# Elena ![[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/99 - Attachments/Characters/Elena Main.jpeg|520]] ## Category Player Character / [[Time-Touched]] / Hand of [[Nyxthys]] ## Known Facts - Elena is [[Time-Touched]]. - Elena is a Hand of [[Nyxthys]]. - Elena was commanded to investigate what is happening to lost souls. - Elena was directed toward [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] because of the souls trapped within [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]]. - Elena is from [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/05 - Nations & Regions/Dharan|Dharan]]. - [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/05 - Nations & Regions/Dharan|Dharan]] was consumed by [[The Blight]]. - Elena’s father died. - Elena’s father was a coffin maker. - Elena has knowledge of coffin-making and death rites. - Elena’s mentor is Piotr. - Elena has a familiar or companion called [[Myst]]. - Elena studies or carries a sacred text called [[The Final Journey]]. - Elena’s duty is connected to freeing souls denied their final passage. - Elena confirmed or strongly sensed that [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]] is cursed and contains trapped souls. - Elena intends to free those souls. - Elena was dominated, tortured, killed, revived, and left broken by [[Merric Veil]] in [[Polark]]. - Elena carries physical and emotional consequences from Merric’s torture. - Elena is protective of [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]]. - Elena stopped Merric from compelling [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]] toward him. - Elena is wary of recklessness and often argues for caution, planning, and hard choices. - Elena is angry with [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] because of the Command incident in [[Feygrove Forest]]. - Elena has shown a practical, sometimes harsh view of survival. - Elena has recently aged or been changed physically, leaving her appearing older. - Elena has chosen to control how she presents herself rather than allow that change to define her. - If a chance to reverse the ageing appears, Elena would take it, but she has also begun making peace with it. ## Current Personal Threads - Serve [[Nyxthys]]. - Discover what is happening to lost souls. - Free the souls trapped in [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]]. - Understand or confront the Traitor [[Hands of Nyxthys]]. - Process what Merric did to her. - Decide how much she can trust [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] after Feygrove. - Hold onto her own identity after being physically changed. ## Captured Loved One - No specific loved one is currently listed as having been taken by [[The Order]] for Elena. - This itself appears notable, as Elena has described having little or nothing left to lose. ## Connected Factions - [[Hands of Nyxthys]] - [[The Order]] - [[The Brotherhood]] - Traitor [[Hands of Nyxthys]] - [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/05 - Nations & Regions/Elaris]], through cultural background - [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/05 - Nations & Regions/Dharan|Dharan]], through origin and Blight trauma ## Connected Items - [[The Final Journey]] - [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]] - [[Spada]] - [[Myst]] - [[Ring of Warmth]] - Moon and feather necklace / amulet of [[Nyxthys]] ## Connected Places - [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/05 - Nations & Regions/Dharan|Dharan]] - [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/05 - Nations & Regions/Elaris]] - [[Gambon]] - [[Polark]] - [[Voran's Well|Voran’s Well]] - [[Harringdon]] - [[Feygrove Forest]] - [[Crownshold]] / [[Bastion]] - [[Menagerie Gardens]] - [[The Brotherhood|Brotherhood]] monastery ## Connected Gods / Powers - [[Nyxthys]] - [[Whune]], possible connection or rival - [[Bavar]], possible symbolic overlap - Old Gods, through Traitor Hands and [[Harringdon]] symbols - [[The Blight]], through [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/05 - Nations & Regions/Dharan|Dharan]] ## Connected Characters - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] - Piotr - [[Myst]] - [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]] - [[Mealla Glynn|Mealla]] - [[Pipe]] - [[Merric Veil]] - [[Nyxthys]] - Elena’s father - [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/07 - Characters/07b - Antagonists and Unknown Alignment/Boristov Sokah|Boristov Sokah]], through Elarisian connections - Traitor [[Hands of Nyxthys]] ## Open Questions - What exactly are the Traitor Hands? - Why did some Hands betray [[Nyxthys]]? - What is happening to lost souls? - Can Elena free the souls inside [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]]? - What will freeing those souls cost? - What does [[Nyxthys]] truly want from Elena? - Why was Elena sent specifically to [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]]? - Can Elena fully trust [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] again? - What are the long-term consequences of Merric’s torture? - Can Elena reverse the ageing or physical change? - Does Elena want revenge against Merric, justice, closure, or all three? - What happened to [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/05 - Nations & Regions/Dharan|Dharan]] in full? - Can [[The Blight]] be stopped? ## Character Arc Notes Elena’s conflict is not faith. She believes in [[Nyxthys]] and her purpose. Her conflict is how to serve death without becoming numb to the living. ## Sessions 49-55 Updates - Elena identified a moving [[Divine Veil]] in Bastion that suppressed her connection to Nyxthys. - She protected Mealla from bribed Crown Guard at [[Slavers' Row|Slavers’ Row]] and was captured. - [[House Postar]] intervened to keep her imprisoned in [[Ironmarch Jail]]. - [[Xor]] attempted to recruit her, claiming Nyxthys had stolen death from an older god. - Elena demanded evidence and refused to make a choice under coercion. - The party rescued her; she recovered [[Spada]] and escaped. - Elena is now wanted and has seen direct evidence that Crown Guard can be puppeted by [[Brain-like Parasites]]. ## Current Status Fugitive from the Crown Guard and now sheltering outside Bastion at the [[Wendell Ruins]]. ## Artwork ![[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/99 - Attachments/Characters/Elena.jpeg|760]] ![[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/99 - Attachments/Characters/Elena and Piotr 01.jpeg|760]] ![[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/99 - Attachments/Session Artwork/Session 53/Bastion Elena Jail.jpeg|760]] ![[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/99 - Attachments/Session Artwork/Session 54/Bastion Elena Hiding.jpeg|760]] ## Session 56 Update - Despite her earlier apparent fear of heights, Elena jumped without warning down a forty-foot drainage shaft while the rest of the party were still discussing a safe plan. - She trusted the underground current and became the first party member to reach the pond beyond Bastion. - She greeted the others from the bank after their much more difficult passage with: “What took you so long? I’ve been here several minutes.” - She explained her fugitive status to [[Jambo]] with characteristic bluntness. ## Session 57 Update - Elena resummoned [[Myst]] after losing him during her arrest in Bastion. - During her watch she successfully reached [[Nyxthys]] and reported [[Xor]]’s presence and influence inside the capital. - Nyxthys seemed unusually concerned by the news that Xor was operating within Bastion. - Elena raised the possibility of accepting the Traitor Hands’ invitation to the [[Shadowfell]] and infiltrating them as a double agent; Nyxthys did not dismiss the idea and said she would consider it. - Nyxthys said another of her Hands was being sent to assist Elena, although the meeting arrangements remain unknown. - Nyxthys’ attention briefly settled on [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]] before the contact ended. - Elena performed a **Coming of Age** ceremony over [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]]. - During the fight with the [[Wendell Spectral Apparition]], Elena used her divine authority over undeath to force it back and later helped destroy it with purple chains of Nyxthys. - Elena’s heavy strike against the apparition was transferred through its tether and knocked Persephone unconscious; once the mechanism was understood, the party focused on destroying the symbol anchoring the effect. ## Session 58 Update - Elena helped explore the hidden shrine beneath the [[Wendell Ruins]], where the party recovered and copied [[The Final Days of Whune]]. - Reading the tablets alongside [[The Final Journey]] made the absence of Whune and the unnamed Lord of Death from her own religious teaching feel conspicuous and troubling. - [[Nyxthys]] contacted Elena again and identified the incoming Hand as [[Jasper]], telling Elena he would find her under cover of darkness and possessed skills beyond her own. - Nyxthys expressed pride in Elena's service and framed her duty as an ongoing journey rather than a task with a clean end. - Jasper proposed that Elena give herself up to the Traitor Hands and allow them to take her toward the [[Shadowfell]], while he tracks her covertly. - Elena accepted the plan despite the party's serious concerns. - Before leaving, Elena gave [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] **Vivian's Black Veil**, passed her [[Ring of Warmth]] to [[Mealla Glynn|Mealla]], left the remaining **Flask of Neverending Courage** with the party, and gave [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]] her crescent-moon and raven-feather amulet. - Raphius gave Elena his personal signet ring. - Elena asked Raphius to protect Mealla and Persephone, warned him to keep control of his emotions and [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]], and promised to send information back if she could. - Elena left the [[Wendell Ruins]] with Jasper and [[Myst]] at the end of Session 58. She has **not yet been shown entering the Shadowfell or surrendering to a Traitor Hand**. ## Current Status after Session 58 Separated from the main party. Travelling with [[Jasper]] and [[Myst]] to begin the operation intended to infiltrate the Traitor Hands and reach the [[Shadowfell]]. ## Session 58 Artwork ![[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/99 - Attachments/Session Artwork/Session 58/-Elena-Leaves.jpeg|760]]