Apprentice Rune Mage Syndra Amakiir

An orphan of the Eldritch War, Syndra became the apprentice of the Enchantress Naya Ylyndar after being taken in by the clan. She serves as part of the Knights of Yggdrasil with her friend Reinys Ylyndar.

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An orphan of the Eldritch War, Syndra became the apprentice of the Enchantress Naya Ylyndar after being taken in by the clan. She serves as part of the Knights of Yggdrasil with her friend Reinys Ylyndar.

An Elf is bent over a workbench, etching delicate Sylvan runes into a bracelet by the light streaming through the window. The single symbol she has spent hours intricately etching into the soft metal of the bracelet is her first as an Apprentice, the first spell of many that she will eventually etch into her reference object. To be a Rune Mage is to enchant, to be an apprentice under the Enchantress of Yllvalion is a privilege beyond measure.
 
Syndra Amakiir is an orphan of the Eldritch War, one of hundreds of children left to the streets after the war took their homes and families. Unlike many of those children, she found a calling and a new home in someone that hand survived the war and wished to pass on their craft. Like the other orphans of Yllvalion, she found a new home in the Knights of Yggdrasil.
 
With no place to go and no one to care, orphans of the war took to the streets of their cities, roaming and begging to stay alive. The city of Yllvalion was no different, its orphans being left as street urchins until it was decided that those in the Knights of Yggdrasil and their families would adopt these children. Syndra caught the eye of the city's Enchantress, thus she was given a family and a calling.
 
The Enchantress, Naya Ylyndar, was the matriarch of the Ylyndar Clan. Syndra became her apprentice, joining the Knights and the ruling clan of the Northern Outposts. Closest in age to Reinys, the two grew up almost as sisters, but Reinys' training and Syndra's schooling often kept them apart. One focused on divine magic, learning techniques and training with weapons with her brothers, while the other learned about the arcane and various crafting techniques.
 
Syndra served under the Enchantress in the Knights, learning the ways of the rune mage and serving the Knights in whatever capacity was needed. This often involved long hours of etching runes of her own design into various objects. Her early reference objects were plates of scribbles, but once her etching and enchanting became better, she was gifted a metal bracelet with the symbol of the Knights.
Date of Birth
14 Spring's Noon, 70 E.A.
Eyes
Green, bright
Hair
White
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Pale
Height
5'6"
Weight
110 lbs

Appearance

Physical Description

Syndra is average height and build for an Elf, being extremely fit and agile. Her physique is that of a dancer, graceful and lithe in its movements.

Body Features

Syndra has very pale skin and white hair, having very similar features to Naya Ylyndar. Her bright green eyes are striking against her pale complexion, especially when paired with the dark colors that she prefers in clothing.

Facial Features

Her facial features are very delicate, highlighting her brightly colored eyes against her pale skin and white hair. There is often color in her cheeks and her lips, but they are very muted.

Apparel & Accessories

She does not wear the standard armor of the Knights, instead choosing to wear intricately woven dresses like Lady Naya. Many of her dresses and robes are varying shades of blue, with gold or silver details sewn into the fabric. She also tends to wear a gold necklace and a gold circlet that were heirlooms of her family.

Specialized Equipment

Her equipment is very standard, coming from the armory of the Knights. The most specialized item she has is her reference object, a bracelet that she wears constantly. This item was crafted by Lady Naya as a gift to Syndra and has since been etched with the spells that Syndra knows.

Mentality

Personal history

While her personal history is long and twisted, Syndra tends to keep it a secret, often changing the subject if her past comes up in conversation. While most of the Ylyndar children know of her rough childhood, they also do not speak of it. They treat her as a sister and a well-loved family member even though she is adopted. If a person finds out about Syndra's past, they should consider it an honor as it is something she has tried very hard to forget.

Education

In her early years, her mother spent time educating her, taking her to the castle to read books on various topics. When other children of the order would come together for small lessons that were often led by one of the veteran members of the order, she would attend those as well, soaking up whatever knowledge she could get her hands on.
 
