Kennilos Corner

You need to fight a small group of Eremites in this location. Dehya joins the team as a trial character. Next, search the Eremites’ goods. The correct item is in the bag on the right. This will complete the first part of Dehya’s Story Quest.

Sing a song, sing along, take your sitar, let’s sing all day long.”
“Sing my sword, sing my bow, sing my tattered ban-dan-oh.”
“Fear no one, fear no lad, only fear if Dehya is mad.”
“We love Dehya, she’s beautiful and strong. Oh, our precious Dehya, we’ll never do you wrong.”

—A song sung by the members of “Blazing Beasts” around the campfire

“The Eremites,” a loosely-organized mercenary organization, is Sumeru‘s most powerful armed force. They consist of many mercenaries and bands of warriors-for-hire who carry out assignments independently.

One such brigade is the “Blazing Beasts,” whose most renowned member is Dehya, also known as the “Flame-Mane.”

A highly regarded warrior among the mercenary circles, Dehya is brave without being impulsive, and strong without being arrogant. Life in the harsh desert environment has allowed Dehya to accumulate much combat wisdom through various battles, and she is by no means your typical insolent and ignorant martial artist.

As long as the pay is good and the commission reasonable, Dehya is more than willing to take up her sword to defend those who hire her.

However, there is one thing these employers should be aware of. That is, the agreement they establish with Dehya is only temporary and purely transactional. The reins to tame this lioness is never, and will never be in their hands.

Although mercenaries sell their strength to make a living, their dignity and lives belong only to themselves.

The desert lioness is no one’s slave, and her sword only follows her heart.

All desertfolk, including Dehya, learn to master and comprehend the sands.

Here, where the blue of the sky is boundless, where the gold-paved waves of the sands bleed into the cleft of the horizon, it is easy to feel how small one truly is.

Even those familiar with the sights and scenes of the desert can be intermittently shaken by the forces wielded by nature, and find themselves yearning to profess their supplication upon the sands where they were born.

The feeble and meek fear this land, and only those strong of spirit can find themselves drifting free upon this golden ocean.

Amongst the desertfolk, the bravest, most inured to the cruelties of their existence amidst the flowing sands are the mercenaries — The Eremites.

Such a life is one with little comfort or ease, so what a mercenary truly desires are those who can support them, with such covenant-kin being the equal of blood relatives.

In her youth, Dehya’s family consisted of her father and his mercenaries.

As she grew to independence, her new family was the “Blazing Beasts,” fellow mercenaries she could trust and count on.

After battling together for a time, a tacit understanding forms between individuals, with entire thoughts conveyed with but a movement, a gaze.

Later, as she temporarily bid the desert farewell to commit to a commission in the rainforest, she often found herself reminiscing about the moments she spent with her companions, singing by the fireside.

She can rise as high as the sky or stray as far as the sea, but Dehya was and will always be a daughter of the sands.