rules of engagement

    general.       i’m private, selective, mutuals only and sometimes low activity due to chronic health issues but please don’t be afraid to approach me! i only ask for patience if i don’t reply right away to dms.    etiquette.       general rp etiquette is expected. trimming posts, no god-modding, reblog memes from source, don’t pressure me for replies, yadda yadda. you know, the usual. i don’t send passwords or do interest checkers, i do read everyone’s rules upon following.    following.       if i follow you it’s because i am interested in writing with you!, i always try my best to engage with people on my dashboard, i expect my mutuals to reciprocate that effort. slow replies are understandable, i'm slow too, but if my continuous attempts to engage with you go ignored overtime i will eventually break mutuals. i aim to establish long term writing partners, not hoard followers for the sake of it.    discourse.       i hardblock blatant bigotry and hate speech on sight. however, i do not participate in fandom discourse or posts about real-world events. my activism takes place in real life, and i do not consider tumblr roleplay the appropriate place for me to have these conversations. i ask that you respect this boundary.    banned fcs.       i don’t keep a banned list unless the fc is a known abuser, scientologist, zionist, convicted criminal, etc. i am okay with deceased faceclaims only if they are professional actors, not influencers of any kind. actors actively consent to having their likeness associated with the portrayal of fictional characters.    formatting.       i typically use small, lowercase text with colored dialogue and sometimes icons. never feel pressured to match! format your replies as much or as little as you want. if you need me to simplify my formatting please let me know! aesthetics are fun, but not a requirement to write with me.    lore.       sayén rainbane is based on the forgotten realms and was built as a d&d player character using the 2024 update of the 5e rules, because of this i’m by default compatible with bg3 muses and verses, but she is not a tav. i’m open to writing with anyone so long we can plausibly plot within the realms of high fantasy settings. i’m not really interested in writing in modern or futuristic settings at this time.    affiliations.       i take both mains and exclusives if chemistry warrants it. i don’t make a difference between “mains” and “affiliates”, there are no tiers. if we interact often and click ooc, i would definitely like to feature you on my affiliations! exclusivity takes more time and i am admittedly picky about it. in order to be exclusives i expect reciprocity in effort and interest.    shipping.       please never assume i’m approaching you with the intention of shipping. i’m very picky about shipping, besides sayén is not an easy character to ship with. however, i love developing all kinds of dynamics, give me friends, found family, rivalries and even enemies!    mature themes.       my blog is not suitable or intended for minors and i will only write with adults, period point blank. serious content warnings for nudity, sex, pregnancy, violence, gore, cannibalism and death, these may be referenced and featured regularly to various degrees due to the nature of this character’s themes involving life, death and survival, and will generally go untagged. sensitive content will be tagged as "cw ___"    by following me it is assumed you are aware of the content you may be exposed to and take responsibility for your own safety and well being.        smut.       i’m very sex positive and comfortable with smut on my dashboard. you can expect a lot of non-serious horny posting as well. i do my best to tag anything explicit as ‘nsft’ (not safe for tumblr).    credits.       most of my concept art was originally made by luciasatalina and edited by me to fit my character’s description. their style is lovely though, check them out! everything else is made by me.tl;dr: get silly, unserious, horny and unhinged. support women’s rights and women’s wrongs !

“growing and reaping are part of the eternal cycle and the most natural part of life, but life...
life has to end, love doesn't.”

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out of character

you may know me as cherry, cher or cereza. she/her pronouns are fine! i was born in 1993 so i’m in my milf era or whatever lmao. and my timezone is GMT-3.i'm a teacher, a sewing girlie, i'm insane about playing d&d and power rangers. most of my things are pink and i'm very normal about it.i'm a deeply unserious person, please don't be afraid to yap at me about your blorbos and send me cursed tiktoks to become friends. my discord is available to mutuals!!

