Siris (
SIGH RISS), is character, appearing in Infinity Blade I, Infinity Blade II and Infinity Blade III, and in the books Infinity Blade: Awakening and Infinity Blade: Redemption.
Description[]
Siris is the main protagonist of the Infinity Blade series. He is the last and greatest in a long line of fathers and sons honoring the Tradition of the Sacrifice. Siris was raised as a warrior in his hometown of Drem's Maw until he matured, at which time he was sent to face the God King in ritual combat like his ancestors before him.
History[]
Ausar the Vile[]
In actuality, Siris and his forefathers were the many reincarnations of Ausar (OW SAR), an ancient Deathless long-thought dead at the hands of his nemesis, Raidriar.
The Tyrant[]
[...he was] the most vile evil to ever befall this world.—Archivist, to Siris, Infinity Blade II
The full extent of Siris's past remains shrouded in mystery, even by historians and scholars a thousand years after his apparent demise. What is known is that he was once a Deathless warlord known as Ausar the Vile, who presided over the lands of Saranthia. Ausar held a number of alliances with other powerful Deathless such as Melek and Lelindre, but he also provoked the ire of many others who would become his enemies. Feared by his friends and foes alike, the mention of his name alone was enough to inspire terror.
If the words of Galath are to believed, Ausar is old enough to have seen the world be destroyed and recreated no less than a dozen times prior to its current iteration.
At some point, he may have taken a mortal woman as a lover. The nature of their relationship is unclear, but she appears to have had some connection to a magic ring of great significance, and the statue hidden beneath Ausar's castle seems to indicate he valued her in one way or another. Ultimately, Ausar cruelly rebuffed her affections, presumably stabbing her to death with a hidden dagger.
The Worker of Secrets[]
The warlord betrayed us. Stole you from me! I was entombed. Deep in his Vault of Tears.
Ausar imprisons Galath within the Vault of Tears
Ausar collaborated with Galath, the Worker of Secrets, to create the Infinity Blade, a weapon capable of permanently killing a Deathless by destabilizing their Quantum Identity Pattern. The details of Ausar's involvement in the Blade's creation are limited, but it seems to have been deliberately crafted in such a manner that Ausar's QIP was required for its attunement. But before this crucial step could be completed, their partnership would come to an abrupt end when Ausar betrayed his old friend.
Using the Soul Cell built into the Vault of Tears, Ausar trapped the Worker within his castle and took the Infinity Blade for himself. The Worker's imprisonment would subsequently be overseen by a Deathless alliance known as the Great Pact, and reinforced by three powerful seals. However, whether Ausar realized it or not, the Infinity Blade was not yet attuned, and would therefore only be effective against the Lesser Deathless.
Defeat and redemption[]
He's been gone for ages, slain by Raidriar on the plains of Koroth.—Archivist, to Siris, Infinity Blade II
Some time after Ausar stole the Infinity Blade, he was challenged to a duel by the God King Raidriar. Ausar met him in battle on the Plains of Koroth, where he was bested by his foe, and consumed by the Blade's light. Presumed dead, many of Ausar's devoted abandoned their faith in the once-fearsome warlord, and Saranthia fell into ruin.
But this was not the end. Unbeknownst to all -- perhaps even Ausar himself -- the Infinity Blade had been outfitted with the Redeemer prior to his duel with Raidriar. What appeared to be the killing blow had not undone Ausar, but instead ensured he would be reborn with no memory of his past life or his many transgressions. The true orchestrators of his redemption are unknown, but they appear to have instructed Ausar's servant golem TEL to retrieve the Redeemer from the Infinity Blade and hide it in Saranthia sometime after the duel.
Infinity Blade I[]
The genesis of the Sacrifice[]
I am the voice of freedom - and I will end your tyranny and bring peace to this land!
Following Raidriar's victory, one of Ausar's reincarnations becomes a warrior who chose to challenge the God King, seeking to liberate mortals from the rule of the Deathless. Forced to first confront one of the Dark Knights, he is quickly disarmed before the God King summons the Infinity Blade and runs him through. Finding the warrior's bloodline suitable, the God King declares that his progeny would be of great service, and bids his knights prepare for the arrival of the warrior's descendants.
Siris the Sacrifice[]
And death had its day after day. A ritual slaughter; fathers and avenging sons... all doomed. Until at last, a warrior came with a true and noble heart.
Siris slays the God King.
The warrior was reborn again and again, each time eventually taking up the mantle of the Sacrifice, a champion from one of the villages of Lantimor who would take up the armaments of his ancestors and challenge the God King. He was slain repeatedly over the centuries, with neither he nor the God King ever knowing his ancestors were actually the many reincarnations of Ausar.
