Yellow Sun

> "I hear a wildfire inside you, boy. You are divine. You are divine in all the ways devils are divine to sinners." - *Lucile Mephisto, while heartless, about Yellow Sun.*
>
>
>
>
> Yellow Sun
> ----------
>
>
>
> Basic
> -----
>
>
>
> ### Type
>
>
> Player Character
>
>
> ### Player
>
>
> Swift
>
>
>
> Character Information
> ---------------------
>
>
>
> ### Aliases
>
>
> Ephyra
> Ephyra Poulter
> Miss Ephyra
> Sheriff
> Sheriff of Corinth
> Mourning Sun (Godly name)
> Sunny (Nickname used by Artemis, initially derogatory) (Nickname used by Rising Star, friendly)
> Sunshine (Nickname used by Selene, affectionate)
> Crusader (Called this by Lucile, when he was heartless)
>
>
> ### Age
>
>
> 41
>
>
> ### Height
>
>
> 6'2"
>
>
> ### Gender
>
>
> Trans woman (She/her)
>
>
> ### Sexuality
>
>
> Aspec (?)
>
>
> ### Species
>
>
> Human
>  Protector Aasimar (formerly)
>
>
> ### Class
>
>
> Fighter (Champion) 5
>  Paladin (Oath of Devotion) 6 (formerly)
>
>
> ### Languages
>
>
> Common
>  Celestial
>
>
>
> Affiliations and Relationships
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> ### Family
>
>
> The Shining Sun (mother)
> Unnamed father
>
>
> ### Connections
>
>
> Artemis Wolfbane (business partner, close friend)
> Eurydice Mephisto (close friend)
> Percy (ward)
> Selene Nantucket (complicated)
> Cory (deputy, friend)
> Spite (friendly, complicated)
> Rising Star (friend, complicated)
> Miss Romeo (complicated, thinks she is beautiful)
>
>
> ### Affiliations
>
>
> Unnamed law enforcement agency
> The Shining Sun (formerly)
>
>
>
> Status
> ------
>
>
>
> ### Status
>
>
> Alive
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Yellow Sun, or Ephyra Poulter, is the Sheriff of Corinth, and the daughter of The Shining Sun.

## Description

### Appearance

#### Arc 1

##### Masked

Yellow Sun entirely covers up, wearing a generic brown cowboy hat (with her sheriff's badge affixed) that enshrouds her face in shadow, with just her bright yellow eyes shining through. Her eyes are very expressive, and cartoony. Yellow Sun wears a deep red scarf that she covers her mouth and nose with. Over the top, she wears a brown cloak/shawl that covers her head and looks like a diamond from the back.

She wears a simple white long-sleeved button-up shirt beneath this, and has a standard belt holding up her long, wide leg trousers, which have diamond/stars on the knees. She wears brown and yellow gloves with the ring fingers and pinkie fingers being yellow, and the rest being brown.

She wears standard cowboy boots, with golden toes and heels, as well as having spurs that resemble the same stars that appear throughout her design. She wears a golden spaulder on both shoulders, which resemble scorpion's stingers. From this dangles two golden tassels.

##### Unmasked

Yellow Sun has blemished brown skin, with many moles, beauty marks, and golden specks/freckles, as well as many scars. She has a large scar that runs from one cheek, across her nose, to the other. On the left side, she has a scar that travels from the bottom of her left eye to just above her mouth, and a third scar across her left cheek. She has a large scar across the left side of her neck.

She has a sharp nose, with a prominent bridge, but it is missing a chunk from the scar that runs across it. Her ears are pierced, and have nicks taken out of them, the left ear missing part of the helix, and the lobe, and the right ear missing part of the lobe.

Her hands are scarred from playing dangerous games, and her right hand is severely scarred by (presumably) magic. The tips of her fingers are golden, and glow when she casts spells.

Her hair is an off-white/platinum blonde colour, and it is worn in an incredibly messy long braid. There are also golden specks in her hair, and she has a few golden strands.

She has very frightening eyes, a bright gold, with lovely, long eyelashes. They're slightly droopy, and she has almost constant bags under her eyes. She is much less expressive than when she is covered up, either having a worried expression with a small frown and furrowed brow, or a blank stare. She has sharp, pointed teeth, and the inside of her mouth (and her blood) is golden.

Though she usually hides them under her hat or shoves them in a pocket, she has three golden halos covered in eyes, with golden wings, two that cross over her face, and one that hovers around her neck. These eyes canonically do not blink, but she makes them blink anyway.

She wears a necklace with the symbol of The Shining Sun.

#### Arc 2

##### Masked

Now, she wears a red bandana to cover her mouth and nose, which has a simple yellow diamond/star on the left side, just to the side of where her mouth would be, that stretches from the top to the bottom. She wears a thick, long scarf that wraps around her and covers her head. It wraps around her upper left arm, and the end of the scarf hangs in front of her right arm. The tassels at the end of the scarf are blackened, and the rest of the scarf has a flame motif, starting at the end with a yellow, fading into orange, with the rest of the scarf being a deep red.

