New Tyranny Dev Diary Introduces The Companion Sirin
Nov. 1, 2016New Tyranny Dev Diary Introduces The Companion Sirin
Obsidian Entertainment has released anew developer diaryforTyrannythat introduces the last potentialcompanionthey will reveal before the game releases next week, November 10th on PC. Let’s take a look atSirinand her backstory as well as her in game combat role.
Sirin caused the death of more people before she was seven than most soldiers do in their entire careers. One of the few mages on Terratus who was born with magic, Sirin first displayed her abilities the first time she cried. The midwife assisting with her birth burst out crying and asked what that bright light was and why everything was so cold. Her parents quickly learned anyone who heard Sirin’s voice was compelled by the emotion behind it. Fortunately for them, she was a genial and easy-going child, so it wasn’t much of a problem.
Kyros the Overlordcaught wind of this and used theVoices of Neratto kidnap Sirin from her family and took her to the royal court for training. Considered too dangerous to be allowed to use her full powers, Kyros and the Voices of Nerat created a special helmet, placing it permanently on her head. If Sirin went beyond the limits of the helmet, the gem placed in it would shatter, killing her. From then on, her voice was used to sway recruits to theScarlet Chorusand Kyros. Savvy of this, she recruits for the Chorus while also planning an escape for herself.
IncombatSirin is designed to control and manipulate battles by afflicting her foes with sicknesses of the mind and body. As anArchonshe can influence others through her songs. She will passively sing, causing various debuffs onenemiesand buffs onparty members. As she sings, she builds up something called Breath that she later uses to unleash an Aria. Arias are powerful magical effects from Sirin’s voice on targets which can be very deadly or beneficial depending on if the target is friend or foe. Hertalenttrees alow her to act as support for offense and defense. HerPeacetree provides several defensive talents, utilities, and a number of Arias that help to bolster ally defenses and rejuvenate them. HerWartree has talents built to use Arias more quickly as well as a variety of offensive Arias that affect enemies in negative ways, often controlling them on the battlefield.
Theabilitiesshe can use are uniquely her. The first crop of them are her songs:
And here are some of her standard abilities:
There is a little more than a week left before we get to see what she can do firsthand! Until then, keep checking back with us for more on Tyranny up to its launch and beyond!
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