Medium aberration, any evil alignment Armour Class 15 (infused armour)

15 (infused armour) Hit Points 14 (4d8 - 4)

14 (4d8 - 4) Speed 30 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 12 (+1) 15 (+2) 8 (-1) 16 (+3) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) Saving Throws Con +1

Con +1 Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 11

darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 11 Languages Valkeesh, telepathy 120 ft.

Valkeesh, telepathy 120 ft. Challenge 1 (200 XP) Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The footsoldier's innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 13). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components: At will: detect thoughts 1/day each: fear, feather fall (self only) Relentless (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the footsoldier takes 10 damage or less that would reduce it to 0 hit points, it is reduced to 1 hit point instead. Actions Tentacles. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) psychic damage. If the target it medium or smaller, it is grappled (escape DC 13) and must succeed on a DC 13 Intelligence saving throw or be stunned until this grapple ends. Arcane Cannon. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 40/120 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (3d6 + 2) radiant damage.

The Valkeesh

"SCBKLAUGHAUHGCKKU."

The Valkeesh descended from the astral plane to harvest the sentient beings on the island of Tirkosu. Whether they originated from the plane of stars, or if they simply passed through it from a far-flung realm is unknown. They fought an almost year-long war with the islanders, rebuffed at first by the land's Tsethem; protectors who wielded the power of the elements. They eventually managed to erase the Valkeesh from existence.

Now very few people remember that they were even a part of the Great War, despite the huge casualties sustained from it.

The Valkeesh wield a powerful combination of psionic power and magitek, although their prowess in the latter focuses solely on arcane energy instead of the more spell-centric technology used by the islanders. Their armour, weapons, and fleet are crafted from an alien metal dubbed Valkite.

Several denizens of Tirkosu have been discovered with psionic powers similar to the Valkeesh, leading some to suspect that they performed experiments to create sleeper agents, in a bid to take down the human empire from within.

Indeed, recent events have served to enforce such rumours. Marianne Sterling, a renegade Ancient Tsethem thrice-defeated at the hand on the new protectors, revealed that during the great war the Valkeesh infected the entire race of Lamia with a psionic virus. The disease gave them powerful control over their own brains, but also slowly made them one with the Valkeesh hivemind.

Only time will tell if the treacherous technomancer was speaking the truth.