Once she became an orphan, her education stopped for a time as she roamed the streets. This was quickly remedied when she was adopted as Lady Naya insisted that all of her children be well learned, whether they were paladins or not. Often, she studied with Reinys and her younger brother Corym in the library of the castle. When she was taken on as an Apprentice Rune Mage, her regular education morphed from reading books to hands-on learning and teaching with Lady Naya.
 
Of all the Ylyndar children, Syndra is most likely one of the most well-read, with Corym being the only one that has read as much as her. She is the most educated on magic of any type and her knowledge of weapons is great, although her usage of them is not.

Employment

Upon the granting of her apprenticeship, she began working in the enchanting shop owned by Lady Naya. This mainly involved stocking and cleaning when she began, but soon evolved to include creating items as her skills as a rune mage grew. While this was her main job, she was also employed to the Knights of Yggdrasil to help with various training, teaching, and any other things that Lady Naya would also assist with.

Morality & Philosophy

Having grown up so close to those in a paladin order, her sense of morality is very similar to Reinys', but she tends to interject logic into matters where Reinys would blindly follow the tenets of her faith. Syndra believes that most problems can be solved with a cool head and logic, allowing her to make the best choice at the time. She hopes to bring pride to her family in thanks for what they have done for her.

Known Languages

Due to being a rune mage, Syndra is fluent in a variety of languages that she can utilize for her craft. These include Common, Elvish, Sylvan, Draconic, and Celestial. Many of these she studied in great detail in the library of Yllvalion while others, such as Elvish and Sylvan, she was forced to converse in constantly with her mentor.

Personality

Motivation

Her greatest motivations lie in her attempt to make her parents proud and to live up to the standards that the Ylyndars have set for her since they have given her so much. She uses this motivation to constantly improve herself and excel in her training with Lady Naya. As most of the Ylyndar children are paladins, Syndra hopes to one day become a master enchantress so she can take over for Lady Naya at some point, like Reinys and her brothers will take over someday for Master Elduin.

Personality Quirks

Her only tick is to spin the bracelet that is her reference object when she speaks. It is an absentminded motion, but the motion keeps her focused on the conversation or problem at hand.

Hygiene

Syndra tends to keep clean as well as making sure her equipment stays clean. She believes that a dirty body and equipment clutters the mind, keeping her from using the arcane arts to their fullest potential. In general, she is a very tidy person, keeping things very organized, much like the spells on her reference object need to be.

Social

Birthplace

Yllvalion

Contacts & Relations

Due to her ties to the Ylyndar Clan and the Enchantress, Syndra knows a wide variety of people inside and outside of Yllvalion. Many of her contacts outside of the city are merchants and adventurers that have need of the goods that are produced in the Enchantress' Shop. Inside the city, she knows the majority of the families as she often works with them or sees them nearly every day.

Honorary & Occupational Titles

Apprentice Rune Mage

Family Ties

Family is an odd thing for Syndra as she remembers lives with two distinct families. She was a child when her parents died during the Eldritch War, but she does remember the teachings from them that found her aptitude for magic. After her parents' death, she was adopted by the Ylyndar Clan and gained a second, although very different family. She was not nearly as close with the brothers as she was younger in age than Reinys and was not a paladin. Reinys and Syndra became almost like sisters, spending time together when there was a lull in their training.
 
After over two centuries as part of the Ylyndar Clan, Syndra considers them her real family, but the ghosts of her parents and the memories she has forgotten haunt her. It has caused problems with her training and has often sent her into spans of depression. Even so, Naya and the rest of the Ylyndars treat her no differently, acting as if she is one of their siblings. Those that do not know the family often mistake her as one of the children as she blends into the family.
 

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6 Summer's Morning, 300 E.A.

At the Bottom, Above the Abyss

by Apprentice Rune Mage Syndra Amakiir

Calling a place the Lowers when you are already deep within the earth and there are more tunnels and worlds beneath you is something of a misnomer. Maybe the name was one to describe those that called this place home or was a broad term to explain what was beneath the bustling parts of the city. Either way, what we expected was not what greeted us when we safely made it to the Lowers and the home of the Paladins of Dreadfall.
 
The minotaur's contact was an odd one, speaking in truths that only a lizardfolk could. He gave us more insight into the Order and the tasks they were currently completing, information that was somewhat chilling to hear. Cultists were here and looking for things, a dragon egg had gone missing. Neither of these things bode well, but it was information we needed nonetheless.
 