Beneath this, she wears a brown waistcoat over a white button-up shirt. This waistcoat has thin yellow semi-circles at the chest, with yellow triangles above it (similar to the symbol of The Shining Sun), and red and orange tassels coming from these patterns. Instead of individual buttons, the waistcoat is done up by buttons on the inside of the waistcoat, beneath a golden metal trim that looks like a string of stars, and matches the pattern on her bandana. The waistcoat has two pockets, with diamond/star buttons. She wears a long light-brown, almost grey skirt, which is worn, and singed at the bottom. She has a standard belt holding up her skirt. She wears the same gloves as before.

She wears 3 belts over her waistcoat, in which she has her holster, and three charms that are tied to the belts, with one charm for each belt. The inner-most charm is a moon, whereas the other two are simple diamond/stars. She wears the same boots as before. She wears a golden spaulder only on her left shoulder, from this, now dangles two golden stars.

##### Unmasked

Now, as well as the previous scars, she has three scars on each side of her face, from when the Siren in Prometheus dug her talons into Yellow Sun's face.

She wears a dangly heart earring in her left ear lobe piercing.

Her hair is still incredibly messy, but it has been hastily cut. It is slightly shorter than shoulder-length, and is the same darker white/platinum blonde at the top, but a brighter traffic white at the bottom. She has a long strand that goes across her face, and is tucked behind her left ear.

She also wears a golden friendship necklace that says, 'BEST', and Artemis has the other one, which is silver, and says, 'FRIENDS'.

As of Session 14.5, What's Gone is Gone, Yellow Sun has a large group of scars on her right cheek, from being punched in the face by 'Spite's' teeth-covered fist.

#### Mourning Sun (Radiant Form)

> "I mean, some would call me a god, some would say I'm, you know, not quite there yet-- I don't have a realm of my *own*, but, you know, when your mother's The Shining Sun, you do have a-- quite a large amount of power that others don't possess." - *The Mourning Sun telling Goldie what she is.*
>
>

Yellow Sun's Radiant Form was not seen until Arc 2, Session 6. Yellow Sun's Radiant Form is significantly more inhuman, being entirely shrouded in shadow. She has large talons for feet, and her fingers are long and sharp, like claws. Her face resembles eyes and a beak, with a large vertical eye above where her nose would be. She is covered in bright white and golden eyes, with the smoke/shadow around her left shoulder, right chest, right forearm, and left calf being torn apart by the bright white light underneath.

She has a large yellow star in the middle of her torso, from which the smoke pours, and light emanates. She has three sets of large wings, of which resemble hawk wings. One set comes from between her shoulder blades, then from her mid-back, and then from her lower back.

As well as her prior halos, which are larger in size, and spinning with an intense velocity, she has more halos, though these ones are without wings. These are around her right upper arm, her right wrist, her left wrist, and her right calf.

### Personality

The way Yellow Sun presents herself varies drastically depending on the people she is with. Most of the time, when she is around the people of Corinth, or people she doesn't know very well, she presents herself as a polite, yet strange person, who dedicates her time to protecting people. She frequently assures people that she is alright, brushing off her issues for the sake of other people. She is fairly distant and impersonal when she is like this, but tries to give advice and support to people, though she doesn't do a very good job of it. She uses her 'cowboy accent' when portraying herself like this.

However, Yellow Sun can also be very intimidating, either through lack of reaction to terrible things, such as killing Maggie, or through enjoyment and amusement from terrible things, such as when she laughed at Artemis while he was reprimanding her for killing Maggie, and when she confronted Goldie in Edessa. She acts very similar to how her mother, The Shining Sun is portrayed, lying and bluffing and threatening horrific punishments. She brushes off important topics, and has been said to have the same blank stare as her mother. This intimidating side is more associated with The Mourning Sun, rather than Yellow Sun herself, and she is not very keen on this side of her. However, since it frightens people, and she believes it drives people away, she uses this more as a weapon than a method she wants to use frequently.

The most vulnerable of her portrayals is when she is around people she cares about, such as Artemis, Percy and Eurydice, though it is also shown when she has spoken to The Shining Sun and Helios. Yellow Sun can be incredibly emotional, crying frequently, being compared to her father, having the same constantly anxious expression. She rambles on, over-explaining herself, or accidentally being incredibly vague. This emotional side isn't simply applied to her sadness, she has also been seen to get very angry, specifically when arguing with Eurydice at the Moon Temple. Additionally, despite her insecure anxiousness, she has been seen to be slightly vain, and concerned about her appearance. This can be seen on many occasions, saying that her mother said she's beautiful, getting upset when her hair colour was changed, and worrying that her mother didn't like her haircut so asking Artemis if he thought it was alright. This could be seen as stereotypical femininity. Yellow Sun has been said to take extra care of her personal hygiene, caring a lot for how she looks, despite fully covering up at all times.

Furthermore, she has displayed maternal attributes, caring for Cory, Percy and Tyoma, wanting to be a good role-model and caretaker for the children she has been around.

Yellow Sun has a very strange moral code, believing that good and evil are very black and white, though this may be a result of her upbringing. This moral code goes alongside with her belief that evil people should die, and she kills people who she believes should not live.

She is very conflicted between her different portrayals, and frequently shows suicidal tendencies, as well as self-loathing. She is very troubled, and believes that she is incapable of being loved, due to her role as Mourning Sun. She expresses a want to be used, and to be useful, illustrating the severe impact of being manipulated by The Shining Sun her whole life, to a point where she almost rejects autonomy, asking Artemis multiple times to tell her what to do, as she's not used to the idea of having the freedom to make her own decisions. This leads to extreme recklessness in her behaviours, and a violent, short temper.

