# [[Graveknight Armor]] ![[uu-sythra.png]] **Sythra**, known as the Graveknight or "Seaweed Knight," is both a curse and a creature—a set of cursed armor that continuously creates undead to wield it. The armor cannot be killed until the armor itself is destroyed. Graveknights have butchered entire towns and castles because they are virtually unstoppable. ## Connection to Vayle [[Vayle]] had a past relationship with Sythra before she became a Graveknight. Vayle would complain to her about [[The Voidseekers]], and Vayle always had a feeling that Sythra was sympathetic to the Voidseekers. In reality, Sythra had infiltrated [[Belcorra]]'s organization rather than The Voidseekers. ## Characteristics - **Level**: 10 - **Type**: Cursed Armor/Undead - **Weakness**: None, except being undead (vulnerable to effects that harm undead) - **Key Ability**: As long as the armor exists, it will keep creating an undead creature to wield it ## Combat Abilities - **Weaponmaster**: Extremely skilled with its greatsword, called a "ruinous weapon" - **Critical Specialization**: Has special effects on critical hits with its sword - **Acid Damage**: Drips acid and leaves it sizzling on things it hits - **Electrical Cone Attack**: Can unleash an electrical cone that can wipe out multiple enemies at once ## Appearance When first encountered, it appeared as a helmeted, rusted, seaweed-covered knight emerging from the water while dragging a greatsword. The party initially called it the "Seaweed Knight" before learning its true nature. ## Session 107 - First Encounter The party encountered the Graveknight Armor in [[The Gauntlight]]: - Emerged from the water and began walking towards the party - Unlike the chained [[Living Landslide|Living Landslides]] and [[Sod Hound|Sod Hounds]], it had no chains - The elementals rushed towards it (as they had rushed the party) - Killed all the elementals in just two rounds - [[Vayle]] identified it as cursed armor that cannot be killed until the armor itself is destroyed - Is affected by the [[Black Hollow Curse]], the curse the party caused on this level ## Threat Assessment The Graveknight Armor represents one of the most dangerous threats the party has encountered. Its ability to regenerate wielders, combined with its devastating combat abilities and Level 10 status, makes it a foe that the party wisely chose to avoid rather than confront. ## Session 108 - Destruction Requirements and Failed Negotiation The party learned crucial information about how to permanently destroy the Graveknight: ### Destruction Requirements - **Respawn Time**: 1-10 days after being "killed" - **Two-Step Process**: Permanently destroying it requires: 1. A high-level *Remove Curse* spell or similar divine magic 2. Physical destruction of the armor itself - **Limitation**: [[Vayle]] has a way to remove curses, but only for willing creatures ### Encounter in the Mutalisk Room - **Summoned Mount**: The Graveknight summoned a fully armored black horse that sprouted wings and flew down stairs - **Unholy Aura**: Emanates an unholy aura that affects the surrounding environment - **Plant Reaction**: The plants in the [[Mutalisks|Mutalisk]] room shrink away from the Graveknight - **Mutalisk Immunity**: Neither the Mutalisks nor plants harm the Graveknight - **Voice**: Speaks with an old voice that sounds almost female, at least neutral - **Hostile Stance**: Declared "Unintelligent creatures, stay in your pens" and demanded the party state their name and purpose - **Territorial**: Stated that outsiders are not permitted on this level ### Negotiation Attempt - [[Grumblebum|Grumble]] attempted to negotiate, offering to help reverse the curse - The Graveknight dismissed the offer as "irrelevant" - Negotiation appears to be failing (one fail already recorded) ## Session 109 - True Identity Revealed The party continued their interaction with the Graveknight and learned crucial information about her past: ### Identity - **True Name**: Sythra - revealed by [[Vayle]] who recognized her from their shared past - **Gender**: Female (confirmed) - **Former Master**: Served a bone devil named [[Tarcannah]] ### Background Revealed - Served [[Tarcannah]] in maintaining order in [[The Gauntlight]] under [[Belcorra]] - Her task was to keep the level orderly and ensure Belcorra's orders were followed - Both she and Tarcannah died when [[Jafaki]] took over the level - Her oath to maintain order has given her renewed purpose even in undeath ### Mental State - Lost and mentally unbalanced, possibly due to [[Nhimbaloth]]'s corruption - Has forgotten her own name and many details about her past - Clings to her sense of duty despite memory loss - May have missing memories OR may have been given partial memories from another creature ### Voidseekers Connection - [[Vayle]] used to complain to her about [[The Voidseekers]] - Sythra was sympathetic to the Voidseekers - She infiltrated Belcorra's organization, not the Voidseekers ### Three Important Figures She mentioned three names that "need to fulfill their purpose": - [[Sketh]] - possibly the one dissecting dwarves - [[Jafaki]] - needs to be "dealt with but not defeated" - [[Volluk Azrinae|Volluk]] ### Departure - When asked if she would chase the party if they left, she said she wouldn't, but would attack them if she saw them again - [[Ashnefrotty|Ash]] asked if there was anything they could do to restore her memories; she said she doesn't need them, just her duty - When Vayle called out "Sythra", she stopped briefly, then continued walking without saying anything ## Session 110 - Self-Knowledge - **Revelation**: Sythra knows that she is not the original person who wore the armor—she has some awareness of her nature as a creature given memories or form by the curse rather than the original wearer.