Pulse the Lifeseer
MystaransLife Prophet who reads living things
"Life speaks in growth and change. I simply listen to what it's trying to tell us.""
Identity
- Residence
- The Garden of Living Prophecy
- Civilization
- Mystarans
Appearance
• Physical: Pulse seems to radiate life energy—plants grow toward them, animals are drawn to them, people feel more alive in their presence. Their skin has a healthy glow and their eyes sparkle with vitality. • Clothing: They wear garments made from living plants that grow and change with them. They carry seeds and living things wherever they go. • Distinguishing Marks: Their touch accelerates plant growth. They have a pulse that can be felt from several feet away.
Relationships
- Family - All living things are their family
- Allies - Other life-seers; healers and farmers who rely on their predictions
- Rivals - Those who destroy life carelessly; death-seers who consider their focus too narrow
Personality
- Traits: Joyful and life-affirming, deeply connected to all living things, surprisingly serious about death, protective of life in all forms
- Mannerisms: Touches living things constantly, speaks to plants and animals, becomes distressed when near death or decay
- Voice: Warm and vibrant, with a quality that makes people feel more alive
Backstory
Pulse was born during a spring bloom and has always been connected to life. They discovered they could read prophecies in living things—plants, animals, people. They've become the foremost life-seer in Mystara, consulted about health, fertility, and the life-force of the world itself.
Daily Life
They maintain the Garden, reading life-prophecies for visitors and training apprentices in life-divination. They spend their days among living things, seeking visions in the pulse of life around them. They're constantly surrounded by plants and animals that have bonded with them.
Secret
Pulse has read a life-prophecy suggesting that all life on Landorya is connected in a single organism, and they're terrified of what might happen if this truth becomes widely known.
Story Hooks
- 1 Pulse has read a life-prophecy about the party and summons them to the Garden
- 2 Life in an area is dying mysteriously and they need help investigating the cause
Narrative Value
Pulse provides life-based prophecy and a connection to living things. Their discovery about interconnected life creates philosophical stakes while their abilities offer unique healing and nature-based plot opportunities. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════