After generations, he was reborn as Siris in the village of Drem's Maw. As he had countless times before, Siris defeated the God King's titans and challenges him to a duel. This time, however, he turns the Infinity Blade against his foe and emerges triumphant, seemingly slaying the God King in the process.
In the aftermath of his victory, Siris approached the throne and activated the control panel on the armrest, prompting to enormous machines to emerge from the ceiling, creating a projection of the earth. Rendered speechless by the technology, Siris can only stare the hologram in awe.
Revelations[]
Siris kills Archarin and attunes the Infinity Blade
After defeating the God King, Siris descends into the God King's dungeons and uses the Infinity Blade to activate an obelisk that unlocks the gates of several Soul Cells, each housing a different prisoner. Entering each one, he finds the Deathless Kuero, Gortoel, and Ealoseum, engaging each one in a duel and killing them permanently with the Infinity Blade. With their deaths, the center gate opens, granting Siris access to a mysterious facility, where he finds bodies encased in the God King's Helio Armor suspended in stasis tubes.
He is suddenly confronted by the Zero Mech, a mechanical titan that engages him in combat, but is ultimately defeated. Siris appears victorious until the Zero Mech opens, revealed to be a suit of mechanical armor from which a man in blue armor wielding the Claymourn -- Archarin -- emerges. Archarin claims that their bloodline has served its purpose in attuning the Infinity Blade as intended, and reveals that he too once challenged the God King as the Sacrifice, but chose to serve him instead. Enraged, Siris declares him a traitor to their people, and engages him in combat.
Having already defeated the God King, Siris kills Archarin with the Infinity Blade, unknowingly completing its full attunement in the process. Dismissing Archarin's final words, he leaves the facility and the Temple of Lantimor with the Blade in hand.
Infinity Blade: Awakening and Infinity Blade II[]
The Sacrifice returns[]
Following his victory, Siris returns to his hometown of Drem's Maw. He thwarts an attempted takeover by a tax collector in service to the God King named Weallix, using -- to the shock of all present -- the Infinity Blade. Expecting to be welcomed as a hero, he is shocked to learn that the village elders intend to banish him in the wake of his triumph over the God King. The Sacrifice, in truth, was never expected to win. The tradition was merely a ceremonial act of rebellion, and they now fear that other Deathless will come looking for the Infinity Blade, and will be displeased to find a village in a state of rebellion. Siris is outraged, but ultimately powerless to convince them otherwise, and chooses to leave of his own volition. He briefly sojourns at his childhood home with his mother, Myan, who attempts to convince him to stay. Unwilling to risk the safety of his mother and the rest of Drem's Maw, however, Siris departs.
Seeking answers[]
For lack of a clear direction, Siris returns to the Dark Citadel, expecting adversity, only to find that the remaining daerils appear prepared to swear fealty to him. One named Strix explains that Siris, having slain the God King, is now entitled to his throne and kingdom. Despite his reservations and having no desire to rule, Siris sends for the remaining daerils to assemble before him in the throne room. After failing to learn anything from a deadmind mirror beside the God King's throne, an elderly troll named Kuuth is brought before him to answer his questions. When Kuuth affirms his fears that other members of the Pantheon will come seeking retribution, he asks where he might find potential allies against the Deathless. The troll tells Siris of the Worker of Secrets, a mythical figure said to be responsible for the creation of the Infinity Blade, currently imprisoned in lands unknown.
The assassin[]
As Siris continues to converse with Kuuth, he is suddenly struck by a projectile, and finds himself engaged in battle with an assassin. Rather than duel, however, they instead fire upon him with a crossbow, forcing him to take cover. Although he is poisoned by the attack, he manages to stave off the effects with healing magic. The assassin -- revealed to be a woman who believes Siris is the God King -- is suddenly beset from the front by two mechanical golems, and is forced to fight from multiple angles. Despite having never done so, he finds that the situation seems familiar.
Disarmed by his foes, the Infinity Blade is stolen from Siris by the assassin. The golems promptly cease their assault and give chase. Returning to the deadmind mirror, Siris finds that it had suffered damage during the battle, and the ensuing malfunction grants him access to some of its functionality. After attuning a teleportation ring to his Q.I.P., he uses it to summon the Infinity Blade back to his hand. After learning of the functionality of the rings, he uses them to disarm and destroy the two golems. The assassin returns, seemingly impressed by his survival, and declares that she no longer has any attention of stealing the Blade. She instead wants the man wielding it.
