# [[Siora Fallowglade]] ![[Siora Fallowglade.svg]] **Siora Fallowglade** is [[Belcorra]]'s top elven assassin and a dangerous threat within The Gauntlight. ## Background & Role - **Top elven assassin** of [[Belcorra]] - **Avid mapmaker** who has a map of Level 5 - Located in the **southeast corner** of Level 5 - Described as **STRONG** and **stinky** ## Current Form - **Shadow form** - a silhouette of a female drow elf with one yellow eye shining - **L6 creature** - a bit stronger than a normal shadow - **Has assassin abilities** but is not full shadow - **Hunger for shadows** - wants other creature's shadow, when she gets it, it becomes another shadow - **Weakened by hunger** - hasn't eaten/fed in a while, making her more vulnerable but also weaker - **Doesn't have legs** like [[Ashnefrotty|Ash]] - **Part-elven, part-shadow** - not a typical shadow creature ## Relationship with Lurem According to [[Lurem]] in [[084_20250309 Lurem's Last Words]]: - **Siora killed Lurem** thinking he had the key to escape Level 5 after Belcorra died - **He didn't have the key** - none of them could escape this level - Siora was desperate to escape and willing to kill for information ## Relationship with Ash - **Siora killed [[Ashnefrotty|Ash]]** - Ash recognizes her as the one who killed him - **Ash seeks vengeance** against Siora for his death ## Knowledge of Events - **Belcorra's death** - when Belcorra died, the dungeon died with her - **Necrotic wave** - Belcorra was killed by a wave of necrotic energy, which Siora thinks Belcorra released as she died - **Jafaki's location** - knows that [[Jafaki]] is in the level just below, protected by his machines ## Current Status - **Encountered by the party** in [[092_20250727 Avenging Ash]] - **Recognizes [[Vayle]] as undead** - says they are the same in that they are both there for Belcorra, but for different reasons - **Confronted by [[Zuhri]]** who declares vengeance and attacks ## Session 115 — Liberation by the Cailean Key - **Continued Possession**: Combat continues with Siora spawning multiple shadow duplicates and attacking the party with Shadow Hand attacks, leaving [[Grumblebum|Grumble]] Enfeebled 4 - **Luring the Party**: Repeatedly insists "the fastest exit is this way" and "the closest exit is that way," trying to guide the party toward the southwest while still under [[Belcorra]]'s influence - **Greater Shadow Form**: [[Jaspen Bond Callistair|Bond]]'s *Thoughtful Reload* confirms this is a Greater Shadow (Level 7) — intelligent, hungers for flesh it cannot eat, has Light Vulnerability, and resistance 20 (except force, ghost touch, vitality), doubled against nonmagical attacks - **The Real Siora Marked**: [[Zuhri]] uses a Perception check to identify the true Siora among the duplicates so [[Vayle]] can target her - **Freed by the Cailean Key**: Vayle brandishes the newly-awakened [[Cailean Key]] at the real Siora; the counteract (rank 4, +19) breaks Belcorra's hold, collapses the duplicates, and ends the party's Stupefied conditions - **Debt-Bound to the Party**: Now freed of both her Red Mantis contract (session 113) and Belcorra's possession, Siora is debt-bound to the party and begins guiding them toward the southwest exit of [[The Gauntlight]] ## Session 114 — Freed, Reclaimed, and Forced to Fight - **Returns to the Party**: When the party returns to [[The Gauntlight]], Siora meets them and thanks them for setting her free—saying they have done the unthinkable and she owes them her eternal thanks - **Warning about Achaekek**: Tells the party that the lord [[Achaekek]] protects contracts and will not look kindly on what [[Vayle]] has done by breaking her contract - **Ritual Offer**: Explains Vayle could conduct a ritual to hire a Red Mantis assassin from her religious order and give them a job - **Cannot Warn Party**: When asked if she would warn the party of contracts taken out against them, she says it is not up to her—it is up to her god - **Confronted by Belcorra**: As she turns to leave, [[Belcorra]] herself appears and declares "If I cannot keep you, I will make your freedom meaningless" - **Reclaimed by Belcorra**: Combat begins; her form hunches again as she is pulled back under Belcorra's influence, is healed by Belcorra, and summons a Shadow Echo - **Struggling to Resist**: After Belcorra fades, Siora's form briefly reforms to the Siora the party knows and she admits she "can't hold it for long" and needs to get away from Belcorra's domain ## Session 113 — Contract Broken, Dissipation - **Deformed Appearance**: Still shadowy with one red eye gleaming in the darkness, still holding her mantis blades, but now crumpled, bent over, and deformed - **Memory of Death**: Remembers that [[Vayle]] killed her - **Still Under Belcorra's Control**: Not free of [[Belcorra]]'s influence even after dying - **Target Demand**: Asked the party for a target to fulfill her contract; they named [[Jafaki]], and she told them to lure him