Meet the Thistlekin —an original Fae creatures designed to bring enchantment and eerie charm to your Beyond the Wall adventures. Includes lore, stats, and illustrations..

Thistlekin

“To them, a stolen dream is a gift. To us, it’s a wound.”
— Grandmother Weaver, village wise-woman.

These diminutive plant Fae creatures live in meadows, overgrown graveyards and forgotten orchard edges. They are often mistaken for thistles, and their bodies change with the seasons, blooming in spring, thorny in summer and brittle in winter. They prey on those who sleep in meadows, whispering secrets to sleeping travelers and steeling their dreams to feed their roots, some say they can coax buried memories to the surface.
Thistlekin are unpredictable and guided by fae impulse. They do not seek harm, but their actions often lead to unintended consequences. Their morality is alien, shaped by dreams, riddles, and the rustling of meadow grass.

Hit Dice: 1d6 (4 HP)
AC: 12
Attack: +0 to hit, 1d4 (Thorny Touch)
Alignment: Chaotic
XP: 15
Notes: Thorny Touch (If a Thistlekin’s thistle-spines scratch or prick a creature’s skin, the target must make a Saving Throw vs. Magic. On a failure, they fall asleep as per the Sleep spell), Dream Theft (Any creature who sleeps in a meadow inhabited by Thistlekin must make a Saving Throw vs. Polymorph upon waking. On a failure, the Thistlekin has stolen a fragment of their dream, causing the loss of 1 point of Constitution until the dream is recovered or restored through magical means or a personal quest), True Name (a Thistlekin has a true name which gives his foes power over him), Vulnerable to Iron (a Thistlekin takes double damage from weapons made of iron)

Adventure Hook

A child in the village of Bramblewick has stopped speaking, eyes wide with dreams not their own. The meadow behind their home blooms unnaturally, even in frost. Locals whisper of Thistlekin, of secrets traded in sleep.

Can the party uncover the child’s stolen dream, learn the Thistlekin’s True Name, and restore balance before the village succumbs to whispered madness?