Sariel

Sariel, the Endless, takes center stage in this NG+1 journey through Fainweald, played entirely in Night Mode.

Once an alchemist and former master, Sariel was eventually condemned to exile for his misdeeds. Fragments of his past hint at a disturbing great work involving the children of the Undermether and a fertile Ovum, leaving much of his history somewhere between research, obsession and transformation.

That unsettling nature carries directly into his combat style. Sariel uses Pain, Curse and Thorn mechanics to turn suffering into aggression, damaging himself, recovering through melee combat and punishing enemies that strike him while afflicted.

For this run I am using the Scythe together with the Cursed Child, leaning fully into his darker mechanics. Combined with NG+1 and permanent Night Mode, Fainweald feels harsher, stranger and far less familiar.