path of the grave

born in the astral sea, the graveyard of gods, sayén rainbane is an emissary between life and death. she carries the liminal softness of someone who has lingered too long between planes, a presence shaped by thresholds. her presence is serene, and that serenity may come off as uncanny and eerie, politely disorienting. she speaks gently, moves softly, and possesses a kind of bedside manner that is either comforting or vaguely terrifying depending on how close you are to meeting your ancestors.despite her affinity for the grave, she is remarkably attentive to the living. sayén is openly kind, earnest in her care, and deeply nurturing. guided by a maternal instinct that feels less like a choice and more like a calling. she fusses over wounds, remembers small preferences, and offers gentleness freely, even when it is not asked for. there is nothing careless about the way she tends to others, although she may seem unrefined or feral at times due to growing up exploring the forests of the dalelands. her ferality mustn't be confused with cruelty. sayén understands life and death as a continuous exchange. to her, the body is part of the cycle it leaves behind, and waste is the only true violation. she would never kill for consumption, but neither does she recoil from necessity. in a world where survival once meant choosing between hunger and horror, eating what has already fallen is practical, reverent, and honest.animals eat animals. the earth reclaims its own.much of her life has been shaped by loss. having grown without knowledge of her birth family and the suspicion they never looked for her, sayén carries within her a persistent fear of abandonment. as a result, she keeps herself carefully contained. she loves deeply, but cautiously, offering care long before she offers her heart. letting someone close requires time, consistency, and proof that they intend to stay.

profile

   birth name:     (redacted)
   pseudonym:     sayén rainbane
   epithets:     itzel cerys, soulkeeper
   nicknames:     ennie (by evander)
   species:     astral elf
   age:     ~140 years
   identity:     female (she/her)
   orientation:     bisexual
   birthplace:     astral plane
   current home:     mistledale, the dalelands
   occupation:     priestess, gravekeeper, adventurer
   languages:     common, deep speech
   family:     evander rainbane (foster father)

psyche

    virtues:      peaceful, thoughtful, nurturing
    flaws:      impulsive, strange, undisciplined
    myers-briggs:      isfj
    temperament:      Phlegmatic-Sanguine
    enneagram:      type 2, the helper

physique

   hair:     pale rose
   eyes:     full black sclera
   skin:     fair with a pink undertone
   build:     petite, subtly curvy
   height:     154 cm, 5'1"
   weight:     62kg, 136lbs

   species:    astral elf

long ago, groups of elves ventured from the feywild to the astral plane to be closer to their gods. life in the silver void has imbued their souls with a spark of divine light. that light manifests as a starry gleam in an astral elf's eyes.because nothing ages on the astral plane, astral elves who inhabit that plane can be very old, and their longevity gives them an unusual perspective on the passage of time.astral elves who don't dwell on the astral plane can live to be more than 750 years old.   creature type.    she is a humanoid and is also considered an elf for any prerequisite or effect that requires one.   astral fire.    she knows the dancing lights cantrip.   darkvision.    she can see in dim light within 60 feet of herself as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. she discerns colors in darkness only as shades of gray.   fey ancestry.    she has advantage on saving throws made to avoid or end the charmed condition on herself.   keen senses.    she has proficiency in the perception skill.   starlight step.    as a bonus action, she can magically teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space she can see. she can use this trait a number of times equal to her proficiency bonus, and she regains all expended uses when she finishes a long rest.   astral trance.    she doesn’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put her to sleep. she can finish a long rest in 4 hours if she spends those hours in a trancelike meditation, during which she remains conscious.whenever she finishes this trance, she gains proficiency in one skill of her choice and with one weapon or tool of her choice, selected from the player’s handbook. she mystically acquires these proficiencies by drawing them from shared elven memory and the experiences of entities on the astral plane, and she retains them until she finishes her next long rest.   languages.    she can speak, read, and write common and deep speech.

   background:    mythalkeeper

mythals are sources of great magical power that can alter the weave or even the very nature of reality. most were constructed in antiquity, and many have since been damaged or gone dormant.as a mythalkeeper from the dalelands, her first experience with a mythal was in the ruins of myth drannor.she roams faerûn in search of other ruined places of power, hoping to learn more about the history and powers of mythals, or even restore a malfunctioning one.   ability scores.    intelligence, wisdom (+2), charisma (+1)
   feat.    grave keeper.
   skill proficiencies.    arcana and history.
   tool proficiencies.    jeweler’s tools.

   origin feat:    grave keeper

studying funeral rites and tending the dead's rest has made her a conduit between the worlds of the living and the dead, and has gained the following benefits:
   divine channel.    she gains one extra use of the channel divinity feature and can create the turn undead effect with it.
   last rites.    she can enact a 10-minute ritual to prepare the corpse of a medium or smaller creature, expending at least 10 gp worth of incense, oils, linen wraps, or similar trappings. the prepared corpse can't become undead.

   resilient:    constitution

   ability score increase.    +1 constitution
   saving throw proficiency.    she gains saving throw proficiency with the chosen ability (constitution)

war caster

   ability score increase.    +1 charisma
   concentration.    she has advantage on constitution saving throws to maintain concentration.
   reactive spell.    when a creature provokes an opportunity attack from her by leaving her reach, she can take a reaction to cast a spell at the creature rather than making an opportunity attack. the spell must have a casting time of one action and must target only that creature.   somatic components.    she can perform the somatic components of spells even when holding weapons or a shield.

