

Dire Wolf's Fury

Sarah summons a dire wolf to attack. The wolf makes a bite attack against a target within 30 ft.

Psychic

Charm

Charmed