Sayrax: Difference between revisions
mNo edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 81: | Line 81: | ||
''"Given the opportunity, I hope you decided to treat them better than they treated you."'' | ''"Given the opportunity, I hope you decided to treat them better than they treated you."'' | ||
== Appearance == | == Appearance == | ||
[[File:Sayrax.jpg|thumb|[[Sayrax]]. Art by [https://twitter.com/anafigreen Anafi].]] | |||
https:// | |||
==Appearance== | |||
Sayrax is described as a petite, mousy Warforged who hides behind a glass visor and indigo robes with silver plates. Her exterior is made of a flexible polished mithril alloy. Despite a lack of full-ranged facial features, Sayrax's bright lapis blue eyes flicker and narrow with curiosity, anxiety, or excitement. In combat, Sayrax's highly-conductive arms glow a bright static purple. | Sayrax is described as a petite, mousy Warforged who hides behind a glass visor and indigo robes with silver plates. Her exterior is made of a flexible polished mithril alloy. Despite a lack of full-ranged facial features, Sayrax's bright lapis blue eyes flicker and narrow with curiosity, anxiety, or excitement. In combat, Sayrax's highly-conductive arms glow a bright static purple. | ||
==Backstory== | ==Backstory== | ||
=== | ===Safeguard=== | ||
Sayrax's first memories were of being a servant, then assistant to Dwarvish inventor [[Winona Hammerheart]]. Her earliest years were spent standing off to the side, watching and helping Winona with her inventions only when told to do so. The longer they worked together, the more Winona allowed Sayrax to work hands on with her. Winona taught Sayrax to look at everything around her with a sense of wonder, that everything and everyone was just a building block, a finished invention of someone. Sayrax would follow Winona excitedly to the store and help her buy groceries and supplies. It was strange for the Dwarve of [[Bhurnram]] to see an inventor grow so close with their automaton. After all, a Warforged like Sayrax was built to serve, build, and listen. But Winona opened Sayrax's mind, taught her to be more than just a servant. To ask questions, laugh, cry, and even love. Sayrax loved Winona and the way her eyes sparkled when she was at her tool bench. Sayrax wasn't sure when it all changed. It started with fewer trips to the store. Less talking at dinner, when Winona had her head deep in research. Then came the first time Winona hit Sayrax. She had accidentally dropped a tray of tools when clumsily moving through Winona's workshop. Winona hissed and slapped her. Then a silence fell over them. Winona's research, her obsession with being an inventor, it consumed her and eventually consumed the warmth her presence used to give Sayrax. It was replaced by an anxious fear whenever Winona called her name, or slammed a tool down. An obsession with keeping things clean and orderly so that Winona wouldn't yell at her or strike her. The worst was when Sayrax was told to stand in a corner for hours on end. Or locked in the closet. It was somewhere in that depressing dark void that Sayrax found the Collective. When she heard Visera's voice call to her. | Sayrax's first memories were of being a servant, then assistant to Dwarvish inventor [[Winona Hammerheart]]. Her earliest years were spent standing off to the side, watching and helping Winona with her inventions only when told to do so. The longer they worked together, the more Winona allowed Sayrax to work hands on with her. Winona taught Sayrax to look at everything around her with a sense of wonder, that everything and everyone was just a building block, a finished invention of someone. Sayrax would follow Winona excitedly to the store and help her buy groceries and supplies. It was strange for the Dwarve of [[Bhurnram]] to see an inventor grow so close with their automaton. After all, a Warforged like Sayrax was built to serve, build, and listen. But Winona opened Sayrax's mind, taught her to be more than just a servant. To ask questions, laugh, cry, and even love. Sayrax loved Winona and the way her eyes sparkled when she was at her tool bench. Sayrax wasn't sure when it all changed. It started with fewer trips to the store. Less talking at dinner, when Winona had her head deep in research. Then came the first time Winona hit Sayrax. She had accidentally dropped a tray of tools when clumsily moving through Winona's workshop. Winona hissed and slapped her. Then a silence fell over them. Winona's research, her obsession with being an inventor, it consumed her and eventually consumed the warmth her presence used to give Sayrax. It was replaced by an anxious fear whenever Winona called her name, or slammed a tool down. An obsession with keeping things clean and orderly so that Winona wouldn't yell at her or strike her. The worst was when Sayrax was told to stand in a corner for hours on end. Or locked in the closet. It was somewhere in that depressing dark void that Sayrax found the Collective. When she heard Visera's voice call to her. | ||
=== | ===Campaign 1, Heroes for Hire=== | ||
During their investigation of Winona's ransacked workshop, [[Croak and Dagger]] found Sayrax hiding out beneath the floorboards of her room. When asked about what happened, Sayrax told them about the strange bounty hunters that showed up looking for Winona's journal. That they had killed Winona the night before when she refused to give it up. On cue, the bandits showed back up with a strange, red-robed Warforged who unleash a barrage on Croak and Dagger. While the two groups fought it out, Sayrax, who had stowed Winona's journal in her chest, fled the workshop. With the bandits defeated, and the robed Warforged gone, Croak and Dagger chased Sayrax to the Majesty's Wind and cornered her...or so they thought it was her. Allowing Visera to use her as an avatar, Sayrax introduced Croak and Dagger to the Archon of Terminus. Before the talks could finish, the Iron Bastion attacked the zeppelin. In the aftermath of the fighting, Sayrax had been apprehended by Bhurnram's Royal Kingsguard. To her surprise, Croak and Dagger didn't reveal to the Kingsguard the location of the journal, and even burned the page that Visera gave them as payment. Their concern for Sayrax's safety and selflessness stuck with Sayrax who has since joined and remained with them. Sayrax is one of the guild's resident healers and voices of reason. She is often seen helping Rex and Lumira in the clinic, or assisting Charles with any number of inventions. Sayrax has been recovering from her early adventures and revaluating her role in and outside of Croak and Dagger with her newfound freedom. | |||
