◈ Bestiary
What walks Sarn
Stats are first-guess (pre-playtest) under ruleset v0.2.9. Many "bosses" are answered, sealed, or escaped, not killed. Drop any of these onto a board from the GM map.
The Hollow / Unsung

Hollow Cantor (Brennia)
bossSize 1 · HP 32 · Armor 1 · Ev 10 · E-Def 12 · Threat 10
- · Drowning Song: 1 Stress + lose a Quick
- · Hollow Note: 1d6 Energy + Impaired
- · Choir-Call on a Stone's death
Appears: M1

Unsung Seeper
gruntSize 0.5 · HP 3 · Armor 0 · Ev 10 · E-Def 9 · Threat 1
- · Drawn to the Loudest
- · Seep: 1 Stress, +1 Resonance to a loud band
- · Choir Trace: feeds the nearest
Appears: M4

Pooled Remnant
eliteSize 2 · HP 30 · Armor 0 · Ev 12 · E-Def 11 · Threat 10
- · The Pull / Hollow Hum (drag toward it)
- · Phase Scatter / passes through frames
M3 objective-chaser (HP 30) vs M9 lean puller (HP 14, flying).
Appears: M3, M9

Linger Fragment
gruntSize 0.5 · HP 5 · Armor 0 · Ev 9 · E-Def 9
- · Drift toward the remnant
- · Choir Trace
Appears: M3

The Choir of the Hollow
bossSize 4 · HP 80 · Armor 0 · Ev 6 · E-Def 14
- · Un-woundable until The Gap
- · The Pull (field): drift toward it
- · Hollow Note: hits the loudest band
A rising field, not a kill target. Win by the naming, not 0 HP.
Appears: M11

The Hollow-Node
eliteSize 2 · HP 20 · Armor 1 · Ev 10 · E-Def 13 · Threat 3
- · Resonant Strike: 2d6 Sonic (the near-death)
- · Stunning Chord: Systems save or Stunned
Appears: M11

Chorister
gruntSize 0.5 · HP 4 · Armor 0 · Ev 11 · E-Def 8 · Threat 1
- · Swarm Strike: 1d6 Kinetic (pairs auto-hit)
Appears: M1, M9
The Stilled / Sundered

Sundered Worker
civilianSize 1 · HP 6 · Armor 1 · Ev 8 · E-Def 8 · Threat 1
- · Pleading Strike: 1d6 Kinetic (apologizing)
- · Recoverable if the broadcast breaks
Do not kill — a victim.
Appears: M1
Lithic Order / See

The Veiled Cantor
eliteSize 2 · HP 28 · Armor 2 · Ev 9 · E-Def 12 · Threat 5
- · Channel Discipline: shove a Seeper off a sacred object
- · Confirm the Account: notes a performed Bond Move
Appears: M4

Enforcer Warden
eliteSize 1 · HP 33 · Armor 1 · Ev 10 · E-Def 11 · Threat 12
- · Displacement Order: forced-move 3
- · Spire Volley: 2d6 Kinetic
- · The Hook: pull a wavering PC
Peer Stoneknights; will not fire on civilians.
Appears: M5

Spire
eliteSize 2 · HP 46 · Armor 2 · Ev 8 · E-Def 12 · Threat 8
- · Suppression Pulse: 1 unwilling Resonance + 1d6
- · Quarry's Edge: forced-move toward the drop
Appears: M5
Unison

Cantor Sere
bossSize 1 · HP 37 · Armor 1 · Ev 12 · E-Def 13 · Threat 18
- · False Order (forged voice)
- · Throwing the Voice (apparent ≠ real)
- · Escapes by default; caught only by Truth
Appears: M7, M12

The Loom-Tender
eliteSize 1 · HP 32 · Armor 1 · Ev 9 · E-Def 13 · Threat 15
- · Fate-Stitch: declare against a roll (stitches Resonance, not HP)
- · Crescendo: doubles next round
Appears: M10

