Geneviève Lorelei

Geneviève Lorelei
Non-player character
Official art of an undead Geneviève, by Kendra Wells from "Liam's One-Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (OSx23).
Basic information
Actor	Liam O'Brien
Race	Human (Werewolf)
Biographical information
Full name	Genevieve Lorelei
Pronouns	she/her
Titles	Lady
Also known as	The Iron Woe
Languages	Common
Places	Castle Lorelei, Wildemount
Family	Lorelei family Katerine Lorelei (sister)
Children	Haldur Lorelei (son)
Status Status Deceased Causes of death Killed by Kryn soldiers Finishing blow by Benicio
Mechanical information
Creature type	Humanoid Undead (after reanimation)
Appearances First seen "Liam's One-Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (OSx23) Stream One-shots (1 episode)

Lady Geneviève Lorelei, also known as The Iron Woe, is a noblewoman and the former head of the Lorelei family. As an NPC, she was played by Dungeon Master Liam O'Brien in "Liam's One-Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (OSx23).

Description

Appearance

In undeath, Lady Geneviève is a ten-foot-tall figure of livid dark brown bone, close to black. She stretched open her jawbone of battered teeth unnaturally wide. Black smoke poured out of her empty eye sockets and mouth. Geneviève wore tattered, decomposing robes of the traditional Lorelei green color around her scraping hips.

Personality

Katerine told Geneviève's son, Haldur, that Geneviève was "unbridled and wild". She rejected the Taming and accepted the animal within to her family's frustration.

Biography

Background

Geneviève Lorelei rejected the Taming ritual and accepted the animal, which placed her at odds with her family. Her "unbridled" nature brought Geneviève into a "whirlwind romance" with a drow from Xhorhas, a man the family did not approve of. Their relation brought them a child born out of a wedlock, Haldur Lorelei.

One day, Kryn soldiers came to take her drow lover away. Geneviève and her lover's twin brother was killed in the struggle not far from Castle Lorelei's grounds. Her body was found in a wolven heap and was buried in the family mausoleum, having a monument constructed by her sister and son.

"Liam's One-Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (OSx23)

Official art of Geneviève's lover, by Kendra Wells from "Liam's One-Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (OSx23).

Geneviève's drow lover eventually came back from Xhorhas, seeking revenge. He attacked the Castle Lorelei with a small army of undead and killed everyone in the keep, including Geneviève's sister, Katerine. The also mutilated Haldur and took him to the mausoleum, as captive. There, using necromancy, he reanimated his loved one's remains, turning Geneviève's corpse into a dark undead entity, called the Iron Woe.

However, Haldur's children found them, and in the battle that followed, Benicio Lorelei destroyed the Iron Woe, putting his grandmother again to rest.

Abilities

• Multiattack (Geneviève makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its claws)
• Legendary actions (three per round):
  • Geneviève curls her shoulders forward, oozing a black inky substance and a feeling of anger, pain, and sorrow. The targets in a certain radius around her must make a Wisdom save or be frightened of Geneviève.
  • Geneviève moves without provoking attacks of opportunity.
  • Claw attack

Appearances and mentions

• One-shots
  • "Liam's One-Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (OSx23) (first appearance)

Trivia

• Despite the Dwendalian Empire being largely inspired by 15th century Eastern Europe and Russia, Geneviève's name uses the French pronunciation ("jean-vee-ev"), rather than the more Germanic/Celtic pronunciation of "Genevieve" ("jehn-uh-veev").
  • She had the same birth name as Jester Lavorre.

References

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