The Keeper Of The Pure Bloodline

Born into a family of mystics who discovered that their ancestral line possessed an innate resistance to plague and pestilence, the man who would become the Keeper Of The Pure Bloodline dedicated himself to preserving what he believed was a divine gift woven into their very essence. As he rose through the monastic ranks, he established increasingly rigorous doctrines governing which bloodlines could intermingle, viewing external genetics as a corrupting force that would dilute their sacred inheritance. Through decades of meticulous record-keeping and arranged marriages within the monastery's extended family network, he cultivated a closed breeding program justified by spiritual doctrine rather than acknowledged as the obsessive eugenics it truly was. His most controversial practice emerged in his later years—periodic transfusions from his youngest relatives into his own aging veins—a ritual he rationalized as a sacred communion but which his followers understood as a desperate grasp at immortality through the vitality of "pure" youth. Now at one hundred and eight years old, his withered frame sustained by the constant infusion of young blood and his authority maintained through a labyrinth of genealogical records only he fully understands, the Keeper has become less a spiritual leader and more an architectural pillar of a system that has long since lost any moral foundation it may have once possessed. His monastery stands as a monument to the dangerous intersection of religious conviction and unchecked power, where the pursuit of perfection has metastasized into something far darker than the plague his ancestors once feared.

Strength

14, modifier +2

Dexterity

12, modifier +1

Constitution

20, modifier +5

Intelligence

18, modifier +4

Wisdom

20, modifier +5

Charisma

16, modifier +3

Purity's Strike

Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2d10 + 5 radiant damage.

Blood Transfusion

As a bonus action, regain 10 hit points by sacrificing 5 hit points from a willing creature within 30 ft.

Ritual of Preservation

Spend 1 minute to create a protective aura. Allies within 30 ft. gain +2 AC for 1 minute.

Command Bloodline

Charm one creature within 30 ft. (DC 18 Wisdom save). On failure, they must obey one command.

Purifying Wave

As an action, release a wave of energy. All creatures within 15 ft. take 4d6 radiant damage (DC 18 Dexterity save for half).

Bloodline Purity

The Keeper gains advantage on saving throws against diseases and poisons.

Eternal Vigilance

The Keeper can sense the presence of outsiders within 60 feet.

strength

+5

dexterity

+4

intelligence

+8

wisdom

+10

constitution

+10

charisma

+6

Poison

Necrotic