A creature of calculating atrocity and detached malice, Santyriana is the most powerful night hag in service to Shan Lian Doresh. She defers her will to him out of admiration, envy, and an unsavory lust. She spends time abroad within Dal Quor, acting as an emissary on behalf of the Fading Dream. She is even personally acquainted with—and mutually despises— the night hag Kyrale, ambassador to the fiends of the Demon Wastes. She leads the council known as the Shrouded Sages.
The Stuff of Nightmares: Santyriana maintains a larder of subjects for her own amusement, often tapping the resources of Taer Lian Doresh to seek out choice mortals from beyond its walls. During the day, she keeps her victims comfortable and reasonably content, even prompting her more pleasing servants to “befriend” them. At night she becomes their nightmares in the flesh and tastes of their terror, devouring them only when madness has stripped them of fear— but not pain. Having gathered victims from among Khorvaire’s populous races, Santyriana will pay special interest to any characters of unusual heritage who fall under the influence of the Fading Dream. Though she can haunt the dreams of any mortals whose nightmares bring them to her doorstep, she ultimately craves flesh and bone.