The Ancient Hermit lives in a cave hidden in a valley that has never felt the light of the sun, the moon, or the stars. It is an immortal being of twisted cruelty and malice. It hates the living and the dead, since it can never join either, and wishes only to cause as much suffering as it can. It is a small, incredibly dirty, horrifically smelly humanoid shrouded in shadow, but it’s head is covered in countless rumey, cataract­blinded eyes. The Hermit collects small things of perfect beauty, and will trade old secrets about the lands of the dead for them. It will only allow the living or dead to pass through it’s cave into the Underworld if it is given a gift of an eye that has seen true beauty. It will only let them out if the gift is one of their own eyes. Instinct: Despise and envy the living and dead

• Demand a beautiful trinket for a secret of the great Beyond
• Demand an eye that has beheld True Beauty for passage through your cave to the Underworld.
• Demand one of their own eyes for passage back to the Living
• When they give you an eye, see everything the eye has seen
• When a player attacks, vanish into the shadows of your cave
• When players invade your cave without paying the price, hex them from the shadows
• When the light of the sun shines on you, go blind at it’s touch
• When they have you cornered or trapped, beg for mercy