Sorin Carlisle

Sorin Carlisle is the main protagonist of All Things Must End and a Reaper of Kaldor. Among the Reapers, Sorin is the current Number 18 (formerly 19, until the death of Amelia Savos). After discovering that she may be connected with Kaldor, Sorin travelled to the forsaken country to search for her past. Upon finding out that there is a dark power at work in the country, Sorin became dedicated to discovering the true nature of the Church of Solaria, the Reapers, and her own self.

## Personality

Sorin is stubborn, blunt, and strong-willed. She pursues her own objectives and doesn't seem willing to compromise on anything unless it is of benefit to her. She is slightly misanthropic and seems to care very little for the people around her - however she has good morals, as seen when she protects a mother and child in the wilderness from the Twisted. She seems to have a lot of respect for the dead.

Sorin is known to be impatient, as she frequently cuts other people off while they are explaining things, asking them to get to the point.

## Story

### Lady of the Woods Arc

Several weeks after arriving in Kaldor, Sorin appears outside of a large, abandoned castle. After exploring the dead castle town, she makes her way to the main courtyard and comes face to face with the monster she'd been sensing. The monster, a Descended, pulls her into the Unseen, where she remarks that the beast must have had a name a long time ago, and alludes to her own lost memories. She battles the creature and destroys it, then leaves the castle and starts to head East.

In the woods, Sorin comes across a mother and son under attack from a group of Twisted, the same group that has been following her for days. She enters the Unseen world and slays them all with her magic sword, and guides them to a safe town, revealing that she is looking for the College of Vestus. However, in the town, the local priest attempts to tell her not to go there, on account of the College being forbidden.

Sorin ignores the priest, and the mother's warnings of the supposed witch who resides in the College and kills all who approach. Along the route to the College, Sorin is attacked by specters, until she reaches the front gates. Inside, she confronts the one controlling them - the lady of the woods, Saria Belmont. Saria reveals that both Sorin and herself are Reapers, but Saria appears to be on the brink of insanity, and attacks Sorin in an attempt to reap her soul while it is still "human". Saria successfully kills Sorin, but is unable to reap her soul because Sorin's soul is unusually powerful.

While in limbo, Sorin meets a peculiar girl who informs her that her soul cannot die and pass on, and that the Darkness of Kaldor has taken hold of her.

Upon resurrecting, Sorin finds that Saria is no longer hostile. She tells Sorin that there are 51 Reapers in total, and they are the servants of the Church of Kaldor, Saria instructs Sorin to seek out the Sol Cathedral in the capital city of Geldor if she wants answers. Sorin finds a book while searching for a map, that tells her the names of the top 6 Reapers, including the Number 2, Kalia Carlisle.

Finding a map, Sorin decides to go to the Church in other to find out who Kalia is, believing Kalia might know something about Sorin's past.

### Amelia Arc

Seeking out Kalia, Sorin travels to Geldor, a city which appears to still be clinging to life. Sorin notes that, while the ordinary people appear to be few in number and suffering poverty, the clergy and their standing army seem to be living quite comfortably in the extravagant Cathedral district, as if oblivious to the suffering of the rest of the country. Sorin meets Balota, a fellow Reaper, upon entering the area and heads up to the Sol Cathedral, a massive holy temple built upon the highest point of Geldor.

Inside the Sol Cathedral, Sorin meets Father Azrael, who claims that he is sort of like the father of the Reapers, and the "host of the Nightmare" which appears to manifest as the black veins on a Reaper's body. Azrael does not answer Sorin's questions properly, instead attempting to convince her to re-join the ranks of the Reapers.

High Priest Lucifer Darklight, apparently in charge of the Reapers, informs Sorin that she is in fact, the Number 19 Reaper, and that she has been missing for 7 years. Lucifer and Azrael tell Sorin that they will give her information on Kalia and her past if she does a mission for them, and threatens her by telling her if she refuses, the other Reapers will slay her. Azrael also mentions that she appears to have lost much of her powers due to a lack of souls, but what he means by that is unclear.

Sorin remains distrustful of the Church, but agrees to accompany Balota and Danya to the east to aid Fort Marquise. Along the way, Balota informs Sorin that there is much mystery surrounding Kalia, and that several years before, a Reaper named Amelia Savos witnessed her executing former Number 5 Johann Song, and that after the execution, she left the capital. Amelia is apparently the only one other than Gene Sis and the Clergy to know her current location.

Unfortunately, when they arrive at Fort Marquise, the Reapers discover that Amelia is there and Descending. Her physical body dissolves to ash and the trio enter the unseen and battle against her extremely powerful monstrous Descended form. Descended Amelia easily kills Danya and Balota, and beats Sorin back, but before she can kill Sorin, a fourth Reaper appears.

Elegantly dancing around her opponent, the new Reaper easily destroys Descended Amelia, permanent killing the former Number 9. Sorin falls unconscious after the Reaper introduces herself as the Number 4, Rida Arin, and when she wakes up, Balota greets her. Balota tells Sorin about how the Descended is what all Reapers become when the Nightmare claims their soul, and that dying as a Descended is one of the only real ways to truly, permanently, kill a Reaper.

