Syren

## Young, Alone

Syren was raised by the caretakers of Pantheon from near-birth, having found her left on the steps to the massive temple complex. Surrounded by religious teachings and ideologies her whole life, she gravitated gradually toward the teachings of Veskari. Her relative proximity to the Ordo Messorem got her exposed to the idea of a paladin's lifestyle and devotion to an Oath. She set her sights on becoming one of its next members.

## The Unbroken Circle

### Theme

Sapphire - Blumenkranzhttps://open.spotify.com/track/20iUoNfpjuOkOGVqy8bVAY

### Allies

Ordo Messorem, Ordo Cete Grandia, Church of Veskari

### Enemies

Necromancers, the undead, Cape Fang nobility.

### Guilds/Businesses

Ordo Messorem, Pantheon healers, Wildhjal Guildhjal

A paladin of the Ordo Messorem, Syren has dedicated her life to hunting down those who would dare profane of The Great Wheel. Recruited into the Reapers at a young age, she rose from the ranks of a squire and eventually became a fully sworn-in member. An honor in itself, she became distinguished a few years into her career by fending off a moderately sized horde from Pantheon. While the winter months typically make undead hordes useless, special magic runes had been carved into their flesh by their master. Had she not been paying close attention to the signs, the village surely would have been overrun with the swarming ranks of the frozen dead. Syren was the only Reaper within a few days travel, but refused to back down. Her duty was her life, her only family of the Order, so she stood her ground, and using strategy and a commanding presence, worked with the healers and teachers to create safezones and traps, as well as basic weapons and armor. While Syren herself was nearly killed, both by the sheer numbers, the mad warlock who created them, and three straight days of fighting alone, not a single resident of Pantheon was lost.

Syren was credited as the "Hero of Pantheon" and "The Dancing Reaper" but she never acknowledged any title other than her own name. She would then further elevate her status by containing a Scion of Orcus and minimizing civilian loss while reinforcements arrived. How she did this, no one has ever spoken of, and when asked, she becomes despondent and asks coldly and quietly not to speak of it. Her demeanor had changed towards the worse after they pulled her from a pile of rubble and bodies, and the healers have diagnosed her with "Survivor's Curse." Regardless, Syren had become a champion of the people, to the point of her achieving Paragon.

## One-track to the grave

Her duties as a highly able warrior often involve her tracking down forgotten locations and destroying any traces of necromantic knowledge with holy fire. Resurrection, reanimation, forced reincarnation, all disrupt the natural flow of souls through The Great Wheel. As a Reaper, she must maintain that flow. Battling hordes of undead hardly seemed to phase her anymore, and were little more than trivial exercises to stay in shape. The real matters were their masters. While she would try to redeem or bring to justice these necromancers, they often would not relent to her cold demeanor, and would often attack her. Her typical response to this behavior was swift death. In order to prevent her targets from continuing to complete spells, her weaponry was shifted more towards speed, and crippling, painful injuries that rendered spellcasters inert. A caster that can't cast is no longer a threat and can be brought to justice easily.

## All Cycles End

Syren was sent out into the distant continent of Faethal on suspicion of a magic device that can circumvent the usual requirements for raising the dead. Unable to allow such a device, or the scriptures to create it to see the light of day, she set off to take care of the issue. Protected by her oath, Syren navigated the hazards of the Temple of Bhaal located in the Shield Mountains. What she wasn't prepared for, was the arrival of The Wildfire Company. Having need of the item she was sent to destroy, her code forced her to stop them to the best of her ability, calling on her Paragon strength and aasimar heritage to aid her in the fight. It wasn't enough. After a prolonged fight, the Wildfire Company eventually wore her down, at great personal cost. Beaten, bloody, and broken, Syren asked what her fate should be, and Rolen decided it was death. Her fate was made further macabre by Samson, as he desecrated her lonesome corpse, tearing into her flesh and snapping bone to worm his fingers to her heart, where he extracted it for purposes unclear. Her lonesome life dictated by selfless duty ended in a brutal, unceremonious fashion devoid of the dignity and fierce determination she once possessed.