Sylvia

Sylvia is a snobbish former noble from Syl'iath.

### **Characterization and Biography**

Sylvia is a High Elf (Alosi) with long, light blonde hair boasting a very high-and-mighty attitude instilled from her life on Syl'iath (Sylve'ilathi), a.k.a. the "shattered elf islands", where she was a duchess; the daughter of a noblewoman, and owner of a crystal mine. High Elves appear to be taught that they are above others, and alongside her rank as a noblewoman, this has formed Sylvia's elevated ego and condescending attitude. Coming to Syl'anar and seeing firsthand how much the other elves had lost plus how simple humans appeared likely inflated this further.

On Syl'iath, Sylvia lived in a tower, overseeing the operations of a crystal mine which supplied the fairies of their society. She even had her own group of fairies, as others of her rank often had, signified by their head-worn circlet sporting a larger than usual crystal. This entourage helped her keep track of assets and finances. As the High Elf Queen consolidated power, she made moves against Sylvia's family, and seeing what she was doing, Sylvia hoped to hold onto her power by following every word her queen said, submitting to every demand. The queen particularly hated her family for the tariffs demanded from her mines, and Sylvia, noticing the disappearance of families that the queen was clearly responsible for, lowered tariffs to a historic low. Eventually, stripped of just about all her power, Sylvia was then ordered to leave for Syl'anar, being told it was assigning her as a spy (typically only the job of fairies), although as she quickly learned it was just to get rid of her, hoping she would either be killed or enslaved. Her crystal was also siphoned of its power, an uncommon practice used to strip the rank from someone, as it leaves the crystal intact but powerless, a mark of what they were. She wandered for some time, even coming across Lin and the player at the hotel three months later, but soon after was discovered by Cornwall and enslaved by him personally. Thereafter, she met Nia, and also learned who her captor was, realizing that she could no longer keep running.

Sylvia is 346 years old, and as of the Cornwall challenge, 83 days on top of that. She seems to take pride - perhaps another teaching of High Elf society - in "counting your suns", as she puts it, i.e. keeping manual/incremental track of one's age. She also mentions that along with elves' long lives (14 times that of humans for all except Dark Elves and Drow) and near-perfect retention, she remembers everything that has ever happened to her after the age of 50. Sylvia has been exiled from Syl'iath for a year. Her attire, another symbol of her rank, does not have underwear worn beneath.

Sylvia has a keen interest in television, stemming from High Elves' prominent valuation of art and culture, combined with the simple fact that the technology does not exist on Syl'iath. She particularly enjoys stories of romance, settling for those of heroes and action if not available.

### **Relationships**

When the player takes her in, they are given the similar choice as with Nia, being Love Route or slave Route. On the Love Route, they slowly get to know her, and she frequently talks at length about High Elf society, as well as her skills and interests. She even confides in the player when reminiscing about a High Elf tradition that occurs once every twelve years, arriving soon. On the Slave Route, the player cuts away at her ego with a particular focus on humiliation, which Nia and especially Lin enjoy, Lin even commenting it's a good change to bring her down to everyone else's level.

She jabs at Nia often, condescending her, Lin and the player, although as time goes on she slowly lessens this behaviour.

Sylvia has very little in the way of relationships at the hotel/Sanctuary otherwise, although she has spoken to Ann on occasion, and also meets Hana at one point, since she is a quarter high elf.

Sylvia has an "acquaintance" still on Syl'iath, a noblewoman named Laena, whom she notes "sticks out like a sore thumb", due primarily to having darker hair than any other High Elf. She does not know whether Laena is still alive, or what her current situation is, and it is unknown exactly what relation she has to Sylvia.

### **Events - Slave Route**

Events
 Event 1
 Event 4