## History

### Prior to the events of Hourglass

Yellow Sun grew up with her father and his many chickens, until she was around 8 years old. She then went to live with her mother, in her mother's realm. She claims that she went to 'angel school', until she was 15, when she was sent to the mortal realm to fulfil her purpose of slaying evil, and protecting good.

She has mentioned living in Delphi, a small town that worships her, when she was around 13.

She started bounty hunting, and she has said that many times she would 'lose control', and make a mess of it. She has said that she specifically kills criminals, and has never spared anybody.

At some point, she became the Sheriff of Corinth, becoming familiar with the people of Corinth, and Artemis Wolfbane. However, she keeps her actions (killing criminals) and her identity as The Mourning Sun secret, fearing that people will leave her, or despise her, if she tells them the truth.

### Arc One

#### Promise and Motivation

Yellow Sun is invited to join Artemis Wolfbane, Sheriff of Alexandria, on a case regarding the many deaths around Alexandria. Together, they confront the culprit, but Yellow Sun has a vision where she is in the house of her father, and then is bitten by the siren, and Artemis takes her back to his house to take care of her. After some persuasion (Artemis revealing that he had a daughter who passed away), he convinces her to try and negotiate with the culprit, instead of killing them, and she does so, as well as revealing to Artemis her halos, and establishing that Artemis is allowed to kill her if she becomes a threat. She learns that the culprit is searching for his daughter, Eurydice Mephisto, and Yellow Sun promises to find his daughter, and take care of her, as well as to end his life if something goes wrong. This promise is her motivation for continuing on this journey.

She meets up with Eurydice, Selene Nantucket, and Percy, known currently as Orpheus, and they go on a journey to try and help the culprit, Lucile Mephisto.

#### Sleepover

Elaine, The Shining Sun, the mother of Yellow Sun, makes her promise to kill Artemis Wolfbane and Lucile Mephisto, and gives her a day in which to do this. Yellow Sun refuses, though invites Artemis to her house for a sleepover. During this sleepover, while they eat pumpkin pie (as it is Artemis' favourite food), Yellow Sun reveals this to Artemis, causing an awful tension between the two.

In the middle of the night, Yellow Sun is contacted and reprimanded by her mother, who says that she will come visit the next morning, and evaluate Artemis herself. She holds true to this, and threatens to kill Artemis in front of both of them, to which Yellow Sun threatens to kill herself, with her scimitar held to her neck, telling Elaine that she loves him. This causes Elaine to leave, but also is the starting point to Artemis and Yellow Sun's frequent arguments throughout the rest of the arc, with Artemis leaving the situation many times, and going back to Alexandria, to which Yellow Sun always goes to find him.

She writes him an apology letter, in which she states her want to not discuss the love she had spoken of.

#### First lead (The Reaper)

Following an interrogation of Eurydice, where she reveals a letter that had mentioned a 'Wandering Man of Death', Yellow Sun goes around and questions people, specifically Murphy McMoore, finding out about The Reaper, and Pestilence. Despite warnings from Murphy and even her own mother, she is not discouraged. These warnings are continued by She of The Wild, who presents Yellow Sun with visions of rituals to summon The Reaper, and calls Yellow Sun by her godly name, Mourning Sun, talking about how every god knows about every godchild, and how The Shining Sun was very happy when Yellow Sun was born.

However, due to some vague suggestions from her mother, she finds out that Eurydice is undead, and that Lucile had sacrificed to bring her back from the dead, rather than cure her ailment. This results in a large and rather explosive argument between the two, but Yellow Sun apologises to her later by showing Eurydice her face.

She is persuaded to not speak to The Reaper, as she has not 'experienced' death or loss in any way, despite her wanting to in order to risk her own life instead of anybody else's.

#### Prometheus

Continuing on with a guide from The Reaper, a skeleton vulture named Mallory, Yellow Sun spares a criminal, The Hangman, although she wants to kill him.

The party finds an individual called Cenrud, who is in need of a lift to a town called Prometheus. Yellow Sun is suspicious of this, so uses her Divine Sense to find that Cenrud, mysteriously, almost doesn't seem to exist. She is convinced to not shoot Cenrud, but is not convinced to stay out of Prometheus, and goes in to investigate, her recklessness encouraged by an argument with Selene.

She has a nightmare about a time in her past where she and her father went to pick up new chicks, due to the old chickens having all died mysteriously, but Yellow Sun accidentally kills the chick, losing control of herself. This dream continues on to one where she is chasing and killing a criminal, who looks suspiciously like Cenrud, before they die.

She spends all of her time in Prometheus with all the eyes on her body open, and feeling as though she is being watched. Multiple times, she attempts to contact her mother, but is met with silence, and with the addition of a vision of her mother disowning her, she is almost convinced that her mother has abandoned her.

Yellow Sun gets closer to Eurydice and Percy, as well as Artemis, comforting him when he is upset about his dream, and making him promise to kill her, when the time is right. She also doesn't heal herself after a fight with the siren, waiting to heal Artemis, although she had been taken down to 2 hit points.

#### Edessa

Continuing the trip, the party meets Judith Cadarel, a known illegal snake oil merchant, who Yellow Sun initially buys products from, but then decides to take things for free, in return for turning a blind eye to her illegal activity.

