Sembali Grimtongue

• Phoenixborn of Memoria.
• Main protagonist of the War Within. “Two paths lie before you. One cloaked in shadow, another basked in light. Which will you choose?”
• For years Sembali has pored over the ancient holy tomes within Memoria’s walls, and it was deep within the darkened halls of the cloistered libraries that she discovered a secret that made her question all she knew about not only her fellow Phoenixborn, but the Gods themselves. In the wake of this discovery, Sembali was forced to choose which path she would now follow: Would she continue to use her Phoenixborn abilities to safeguard the faithful of Argaia or would she instead embark on a path of conquest to take her rightful place as the Phoenixborn supreme? In the end, she chose the path basked in light.
• Quotes:
  • “Ours is but another world’s shadow.”
  • “My thoughts are dark of late.”
  • “The dead have found you wanting.” + “Ignore them at your peril.”
• Sembali Grimtongue is the leader of the Gatekeepers. Her worshippers bring the corpses of their loved ones to the city’s many temples, so that she, the priestesses of the cult, can guide the souls of the departed to their loved ones in the world beyond.
• The rituals of the Gatekeepers are celebratory, but Sembali’s mind has grown dark, troubled by the whispers of those whose souls she guides. The dead speak of great calamities to come, and so Sembali has turned to illusion magic to ease her worries. But one must take care to not play overlong with illusions, lest one become addicted to one’s own little lies…