Jeyne Kassynder is the leader of the Azunite Church and the main antagonist of Dungeon Siege III.
History[]
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Young Jeyne in Reinhart's opening cutscene.
Jeyne Kassynder was born approximately fifty years prior to the beginning of Dungeon Siege III. She is the illegitimate daughter of the former king of Ehb and the last leader of the Archons. Thirty years before the events of Dungeon Siege III, when Hugh Montbarron of the 10th Legion sought to unseat the mad king and inadvertently killed him, she inspired the citizens of Ehb to rise up against the 10th Legion. When Hugh and his men fled into the forest that would become known as the Mournweald while the Legion died, she gave chase, and blackened the forest when she struck down Hugh and his comrades.
For the next thirty years, she would wage civil war on the royal family, believing the Legion to be destroyed and wanting to secure her place on the throne. However when a survivor by the name of Odo sent out messages to gather the remaining legionaries together, she sent out an army of Lescanzi mercenaries to wipe them out. She almost succeeded, however a handful escaped the ambush, including Odo, Marten Guiscard, Lucas and Katarina Montbarron, Reinhart Manx and Anjali. These men and women would serve as the foundation for a resurgent 10th Legion which would be Kassynder's downfall.
Jeyne in her human and archon forms.
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Jeyne's death at Mournweald.
She met the resurgent Legion face-to-face during the Siege of Glitterdelve Mine, where she hoped to crush the remaining royalists. Instead her forces were slaughtered by the 10th Legion, who used an alliance they struck with the Free Republic of Stonebridge to launch a counterattack using the city's automaton army. They attacked the Spire, command nexus of the Azunite forces, and defeated her. She then fled to the Mournweald hoping to resurrect the old creator gods and their armies, and nearly succeeded, but was ultimately stopped by the combined power of the 10th Legion and the Radiant Youth. Her fate, at that point, was left up to the new Legion.
Notes[]
- Archons consider themselves sisters. This means, if Jeyne is a half-archon, being born to the First Sister among her kin, then literally *all* other Archons (even Anjali) are basically her Aunts.
- As a First Sister (current) of the Archons, Jeyne has the ability to watch and observe through the eyes of her handmaidens. This ability, apparently, works on her handmaidens only (at least, during the negotiations at the Spire Baley Rajani (if present) and Saraya claim they are affected. Anjali is either not affected—because of her refusal to even acknowledge kinship with other Archons,—or not aware of such intrusion).
- Jeyne's "Staff of the Sacred Rage"'s supposed to be an obtainable unique item (staff for Anjali) that can be obtained after battling Jeyne atop of the Spire—but, apparently, developers removed that opportunity from the game, and after that battle you'll get nothing.
- One of two variations of Anjali's Tier 3 armor (except for Crown) is basically a recolor of Jeyne's armor: Anjali's armor is golden-and-black, while Jeyne's white-and-golden—minus color, the armor look exactly the same.
- An Aegis symbol can be seen on Jeyne's armor.
- Catherine Taber voiced a number of characters in Dungeon Siege III, including Jeyne and Arah, an Azunite sister from the Eastern Swamp.
- Defeating Jeyne can reward the player with two achievements (one of which is hidden): «Moment of Solace» and «Aspire to Victory».
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