In Edessa, Artemis and Yellow Sun share a room and a bed, with a more civil and light-hearted relationship. Yellow Sun drinks a hair-colour changing potion, which causes a lot of distress for her, as her hair is an unbecoming 'Moss Grey', and Artemis convinces her to keep drinking it, to try and bring her hair colour back to normal (they don't quite succeed, but settle on 'Traffic White'). Here, Yellow Sun confides in Artemis, asking him for opinions on names that she wants to choose between so she can have a more regular, 'human' name. She also finds out about Artemis' son.

After attending a matinee, the group witnesses a bank robbery, and Yellow Sun is reluctant to go after the criminals, as it is out of her jurisdiction, and she knows that she will end up killing somebody, but Selene and eventually Artemis encourage her, and she ends up killing Maggie McConnell of The Bloodhounds. This results in Selene, in an attempt to stop her from killing anybody else, trying to use Vicious Mockery against Constellation, Yellow Sun's dragon, which Yellow Sun responds to by punching Selene in the face. Yellow Sun tells Artemis that now is his chance to kill her, and he reasonably gets very upset at this, calling her 'dead weight' if she's not even trying to make a change.

#### Heart of The Carrion

Yellow Sun doesn't make many decisions for the rest of the trip, but does discover that she is transgender, confiding in Eurydice and Artemis. She has a quick and awkward conversation with her mother, in which her mother expresses concern for her wellbeing. She continually heals Artemis and tries to make sure he doesn't get too sick as he is affected the most by the severe heat of The Wastelands.

She has a vivid dream/vision of having a realm of her own, a small temple decorated with murals and fields of flowers made of gold. She looks for Artemis in the murals, but cannot find him. She sits and plucks petals from a flower, and lands on 'he loves me not'.

She helps return Lucile's heart, using healing spells to aid his mending.

#### Reunion and Prophecy

Returning to Corinth, Yellow Sun is welcomed by everyone. Cory hugs her tearfully and talks about how much she missed her, Diane and Paulie express concern for Yellow Sun's health, telling her that she can talk to anybody in Corinth and they'd all support her, and she speaks with Shepherd, who is upset and missing Isaac, who left town with The Hangman.

Yellow Sun decides to visit Artemis in Alexandria, and meets Tyoma Wolfbane-Orion, who is Artemis' very curious son. Ty asks if Yellow Sun is going to be Artemis' girlfriend, to Yellow Sun's discomfort.

After contacting her mother, who expresses her disappointment in Yellow Sun's recent behaviour, she travels to Delphi in order to visit her mother in her realm. The two argue for a while, over Yellow Sun's mistakes, her attachment to Artemis and her lack of faith in The Shining Sun. The Shining Sun decides to tell Yellow Sun of a prophecy she is a part of,

> They told me of a future where you would grow into an unstoppable flame. One that, if not controlled, could wreak destruction on the entire world. Something of a wildfire. But, that if you were guided on the correct path, that you would become a beacon of light, and of hope, and safety. You would protect the world from darkness.
>
>

This prophecy, given by Pytho, a prophet of The End, hits Yellow Sun particularly hard, and she doesn't say much of anything for the rest of her three day stay with her mother.

Once back in Corinth, she invites Artemis to Old Man Cassidy's, and vaguely asks for help with what to do about the prophecy. Though he doesn't quite understand, they try to comfort her. She tells him also about the name she has chosen for herself, which is Ephyra.

Percy arrives at Ephyra's house, looking for a place to stay, as Ephyra had expressed that she would care for him if he needed, and she starts to take care of Percy, almost trying to raise him as her own.

### Arc Two

#### Birthday Party and Catching Up

Ephyra takes Cory, Maxwell, and Percy to Ty's eighth birthday party. She meets Vinny Orion and Marigold, and gets along (to some degree) with the two of them, though it is very awkward. Once Selene shows up at the party, she becomes very on edge and upset, glaring at him, and questioning Artemis as to why Selene was invited, saying that he was 'a danger' and 'a threat' to all of them. Artemis says that the two of them would also put everyone there in danger, and that he didn't tell Ephyra as they didn't want her to 'not show up' as 'Ty really likes [her] [as well as Selene], and [Artemis] just wanted to see [Ephyra] again'. Ephyra is nicer to Selene during this party as a result.

Vinny thanks Ephyra for taking care of Artemis in the recent months. When Lucile shows up, Ephyra doesn't say much else until he leaves, giving him a note that says, 'How did you know?' referring to her prophecy, as Lucile had spoken of the wildfire when the two first met. Lucile didn't respond however, and just made a show of keeping the note for later.

Artemis and Ephyra dissolve the promise that Artemis will kill Ephyra in the worst case scenario.

Selene fills Ephyra in (vaguely) about the situation with the Spades and Silver, which causes her to panic, inviting Artemis to her house to tell him (to which they are not very happy about, saying that Ephyra is 'too far for [him] to reach' and that he cannot intervene) and even suggesting to Percy that they should kill all of The King's Card. She apologises for all of this.

#### Edessa, Again

After receiving a letter from Spite regarding The Bloodhounds, Ephyra travels to Pylos to meet with him. Prior to this, she sends Artemis a coded love letter, telling him that she's going to Pylos, and that they should watch over her people in her absence.

