Saros Cerelia

## Saros

Saros is an NPC featured in The Emptiness. She was a former speaker and priestess of Liion in Mariness, serving as their spiritual leader. She was a minor antagonist who traveled with The Troupe for most of the campaign.

Today she is working on restoring Mariness and serves as a speaker for The Muse.

## Background

When Liion began interacting with the people of the continent, Saros was immediately captivated by the teachings of love, and dedicated herself to Liion. Liion took interest in her and chose her as a community leader and high priestess of Mariness along with Astrophel.

Saros was very prideful of her position as high priestess, so when she heard that Liion was leaving and wanted Astrophel to guard her vestige, a small stone engraved with the words "wishing stars" with a hairline crack running through it. Out of jealousy, Saros tried to take the vestige from Astrophel, feeling that she had worked far harder than him, only to be discarded by Liion. The conflict escalated and Saros stabbed Astrophel. As he fell, he dropped the stone, cracking it.

Saros stabbed herself in the arm and called for Astrophel to be arrested. She claimed that he instigated the fight and broke the vestige of Liioness. Later that night, Saros bid Liion farewell.

The next day at noon, a large celestial body fell from the sky, destroying Mariness. Saros holding the vestige of Liion wished that the town didn't have to be destroyed, sticking Mariness in a timeloop, all according to Liion's plan.

Saros spent the next three years repeating the same day, desperately trying to undo the timeloop without destroying her beloved hometown. Hopelessness and desperation overtook her.

## Personality

Saros is a rash person, who often comes across as rude, obsessive, and cranky. She often acts with out thinking, going as far as casting disintegrate with little reason.

Despite her flaws though, Saros is deeply spiritual and wishes to connect deeper with the world, the people, and the gods. She is a natural born leader who has now dedicated herself to putting others before herself.

## Appearance

Saros is a short Ghostwise Halfling with tan skin, blue eyes, and dyed pink hair that she wears in a messy bob. She has a smattering of freckles across her nose. While dedicated to Liion, she glowed a soft rose-gold.

In the main campaign, Saros wore a white sleeveless robe with golden gauntlets and the vestige of Liion around her neck. Her arm was bandaged, but blood stained her clothes.

In the Longest Night oneshot, she wore her hair dyed blue and pulled back in an elaborate braid and a blue wool dress decorated with blue flowers.

## Relationships

### Liion

Liion chose Saros to be her high priestess because she was aware of Saros' short temper and desire to be important. She hoped that Saros would grow jealous of Astrophel and do something that could bring about the emptiness on a wider scale. Saros was unawre of her god's alterior motives, and did everything she told her to to do. Her love for her went beyond that of a follower, it was something far more akin to a romantic infatuation.

### Annabelle

Annabelle, prior to becoming a vessel for Liion was Saros' wife. The two of them met as their city's respected leaders, and after working with each other for many years, they fell in love. When the emptiness was encroaching and Annabelle became Liion's vessel (though this was unbeknownst to Saros), Saros broke up with Annabelle. Annabelle's cruelty to her people saddened and angered Saros, and she wanted nothing to do with it.

### Astrophel

Astrophel was a pupil of Saros, but eventually was chosen as a high priest of Liion. The two largely got along, though Saros was always annoyed by Astrophel's lack of work ethic and his much less formal relationships with the people of Mariness.

It took Astrophel a long time to forgive Saros for stabbing him near fatally and causing the destruction of Mariness, but they are back on good terms.

### Dester

Dester initially hated Saros, as she basically stood against everything he believed in: she was a boring adult who seemingly did not care about other people. He threatened her several times and was unhappy to have her in The Troupe. One time he beat her near to death for her negligence.

Despite this, even after Liion was defeated Saros traveled with Dester for some time, and even became a performer in some of his shows. They grew to be decent friends. The two eventually started studying together and would occasionally spar to test out new spells.