The Silent Reaper
What is death? What is life? Longing? Why must I yet bear these burdens?
The Silent Reaper is an ancient and powerful being and currently under the care of The 37th Outsider, who claims that the Silent Reaper is no more than a weapon designed by the Old Ones. It is unknown how true this claim is, as the Silent Reaper has never made any attempts to participate in any sort of communication.
The Silent Reaper boasts an imposing figure, possessing a body that dwarfs most creatures outside of The Abyss and many within. Its incredible height seems to be a trait shared among the other supposed weapons of the Old Ones; both The Golden Maiden and The Fallen Usurper have similar statures. Its only observed appearance has been that of a floating, billowing dark cloak that completly conceals anything within.
Even when the 37th Outsider isn't using the Angler's Retreat to control the Silent Reaper, it hasn't shown much hostility to those around it, much unlike The Golden Maiden and Fallen Usurper who are extremely aggressive to those around them. This lack of hostility can easily make explorers lower their guard around it, which can have deadly consequences as it is still just as dangerous as anything else in the Abyss.
Equipment
The 37th Outsider claims that when she first encountered it deep within the Abyss, it carried a grand scythe nearly twice as long as it was tall, but when she found it again within the Angler's Retreat, the scythe was missing. She fears to imagine what could have caused the Silent Reaper to lose it. In the meantime, while controlling it, she sends her enslaved Reaper Ant with it, which seem to have an unusual resistance to its deathly touch.
Abilities
As per its namesake, the Silent Reaper embodies both silence and death. By rejecting its own Connection to sound on a Worldly Level, it is impossible to hear. This Rejection goes so far that its own name is unable to be heard; those that have heard its name will have their ability to hear its name within their memories. The 37th Outsider has a mysterious resistance to this effect. She believes that it has other abilities that result from this Rejected Connection, but has been unable to force it to exhibit any so far.
The Silent Reaper's Connection to Death is especially potent. So potent, in fact, that merely touching its billowing cloak is enough to prove deadly. Since losing its scythe, the 37th Outsider has only observed the Silent Reaper's Connection to Death being triggered on touching it or its cloak; she theorizes that its range would have been greater had it not lost the scythe.
The exact mechanism is still unclear, but the Silent Reaper appears to have some ability to fly or float which it appears to use to make up for an utter lack of a lower torso. Whether it never had a lower torso to begin with, or if it lost it over the years is unknown.
The Silent Reaper has also exhibited an unnaturally high durability. When it was pierced by the Golden Lance by The Golden Maiden it was neither annihilated nor left unable to function. Considering that a glancing strike by the Golden Lance was enough to gouge into Abyssal stone, this is an impressive feat. The 37th Outsider also hypothesizes that the Silent Reaper has some sort of regenerative ability, or some other method of repairing itself due to it having survived in the Abyss for so many millennia.
Current Status
Last seen being attacked by the The Golden Maiden.
Age
10,000+
Children
Current Residence
Angler's Retreat
Height
17m
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