Fantasy NPC: Asyenka Leeshka, Keeper Of The Green

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Asyenka Leeshka, Keeper Of Green
A woman in brown and green robe, with an early grey tones in her hair and a bitter smirk on her face.

CR 5; 1,200 XP
Female dark cultist druid 6

CE Medium Humanoid (human)
Init +6; Senses low-light vision; Perception +12

Defense
AC 17, touch 12, flat-footed 15 (+5 armor, +2 Dex)
hp 42 (6d8+12)
Fort +8, Ref +5, Will +9

Offense
Speed 30 ft.
Melee club +6 (1d6+2) or shillelagh +7 (2d6+3)

Melee (Medium cat, AC 19) bite +7 (1d6+3), 2 claws +7 (1d6+3) [2 rakes +7 (1d6+3) on pounce]

Special Attacks wildshape (3/day)

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 6th, concentration +6)

Constant—endure elements, undetectable alignment

Druid Spells (CL 6th, concentration +9)

3rd—greater magical fang, plant growth, quench

2nd—barkskin, flaming sphere, tree shape, wood shape

1st—charm animals, goodberry, shillelagh, speak with animals

0 (at will)—create water, detect magic, guidance, light

Statistics
Str 14, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 12, Wis 16, Cha 10
Base Atk +4; CMB +6; CMD 18
Feats Aspect Of The Beast (low-light vision), Diehard, Endurance, Improved Initiative

Skills Knowledge (dungeoneering) +7, Knowledge (nature) +12, Perception +12, Profession (gardener) +12, Spellcraft +10, Stealth +11
Language Aklo, Common, Druidic

SQ trackless step, woodland stride

Notable Gear +1 cloak of resistance, druid's vestment, +1 wildshape leather lamellar armor (not worn during her daily hours)

Asyenka Leeshka is the descendant of a long line of minor magistrate responsible for taking care of an old park in the center of the city—once a sacred grove that over the centuries was diminished to its current sorry state, tree by bloody tree. Her legal powers are limited and her budget is laughably small. She can fine people found responsible for damaging the grove or violating a certain number of other city ordnances, mostly related to health, safety, plants, and animals (like fining people who let the trash accumulate, or damage trees and bushes that grow in various points of the city), and it is her responsibility to publicly contest any plans that would intrude on park space—with mixed results.

There are means beyond the legal ones at Asyenka's disposal though, for she is secretly a priestess of a dark wild malevolence slumbering within the ancient roots of the park. Her ancestors feed the trees with blood of sacrifices and so does she, though she has to kept her activities secret. A vagabond here, an unregistered orphan there, an old drunk despoiling the trees at night, she kills them quietly in a form of a big cat and buries their bodies under the trees. She can't make as many sacrifices as she would like to avoid attracting attention to the park, but she is patient in her hatred of the city that surrounded her deity.