Sebastian “Seb” Castillo

DM-facing NPC writeup. Face of Avalon Factions#2. Student Factions & Cliques#2.4 Conspiracy Club / Underground Zine , decapitation videos at 8am.

Role

Age: 16–17, same year or one above PCs
Heritage/Class: Human Rogue (Inquisitive) / Warlock / whatever fits “sees too much”
Primary Faction: Avalon Factions#2. Student Factions & Cliques#2.4 Conspiracy Club / Underground Zine
Public Image: Unhinged conspiracy kid who knows where every body is buried, metaphorically and maybe literally.

Sebastian is:
- The guy who will shove a sending-stone in your face at 8am like “Bro, you have to see this execution.”
- The one scribbling in the margins of his homework about 9/11 analogues, false-flag rituals, and hoax demon attacks.
- The source of at least half the “Did you hear…?” hallway chatter.
He runs:
- An underground zine / newsletter full of:
  - Half-true rumors,
  - Wild speculation,
  - Redacted “leaks.”
- Anonymous message channels where people drop tips and gossip.
Most students:
- Laugh him off publicly,
- Still read every issue.

To make sense of a world that really is full of secrets and lies:
- He’s not wrong that something’s off.
- He just lacks filters.
To matter:
- If he can’t be liked, he’ll settle for being feared or needed.

Collects:
- Screenshots,
- Audio clips,
- Photos of strange lights, sigils, admin meetings.
Will absolutely:
- Break into restricted areas,
- Clone sending-stones,
- Plant “bugs” (simple scrying/recording charms).
Socially:
- Over-shares horror,
- Makes people uncomfortable on purpose,
- Uses shock value to keep attention.

Oversight/Admin:
- Larkvale sees him as a nuisance.
- D’serris hates that Sebastian occasionally stumbles onto real patterns.
Drama/Arts Kids:
- Sometimes collaborate on “exposé performances.”
Circle Network:
- Knows enough about Pip & co. to be a problem,
- Not involved enough to be worth killing… yet.
PCs:
- They are his dream sources:
  - “You were in B2? What did you see? Tell me everything.”
- Will trade:
  - Dirt on teachers,
  - Security crystal stills,
  - Rumors about Fouadriel or D’serris, for info.

He’s not just seeing patterns where none exist:
- His collection includes genuinely anomalous Root events:
  - Lights flickering in sync across different locations,
  - Identical “hum” audio from different nights,
  - Glitched footage of Subnode doors.
Root / Coherence attention:
- It likes that he’s cataloguing it.
- Every time he obsesses over a new anomaly, it pays a little more attention back.
If the PCs ever give him the wrong piece of truth:
- His zine could become a quasi-prophetic document.
- Oversight might classify him as a security risk.

Voice: Fast, breathless, manic; volume jumps; laughs at his own horrifying jokes.
Body language: Leaning way too close, wild eye contact, constantly unlocking his sending-stone.
Sample Lines:
- “Okay, okay, hear me out—what if Korrin Gate wasn’t a failure? What if it worked exactly how they wanted, and this—” (gestures vaguely at the sky) “—is the result?”
- “Look, I know you’re gonna call me crazy, but you’re the ones who were in a locked room with a Root spike, not me.”
- “You tell me what you saw in B2, and I’ll tell you what D’serris doesn’t want anyone to know about Fouadriel.”
Let him be deeply annoying and occasionally right in a way that freaks everyone out.