Spite and Ephyra travel to Edessa, which is in the process of industrialisation, which has been hindered by The Bloodhounds taking the city as hostage. After being guided to the large mansion at the end of Main Street by a satyr friend of the sheriff, Spite and Ephyra burst through the door, and are consequently immediately captured.

Goldie makes a large speech of how Ephyra killed his friends (of which she only actually killed one) and says that he will kill her once he has made her watch him kill all of her friends. He leads the two into a room, where he makes Ephyra watch as he shoots and attempts to kill Spite; Ephyra tries to jump in the way of the bullet, but trips and falls on her front, which is slowly dampened by Spite's blood, as he is shot another three times, and falls to the ground, dead, not before he screams Ephyra's name in fear. Ephyra yells at him, saying that she's 'sorry' and that she did what she did for a good reason, and Goldie takes her face in a hand that he soaks in Spite's blood first. Before Goldie leaves the room, he shoves Ephyra on the floor, face next to Spite's, frightened eyes staring into frightened eyes.

She is taken to The Basement, and replies to Artemis' Sending Stone message, telling him not to come find her.

Ephyra tries to contact her mother for help, for the first time since she visited her, and instead speaks with Helios, who reluctantly says he'll see if he can get somebody to help, but emphasising the fact that he needs to tell her mother of her failure to protect somebody.

After checking in with the other prisoners, Ephyra is brought up to Goldie, and he tells her that her friends have come to find her, to which Ephyra nonchalantly and apathetically says that she made them come here, to 'help speed up the process'. She then reveals who she is, taking her hands from her poorly retied binds, and transforming into her Radiant Form, with a theatrical bow. She tells Goldie to kneel, and to repent, and wipes the tears from his face after he weeps over his sins.

Goldie surrenders, and Ephyra immediately goes to find Spite, apologising to his body. Malice arrives, and performs a ritual to raise him from the dead, as Ephyra watches, but Ephyra cannot stomach it, and runs away.

She comforts Percy, who is incredibly shaken by the whole situation, and seeks comfort from Artemis, who says that in future, she should just tell him where she is, and that he doesn't answer to her.

Due to Ephyra's house being an active crime scene, as somebody had attempted to kidnap Percy, the two stay at Artemis' house instead.

After a night in Artemis' house, Percy tells Ephyra that he needs to leave Artemis' house, and that his father is responsible for the death of Artemis' daughter, Ephyra has an argument with Artemis, during which she brings up his daughter, asking if '[Artemis] would kill [Percy] for [his daughter]'. She apologises for this in a second letter, which Artemis receives with concern, blatantly telling her that the things she's written are not normal.

#### Tying Up Loose Ends

Cory persuades Ephyra to take him (as well as Artemis and Percy) to a rodeo, where they meet The Violet Renegades, a troupe composed of Isaac, The Hangman, and The Rising Star, also known as Buddy. Buddy, who is also a godchild, makes Ephyra show her Radiant Form to him, as well as reveal her identity to Isaac. The positive reception inspires her to plan a party at Old Man Cassidy's, where she intends on revealing her identity to all of Corinth.

Percy gives Ephyra a letter to give to his aunt, Miss Romeo. She decides to get ready and leave her stuff at Artemis' house, so she isn't recognised in Corinth or Alexandria on her way to The Venus Hotel. She kisses Artemis on the forehead as she heads out, leaving a bright golden lipstick kiss on his forehead.

Ephyra is very awkward and almost uncomfortable around Miss Romeo, because she is undeniably the most beautiful woman Ephyra has ever met. When Miss Romeo begins to cry over Percy, Ephyra gives Miss Romeo her handkerchief, and tells her not to call Ephyra 'Sheriff', and to instead just call her Ephyra. She tells Miss Romeo that, should it come to it, Ephyra would die for Percy.

Helios calls Ephyra and tells her that she might be able to find information about The Unseen, and Malice in Ephesus, from The Circle of The Unseen. After the party, during which Ephyra reveals her identity as The Mourning Sun to Corinth (which is received very well), Ephyra and Artemis head to Ephesus and after being led to a mysterious room, as a result of Ephyra showing the Unseen pin that was found in her house after the attempted kidnapping, she meets with Lilith in a ritual, and then is questioned by Malice, who shows up in need of help.

Malice explains that Spite doesn't remember anything but the last task he had to fulfil, which was to capture Percy. The three hurry back to Corinth, where Ephyra's house has been entirely sacked, and is stained with a strange black ooze, which coincidentally leads into a nearby coal mine. Inside, Ephyra fights Spite, who is now an amalgamation of teeth and ooze. He socks her in the face, and Ephyra ends up killing him, before the mine collapses on top of him, as a result of Spite casting Thunder Wave.

Ephyra fails to comfort Malice, and Ephyra and Percy go to stay in Artemis' house again, as Ephyra's house is not fit to be lived in.

#### Fall From Grace

Artemis begins to open up to Ephyra, revealing that he was behind the murder of the previous sheriff of Alexandria, Andrew Callahan, Artemis' former mentor. Ephyra uses this information when addressing Elaine, telling her that the sins and murders Artemis committed were deserved and just, which devolves into an argument, with Ephyra claiming that Elaine is frightened of Ephyra's lack of faith, and saying that she hates her mother sometimes. This fight ends with Elaine confiscating Ephyra's divinity, plucking her wings from her back with thousands of burning hands, before leaving her unconscious on the floor of Artemis Wolfbane's living room.