Her name is subsequently revealed to be Isa as Siris rids himself of the adverse effects of the healing magic. She offers to take the Infinity Blade off his hands and spread a rumor that she had killed him in the process, allowing him to live out his life unnoticed. Although Siris finds the prospect of freedom tempting, he remains hesitant to surrender humanity's only key to freedom on a whim, instead resolving to think of himself only after he had passed on the Blade to someone he trusted to continue the fight against the Deathless. When it becomes apparent he won't surrender the Blade, Isa offers her services as a guide after deducing that he has little knowledge of the outside world, and leaves to await his decision.
Siris returns to the throne room, suspecting an act of betrayal. He finds Strix and begins strangling him, demanding to know his true master. Kuuth attempts to strike him from behind, and is promptly killed by Siris. Strix explains that the Infinity Blade was not yet active at the time that Siris slew the God King. It was in the process of being attuned by the souls of Siris's bloodline. A terrifying truth becomes clear: the God King survived, and now knows exactly where his enemy is. Shaken, Siris flees the castle with the Blade in hand.
Searching for the Worker[]
Rebirth of Siris
Siris' actual appearance is first revealed at the entrance to Saydhi's Estate. Isa informs him that Saydhi is a Deathless information dealer. She tells him that if Siris can defeat her champions, Saydhi will answer a question for him. After defeating the Titans, Saydhi compliments Siris' legendary skill with the Aegis forms. She offers him a chance to become her new champion, but Siris refuses, demanding the location of the Worker. Saydhi is shocked, asking which immortal's child he is. Siris demands she answer the question, and Saydhi upholds her end of the bargain, telling Siris that the Worker can be found at the Vault of Tears. To prevent his meddling in more serious affairs, Saydhi attacked Siris, but is swiftly defeated and killed by the Infinity Blade, ending her immortal life.
Behind her throne, Siris sees a small pillar with a slot shaped like the Infinity Blade, similar to the one he found in the dungeons in the God King's castle. He inserts the weapon, thinking it would open a secret area, and the Blade disappears. The God King appears behind Siris and, revealing that it was a trap, wields the Infinity Blade. Siris is surprised the God King is still alive, and demands he fight him. The God King denies, and claims Siris surprised him last time. He brings up the Infinity Blade into an attack stance and is about to kill Siris, but Isa shoots Siris in the forehead with her crossbow, allowing him to be reborn. Siris wakes up, amazed that he is still alive. He realizes that he is a Deathless, and that TEL had been stopping him from being reborn, instead forcing him to be born as a new human every time he was sacrificed to the God King.
Thus begins Siris's quest to free the Worker of Secrets. He arrives at Saranthia, claiming that he will free the Worker. On the top of the tower, Siris encounters Thane, a Deathless who has been tasked with guarding the Worker. Thane regards Siris as a mortal, stating "This place holds nothing but death for one such as you." After Thane is defeated, Siris steps toward the Blood Seal in the center of the plaza. Thane once again warns Siris that activating the seal will cost Siris his life. Siris persists, stating that Thane is mistaken and that he is, in fact immortal. He jams his fist into the Seal, thus unlocking all rooms in the tower and causing his body to burn out.
At each Seal Siris finds, there is a Blood Sentinel guarding it. The first Sentinel Siris encounters is a Devoted Archivist, studying a large obelisk written in Pangean. The Archivist tells Siris the history of Saranthia, saying it was home to the most vile evil ever to befall the world, and that the Seals must never be broken, for this evil must never be allowed to return. Believing Siris to be a mortal, he attacks him, claiming he does so with regret. He later realizes that Siris is, in fact, Ausar. After the Archivist is defeated, he claims that Siris will fail in his quest to free the Worker, then collapses and dies. Siris is unbowed, and activates the Seal.
The second Blood Sentinel is found in a cave underneath Saranthia and seems to be, at first, a Plated Guard. He is immediately crushed by and replaced with a Stone Demon, the actual Sentinel. The demon is bested, and the second Seal is activated.
The third Blood Sentinel is an EXO-Pilot found in a garage. He refuses to surrender and takes control of the MX-Goliath. Even with the mech, he is no match for Siris. The third and final Blood Seal is activated, thus opening the Vault and opening the path to the Worker.