### The Shepherd Arc

On the way back to Geldor, Sorin is side-tracked by a sudden memory that triggers inside of her. She runs from the Reapers, and finds herself at the ruins of a cottage she identifies as her home. However, whilst exploring, she realizes several things - most notably, the fact that there were two bedrooms makes her come to the realization that she had a family. Her thoughts are interrupted by Kalia Carlisle, who shows up and attacks Sorin, revealing that she is Sorin's daughter. Kalia claims that she hates Sorin for her sin and kills Sorin repeatedly, getting more and more frustrated at Sorin for being unable to remember her sin.

Gene arrives to inform Kalia that they must move on, but she continues to torture her mother. Finally, when Kalia is distracted talking to Gene, Sorin grabs her sword and runs away, abandoning her sabres. She comes upon a cliff with a river below, and commits suicide by jumping in the water to avoid Kalia.

Waking up several days later, Sorin finds out that she was saved by a mysterious man. The man pulled her from the river and hid her from Kalia and several other Reapers. Sorin inspects the black veins on her arm, only to discover that they have spread all the way to her right shoulder from her numerous deaths. The mysterious man reveals that he hates the Church of Solaria and the Reapers. When Sorin identifies herself as one, he challenges her to a friendly duel with fencing swords, the winner of which keeps the Reaper blade.

The man, who identifies himself only as a Shepherd, easily defeats Sorin, winning her Reaper sword in the process. When Sorin asks him how he did it, he tells her that he simply follows the teachings of the Emissaries of Terra, a group of warriors who communicated with nature, who were wiped out by the first Reapers.

Sorin stays with the Shepherd for several more days, noting his day to day habits and replaying the events of her meeting with Kalia in her head.

Eventually, Sorin asks the Shepherd about himself, and he reveals that his whole village was slaughtered by the Reapers for defying the Church. After his story, they are interrupted by a group of 4 Reapers, who claim that Sorin has been sentenced to death for deserting the Church.

Leading the team is the Number 22, and a masked Reaper who claims Sorin gouged out his eyes. Sorin tells the Shepherd to leave her, which he seemingly does. She then proceeds to take on all 4 Reapers unarmed, but just as she is about to be killed, the Shepherd returns and disarms the masked Reaper - literally.

While the Shepherd fights one Reaper, Sorin takes on Numbers 22 and 28, who defeat her and imply that Sorin would have won if not for her powers diminishing from a lack of reaping souls. She takes a chance to save Shepherd, and wound the other Reapers, giving herself a chance to escape.

As she leaves with Shepherd, it becomes clear that his wounds are rather severe. She starts dragging him through the woods to a city, and sneaks in with the help of a sympathetic gateman. Unfortunately, along the way to the Doctor's house, the Shepherd collapses, his fate unknown.

## History

### Childhood

As revealed in a flashback, 30 years prior to the events of the story, Sorin lived in a small walled community with her Father, Gabriel Carlisle and her mother Anne Carlisle. She appears to have had a great relationship with her father, but was somewhat defiant with her mother. She found a dog in the woods who was wounded, rescued him and named him Rem. Rem quickly became her most beloved friend.

Shortly after training Rem, someone from her village is most likely slain by a Twisted, forcing the village to lock down. After this, Sorin was no longer allowed to leave the walls, and her father, who worked the fields, started taking Rem with him to work as protection after Sorin revealed that Rem could sense the unseen.

This choice proved to be a good move for Gabriel, who declared that Rem saved his life. Sorin later discovers her father taking out a pair of Sabres, intent on brushing up on his sword play just in case the walls are ever breached. Sorin demands he teach her to fight, which he agrees.

For several months, Sorin learns how to swordfight from her father, training every day with him and Rem, who had grown to be an adult dog.

Sorin has also clearly lost many of her baby teeth by this point.

One night, Sorin's father woke her up in the middle of the night to get her out of the village. The Twisted invaded and razed the fort, slaughtering everyone. With the gates sealed, Sorin's father leads the whole family over the wall and into the forest, where they are attacked by a Twisted.

Rem saves Sorin's father, but he is injured in the process.

After some time wandering the woods, Sorin's family stumbles across a road and stop to rest, however they are ambushed by bandits who wish to sell Sorin to slave traders. After tying her and Rem up and beating them savagely, Sorin's father fights against the bandits and kills one. As punishment, the bandits rape Sorin's mother and then kill her, killing Sorin's father.

Rem manages to chew through Sorin's bindings and she surprises the bandit leader, and kills him with her sabre, but the third man strikes her down and attempts to rape her. Before he can however, the severely injured Rem lunges and bites his throat out, killing him. Hurt and in shock, Sorin takes her father's Sabres, frees Rem, and briefly mourns her parents before struggling to move on. Rem however collapses from his wounds, and Sorin rushes to his side, and cries as the dog bleeds to death.

After crying over her family and Rem, she is discovered by a mysterious rider.

## Powers and abilities

Sorin possesses all the powers of a Reaper, including increased agility, speed, strength, and healing, as well as the ability to come back to life. Like all Reapers, she is able to enter the unseen world and slay the Descended and Twisted.

Sorin is proficient at dual-wielding, as she is shown expertly dispatching a powerful Descended with her dual sabres. She is also highly skilled with her Reaper blade, a large double-edged sword with arcane powers. As of Chapter 11, Sorin no longer has her Sabres.

## Trivia

* Sorin is one of the 9 Reapers the Church has declared missing.

* After losing her memory, Sorin lived in the country to the south of Kaldor for 6 years, before returning. The journey back took her a full year to complete.