Quana Kryn

Quana appears briefly in Campaign Two in the throne room of the Bright Queen and as the Kryn Dynasty's in-person representative during the peace negotiations to end the War of Ash and Light. She features significantly in The Tales of Exandria: The Bright Queen comic miniseries, set about twenty years after the end of Campaign Two (with flashbacks to only a handful of years after Campaign Two, during which she and Leylas recovered a sixth Luxon beacon from the Spider Queen).

As an NPC, she is played by Matthew Mercer.

Appearance

Quana is first described as an armored figure in the Lucid Bastion throne room. In The Tales of Exandria: The Bright Queen comic, she has long purple hair with a white streak, styled in an undercut and tied back in a low ponytail. She has many scars across her body.

She wears purple armor over her torso with matching bracers while in the Lucid Bastion, armed with a sword. When she left Rosohna with the Aurora Watch, she wears heavier purple armor with a cape affixed at her right shoulder and a three-pronged helmet.

Personality

Quana is entirely devoted to the people of the Kryn Dynasty and to the Bright Queen Leylas Kryn, her partner. She is described as quiet and is held by Leylas as the sharpest military mind in Wynandir. She hopes that her people might be able to leave the inhospitable Xhorhas and find a place in the world among other peoples. Though she recognizes that collecting the Luxon beacons are the Dynasty's greatest successes, she feels nothing at recovering new ones. She feels doubt and wonders if the search has consumed her and Leylas, causing them to have overlooked something.

Background

Quana is consecuted and is a member of Den Kryn. She has been reincarnated at least three times by 836 PD, as she has spent three lives as Leylas's partner. Quana is general of the Aurora Watch, holding the title of Dusk Captain, and an echo knight.

Campaign Two

Quana was first mentioned in court in " Bathhouses and Bastions " (2x90), sitting next to Leylas. When the Bright Queen stated that vengeance would be enacted against the Empire for their deeds, Quana stepped forward to publicly beseech her to keep her emotions out of her decision. This quieted the court, and Leylas calmed herself. She later acted as the in-person emissary throughout " High Seas, High Stakes " (2x99) for the Dynasty in the peace negotiations with the Dwendalian Empire to end the War of Ash and Light. She arrived upon the ship Vin-Radethak.

The Tales of Exandria: The Bright Queen

Arriving late to Leylas's summons, Quana felt that she would be forgiven, as the Aurora Watch confirmed a sixth beacon in the Ghostlands and she was leaving immediately. Leylas remarked that there was something else, as Quana had been sad in recent months. Though collecting the beacons were some of the Dynasty's greatest successes, Quana felt nothing for it. She worried the search consumed her and Leylas, causing them to overlook something. Leylas, who had a dream from the Luxon, showed her a new soul within a beacon. Leylas told the joyful Quana that this child was "the light incarnate, dependent on our union" and that their love was essential to the Dynasty's future. Upon arriving in the Ghostlands, Quana was betrayed by her contact Dryca. Using dunamancy, Leylas left Rosohna to attempt to save Quana from abduction. Leylas arrived in time to grab her but could not hold on. Quana told Leylas that she had "seen it" before being taken away.

With Dryca's help, Leylas used a magical pendant to travel to the Dreadnest in the Abyss and rescue Quana. They took the beacon and fled from driders, during which Quana appeared to feel a presence inside the beacon. Leylas urged Quana to return home and bring the beacon to its rightful place. Quana was initially hesitant, but she used the pendant to escape to Bazzoxan when Leylas was seemingly killed. Exhausted and muttering to herself that Leylas promised to never let go, she was met by Roshan of the Aurora Watch and Dryca, who took her back to Rosohna.

After Leylas was revealed to have survived the journey into the Abyss, Quana became pregnant with a child believed to be conceived through the Luxon. Aware that Leylas was haunted by their time in the Abyss, Quana worried that Leylas was running away from what was to come. Leylas left Rosohna weeks before the child was due to consecute people throughout Xhorhas, though Quana wished that Leylas would have waited until after the birth. The child, named Caelestis, was born and grew into a toddler while Leylas was away. Although Quana and Leylas believed the child would strengthen the relationship, their relationship became strained as Leylas became withdrawn and refused to see Caelestis.

Caelestis was revealed to have been corrupted by the Spider Queen during Quana's time in the Abyss. Quana, who had not seen Caelestis's monstrous form herself, initially disbelieved this. It was decided that Caelestis be executed beyond the range of the Luxon beacons, and Quana asked to carry this out herself without Leylas. She took Caelestis deep into the Vermaloc Wildwood. Hoping Caelestis could be made whole again, she sent away the Aurora Watch accompanying them and tried to have Dryca take Caelestis into hiding. Caelestis became distressed that she was being separated from her mother and transformed into a monster. She killed Dryca and the Aurora Watch and mortally wounded Quana before Quana mortally wounded her. Caelestis's body drifted downriver, and Leylas arrived before Quana died; both then died within range of the beacons.

Quana was reborn outside of Rosohna. Around 855 PD, she began undergoing anamnesis, the process by a soul remembers past lives. She felt drawn back to Rosohna and returned to the city. There, Abrianna Mirimm told her the story of herself, Leylas, and Caelestis to guide her toward realizing her identity. However, Quana misunderstood herself to be Caelestis and became distraught. Before Abriana could clarify, Quana left the room and fled to where she and Caelestis were killed. Leylas met her there, and Quana realized who she truly was. Quana resumed her duties, and she and Leylas began hunting for Caelestis in the hopes of saving her from the corruption.

Leylas Kryn

Quana is the Bright Queen's soulmate, and has been her partner through three of her own lifetimes and five of Leylas's. In the past, Leylas has listened to Quana's "idealism" that their people may one day live among other peoples. However, during the War of Ash and Light, Leylas has been less receptive, disappointing Quana. Moreover, Quana is worried by her usually calm and wise partner's increasingly emotional and vehement reactions to events. Leylas rushed alone to the Ghostlands and entered the Abyss to rescue Quana. When they were twice torn away from each other by Lolth's forces—first kidnapping Quana, then killing Leylas and forcing Quana to flee alone—Quana and Leylas instructed the other to "never let go".

Quana worried about Leylas after their return from the Abyss and, having heard Leylas screaming at night, was aware that Leylas was haunted by what happened there. They believed that the child born by the Luxon would strengthen their relationship, but after the birth of Caelestis, the fact that Quana was raising their daughter while Leylas was doing her missions strained their relationship. After Caelestis turned into a monster, the tension only grew when Leylas tried to have her executed, which would lead to Quana secretly trying to save the child and getting fatally wounded. Despite their conflicts, the couple's mutual affection had not diminished, and Leylas tried to rescue her partner, being able at least to bring her to the range of the Luxon beacon, allowing the Dusk Captain to reincarnate. They still love each other in Quana's new life, keeping her as her right hand despite her new youth.

Appearances and mentions

• Campaign Two
  • " Bathhouses and Bastions " (2x90), unnamed
  • " High Seas, High Stakes " (2x99), identified as the Dusk Captain
• Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, Figures of Interest entry
• The Tales of Exandria: The Bright Queen, all issues

Quotations

• "My queen. I implore you to listen and keep your temperament outside the judgment of law. Please."
• "We are on the brink of recovering another beacon. These moments become our greatest achievements, and yet, I feel... nothing. We've lived many lifetimes together, Leylas, through many forms, and although reuniting the beacons has always been a part of that... I wonder if it hasn't somehow... consumed us. If something else has been missed in its pursuit... I'm sorry if—"