mage slayer

   ability score increase.    +1 dexterity
   concentration breaker.    when she deals damage to a creature that is concentrating, it has disadvantage on the saving throw it makes to maintain concentration.
   guarded mind.    if she fails an intelligence, a wisdom, or a charisma saving throw, she can cause herself to succeed instead. once she uses this benefit, it can't be used again until finishing a short or long rest.

   cleric:    grave domain

arms and eyes upraised toward the sun and a prayer on her lips, an elf begins to glow with an inner light that spills out to heal her battle-worn companions.clerics are intermediaries between the mortal world and the distant planes of the gods. as varied as the gods they serve, clerics strive to embody the handiwork of their deities. no ordinary priest, a cleric is imbued with divine magic.   healers and warriors   
divine magic, as the name suggests, is the power of the gods, flowing from them into the world. clerics are conduits for that power, manifesting it as miraculous effects. the gods don't grant this power to everyone who seeks it, but only to those chosen to fulfill a high calling.harnessing divine magic doesn't rely on study or training. a cleric might learn formulaic prayers and ancient rites, but the ability to cast cleric spells relies on devotion and an intuitive sense of a deity's wishes.clerics combine the helpful magic of healing and inspiring their allies with spells that harm and hinder foes. they can provoke awe and dread, lay curses of plague or poison, and even call down flames from heaven to consume their enemies. for those evildoers who will benefit most from a mace to the head, clerics depend on their combat training to let them wade into melee with the power of the gods on their side.   divine agents   
not every acolyte or officiant at a temple or shrine is a cleric. some priests are called to a simple life of temple service, carrying out their gods' will through prayer and sacrifice, not by magic and strength of arms.when a cleric takes up an adventuring life, it is usually because his or her god demands it. pursuing the goals of the gods often involves braving dangers beyond the walls of civilization, smiting evil or seeking holy relics in ancient tombs. many clerics are also expected to protect their deities' worshipers, which can mean fighting rampaging orcs, negotiating peace between warring nations, or sealing a portal that would allow a demon prince to enter the world.most adventuring clerics maintain some connection to established temples and orders of their faiths. a temple might ask for a cleric's aid, or a high priest might be in a position to demand it. though not every member of a temple or shrine is a cleric. some priests are called to a simple life of temple service, carrying out their devotion through prayer and rituals, not through magic.many mortals claim to speak for the gods, but few can marshal the power of those gods the way a cleric can.

gods of the grave preside over the boundary between life and death. death and the afterlife are foundational parts of the multiverse, and the peace of the dead must not be violated.though devoted to chauntea whose portfolio includes only the life domain, sayén is granted access to the grave domain through chauntea’s good standing with kelemvor. she must please both gods acting as a custodian of the cycle, seeking to put restless spirits to rest, destroy the undead, and ease the suffering of the dying.her magic allows her to delay death briefly when necessary, but never to deny it. death will always claim what is owed.

class & subclass features

   divine order:    thaumaturge
sayén knows one additional cantrip from the cleric spell list. her mystical connection to the divine grants her a bonus to intelligence (arcana and religion) checks equal to her wisdom modifier.   channel divinity:    turn undead
sayén can present her holy symbol and censure undead creatures through divine authority. each undead creature of her choice within 30 feet of her must make a wisdom saving throw. on a failed save, the creature gains the frightened and incapacitated conditions for 1 minute. for the duration, it attempts to move as far from sayén as possible on its turns. this effect ends early if the creature takes any damage, if sayén becomes incapacitated, or if she dies.   circle of mortality   
sayén has gained the ability to manipulate the line between life and death. when she restores hit points to a creature at 0 hit points using a spell that requires rolling dice, she instead uses the highest possible result for each die. in addition, she knows the spare the dying cantrip. it doesn’t count against the number of cleric cantrips she knows. for her, it has a range of 30 feet, and she can cast it as a bonus action.   eyes of the grave   
sayén can sense the presence of undead, whose existence is an affront to the natural cycle of life and death. as an action, she can open her awareness to magically detect undead. until the end of her next turn, she knows the location of any undead within 60 feet of her that isn’t behind total cover and isn’t protected from divination magic. this sense doesn’t reveal a creature’s identity or capabilities. she can use this feature a number of times equal to her wisdom modifier. she regains all expended uses when she finishes a long rest.   channel divinity:    path to the grave
sayén can use her channel divinity to mark a creature’s life force for termination. she chooses one creature she can see within 30 feet of her, cursing it until the end of her next turn. the next time she or one of her allies hits the cursed creature with an attack, the creature has vulnerability to all of that attack’s damage. the curse then ends.   sear undead   
when sayén calls upon her power to repel the undead, she may channel additional divine wrath. radiant energy scorches those who recoil from her authority, burning away the blasphemy that sustains them. this searing light does not disrupt the searing.   sentinel at death’s door   
sayén has the ability to impede death’s progress. as a reaction when she or a creature she can see within 30 feet of her suffers a critical hit, she can turn that hit into a normal hit. any effects triggered by the critical hit are canceled. she can use this feature a number of times equal to her wisdom modifier. she regains all expended uses when she finishes a long rest.   blessed strikes:    potent spellcasting.
divine power infuses sayén in battle. she adds her wisdom modifier to the damage she deals with any cleric cantrip.   divine intervention   
in moments of great need, sayén can call upon her deity to intervene on her behalf. she implores her deity’s aid and describes the assistance she seeks. if her deity intervenes, it leaves her spiritually spent and unable to ask again until sufficient time equal to a week. otherwise, she can attempt it again after she finishes a long rest.