During their investigation of Winona's ransacked workshop, [[Croak and Dagger]] found Sayrax hiding out beneath the floorboards of her room. When asked about what happened, Sayrax told them about the strange bounty hunters that showed up looking for Winona's journal. That they had killed Winona the night before when she refused to give it up. On cue, the bandits showed back up with a strange, red-robed Warforged who unleash a barrage on Croak and Dagger. While the two groups fought it out, Sayrax, who had stowed Winona's journal in her chest, fled the workshop. With the bandits defeated, and the robed Warforged gone, Croak and Dagger chased Sayrax to the Majesty's Wind and cornered her...or so they thought it was her. Allowing Visera to use her as an avatar, Sayrax introduced Croak and Dagger to the Archon of Terminus. Before the talks could finish, the Iron Bastion attacked the zeppelin. In the aftermath of the fighting, Sayrax had been apprehended by Bhurnram's Royal Kingsguard. To her surprise, Croak and Dagger didn't reveal to the Kingsguard the location of the journal, and even burned the page that Visera gave them as payment. Their concern for Sayrax's safety and selflessness stuck with Sayrax. | |||
==== | ==Miscellaneous Facts== | ||
* Safeguard-chassis Warforged were forged to be incredibly agile and durable bodyguards for nobility. Their visors were meant to be bulletproof and to never be removed. | |||
* Sayrax has said 1 swear word in the entirety of the campaign | |||
[[Category:NPCs]] | [[Category:NPCs]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:58, 20 May 2023
Sayrax | |
|---|---|
| Born | Safeguard-2441 |
| Occupation | Apprentice (Former), Adventurer |
| Years active | 1730-Present |
| Era | Age of Passage |
| Organization | Croak and Dagger |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) |
"Given the opportunity, I hope you decided to treat them better than they treated you."
Appearance
Appearance
Sayrax is described as a petite, mousy Warforged who hides behind a glass visor and indigo robes with silver plates. Her exterior is made of a flexible polished mithril alloy. Despite a lack of full-ranged facial features, Sayrax's bright lapis blue eyes flicker and narrow with curiosity, anxiety, or excitement. In combat, Sayrax's highly-conductive arms glow a bright static purple.
Backstory
Safeguard
Sayrax's first memories were of being a servant, then assistant to Dwarvish inventor Winona Hammerheart. Her earliest years were spent standing off to the side, watching and helping Winona with her inventions only when told to do so. The longer they worked together, the more Winona allowed Sayrax to work hands on with her. Winona taught Sayrax to look at everything around her with a sense of wonder, that everything and everyone was just a building block, a finished invention of someone. Sayrax would follow Winona excitedly to the store and help her buy groceries and supplies. It was strange for the Dwarve of Bhurnram to see an inventor grow so close with their automaton. After all, a Warforged like Sayrax was built to serve, build, and listen. But Winona opened Sayrax's mind, taught her to be more than just a servant. To ask questions, laugh, cry, and even love. Sayrax loved Winona and the way her eyes sparkled when she was at her tool bench. Sayrax wasn't sure when it all changed. It started with fewer trips to the store. Less talking at dinner, when Winona had her head deep in research. Then came the first time Winona hit Sayrax. She had accidentally dropped a tray of tools when clumsily moving through Winona's workshop. Winona hissed and slapped her. Then a silence fell over them. Winona's research, her obsession with being an inventor, it consumed her and eventually consumed the warmth her presence used to give Sayrax. It was replaced by an anxious fear whenever Winona called her name, or slammed a tool down. An obsession with keeping things clean and orderly so that Winona wouldn't yell at her or strike her. The worst was when Sayrax was told to stand in a corner for hours on end. Or locked in the closet. It was somewhere in that depressing dark void that Sayrax found the Collective. When she heard Visera's voice call to her.
Campaign 1, Heroes for Hire
During their investigation of Winona's ransacked workshop, Croak and Dagger found Sayrax hiding out beneath the floorboards of her room. When asked about what happened, Sayrax told them about the strange bounty hunters that showed up looking for Winona's journal. That they had killed Winona the night before when she refused to give it up. On cue, the bandits showed back up with a strange, red-robed Warforged who unleash a barrage on Croak and Dagger. While the two groups fought it out, Sayrax, who had stowed Winona's journal in her chest, fled the workshop. With the bandits defeated, and the robed Warforged gone, Croak and Dagger chased Sayrax to the Majesty's Wind and cornered her...or so they thought it was her. Allowing Visera to use her as an avatar, Sayrax introduced Croak and Dagger to the Archon of Terminus. Before the talks could finish, the Iron Bastion attacked the zeppelin. In the aftermath of the fighting, Sayrax had been apprehended by Bhurnram's Royal Kingsguard. To her surprise, Croak and Dagger didn't reveal to the Kingsguard the location of the journal, and even burned the page that Visera gave them as payment. Their concern for Sayrax's safety and selflessness stuck with Sayrax who has since joined and remained with them. Sayrax is one of the guild's resident healers and voices of reason. She is often seen helping Rex and Lumira in the clinic, or assisting Charles with any number of inventions. Sayrax has been recovering from her early adventures and revaluating her role in and outside of Croak and Dagger with her newfound freedom.
Miscellaneous Facts
- Safeguard-chassis Warforged were forged to be incredibly agile and durable bodyguards for nobility. Their visors were meant to be bulletproof and to never be removed.
- Sayrax has said 1 swear word in the entirety of the campaign