Sorshen

Domain: Eurythnia
Weapon of rule: Double-headed guisarme
Span of rule: -6480 AR to -5293 AR (1,187 years)
Master Enchanter

Lyrie's Research on Sorshen

Sorshen (pronounced SOHR-shehn) was the only runelord of lust and ruler of the Thassilonian realm of Eurythnia during Thassilon's entire lifespan. Sorshen was one of the only two runelords who ruled their domain for the entire lifespan of Thassilon, the other being Xanderghul. She accompanied Xin in his exile from Azlant and was responsible for convincing Xin to delegate the rule of Thassilon to the runelords: Sorshen was rewarded with the domain of Eurythnia and her original title of runelord of love. It was Sorshen who created the first runewells, after having discovered, studied, and reverse-engineered the Everdawn Pool. She shared this secret with the other runelords, a decision which she would later regret, before she and the six other runelords betrayed and assassinated Xin and later fell into infighting. During the final years of Thassilon, she developed the runewaking ritual to remove Zutha, but she didn't have the chance to put it to use before the end of Thassilon.

Lyrie's Feelings on Sorshen

Lyrie knows that Sorshen prepared for the incoming cataclysm and bunkered somewhere under Xin-Eurythnia, somehow. Confident that Sorshen's life siphoning powers would be used to slowly reawaken the Runelord once the danger had passed, Lyrie believes the runewell awakening called back to its creator in her slumber; and likely stirred her.
Instead of immediately returning to the world, Sorshen has decided to emerge quietly and take her time to reflec; the calm before the storm gives Lyrie pause in assuming what the Runelord of Lust's next move truly will be.
"Your journey mirrors the rise and fall of Thassilon itself, Fay. From you, I see a chance for renewal, a spark that may ignite change. Do not fear what you are becoming. Embrace it, and shape the world anew."

Codex Research

Sorshen was the Runelord of Lust and Lady of Eurythnia. She always wore red and white garments of the richest and most enticing design and carried a slim, lewdly-shaped staff made entirely of mithral. In battle, she was said to wield a doubleheaded guisarme, marked with masculine and feminine ends and said to be capable of summoning two seductive guardians. Her skill at magic was said to be matched only by her beguiling voice. With song, glance, and touch, she seduced and betrayed all of the other runelords over the years. Although they knew she was treacherous, they trusted her time and again, as her propositions always seemed eminently reasonable (though they invariably gave her the advantage in every future dealing). In her private life, stories agree that Runelord Sorshen was a whore, rutting with anything that took her fancy. Accusations of rape, perversion, and violent outbursts might have been exaggerated by her enemies, but if so she was remarkably consistent in her outrages. The one person’s privacy she took seriously was her own; the servants who worked in her private palace were all blinded and most were mute, communicating through fawning touches.