HERALDS CAMPAIGN
The Carnelian Faras
The Carnelian Faras, formerly known as Sinath Arathisah, is a human female and until recently was the newest member of Second Revelation.
The Faras was born Sinath, the oldest child of three sisters to the prosperous Arathisah family in Torrens. Studying to become a Traumaturgist, Sinath's life was waylaid by her augur sisters engagement in gang activity. Suspecting their increase in wanton behaviour a link to Rampancy, Sinath joined this gang to protect and look after her sisters.
Despite the initial thrill of drug dealing, thievery and street brawls, Sinath became disillusioned with their life of crime as her sisters steadily increased in recklessness and violence. She secretly contacted her parents to help their children, who agreed to refuge the girls. In actuality, her parents contacted the Amansir for a monetary reward, as her sisters were now identified and wanted by the law. Sinath returned to their hideout, finding the Amansir had found her sisters first. Sinath wept over the mangled corpses of her sisters, cursing existence itself with the mantra she echoed so many nights to her sisters; 'It's better to wrong the world than to have it wrong me’.
Condemning her sisters bodies to the flood channels, she snaked her way through the walls of Torrens, preparing for a ritual to the god ZOLK. She began to lure or kidnap civilians, starting with her parents, to dissect and dismember for this ritual. Her knowledge as a Traumaturgist finally had a horrifying application, as Faras become fascinated by the dismemberment of the human body, and expertly studied and documented her torn victims, often while still alive. She began to reconstitute them into a 'landscape' of flesh for her ritual. Over 20 individuals were added to her bloody tapestry, a landscape of flesh dedicated to ZOLK, later earning her the moniker 'Death Artist'.
Before her ritual could be completed, her hideout was discovered and she was captured and imprisoned by the Invokers. Her trial revealed her mad, unrepentant and eager to continue her work. Her sentence of execution never came to pass however; a lawyer willing to work on a pro-bono case for her had her sentence stalled while a ‘divinity assessment’ was conducted on her.
The Faras then disappeared from her cell, and a declaration of execution was sent across Torrens. Her escape undoubtedly enabled by Second Revelation for unknown means.
As the Death Artist, the Faras face was widely spread throughout Torrens on bulletins, depicting a tanned girl with matted brown hair and wide orange eyes.
Since joining Second Revelation, the Faras has shaven her hair, painted or tattooed her skin white and given herself dramatic eyeliner to accentuate her orange eyes. She typically wears an unusual black and orange Traumaturgist's robe. She has been seen wearing bandages covering the right side of her face and right arm in a simpler dress, black and orange in a design similar to the Merse.
Biographical Information
Age:
26
Race/Gender:
Human Female
Born:
2372 3G.c
Torrens
Central Planae
Died:
Campaign Information
First Appeared:
Session 5
Aliases:
Sinath Arathisah
The Death Artist
Affiliation/s:
Second Revelation
Occupations/s:
None
Devotion/s:
Unknown
The Faras seemingly can control points of gravity, both as an attractor and repellent. She seems practiced enough in their materialization as to use these points to fly, or deflect arrows. It is unknown how large these points can become, and what risk they pose to her in creating them.
While she is able to destroy buildings, and even able to reflect attacks from every angle, overwhelming attacks may be able to overcome her reactions and get past her guard, as discovered by Vaxis during their encounter in the Complex, where the Faras became badly burnt by the Ratflusher.
In Aingrim's release from Torrens Max Sec, Aingrim, Ffamran and Orin were advised of Sinath, who had escaped from prison weeks earlier. They were shown a bulletin of execution depicting the murderer.
During the groups escape from a band of mercenaries, Ffamran recognized their antagonistic commander as Sinath, seeing her intense eyes reflected in the fires she commanded started to flush the group out. They then watched her rip a man apart with an unknown ability before flying off.
She then met with Vaxis in the Complex, curiously asking for the whereabouts of Mhoram. Distracting her enabled the Faithful to ambush her, abet unsuccessfully, until Vaxis and his 'Ghost' were able to burn her severely with the Ratflusher.
She lured Mhoram away from the others in the Biological Dead Zone, and captured him when her arguments to join Second Revelation failed.
In a note left by the Dama addressed to her, the Faras was made responsible for concluding operations in the Fallen Litany and defending the Recallset from the party. She was discovered by the group, and barely escaped with her life.
She barricaded the Atrium with Ruhk and Broken Mantra, and had her throat slit by an Oath-broken Elimarah before escaping.
She recovered and joined the other members of Second Revelation in harassing the parties retreat to Palisades. When the shed in Hecto was set aflame, the Faras panicked and retreated from the party, and has not been seen since.