Researcher Selly

Researcher Selly, later given the title Operative Selly, is an asuran scout for the Astral Ward who has been taking notes on Inner Nayos and its Kryptis denizens after being trapped in the demon realm along with Outrider Arina's unit.

Biography

Act I

Selly accompanied her commanding officer Arina's Astral Ward unit on a mission to discreetly contain a Kryptis incursion on Gendarran Fields in 1336 AE. However, sudden interference from the Pact Commander caused the unit and the Commander to be sucked into Inner Nayos through a Kryptis Rift. The Commander was separated from the others in the resulting chaos while Arina did her best to regroup her scattered forces.

Act IV - Through the Veil

After acclimating to their new environments, Selly and the rest of Arina's unit survived in hostile territory as well as they could while avoiding Kryptis patrols for weeks on end. When the unit made contact with the unexpectedly friendly Kryptis Peitha and Ramses who offered to assist them against the hostile Kryptis, Selly was approached by Intelligence Officer Havard who asked her to listen in on the talks between their new allies and gather intel on other Kryptis in the region as well as scout the environment. According to Havard, Selly's capacity as a researcher in addition to her diminutive stature and nondescript appearance—a comment which Selly found quite rude—put the asura in close proximity and occasional direct contact with the Kryptis and therefore gave her a unique opportunity to make note of potentially useful intelligence without arousing suspicion.

Despite her extensive note-taking, Selly's initial forays into the field resulted in little usable information. As a result, she was tasked with gathering intelligence deep in Kryptis territory, just outside the fortress known as Heitor's Gate which acted as a gateway to the heart of inner Kryptis territory. In her last log entry Selly noted that an Astral Ward patrol would escort her as far as they dared, and from there she would make her way toward the fortress to gather information on the comings and goings of Kryptis general Heitor's forces.

Some of Selly's fellow Astral Ward noted later that she had gotten separated from her patrol and never returned, leading to speculation whether she had been possessed or killed. The Ward resolved to bring her back unharmed if they could only find her.

Related achievements

• Through the Veil: Well-Versed — Find and read all the notes by Researcher Selly. (1)

Notes

• It is likely that the corpse of the asuran Astral Ward Protector seen within the Kryptis fortress during the Heitor's Gate chapter is meant to be Selly given how her last log entry mentions her plan to investigate the fortress and because ambient dialogue at Heitor's Dominion speculates about her potentially having run into trouble after being separated from her patrol.