Our discussions with the Matron's first daughter seemed to go better, making only enough concessions to get what we needed and skirting around the other issues with the mere mention of Oz himself. A delegation would visit our post at some point, a month from now, and hopefully, our sponsor would join as well. We had secured some level of trade deal as well, one that was more in our favor with items by demand and less one that would involve great travel.
 
As we retired to the Silver Thread for the evening, the Red Mage's stories gained attention, finally joining us with a man that I had only heard Reinys speak of. The Grand Duelist of the Human Empire had come to learn more about the disappearances of many items and about Ozul, the dragon that had called the area beyond Mithril Mantle his home. The half-elf would join us on our journey the following day as we returned home.
 
The prospect of going home is a relief. Monitrex in itself has been an adventure, but one I would not so hastily depart on again.

Syndra's Journal Ordered oldest to newest

  1. Ghosts
    19 Winter's Evening, 299 E.A.
  2. Reinys, and New Friends
    27 Spring's Morning, 300 E.A.
  3. Magic Abounds
    15 Spring’s Noon, 300 E.A.
  4. Further Forward
    14 Spring's Evening, 300 E.A.
  5. The Sage's Study
    4 Summer's Morning, 300 E.A.
  6. Floating Cities Within the Earth
    6 Summer's Morning, 300 E.A.
  7. At the Bottom, Above the Abyss
    6 Summer's Morning, 300 E.A.

The major events and journals in Syndra's history, from the beginning to today.

At the Bottom, Above the Abyss

Calling a place the Lowers when you are already deep within the earth and there are more tunnels and worlds beneath you is something of a misnomer. Maybe the name was one to describe those that called this place home or was a broad term to explain what wa...

09:04 pm - 16.09.2020

Session 10: The Lowers

06:59 am - 13.09.2020

Session 10: The Lowers

01:08 am - 13.09.2020

Floating Cities Within the Earth

While our travels to Monitrex were far from uneventful, the visage of the floating city, rising above a great abyss, was enough to make one forget many previous mishaps. A single wrong step could bring you to a neverending fall, one that would end in noth...

10:44 pm - 09.09.2020

The Sage's Study

Those of us that study great tomes and books that have long been forgotten to the dust of age are often thought of as locked in libraries and ancient crypts, but my first moment to study history and culture since I left Yllvalion so long ago is under the ...

08:10 pm - 08.09.2020

Session 9: Monitrex

03:21 pm - 07.09.2020

Session 8: Drow Cities

03:23 am - 30.08.2020

Session 8: Drow Cities

12:36 am - 30.08.2020

While I greatly enjoyed following and helping Senku, it was an even greater endeavor to finally craft something of my own that only I could create. The dwarf and the sailor had requested a belt to turn the water wheel, and so I would make it. It took a few hours to tool the leather, making it supple enough to turn and move how they wanted without wearing and breaking. While such a simple object, it gave me pride that my skills, other than my enchanting, were useful, even in the depths of the Underdark.

06:25 pm - 21.07.2020

I don’t know why I sometimes expect quiet days of working on simple tasks. Again the cavern is buzzing with our work, but none more so than Senku. The girl has energy with no bounds, working on multiple projects at once. She effortlessly moves between too many projects to count, brewing potions and creating things out of nothing. All I can do is dutifully follow her and offer assistance when I can.

06:25 pm - 21.07.2020

We call them quiet days, but the ringing bustle in our cavern is far from quiet. Adventuring stopped for a few days in favor of crafting, allowing us the time to finish crafting the grand windows that we had created for our storeroom. I had never created a stained glass window, but with Senku’s glassmaking and Lark’s easy hand with a paintbrush, the process went much smoother than I had imagined. It felt like I had returned to Lady Naya’s shop, soldering the delicate jewelry that she sold. It is odd to think that we have been beneath the surface for two weeks, but it seems like an eternity. The light here could never replicate the sun, even with large amounts of magic. I long to feel its warmth again, to feel the soft winds of my home, but we have set out on this journey, and I will remain until Reinys and I see it through to the end.