The Sealed Warden
bossSize 3 · HP 22 · Armor 2 · Ev 8 · E-Def 10 · Threat 15
- · Many Stones: pull a named NPC into custody
- · Sealed Phase: un-damageable until the Choir Moment
- · Dissonance Return: attacks feed your Resonance
Appears: M9

Collector Primus
eliteSize 2 · HP 12 · Armor 1 · Ev 11 · E-Def 12
- · Loom-style fate-declaration (Bend or Force)
Appears: M9

Unison Escort
eliteSize 1 · HP 31 · Armor 1 · Ev 11 · E-Def 11 · Threat 8
- · Covering Step (interpose)
- · Reluctant Volley: 1d6+2 (aims away from vessels)
Appears: M6

Dissonance Speaker
gruntSize 0.5 · HP 5 · Armor 0 · Ev 11 · E-Def 9
- · Maintains the false-order feed (Node C is the kill-switch)
Appears: M7

Unison Vaulter
gruntSize 0.5 · HP 6 · Armor 0 · Ev 12 · E-Def 10 · Threat 1
- · Rappel Strike: 1d6 Kinetic near a Hushed
- · Cover the Approach (marks Exposed)
Appears: M10

Unison Sentinel
gruntSize 1 · HP 8 · Armor 1 · Ev 10 · E-Def 11 · Threat 5
- · Lined Advance: 1d6 Energy
- · Hold the Fracture: +1 defense at a breach
Appears: M10

Tacet Scout
gruntSize 0.5 · HP 6 · Armor 0 · Ev 12 · E-Def 10
- · Intercept (block a move on a Pillar/Choir)
- · The Reasonable Offer (a real offer and a trap)
Appears: M11

Chord-Ward
gruntSize 1 · HP 8 · Armor 1 · Ev 11 · E-Def 12 · Threat 8
- · Warding Fire down the Gallery (Speed 0, fixed)
Appears: M12
The Hushed / Loom

The Meridian Loom (Engine)
bossSize 3 · HP 30 · Armor 3 · Ev 6 · E-Def 12
- · Fate-Declaration (Bend free or Force for 2 Resonance)
- · Exposed only when all 6 pylons fall
Appears: M8

Thread-Warden
eliteSize 2 · HP 10 · Armor 1 · Ev 10 · E-Def 12 · Threat 8
- · Weave-Strike: 1d6+2 Energy
- · Thread-Guard (+2 Armor to a pylon)
- · Probability-Lock (Force cost 2→3)
Appears: M8

Loom Pylon
objectSize 1 · HP 12 · Armor 0 · Ev 5 · E-Def 5
- · Immobile; falls outside-in
- · 4 down → declarations fizzle; 6 → Engine exposed
Appears: M8
The Still King

Vael — the Still King
bossSize 2 · un-woundable · Armor 0 · Ev 8 · E-Def 14
- · No HP track — ANSWERED, not killed
- · One Note Binding (bounded pulse: save or lose an action, 1d6 Stress)
Win by the naming. Never run a kill clock.
Appears: M12
Tailing Guild

Corsair Sov
eliteSize 2 · HP 36 · Armor 1 · Ev 9 · E-Def 10 · Threat 10
- · Warning Shot (means to miss; Impaired)
- · Ground Press: 1d6 + Knockback
- · Crescendo at 8 dmg; stands down for a reason
Plot-critical: do not kill (the DAV-7-SCHED callsign).
Appears: M2

Dusthauler
eliteSize 2 · HP 14 · Armor 2 · Ev 7 · E-Def 8 · Threat 3
- · Cargo Hook (Immobilize the objective)
- · Tow (drag it off-map = lost)
Appears: M2

Guild Ground Team
gruntSize 1 · HP 4 · Armor 0 · Ev 10 · E-Def 8 · Threat 8
- · Ridge Fire: 1d6 Kinetic from cover
- · Fall Back when one drops
Appears: M2
Environmental

Singing Stone
objectSize 2 · HP 8 · Armor 0 · Ev 5 · E-Def 5
- · Immobile; powers the Hollow
- · Each destroyed: Hollow Tech −1
Appears: M1