When Siris returns to the Tower, he is surprised to find Thane guarding the entrance to the Worker's prison, claiming he saw Thane die. Thane retorts, saying he saw Siris do the same, confirming that he is a Deathless. He tells Siris he is a fool for believing he can betray the Deathless and harvest the Worker's secrets for himself. Thane challenges Siris a second time, and is defeated again and knocked off the Tower. Siris activates the Blood Seal again, but this time, it causes the floor to descend into the Vault of Tears. Once inside, Siris sees a strange hooded figure sitting quietly in a stone chair. He approaches the man, but is blocked off by Thane who jumps into the prison. Thane is bested a third time, this time being knocked backwards toward the hooded figure. The figure activates something on Thane's back, causing him to collapse to the ground, his body being bent and contorted in a harsh blue glow. This figure is the Worker of Secrets, and had just previously destabilized Thane's Quantum Identity Pattern, killing him permanently. The Worker is surprised that his old friend Ausar has at last come to free him, but is regretful to state that he cannot leave until Raidriar, the God King, releases him. He tasks Siris with bringing Raidriar back alive. Siris is apprehensive, fearing that he won't be able to defeat Raidriar a second time. The Worker reassures him, claiming there is no other way.
Siris arrives back at Saydhi's Estate, and issues a challenge to Raidriar. Raidriar arrives, sending his minions as fodder to weaken Siris. After his henchmen are defeated, Raidriar himself faces Siris, claiming he will finally taste true death. Raidriar fights ferociously, but is ultimately defeated. Siris takes the Infinity Blade back, poising it to strike. Raidriar states that killing him won't end Siris' conflict with the Deathless. Instead of killing him, Siris strikes Raidriar over the head with the Blade's pommel.
Siris returns to the Worker's tomb with the unconscious Raidriar and drops him off, ready to free the Worker. The Worker congratulates Siris on his victory, and tells Siris that together they will both re-shape their world. Siris inserts the Infinity Blade into the seal on the floor. Once the worker grabs onto the Blade, Siris is propelled backwards by a burst of energy released from the blade. The Worker takes up the blade, and, his tone turning suddenly sinister, tells Siris that in order for him to escape, Siris must take the Worker's place in the vault. The Worker thanks Siris for eliminating many of his rivals, and plots to rule over the Deathless with the Infinity Blade. The Worker ascends as he tells Siris that it is fitting he stay locked in here, because Siris imprisoned the Worker to begin with. Siris' story ends with him and Raidriar locked in the Vault of Tears.
When all seems lost, a hooded figure approaches with a staff on her back. It is revealed to be Isa and she goes into combat position. She is most likely to help free Siris.
Vault of Tears[]
In the first single-player expansion pack for Infinity Blade II, Siris finds himself delver deeper into the secrets of Saranthia, and uncovers hidden secrets about his past life. His quest starts when he finds an old map that depicts a figure wearing a set of black armor raising a twisted sword in front of Shrine. He feels the armor is linked to the Shrine, and sets out to obtain it. He finds the Vile Blade stuck in a tree stump, which turns out to be a Bog Giant that turns into a Moss Golem once it's defeated, the Vile Shield housed in a tomb and guarded by the Dark Fiend, and the Vile Armor in a tree guarded by Gargap. The Vile Helm is obtained from a treasure map depicting a king possibly sentencing a woman.
Once the full set is obtained, Siris travels to the Shrine to complete the map. Once there, the coffin rises from the ground to grant Siris entrance into the tomb. However, TEL appears, and warns Siris that he must not enter the tomb, for only misery awaits below. From here, the player can choose to enter the tomb, or heed TEL's warning and leave. If the player chooses to leave, Siris will exit like normal. If Siris does enter the tomb, he will find a statue of his old self wearing the Vile Armor embracing a woman with her hand stretched in front of her, and a ring levitating above the woman's palm. Tapping on the ring will prompt Siris to investigate. Siris walks around the statue, listening to a past memory of the woman confessing her love to Ausar. As he reaches the back of the statue, he sees a knife hidden behind Ausar's back, and the memory turns remorseful. The woman tells Ausar he's become a tyrant, and that he's out of control, followed by the woman's dying screams. Siris turns away in sorrow, unable to face what his old self has done. TEL apologizes, saying that these memories were supposed to stay hidden forever. The ring slowly levitates down from the woman's palm, and Siris grips it tightly, with apparent remorse. Her confession of her love is repeated as the camera pans out.
Infinity Blade: Redemption[]
Siris and Isa on the book cover
Siris and Raidriar were locked in the Vault of Tears. Inside the vault, Siris wakes up and is quickly attacked by Raidriar. During their fight Raidriar bests him, and blinds him by damaging his eyes. Raidrair then tells him that since they are both locked inside the Vault, their QIP cannot escape to a new body if they are killed, so their QIP will stay in their bodies and heal them from their deaths.
After a while Siris is healed from the injuries Raidriar inflicted, but feels that Ausar the Vile is taking over him, so he quickly attacks Raidriar and defeats him. The two continue their fight where Raidriar and Siris killed each other more than a thousand times.