Ephyra, now entirely human, is taken care of by Artemis, and comes to terms with the fact that in her current state, she is incapable of taking care of Percy, and decides it is in his best interest that he stays with Selene Nantucket. However, in the first day away, Selene locks Percy in his room while speaking to Antony, and Ephyra finds out - and is understandably very upset about this. This starts a large argument, with Selene saying that he'll come to collect Percy in a few days.

With Ephyra left with Artemis, he tells her to be kinder and more considerate of Selene's choices, with his limited options, and he opens up to Ephyra about his attempts on vengeance, failing to kill Antony (and consequently feeling guilty around Percy) and his thoughts surrounding his family, and how they wish they were better to both Vinny and Ty.

## Relationships

### The Shining Sun

> "If it came to it, Mother, would you kill for me? [...] All I do is kill for you." - *Yellow Sun to The Shining Sun.*
>
>

Yellow Sun's relationship with her mother is a very complicated one. From a young age, it is implied that The Shining Sun has always been distant, and doesn't always have time for Yellow Sun. She often doesn't respond to Yellow Sun's prayers and calls, and frequently claims to be too busy to speak to her, having more important things to do.

Yellow Sun is frightened of The Shining Sun. It is implied that she is aware of harsh and unfair punishments that The Shining Sun gives, and has even been implied to have been punished, though she hasn't been specific. She has said on multiple occasions that she thinks losing her powers would be the best punishment her mother could give, and has said that she trusts and obeys The Shining Sun partially out of the fear of what may happen if she disobeys.

However, Yellow Sun has disobeyed her on a few occasions, believing that her order to kill Artemis was unfounded and 'absurd', threatening suicide if she hurts or even lays a finger on Artemis. Furthermore, she doubts The Shining Sun's method of seeking justice, though these doubts come and go based on her situation. The largest of these arguments is in Arc 2, Session 16, Saints and Martyrs, where she tells her mother that 'sometimes, [she] hates [her]', which has resulted in Yellow Sun losing her divinity, and connection to the divine.

Despite her fear and distrust, Yellow Sun loves her mother, and does truly believe that The Shining Sun has her best interests in mind, and is doing what she truly believes is right. Yellow Sun has expressed that she would be upset on a more personal level, if The Shining Sun would be to disown her, and says that she doesn't believe that she could ever truly go against her, because she loves her. Yellow Sun has implied that, even though she wishes that she could be a 'normal human', she would be saddened by the loss of her mother, and frequently shows fear that her mother has left her, getting upset when she doesn't respond to prayers, even crying in an abandoned church because she couldn't get through to her mother.

After losing her connection to her mother, she has expressed a want to be useful, which implies that she had known, at least for a little while, that her mother's actions were more that of weaponising her child, rather than raising her. Yellow Sun is particularly hurt by The Shining Sun stating that she 'never needed [Yellow Sun]', expressing that she wants to be useful and have people make her decisions for her, so that she doesn't have to make the wrong decisions. It is clear that Yellow Sun thinks very low of herself, and that without The Shining Sun, she feels like she doesn't have an excuse for the cruel things she's done.

### Artemis Wolfbane

> "You really don't understand. Ephyra, you are the only person I could tell that I *killed* somebody I *cared* about... and say that I'm a good person for it. 'Cuz it don't feel that way, and it never will. I don't feel like I killed somebody worth killing, I feel like I killed somebody I loved. I don't want you to call me a good man for that." - *Artemis Wolfbane, after Yellow Sun calls him a good man for killing Andrew Callahan.*
>
>

Yellow Sun's relationship with Artemis is a complicated one, initially beginning as a fascination she had for his humanity. This, however, grew into a fondness, and a one-sided rivalry, with Yellow Sun mistaking Artemis' attempts at teasing her (using nicknames, among other implied things) for symbols of their friendship, which leads to some terrible miscommunication. While Artemis called Yellow Sun 'Sunny' to patronise her, Yellow Sun called Artemis 'Artie' as a show of her fondness for him. However, once he expressed his dislike for that nickname, she immediately stopped, taking it a little too personally.

While their relationship was initially playful, despite the serious nature of their business partnership, this quickly devolved into a negative relationship, with Artemis being hostile towards Yellow Sun's attempts to speak to him. This may be due to Yellow Sun having cast Command on him, to get him to do breathing exercises with her, right after revealing to him that she was of divine nature. Yellow Sun asks Artemis if he is frightened of her, to which he states that if something bad were to happen, he would put a bullet through her head. Yellow Sun responds to this by saying that she wouldn't want anyone but him to do it.

Yellow Sun invited Artemis to a sleepover at her house, while she was still being commanded by her mother to kill Artemis. The two played '20 Questions', where she revealed the orders of her mother, but repeatedly assured him that she had no intention to act on them. In the morning, when her mother arrived to see Artemis for herself, Yellow Sun goes against her mother for the first time in person, threatening to end her own life if The Shining Sun was to end Artemis', and repeatedly proclaiming her love (of unspecified nature, but implied romantic) for him. After this, Yellow Sun sent Artemis a letter, stating that she did not wish to hear his opinions on her, and would prefer to keep their relationship as it was, for the foreseeable future.

