Vyrelda | Deepwoken

"Enough about our horrific past. Let's talk our horrific future."

• Vyrelda

Description Vyrelda is an Etrean NPC who acts as both progression for the Silentheart Oath and the Bloodrend trainer.

She was a former student who studied under the Second Prophet alongside Chaser. She joined the Ministry solely to gain access to Bloodrend, though she does not wish to affiliate with them for unknown reasons.

Vyrelda appears to be friendly, albeit stern toward the player. She is first seen treating a wounded Diver, clotting their wounds and restoring their blood through blood magic despite not being affiliated with the Divers.

The outfit she wears is Sanguine Finery, obtained exclusively from the Carnival of Hearts.

Appearance: Vyrelda is an Etrean woman, specifically the Mamba variant of Etrean, which gives her notably pale skin, nearly as pale as paper, and deep red sclera with black, slit pupils. She also has pointy ears. She has black hair done into a large bun at the back, with long bangs that frame her face that fall down to her hips. For attire, she wears the Sanguine Finery outfit, an elegant outfit consisting of a black, button-up suit with a black tie and intricately patterned red undershirt with long sleeves and trousers, with a black shawl around the shoulders. She wears black exploration boots with these. She also has two septum piercings under her lip, and wears rectangular, thin framed black glasses.

Body type: Fairly lean with a slender body type. She is somewhat tall (5'6 ft.)

Personality: Vyrelda is a cynical - but not unkind - woman who sees everything as it is with straightforward facts. She has a clear sense of providing for herself (such is the case for her joining the Ministry purely for the sake of obtaining Bloodrend), but she can be seen extending her care to others, such as trying to help staunch a Diver's wound while in Layer 2, despite not being part of the Divers herself. She is also open to helping those interested obtain Bloodrend as an attunement.

She is somewhat plain in speech, as well as direct and to the point; though given that she seems to be hunted down by agents of the Second Prophet of the Ministry, it's understandable why she doesn't waste time with trivialities and small talk.

She is also bluntly honest: when the player drinks the veil created by Vyrelda needed to obtain Bloodrend, she says that "if it starts to hurt, it's doing its job." Given her circumstances, she is a natural loner, which may be why she isn't too good at long conversations.

Abilities: Attunement: Bloodrend - Vyrelda is a practitioner of Bloodrend, although her particular application of Bloodrend is different from the Second Prophet's in that her use of Bloodrend is applied as an attunement, as opposed to the use of Bloodrend as an Oath that other Ministry agents do. So far, Vyrelda has displayed use of her Bloodrend as being capable of staunching wounds by manipulating the wounded's blood. Attunement: Shadowcast - Vyrelda is a practitioner of Shadowcast (though this is mostly her secondary ability), which is a requirement in order for her to use Red Death. Weapon: Red Death - Vyrelda's used weapon is a spear called Red Death. Tool of the Ministry Heartbleeders, a covert cel under the 2nd Prophet's authority who gather information through ruthless interrogation tactics. The Red Death is infuesed with a hybrid meter of two separate verses of the Song, it utilises Bloodrend to remove all organic traces, and Shadowcast to remove all traces of ether. Even the metal itself is oleophobic, rejecting organic oils and fluids, so the spear itself carries no prints or traces. Its appearance takes the shape of a long spear with a deep red handle and red-black blade. The end of the handle, connecting to the blade, has four black, floating Suncross symbols pointing inwards towards the handle's end. The Red Death comes with a passive ability:

• No Trace Behind - When executing a humanoid, they will shake and turn transparent for a few seconds before disappearing in a black smoke, leaving no trace behind. The Red Death has two criticals:
• For the standing critical, the user raises the spear, summoning six stakes of blood and shadows wherever the user is facing. All of the hits inflict both Blood Poisoning and Shadow.
• For the running critical, the user rapidly thrusts the spear while slowly moving forward, inflicting Blood Poisoning every time the target is hit, ending with a final blow that inflicts both Blood Poisoning and Shadow. The user then raises their hand, summoning three stakes that also inflict both Blood Poisoning and Shadow.

Background: At some point in time, Vyrelda sought out the Second Prophet of the Ministry, and began to learn the art of Bloodrend, alongside Chaser, who was apparently Vyrelda's "classmate". Although Bloodrend, as the Ministry utilizes it, typically requires an oath with the Second Prophet, Vyrelda found a loophole - Chaser created his own variant of the Oath, allowing him to extract power from the effigies of the dead. Vyrelda only had to claim she was of similar abilities, and the Second Prophet didn't bat an eye when she switched up the terms of the Oath.

Since then, Vyrelda has left the Ministry with the secrets of Bloodrend, causing her to become what's known as a "defected", and she is currently being hunted by assassins sent by the Ministry, as well as their own immediate agents. Vyrelda seems to have held her own just fine, though.