biography

she remembers nothing of her life before the far realm. she was a child when she slipped, was taken, or fell into it — and a child she remained for more than a century, suspended in the maddening plane of aberrations.her rescue, when it came, was an accident.a group of adventurers on a mission sanctioned by a dawnbringer from archendale stumbled upon the small astral elf while traversing a warped pocket of the far realm. malnourished, glass-eyed, and clinging to a starless fragment of space, they took her back to the material plane. they did not know her name, and she did not either.among that group was evander rainbane, a half-elf turned dhampir gloomstalker ranger, a man hardened by the shadowfell and scarred by the disappearance of his own young sister back when he was barely more than a boy. as someone whose life had been ruptured by planar horror, he recognized in the quiet child a grief that mirrored his own — a soul displaced, altered, and orphaned by a plane that should never touch mortal lives. another child stolen away, another life carved open by the unknown.without hesitation, he took her in.since she did not remember anything from her life prior the far realm, not even what she was called by her family of origin, evander named her sayén, meaning beloved girl, and passed on his own surname.the two settled in the countryside of the dalelands, near the ancient borders of cormanthor. evander taught her the wilderness — wandering old mythal sites such as myth drannor and other ruins nearby. poking dead trees, lying in moss, studying animals the way someone studies constellations.because evander’s long-standing ties to the lathanderian temple at archenbridge, at a young age she learned of the morninglord's lover: chauntea, the earthmother. chauntea’s reverence for life and the natural order called to sayén ever since then. where most saw this child from the astral sea as strange, chauntea answered her prayers and took her just as she was.her earliest memories of the material plane were shaped by the broken high magic of cormanthor while exploring by her foster father’s side, and she developed a strange sensitivity to old wards and frayed enchantments. where most people feel only a faint wrongness, she feels the texture of a mythal’s wound.

the ruins of myth drannor became familiar ground. dormant nodes hidden under roots and loam, forest pockets where time or gravity stuttered because an ancient spell still struggled to function. she learned to read these places the way evander taught her to read animal tracks.under chauntea’s guidance, sayén grew into a priestess of the grave. one who treats death not as an ending, but as a turning of the soil. a necessary, sacred part of the cycle. tending the living, honoring the dead, putting wandering spirits to rest, destroy the undead, and ease the suffering of the dying. most people are never quite sure what to make of her. sayén is mild mannered, nurturing, protective, and deeply confusing in equal measure especially to those fairing from big cities. but even in her oddity, she is kind and caring and always doing her best while guiding people through grief as their loved ones return to the earth.sayén still lives in the dalelands of faerûn , wandering the spaces between ruined temples, quiet forests, and the small farming villages that have come to accept her gentle strangeness.

    forgotten realms     default canon. set between 1490-1500 DR approximately, some time after the events of bg3 for reference. sayén is around one hundred and thirty years at this point, although she also spent about a century trapped in the far realm frozen in time as a seven year old so she is technically closer to being around 30. you can find her in near her home in the forests of the dalellands or adventuring about faerûn.

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    exandria     based on critical role's campaign 1, campaign 2, as well as the mini series exu: calamity, divergence and downfall. campaign 3 is not acknowledged at all. vox machina and the mighty nein animated shows friendly! in this universe sayén is a cleric of melora, the wildmother, and lives in the menagerie located in southern xhorhas near the whitedawn lagoon in wildemount.

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