This situation only worsened their relationship, with the two constantly arguing, and ending fights with Artemis storming off, and Yellow Sun watching him go. Frequently, she brought up her feelings for Artemis, to which Artemis would rebuke with telling her to 'find someone who actually cares [about her]'.

Gradually, they began to be more civil, opening up to each other about their insecurities, with Yellow Sun going to Artemis to talk to him, at any opportunity. In Prometheus, when Artemis was alone, crying in his room, Yellow Sun comforted him. As well as this, Yellow Sun had Artemis promise to kill her, if she happens to act on her instincts and kill somebody, to which he agrees, albeit reluctantly.

The playful, more light-hearted relationship between the two gradually returns, with the two even sharing a bed while staying in Edessa, though this is promptly interrupted by Artemis yelling at Yellow Sun for being selfish and inconsiderate, after she had killed Maggie and begged Artemis to kill her too. The anger doesn't last long, with Artemis helping Yellow Sun to realise that she's transgender, and comforting her after a meeting with her mother, among other more friendly, and supportive interactions. Among these, is the dissolving of the promise to kill Yellow Sun.

Yellow Sun has a lot of trust for Artemis, and thinks that, despite the bad things he may have done, he is a good person, who is just in a lot of pain. Repeatedly, she has expressed that he has been the cause for her doubt in her mother's intentions, and her realisation that morality isn't just black and white, and people can do bad things without being bad people. She has gained a belief in redemption, as a result of her time spent with Artemis.

Yellow Sun does love Artemis, though whether it's romantic, platonic, or simply beyond labels altogether is uncertain. Multiple times she has been willing to put herself in danger for him, refusing to tell him where she was, when she was a captive of the Bloodhounds, as she feared he might die if he came to find her. She feels safe around him, and fears that he may get hurt, or worse, by her hand. While she tries (or is trying) to keep him at arms-length, as to keep him from danger, she struggles to be away from him. Bordering on co-dependency, she spends a lot of time with Artemis, and wholeheartedly believes that all of her good traits are a result of her relationship with him. She goes to him for advice and moral support frequently, though she knows she has more helpful options, as she feels comforted simply by his presence. She is very open about herself when she is with Artemis, not wearing her hat or hood, and using her natural voice around him. She has expressed that he is one of the only people who makes her feel like she can truly be a regular person, and she holds Artemis in very high regards, though she knows little about him. She spends a lot of time living with him in Arc 2, even letting him cut her hair.

Yellow Sun also pities Artemis, and feels sorry for him, and what he has experienced, saying that she would rather give away something of hers than let him lose anything more. Yellow Sun further proves this point by going so far as to give up her divinity, in a fight with her mother, saying that she would rather lose her than have to kill somebody she cares about.

### Cory

> "It's alright star, it's alright. I'm here now." - *Yellow Sun comforting Cory after coming back home from a long trip.*
>
>

Yellow Sun, like everybody who has met Cory, is incredibly attached to this bat-kid, and would do anything for her. Cory is Yellow Sun's deputy, and has been a part of Yellow Sun's life since he was born. Yellow Sun acts as a mentor figure in Cory's life, which is a cause of pride at times, but also a cause of worry, and stress. Yellow Sun fears that she has led Cory down a path similar to her own, and while she has done everything she can to steer him onto a better path, she still fears that she has done too much, and that Cory would hate her if she knew the trust behind Yellow Sun's actions.

Yellow Sun wants to tell Cory that he isn't cut out for law enforcement, and that it is a far more gruesome and corrupt path than she initially portrayed it, but keeps continually shying away from it, out of fear of hurting Cory and 'break[ing] his little heart'.

### Percy

> "Well, now you can rest." - *Yellow Sun to Percy, upon letting him stay at her house.*
>
>

She loves Percy, and often speaks of him very fondly. Yellow Sun has always taken a protective role with Percy, initially being due to her own personal code of 'all children are good', which evolves into her seeing a younger Yellow Sun in Percy, which then gradually turns into a maternal role. She consistently heals him, shields him, fights for him and stands up for him, getting angry at Selene on his behalf, and killing Maggie. She tells Percy that, if he ever needs a place to stay, he can always stay with her.

She does well on this promise, and takes care of him, more so than with anybody else. She fights many people for him, including Selene, Spite, and even Artemis, who she threatens to kill if he hurts Percy, bringing up his deceased daughter in a heated argument. These desperate measures don't stop at arguments, however, with Yellow Sun suggesting to kill a large number of The Card, which she does later apologise for. This more brutal and desperate element of her care for Percy is one that, although she is encouraged by Artemis and Miss Romeo to display it, she is uncomfortable with, as it reminds her of the way that her mother loves. She tries to be more gentle with Percy, and find non-violent solutions.

Despite her hatred for The Card, she visits Miss Romeo in The Venus Hotel to deliver a letter from Percy, showing the measures in which she goes to in order to fulfil his requests and needs.

When he is kidnapped by Spite, and almost kidnapped by Malice, she displays extreme distress, killing Spite without a second of hesitation, and holding some sort of resentment towards the two, despite Artemis trying to reassure her that it is nothing personal. She regrets leaving him, and blames herself for the danger he has been in.