09:31 pm - 14.07.2020

The last few days have been a bit beyond what I was taught, but the child seems to know more about alchemy than anyone I have ever met. With that knowledge, we have begun the cultivation of odd plants and started the process of making necessary items that I have only seen come to Lady Naya’s shop in well-padded baskets. My delicate work with thin metals and gems will come in handy as we begin the process of making the windows throughout. It may take three of us to accomplish our goals, but we have moved far away from the idea of simple buildings that are so often found as outposts. With our crafts, we will make these dark tunnels full of light and beauty, something that is so lacking in the Underdark.

08:06 pm - 08.06.2020

Reached Level 3!!

After large amounts of work relating to crafting in Mithril Mantle, Syndra leveled up!

08:06 pm - 08.06.2020

Our short friend was easily worried by a simple bowl of incense, but it brought some happiness for me. I was able to finish the ritual and thank the Kobolds that attempted to bring safety to us, even in such a dark place. It brought comfort and peace, finishing such a ritual. It made me realize that I had been neglecting my prayers and the faith that so strongly binds Reinys and I. But there is time to move forward with such. With the correct implements, I can bring a safety through faith to this place.

03:16 pm - 21.05.2020

The Underdark is far from what I expected. The darkness of home is nothing compared to the darkness that surrounds us constantly, but light shines brightly in our cavern. Through the work of all of us, we are making a home, a place for wayward travelers lost in the darkness. I never thought I would be using my knowledge for such things as growing odd flora, but it is a change that I have welcomed. The greatest change of this adventure is the change in Reinys. She is far removed from the dark days in the past. She has taken the role of leader with confidence, and it shows once again. There is no one I would rather be on this adventure with than my sister.

04:07 pm - 11.05.2020

Session 0: Introduction

04:38 am - 10.05.2020

Session 0: Introduction

04:38 am - 10.05.2020

Further Forward

As we pack to reunite with Reinys, I cannot help but think of the words of her letter. We are going further away from home than ever before, going someplace that I never thought that we would. The Underdark is a dangerous place, but for the next months, i...

03:10 pm - 05.05.2020

Past Downtime

6 of 62 days to learn Undercommon (from Miz) Spells Learned: Prestidigitation Chromatic Orb Find Familiar Illusory Script 5 of 50 days to learn Three Dragon Ante (from Reinys)

02:29 am - 02.05.2020

Reached Level 2!!

After aiding the Otterfolk with his flashy form of story telling, Syndra leveled up.

04:55 pm - 27.02.2020

Magic Abounds

I has been too long since I’ve had the chance to properly write more than scribbled musings on whatever scraps I could find. Since I joined with Reinys, we have traveled far, finally leaving the safety and wealth of Stronghold for the road that would ev...

04:53 am - 09.01.2020

Session 14: Trouble in Kestel

03:28 pm - 13.12.2019

Session 14: Trouble in Kestel

03:27 pm - 13.12.2019

Reinys, and New Friends

A familiar face amongst a new city was a relief, calming the anxiety I had about being so far away from home. Lady Naya had sent me here with a purpose, much like Reinys had been sent with, so I did not wish to disappoint those that had sent us so far and...

09:37 pm - 03.11.2019

Session 8: To the Tower

07:16 pm - 26.10.2019

Session 8: To the Tower

07:16 pm - 26.10.2019

Ghosts

The thing about traveling alone is that most often, you find yourself traveling with the ghosts of events and people past. Sometimes those memories are ones you wish to relive, bringing you joy in the darkness of lonesome travel, but most times, the ghost...

02:39 pm - 22.10.2019

Session 7: Waiting in Stronghold

01:31 pm - 18.10.2019

Session 7: Waiting in Stronghold

01:30 pm - 18.10.2019

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RiverFang

Hello and welcome!   I'm River and I work in the historic trifecta (archives, museums, and libraries, oh my!), with degrees in History, Creative Writing, and Library & Information Sciences, but worldbuilding and writing are by far some of my greatest passions.   You can often find me writing with my husband, Shiftrex, as we work to build the worlds and gaming systems that we want to write and play in.   Our worlds are those of fantasy, swords and sorcery, and great tragedies and triumphs. Isekai is our current and most robust project, and is the most often updated of our worlds.

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