Ye Olde Shoppe of Magicks – Millennial Falcon

Millennial Falcon

Gargantuan celestial (phoenix), neutral good

Armor Class 18 (ice-hardened feathers)
Hit Points 247 (19d12 + 133)
Speed 20 ft., fly 120 ft.

STR 22 (+6) | DEX 18 (+4) | CON 24 (+7)
INT 14 (+2) | WIS 18 (+4) | CHA 20 (+5)

Saving Throws Dex +8, Con +11, Wis +8, Cha +9
Skills Perception +12, Nature +6
Damage Resistances cold; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
Damage Immunities fire, poison
Condition Immunities frightened, poisoned, paralyzed
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 22
Languages – understands Celestial, Common and Auran but speaks only in echoing screeches and gusts of wind
Challenge 13 (10,000 XP)
Proficiency Bonus +5

Traits

• Ancient Cycle. When the Millennial Falcon dies, its body shatters into snow-white crystal feathers that melt into a single frozen egg. Over 1,000 years this egg slowly warms and hatches anew atop a northern peak at the dawn of a new age.
• Aura of Winter. The air within 30 feet of the falcon is painfully cold. Creatures that start their turn there must make a DC 18 Constitution saving throw, taking 14 (4d6) cold damage on a failed save or half as much on a success.
• Wingbeat of the North Wind (Recharge 5–6). As a bonus action, the falcon beats its wings, creating a freezing gale. Each creature of its choice within 60 ft. must succeed on a DC 18 Strength save or be pushed 20 ft. and knocked prone. The area becomes difficult terrain as ice rimes the ground.
• Eyes of the Ages. The falcon remembers fragments of its past incarnations. Once per day it can add +5 to any roll, declaring, “I’ve seen this before.”
• Feather of Frostfire – one of its feathers can be forged into a legendary weapon or artifact.

Actions

• Multiattack. The falcon makes two Talon attacks and one Icy Cry.
• Talon. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (2d10 + 6) slashing plus 9 (2d8) cold damage.
• Icy Cry (Recharge 6). The falcon unleashes a piercing shriek of frozen sound. All creatures in a 60-ft. cone must make a DC 18 Constitution save, taking 45 (10d8) cold damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success. Creatures that fail are frozen solid until the end of their next turn.
• Rebirth of Frost (Mythic Action, Once per Millennium). If reduced to 0 HP, the falcon explodes in a blizzard of icy shards. Each creature within 60 ft. takes 35 (10d6) cold damage (DC 18 Dex save half). The falcon’s body collapses into a radiant ice egg. After 1d4 days, the egg cracks, releasing a newborn Millennial Falcon with half its hit points.

Lair Actions — Nest of Eternal Winter
On initiative 20 (lose ties), the Millennial Falcon can take one of the following lair actions in its glacial eyrie:

• Frozen Draft. A 60-foot line of bitter wind cuts across the lair; creatures must make a DC 17 Con save or take 14 (4d6) cold damage and be slowed until the next round.
• Mirror of Ages. Reflected ice images of the falcon distract attackers; all attacks against it have disadvantage until initiative 20 next round.
• Permafrost Surge. The ice beneath the lair erupts with spikes; creatures on the ground must succeed on a DC 17 Dex save or take 10 (3d6) piercing damage and be restrained until freed.

Description
Legends tell of a falcon so ancient its cry can split mountains and freeze rivers mid-flow. Where a phoenix burns, the Millennial Falcon chills — its feathers gleam like opal frost, and its wingtips leave trails of snow-white vapor in the air.

Sailors claim to see it glide silently over the northern lights, each beat of its wings heralding the changing of an age. When it finally perishes, the world shivers as its cold heart becomes a jewel of eternal ice — the egg that will one day thaw, hatch, and take flight once more.

Rumor:
Those who glimpse its rebirth are said to live exactly one thousand days longer… though they never feel warm again.

📜 Excerpt from “The Dual Cycles: Flame and Frost”

by Nevets the Alien Wizard, Planar Naturalist of the Shoppe of Magicks

On the Nature of Eternal Renewal
The phoenix and the so-called Millennial Falcon are twin reflections of the same cosmic principle — renewal through elemental transformation. One burns, the other freezes, yet both embody the endless rhythm by which creation renews itself.

The Phoenix is passion unbound: its incandescent heart consumes, purifies, and begins again through the cleansing agony of flame. Its cycle is brief — centuries, perhaps less — for the lesson of fire is that all things must end before they can begin anew.

The Millennial Falcon, by contrast, is patience incarnate. Where the phoenix scorches, the falcon preserves — entombing time itself in frost. Its thousand-year dormancy is not death but meditation, a long breath between ages. It does not destroy to renew; it endures until renewal is inevitable.

I have come to suspect these creatures are not opposites but resonant frequencies of the same divine mechanism — one quick, one slow, both bound to the pulse that moves between stars. When the Phoenix exhales fire, the Falcon inhales ice; and thus, the cosmos keeps its balance.

— Nevets the Alien Wizard, Shoppe of Magicks, marginal notes to “Codex Auroralis”

The Life Cycle of the Millennial Falcon: Egg – Hatchling – Falcon

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