A displaced Cyrian lucky enough to have been traveling abroad at the time of the Mourning, Elysa is a wandering Artificer and researcher with an obsessive interest in the Mournwall that destroyed her homeland. Currently residing in Gatherhold while attempting to localize an unusual disturbance in the Mournlands border.
 
Elysa retains the basic use of magic and her renowned crafting and enchanting skills. She is known outside of Cyre for her developments in the enchantment of magic-resistant materials.
 
Following the Mourning of her homeland, Elysa created a device designed to track fluctuations in the Mournwall and housed it inside a small lantern. It is the only known device of its kind.
 
Approximately 2 years ago, the lantern led Elysa to a forest near Kennrun where she discovered a roughly hewn stone tomb covered in Aster flowers. Inside the tomb, she discovered a heavily damaged Warforged.
 
Elysa, being well-versed in the spell and material mechanics of the Warforged, determined that this one was not "dead" yet and took it with her.
 
After months spent repairing the Warforged, it finally powered on but had such significant damage to its memory that it didn't remember its destination, purpose, or even its name. Elysa names it after the flowers growing on its former tomb.
 
The Aster flower has some significance to Elysa as it was a favorite of her late husband. He was also an Artificer and was developing extraordinary works of metal and magic which he often (illegally)consulted with Elysa on. She knows a lot of things that no one would suspect she knows.
 
Her husband's accidental death occurred under mundane circumstances to the best of Elysa's knowledge, and she has had no reason to suspect otherwise.