to her level in two days - **CONTRACT BROKEN**: Vayle broke her Red Mantis assassination contract. The energy that made Siora undead and bound transferred into Vayle, giving them *Doomed* 1 - **Dissipated**: Slumped to the floor and dissipated after the contract was broken; her ultimate fate is unknown ## Session 112 — Twin apparitions on Level 5 At the close of [[112_20260404 The Pentagram Shards]], after the party ascended toward [[Level 6]] and then stepped back onto [[Level 5]], **two** figures resembling Siora appeared together, smiling, and said "We need to talk." Whether these are shadows, possession echoes, or another trick of [[Belcorra]] is unresolved. ## Session 093 - Possession by Belcorra - **POSSESSED BY BELCORRA**: Siora's shadow transforms to show [[Belcorra]]'s face during combat - **Forced to fight**: Belcorra declares "I'm going to kill you now. Not because I want to, but because SHE does" - **Pleads for help**: Siora desperately asks the party to "Kill me fast or flee... If only there was a way to stop her control, I could be free" - **Multiple manifestations**: Multiple Siora shadows appear simultaneously, acting as incorporeal entities - **Combat abilities**: Wields twin chakrams in devastating area attacks within 20 feet - **Resistance**: Resistant 5 to all damage except vitality, incorporeal (can walk through walls, immune to physical manipulation) - **Unholy nature**: Deals slashing and void damage - **Autonomy retained**: Despite possession, Siora retains some awareness and desperately wants freedom from Belcorra's control ## Session 096 - Death by Heal Spell - **Fatal Healing**: Was accidentally killed by [[Vayle]]'s *Heal* spell when Vayle attempted to heal [[Aiden Court]] - **Undead Nature Revealed**: Vayle's damage from the same *Heal* spell revealed their undead nature to Court - **Multiple Manifestations**: All the Sioras were around Aiden during this encounter - **Combat Context**: Siora had been trying to talk to Aiden Court but he didn't listen and was attacking him, with Siora winning the confrontation ## Session 095 - Warning from Vayle - **Warning Given**: [[Vayle]] warned High Cleric [[Aiden Court]] and his apprentices to flee if they encounter Siora - **Church Awareness**: The Church of [[Pharasma]] is now aware of Siora as a dangerous threat in the dungeon - **Apprentice Gratitude**: One of Aiden's apprentices silently thanked the party for the warning about Siora ## Session 094 - Red Mantis Assassin Revelation - **RED MANTIS ASSASSIN**: Siora is revealed to be a member of [[The Red Mantis Assassins]] - **Assassin code**: Follows the strict Red Mantis code - never kills kings or rulers (believes they are divinely protected), everyone else is fair game - **Unbreakable oath**: Once they take a contract through verbal rituals (no written proof needed), nothing stops them from fulfilling it - **Trapped by oath**: Siora appears to be stuck because of her own unfulfilled contract, unable to move on until she completes it - **Contract details**: Red Mantis contracts are verbal rituals requiring no paper or written proof - **Jade Quarion information**: Reveals that [[Jade Quarion]] was the champion of the arena before [[Jafaki]] captured and transformed him into an abomination %% # Excalidraw Data ## Text Elements ## Drawing ```json { "type": "excalidraw", "version": 2, "source": "https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/releases/tag/2.1.4", "elements": [ { "id": "7qSogdPD", "type": "text", "x": 290.3999239206314, "y": -308.87487030029297, "width": 3.8599853515625, "height": 24, "angle": 0, "strokeColor": "#1e1e1e", "backgroundColor": "transparent", "fillStyle": "solid", "strokeWidth": 2, "strokeStyle": "solid", "roughness": 1, "opacity": 100, "groupIds": [], "frameId": null, "roundness": null, "seed": 1894374050, "version": 2, "versionNonce": 2094291134, "isDeleted": true, "boundElements": null, "updated": 1713723608868, "link": null, "locked": false, "text": "", "rawText": "", "fontSize": 20, "fontFamily": 4, "textAlign": "left", "verticalAlign": "top", "containerId": null, "originalText": "", "lineHeight": 1.2 } ], "appState": { "theme": "dark", "viewBackgroundColor": "#ffffff", "currentItemStrokeColor": "#1e1e1e", "currentItemBackgroundColor": "transparent", "currentItemFillStyle": "solid", "currentItemStrokeWidth": 2, "currentItemStrokeStyle": "solid", "currentItemRoughness": 1, "currentItemOpacity": 100, "currentItemFontFamily": 4, "currentItemFontSize": 20, "currentItemTextAlign": "left", "currentItemStartArrowhead": null, "currentItemEndArrowhead": "arrow", "scrollX": 583.2388916015625, "scrollY": 573.6323852539062, "zoom": { "value": 1 }, "currentItemRoundness": "round", "gridSize": null, "gridColor": { "Bold": "#C9C9C9FF", "Regular": "#EDEDEDFF" }, "currentStrokeOptions": null, "previousGridSize": null, "frameRendering": { "enabled": true, "clip": true, "name": true, "outline": true } }, "files": {} } ``` %%