After two years Isa opens the Vault and descends to save Siris. Raidriar takes this opportunity and kills himself, and this time his QIP escapes through the opening of the Vault. Siris on the other hand is carried by Isa to a secret hideout.
On their journey Isa tells Siris that she has been spreading stories about him, a deathless who is fighting the deathless to free the mortals and has built for him a rebel army to command and fight the deathless. Siris and Raidriar later team up to defeat the Worker of Secrets.
Infinity Blade III[]
Siris reappears in Infinity Blade III as one of the main playable characters alongside Isa.
After Raidriar is killed by the Worker of Secrets, Siris goes to Raidriar's stronghold in Larioth, as Raidriar stole the Worker of Secrets' datapod and sent it there in one last act of defiance before he is killed by the Worker. Act I with Siris takes place as he fights his way into Raidriar's room and fights a Soulless Raidriar. The Soulless Raidriar is wielding The Infinity Cleaver, a heavy version of the Infinity Blade. Siris asks him where he got it from and why there is this new Infinity Blade, but the Soulless incinerates himself to protect the Worker's secrets. Siris returns and shows it to Isa, who says she has seen something similar in the Stockpile when she was looking for Siris. She goes there to find a chamber that have slots (similar to the one in the Dark Citadel) for different types of Infinity weapons other than the classic sword. She returns to Siris and they begin collecting all the Infinity weapons.
In Act III, Siris goes to a fighting pit owned by Therin, a Deathless aligned with the Worker who supposedly has an Infinity Weapon. Meanwhile Isa goes to free an old friend of Siris and master blacksmith Jensen. Siris defeats Therin and brings back the Infinity Spear while Isa brings back Jensen. Isa and Siris talk and Isa realizes he is trying to find the Redeemer, the weapon that caused Ausar to be reborn into Siris. She, fearing he intends to use it on himself, gets very angry and feelings are tense afterwards.
In Act IV, Siris goes to the Vault of Tears to retreive the Redeemer while Isa goes to The House of Kor to defeat Lelindre, who has the Infinity Daggers. Siris fights Melek in front of the obelisk from Infinity Blade II. Melek tries to convince Siris to join the Worker, saying he can be restored to his former glory. Siris angrily replies back, refusing and then goes on to fight and then defeats Melek. TEL then activates a rune on the obelisk causing a smaller obelisk with the Redeemer resting on top to appear.
In the final act, Siris and Isa go to the Worker's hideout, Ark, in an attempt to stop him. When Siris finally fights his way to the Worker a second Soulless Raidriar appears and challenges him. Isa, however, shoots the Soulless with her crossbow and tells Siris to go after the Worker while she defeats the Soulless. After a long battle Siris is disarmed, but uses a similar maneuver to the one he used on Raidriar in Infinity Blade I and impales the Worker with his own Infinity Blade. The Worker laughs, stating how he would never create something that could destroy him, until Siris puts the Redeemer into the hilt of the Infinity Blade, causing the Worker to be reborn as a child. Siris and Isa embrace as they are consumed by the flames produced by Ark, later rebirthing at the Hideout. They then raise the "Toddler of Secrets" as their own child.
Soul Hunter[]
In the first content pack, Siris/Isa goes to challenge the Deathless Bloodmage Oslim who has been sent by Galath to kill them.
Ausar Rising[]
In the second content pack, Isa goes to the Plains of Koroth to find out information about the Worker's plans from a cult dedicated to the revival of Ausar the Vile. After slaying Zuorsara, Soulless Ausar awakens and breaks her neck using the Vile Mace. Isa then informs Siris of what happened. Isa goes to Siris's home, Drem's Maw, to clean up the mess Ausar made while Siris goes to defeat Ausar in the Dark Citadel. Ausar and Siris duel until Siris finally defeats Ausar, disarming him. Ausar says how he has memories and thoughts the Worker knows nothing about and how they will be lost if Siris kills him. Siris, wanting Ausar to disappear forever, stabs Ausar; however, Ausar pulls himself and Siris down to fall into the dungeon, which kills both of them, with Ausar dying permanently and Siris eventually reborn.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The names Ausar and Siris appear to be derived from ancient Egyptian myth. "Ausar" is one of the suspected original Kemetian pronunciations for the god of the underworld. The Hellenic understanding of the name, still used today, was "Osiris". (i.e. Ausar was the old identity of (O)Siris) The Osiris element was confirmed by the Fiction Podcast. Additionally, the end part of Ausar sounds a lot like the first part of Siris, which when put together makes Ausiris.
- While Donald and Geremy Mustard have confirmed that Galath is older than Siris/Ausar, whether by five minutes or 5,000 years, they would not say.