Sorasa Sarn

By @marcellamac\_art

**Sorasa Sarn** is an assassin from the kingdom of Ibal.

## Biography

### Early Life

Sorasa was born in the sands of Ibal. She never knew her parents, not even their names or if they are still alive. She only knows where they came from. Her mother was of the Allforest, a woman of Rhashir. She thus describes herself as a child of the jungle and the desert. She was sold into slavery before she could walk. Sorasa was raised in the notorious assassin guild called the Amhara. She spent most of her life in the vast cities of Almasad and Qalirm in Ibal. The Amhara's citadel is the only home she's ever known, and she's lived there since childhood. Despite her loyalty to the Amhara, "Lord Mercury's leash always chafed, even when she enjoyed his favor, hating and loving his attention at the same time."

### *Realm Breaker*

Sorasa has been exiled from the Amhara, and thus also her home kingdom, less than a year ago. Sorasa is currently in Byllskos, Tyriot carrying out the assassination of a merchant king. She has stolen the contract from the Amhara, specifically from Garion. She plans to steal his next contract as well.

She enters into a contract with Domacridhan of Iona to help him find Corayne an-Amarat and bring her alive to Ascal, Galland. While on the journey from Lemarta to Lecorra in Siscaria, Sorasa, Corayne, and Dom are attacked by shades of the Ashlander army. Even Sorasa is shaken by the event. On the ship from Lecorra to Ascal, Sorasa and Corayne meet an old Jydi crone named Valtik. Sorasa tells her to leave them alone, but Valtik gives Corayne a charm of twisted blue-gray twigs tied with twine and catgut trailing with human finger bones carved into skulls.

While spying on the great hall, she discovers Taristan and Ronin in the balcony gallery. She quickly connects the dots about who they are what has happened.

While traveling to Adira, Sorasa reveals to Corayne that her deal with Dom is for him to allow Sorasa to kill him in a place of her choosing before the people of her choosing. She believes this will regain her entry into the Amhara.

At the wing tip of the bird tattoo on her inner left arm, Sorasa keeps two needles buried underneath her skin. She uses these needles to help break herself and the other Companions out of Taltora in Almasad.

## Personality

She is deadly and knows the cruelty of the Ward. She has been a predator since childhood. She's learned since a young age how to school her expressions and hide her emotions. Sorasa is the type of assassin that's "a knife in shadow, a poison on the rim of a cup." Despite her complaints about how difficult her contract with Dom is, she actually loves it all the more for its difficulty. It's the opportunity to prove herself. She manages to look both watchful and uninterested at the same time. Sorasa is a serious person. It is rare for her to smile or laugh.

Sorasa doesn't consider herself to be a person with morals or a conscience thanks to her Amhara training. She takes no pride or satisfaction in her kills, believing "duty is done for its own sake." She says the ability to hope was driven from her long ago, but her actions sometimes disupute this. She used to almost vibrate with a nervous energy as a child, but it was quickly trained from her. She also learned patience in the cells of the citadel as a child. Her first and strongest instinct is to run.

## Physical Description

Sorasa is thirty years old. Sorasa has jet-black hair and copper eyes. Her eyes flash like liquid copper and are rimmed in black. When she was young, others used to call them "tiger's eyes." She wears her black hair in a set of four intertwined braids. Sorasa has a lean and agile frame. Her skin is like glowing topaz, rich and golden. In bright sunlight, old scars can be seen on her skin. She has full lips. Her fingers are crooked and scarred beneath her tattoos. Since being on her own, she has developed bruise-like circles beneath her eyes, her cheekbones have sharpened, and her dark brows have drawn tight. Her jaw is set at a hard, unmoving edge.

She has multiple tattoos on her body. There is a black line stretching from knuckle to nail on every finger, a snake behind her ear, the unmistakable wing of an eagle peeking out at her neck, as well as the stinger of a scorpion visible on her neck. She also has tattoos of a constellation, some Ibalet writing in curling script, and a dagger like a half moon. The black lines on her fingers continue over her wrist, forming the lashes of an open eye halfway to her elbow. The pupil holds the moon and sun, a crescent fitted around flame. On the palms of her right hand is a tattoo of the sun, while on the left is a tattoo of the crescent moon. These palm tattoos symbolize the two sides of Lasreen. An intricate bird is on her inner left arm. As part of her exile from the Amhara, Sorasa was forcibly tattooed with a long tattoo down her ribs. All but her most recent one, each tattoo is "an artistry, a masterwork of ink, a testament to her skill and her Amhara training."

Sorasa has had decades of training that have honed her body to the razor's edge. She carries a dagger, sword, bullwhip, and a pouch with various poisons and powders. She wears a light, sand-colored cloak. She is clothed from neck to wrist.

## Relationships

### Domacridhan of Iona

Dom and Sorasa are always bickering. Their personalities are almost completely opposite. Sorasa loves teasing Dom because it makes him so uncomfortable. Dom acts like he hates her and is always calling her a murderer. But underneath there is a mutual respect of the other that develops as they travel together. They make an excellent team in a fight. There is also the underlying agreement Dom made with Sorasa, that she will be allowed to kill him in a place of her choosing before the people of her choosing as she believes killing and Elder will gain her reentry into the Amhara.

## Quotes

* "Well, if you don’t belong to a place, perhaps we belong to each other? We who belong nowhere?" - Sorasa Sarn to Corayne an-Amarat
* "Fear is a well-honed instinct, useful as any steel edge. It's kept me alive more times than I care to count. So let that fear in, let it fill you up, let it whisper and guide. But do not let it rule. There are no greater teachers than fear and pain." - Sorasa Sarn to Corayne an-Amarat

## Trivia

* Sorasa's favorite colors are blue and gold.
* Her signature as an assassin is to cut off her victim's left ear and left index finger and leave them on the floor.
* It's rare for her to hear a language she doesn't know. Although her Temur is shaky at best. She speaks Paramount, Ibalet, and Jydi.

## Gallery

Sorasa Sarn by king-maven-caloreSorasa, Charlon Armont, and Domacridhan of Iona by @morgana0anagromBy @morgana0anagrom
## References

1. ↑ *Realm Breaker*: pg. 270
2. ↑ *Realm Breaker*: pg. 93
3. ↑ *Realm Breaker*: pg. 208
4. ↑ *Realm Breaker*: pg. 94
5. ↑ *Realm Breaker*: pg. 496
6. ↑ *Realm Breaker*: pg. 126
7. ↑ *Realm Breaker*: pg. 189
8. ↑ *Realm Breaker*: pg. 496