Yellow Sun has expressed that her attachment to Percy is mixed with her longing for a family, which she knows is merely a fantasy, as Percy was 'never [hers] to begin with'. This causes a lot of sadness and grief within Yellow Sun, who, having also considered the possibility of being immortal, has had to dwell on the notion of Percy leaving, and never seeing him again. Despite this, Yellow Sun knows that she may not be the best person to take care of Percy, and so makes the decision to keep him with Selene, despite her personal opinions of Selene, as it is the safer option.

### Eurydice Mephisto

> "This is Eurydice's case, Selene. And if you fuck this up for her, God knows what I'm gonna do to you." - *Yellow Sun to Selene Nantucket, about complicating the situation.*
>
>

Eurydice plays an intrinsic role in Yellow Sun's acceptance of humanity, encouraging her emotions, both positive and negative, and accompanying her through tumultuous events. Eurydice comforts Yellow Sun in the absence of her mother, and Yellow Sun's determination and conviction to remain with the party is due to a promise she had made with Lucile to protect Eurydice, which develops into a genuine personal care for her.

The two were familiar prior to the events of the campaign, so their relationship has always been positive, with miscommunication being their only reason for arguing. Yellow Sun is crestfallen at the idea of Eurydice lying to her, which spurns a heated argument. It is resolved shortly, however, with the two establishing a bond of trust that Yellow Sun has with very few other people, showing Eurydice her face.

Even after the events of Arc 1, and Eurydice's absence, the two exchange letters, referring to each other as best friends, and confiding in the other. Both Eurydice and Yellow Sun have admitted that they are jealous of the other, for different reasons, but this admission of more undesirable characteristics is indicative of their friendship, and the strong bond they share.

### Selene Nantucket

> "Selene, don’t let me be the one to melt those wax wings of yours." - *Yellow Sun to Selene Nantucket.*
>
>

Initially, Yellow Sun's opinion on and relationship with Sel was very positive, with the two even having gone on a date prior to the events of the campaign, though nothing came of it on Yellow Sun's side. This positive relationship continued for a significant time, with Yellow Sun letting Sel ride on Constellation with her for a large part of the Pestilence hunt.

However, doubt began when Sel had fought with Percy, and physically harmed him in an argument that went too far. Yellow Sun was willing to overlook this, as there were more important things to take care of, and they kept on going without much discord, with Sel even making a promise to Yellow Sun to stay with her no matter what, which she was a little apprehensive about.

Upon arriving at Prometheus, Yellow Sun decided she had to go into the town in order to check that it was safe, and in an attempt to stop her, Sel claims that he doesn't 'give a rat's ass about her purpose', to which she fires back that she doesn't 'give a rat's ass about his promise', and their relationship is downhill from here.

When Yellow Sun kills Maggie, Sel tries to use Vicious Mockery on Constellation, and tries to stop Yellow Sun, to which she gets incredibly angry, and punches him in the face. He also reveals Percy's affiliation with the Card to her, and to Artemis, and she is very, very unhappy about this.

The two haven't actively chosen to interact with each other since then, with Yellow Sun caring for Percy, her protectiveness has increased her disdain for him, not trusting Sel, and even stating that she wishes he was dead, on a few occasions.

Many times, Yellow Sun projects her own insecurities onto Sel, which she has implied that she is aware of. While she is consistently upset with him, she does express a vague sort-of care for him, not actually wishing he was dead - but whether this is due to the opinions of her loved ones, or her own personal opinions, this is unclear.

Furthermore, Yellow Sun has also expressed that she finds Sel's acts of good nature (giving her money) to be condescending, and belittling. She perceives them as Sel trying to 'fix' her, or trying to make up for her own shortcomings - she thinks that Selene sees her as incompetent, and is therefore upset by it. She has said that she 'appreciates the money', but is uncomfortable and upset with the manner in which she receives it.

### Goldie

> "Because now-- now, now-- now me and Goldie-- we're the same!" - *Yellow Sun, talking to Artemis about killing Spite.*
>
>

Despite hating Goldie for having hurt and killed so many people, and committing so many evil acts, Yellow Sun looks into the mirror and sees Goldie staring back at her. Initially, she was apathetic towards him, considering him to be just the same as any other criminal, and not caring about him besides knowing that he had hurt Percy, and being reasonably angry at him. However, once seeing him in Edessa, she began to recognise traits that she possesses, such as an incredibly strong sense of justice, and a thirst for vengeance. Her strong care for her friends is reflected in Goldie's, with her expressing that, had she been in Goldie's position, she would have done the same.

Additionally, Goldie's fear of Yellow Sun has reinstated her idea that people should be frightened of her divinity, and it uncomfortably reminds her of her fear of her mother, the god that both Goldie and Yellow Sun worship, and who gives them both power.

## Trivia

* Yellow Sun's initial (masked) design was done in one take, whereas her unmasked design was redone 3 times. Initially, she had a ponytail, and pointed ears.
* The scars on her face are inspired by the character of Yoru, from Chainsaw Man.
* Yellow Sun is proficient in Vehicles (Land).
* Yellow Sun carries flashcards with conversation prompts, for different situations. She has said that she has far too many for dates.
* She uses idioms incorrectly, always giving them a chicken/egg theme.
* The name, Ephyra, is that of one of the Oceanids in Greek mythology, specifically the Oceanid that was married to the Titan, Epimetheus, and is believed, in some instances, to have been the one to found Corinth. Due to this, Corinth used to be called Ephyrae. This is relevant to Yellow Sun, as she is the sheriff of the town named after Corinth.