Where the Party Discovers Selene's Name
Finding Selene's Name
The party needs to know the name Selene before reaching Area O4, or the Moment of Clarity mechanic cannot trigger. Here are three discovery points:
- Area O1 — The Entry Warrens: Half-buried in the collapsed rubble near the southern entry is a Pharasmin marker stone (DC 18 Perception to spot). The inscription reads: "S. stands vigil. The veil sings here. — S." A successful DC 16 Religion check identifies the shorthand and the sigil style as belonging to Selene, a known psychopomp who operated in the region.
- Area O2 — The Hall of Blades: When a character handles the Arming Sword of Lady Ysolde (the Transit blade), a successful DC 18 Religion check or casting detect alignment triggers a brief vision: a pale woman in gray robes placing the sword in the stone decades ago, humming a dirge. She turns, and for a moment her lips shape the word "Selene" before the vision fades.
- Area O3 — The Cultist Shrine: Brother Alms wears a tarnished silver mask on his belt—a psychopomp's face-piece, clearly not his. A successful DC 18 Perception check notices the name Selene etched in Requian along the inner rim. Alms calls it "the mask of the Hunger's first slave." If pressed, he admits he found it near the deep rift and took it as a relic. He does not know what it means.
If all else fails: Sister Mirela already told the party Selene's name in the prologue. These beats confirm it, lend emotional weight, and give mechanical bonuses (reduce the Redemption DC by 2 if the party discovered at least two of these clues before confronting the Soul-Hunger).