Selk

Selk is an NPC played by Christian. She is a water genasi, and the matriarch of the genasi family from Wheldon that the party befriends.

## Biography

### Wheldon Arc

Episode 20: Malediction of Red and Gold

As the party approaches the manor, Vincent attempts to reach Selk through the Sending spell, but receives no response. With the room they were staying in destroyed by fire, the genasi family and Aona gather together in an entertainment room down the hall. When Azzurum arrives, Selk is unconscious, and Aona informs him that she has breathed in too much smoke. Cygnet carries her from the room down to the grounds.

When they meet up with the genasi family on the grounds, the party discovers that Selk has died. Around her, the family is grieving while Aona is doing chest compressions, trying in vain to revive her. Azzurum exclaims that he cannot let another person die on him, and Vincent and Lidara attempt to calm the group down, reassuring them that Vincent will be able to do something to help. They relocate to a small garden shed for safety.

Episode 21: Brilliant Diamonds and Wretched Gold

The next morning, the party wakes before the others, and Vincent begins the resurrection ritual. Placing the diamond on Selk's chest, he begins to play the violin, and light flows between Selk and Vincent.

As the final note fades into silence, the light that had tethered Vincent to Selk flows down from Selk's forehead to the diamond, which bursts into starlight. Selk begins to breath. Cygnet is the first to notice, and wakes his sisters. They cry as grief turns to joy and the silence of their shared struggle moves to the shared celebration of life. Selk tells the twins that this was all just a bad dream.

Episode 22: Allies, Old and New

When the party arrives at the Sanctum near the Thorn Manor, they hear light singing - it is Selk, singing a lullaby to the twins who are asleep near her. The song is in a language they do not know, although Azzurum can pick up bits and pieces, and tells of a woman touched by the sea.

Selk and her family are escorted to the undercity by the Strings of Fate, Bonnie, and Wolfgang. When Astrid greets Adela, Selk hits Adela on the back of the head and scolds her for being involved with the resistance.

Episode 23: Much Ado About Submersibles

Azzurum approaches Selk to see if she knows any more about the Aquaine people. Selk is serving as a referee for a cardboard sword fight between Tidus and Tidan. Tidus wins the bout, and Azzurum asks if he can play too. The twins immediately call a truce to attack him together, and Azzurum lets them tackle him. Selk jokes that her kids are too strong, and Azzurum replies that they get it from their mother. Selk then sends the kids to go play with Adelaide while she speaks with Azzurum.

First, Azzurum checks in with her to see how she's feeling, and she says that she is feeling fine now, but still needs to properly thank Vincent. Then, Selk tells Azzurum that the Aquaine people used were the indigenous people of the western coast of Aphra, where Wheldon and the Sovereignty now are. The Aquaine people are long gone, and although Selk has a bit of a connection with them (the symbols of Umberlee in her home), Astrid would be their best bet for finding out more information. She also says that the separation of Wheldon between the lower and upper cities has been in place for a few hundred years, and the Ansyrian church came in maybe a century ago.

After their talk, Selk tells Azzurum to let her know if he needs anything - even just an ear or a shoulder. Azzurum says he may take her up on that. Selk replies that she is used to dealing with a big family, so he should feel free.

Later that evening, they see Selk asleep in the corner with Tidus, Tidan, and Adelaide.