Aer’Ellyn, Siren of the Dark Sea
Sweet nightmares, empty dreams
Seen so much death I wanna scream
Go on, give in to madness, to blackness
I’ve walked every space in between!
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Titles
Siren of the Dark Sea
Midnight Angel
High Priestess
The Dreamer
Heir to the Void
Aer’Ellyn is a Lun’folk cursed with a twisted form of immortality by Emera, the Goddess of Discord, after entering a chaotic realm and interacting with an object placed upon a pedestal. Before the curse, she was a simple worshipper of the Aer caste, often punished for her poor attention span by being sent away to gather berries.
After lying in a deathlike state for hundreds of years, she eventually awakened changed. Her body had developed horns and other changes that would have marked her as an abomination among her own people. To survive, she mastered illusion magic, using it to conceal what she had become.
Across the centuries that followed, she lived many different lives, slowly becoming something far greater than the girl she once was. She is now known as the High Priestess and The Siren, with many of her titles being remnants of those past lives. Some call her the “Heir to the Void” after she defeated Lun’extryxel, the World Serpent of the Void.
Her immortality is not true invincibility. Whenever she is killed, she awakens once more in the same place she first rose centuries ago, as if death itself refuses to keep her. She does not need to eat, nor does she truly need sleep.
On the rare occasions that she does sleep, she enters the Dream Realm, unconsciously dragging nearby living beings into it with her, whether they are awake or not. Within that place, reality bends entirely to her will. What exists there is shaped by her desires, memories, and emotions. However, when the individual known as “The Nightmare” is present, that person is given control by Aer’Ellyn.
She is a master of Illusion Magic, Lunar Magic, Water magic, and Song Magic. Her instrument of choice is the lyre.
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Mortality: |
Demigod |
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Race: |
Lun’folk |
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Magic type: |
Lunar/Cosmic, Illusion, Water, Song |
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Method of using magic: |
Back tattoo exposed to darkness |
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Instrument: |
Lyre |
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Weapon: |
Evenfall, the Stars Oath (Lunar Scythe) & Rae’Ela, Song of the Void (Dagger) |
Relationships
Corrine is a Godkin paladin whom Aer’Ellyn once saved and initially took prisoner.
On the day Corrine slew Eirawen, the Last White Wolf, a demigod trying to survive the extinction of its species, she had already been betrayed by her own military unit. Abandoned by the very people she fought beside, she was left battered, bloodied, and dying. Even so, she managed to kill Eirawen with her warhammer before finally collapsing in the aftermath.
That was when Aer’Ellyn found her.
What began as captivity slowly became trust. Aer’Ellyn nursed her back to health, and over time Corrine came to understand that the woman she had once been taught to fear was far more complicated than the stories claimed. Their bond deepened into friendship, and eventually Corrine offered herself as Aer’Ellyn’s guardian, partly out of debt, but also out of loyalty and genuine devotion.
She was later taught Lunar Magic after converting to the faith of the Lun’folk, becoming the first Godkin in history to do so.
In time, Corrine, already known as Corrine, the Great Wolf, earned another title: The Nightmare.
Because of her bond with Aer’Ellyn, she became capable of entering and influencing Aer’Ellyn’s Dream Realm. At first, those dreams were peaceful. Quiet forests, moonlit paths, and the simple image of Corrine wandering freely as a small white wolf. But over time, the dreams changed. They became darker, stranger, and increasingly warped by emotion and instinct.
On the rare occasions enemies have been dragged into that realm while Corrine is present, she has transformed into something unspeakable. An eldritch horror of claws, moonlight, and hunger, before slaughtering every living thing within reach.
Because of this, Aer’Ellyn rarely enters the Dream Realm when Corrine is nearby unless it is absolutely necessary for her goals. This frustrates Corrine, who, beneath all her violence, would rather spend her time peacefully wandering the endless forests she creates there.
Corrine was Aer’Ellyn’s first love after centuries of isolation. Though they eventually drifted apart romantically, she remains Aer’Ellyn’s guardian still. She is fiercely loyal, deeply protective, and never truly gone.
But where Corrine was her first love, Elysia Veyne is her second.
Aer’Ellyn met Elysia Veyne an uncertain number of years after the death of her pirate family. To most, enough time had passed that the grief should have dulled, but to Aer’Ellyn, it still felt fresh. Because of her curse and the way she experiences time, she never really was able to process her loss.
The two became quick friends. Aer’Ellyn found Elysia amusing from the start. Her sharp tongue, her stubbornness, and especially that heavy southern accent that made even threats sound charming. Elysia, in turn, offered her a place to stay in the small cabin on the outskirts of her parents’ ranch, where Aer’Ellyn remained for several years.
Elysia was a hothead, fiercely loyal to the people she cared for, and always trying to do what she believed was right, even when it made her life harder. She was stubborn, reckless, and impossible not to love.
Over time, friendship became something deeper, and the two entered a romantic relationship. During those years, Aer’Ellyn gave Elysia one of the most important things she possessed from her pirate days, her enchanted flintlock, “Black Rose, Star of the Dark Sea”.
Eventually, Aer’Ellyn chose to leave.
She did not leave because her love had faded, but because she understood something Elysia could not see. if she stayed, Elysia would never become what the Frontier needed her to be. The Ash Queen would have never emerged if Elysia had remained content at the ranch, living a quiet life at Aer’Ellyn’s side.
Aer’Ellyn could not explain that to her. Elysia would have only seen abandonment, an excuse to leave a boring life. Instead, she told Elysia that she would be back after going on a long journey, not giving her a timeframe on her return. After awhile. Elysia stopped believing that reasoning.
Before leaving, Aer’Ellyn made a promise. She would always remain by Elysia’s side, even as the world fell apart.
Though she vanished from Elysia’s life and no longer allowed herself to be seen, she has kept that promise ever since. From the shadows, storms, and through bloodshed, Aer’Ellyn has quietly protected her whenever she needed it most.
Elysia has written songs about her ever since and has ridden the Frontier trying to find her again.