Lady Syl

Lady Syl
Title	Dual Blade Instructor
Hometown	Kerning City
Current Residence	Secret Garden
Gender	Female
Race	Human
Family	7th Dark Lord, Sung (adoptive father) Yun (sister)
Affiliations	Dual Blades Ryden Maple Alliance Explorers Dark Lord Kerning City
Minions	Dual Blades
Enemies	Dark Lord (formerly) Lotus Black Mage
Status	Alive
Name (Other Servers)
KoreaMS	설희 (Seolhee)
JapanMS	千火 (Senhi)
TaiwanMS	雪姬 (Lady Syl)
MapleSEA	Lady Syl

World Archive

“This Dual Blade job instructor is typically at the top of the Secret Garden. Rumor has it that she is the daughter of a former Dark Lord.
This woman's beauty is almost as stunning as her wit and charisma. And judging by how often Yun presents her with flowers, she must have a fondness for them.”

― Chronicler Harper

Lady Syl, known in full as Lady Sylvia, is the leader of the Dual Blades in Kerning City. Believing that the Dark Lord had murdered her father and taken his place, Lady Syl worked to get her revenge upon the Dark Lord until the truth behind her father's death was revealed by a young Dual Blade recruit. With the misunderstanding between them cleared, the Dual Blades were welcomed back to join the ranks of Kerning City's thieves.

Story

Founding the Dual Blades

Syl was the adopted daughter of the 7th Dark Lord, Sung, and the lover of his apprentice, Jin. During this time, Sung undertook a secret mission with Jin and the great warriors Tristan and Mu Young. As they entered the Cursed Temple to track down their target, Syl - who had secretly followed them - was possessed by the spirit of Lotus, whom her father had been hunting down. Seizing control of Syl's body, Lotus forced her to attack Sung and his team. Unwilling to strike her down, both Sung and Tristan allowed themselves to be killed by Syl before Jin wrested her sword out of her hands. After Lotus released her, she was horrified to see the bodies of her father and Tristan, as well as a bloody sword in Jin's hands. With no memory of her time being possessed, she concluded that Jin had killed Tristan and her father, and so she swore revenge against him. Jin became the 8th Dark Lord, while Syl took to the shadows, adopting the title of Lady Syl and founding a rogue group of thieves called the Dual Blades, whose purpose was to overthrow the Dark Lord and seize control of Kerning City.

Shadow War in Kerning City

As the new master of thieves, the Dark Lord began training new Explorers in Kerning City, while Lady Syl and her forces drew new Explorers into their ranks before they could become thieves under the Dark Lord. One Explorer hoping to become a thief was recruited by a man named Ryden, who instead convinced the Explorer to follow Lady Syl, rather than the Dark Lord. Ryden brought the Explorer before Lady Syl, who told them about her feud with the Dark Lord. She explained that the title of ‘Dark Lord' was handed down from generation to generation, each serving to guide the thieves through the darkness. As the daughter of the former Dark Lord, she had watched her father lead both the Dual Blades and the other thieves. She explained that her father, Sung, was a Dual Blade and that he would have likely picked another Dual Blade as his successor. Because of this, his apprentice, Jin, had murdered him and had stolen his position as Dark Lord, with the rest of the Dual Blades going into hiding after the incident. She told the Explorer that she hoped to get her vengeance by building up the Dual Blades' strength and driving Jin out of Kerning City. However, as Jin was quite popular with the citizens of Kerning City, she feared that the people would defend him if the Dual Blades were to attack. As harming innocents was something that she wanted to avoid, Lady Syl told the Explorer that she needed a spy to infiltrate Kerning City and serve under the Dark Lord to undermine him.

After the Explorer accepted her mission, Syl sent them to train under Ryden. Ryden first ordered them to hone their observational skills by having them distinguish a toy playhouse that was slightly different from the others. Next, he had them practice their stealth by making it through an obstacle course. Then, he had them defeat a Training Mano to sharpen their combat skills. Finally, he had them take a test of loyalty by drinking a poison and seeing Lady Syl for the antidote. However, upon visiting Lady Syl, they were informed that Ryden had merely given them apple juice, though she emphasized that the point was that they should never think of betraying her. After passing the initiation trials, the Explorer became a Dual Blade under Lady Syl's tutelage. As they had not yet learned any Dual Blade techniques, Syl believed that they were in the perfect position to serve under the Dark Lord as a new thief. Ryden then tasked the Dual Blade with learning more about the Dark Lord by interrogating his closest associates of Kerning City. After reporting back to Ryden, the Dual Blade was instructed to wait until he finished investigating the leads. Meanwhile, Lady Syl noted their talent and called them to learn the art of dual-wielding. She first tasked them with obtaining a Mirror of Insight from within one marble amongst many, which indicated that they were worthy of learning the way of the Dual Blade. After they were initiated into the ranks of the Dual Blades, Ryden contacted them and suggested that they train around Victoria Island and grow stronger.

Soon after, the Dual Blade was contacted by Yun, Lady Syl's sister, who asked them to speak to Lady Syl on her behalf. She explained that Syl lately seemed to be in a bad mood quite often, and as Syl seemed to trust them, she hoped that speaking to her would cheer her up, as Yun believed that Syl would feel worse if she knew that her sister was worried for her. Just as Yun had hoped, Syl was pleased to see the Dual Blade and explained that her father used to tell her stories from the past whenever she felt depressed. She told them that thinking about her father made her feel better, though her memories of him had lately been slipping away. She confessed that she had even lost the memory of the day that he had passed, noting that it was strange, as she couldn't remember the details, even though she remembered the events. She wondered whether it was because of the trauma of losing him or of Jin's betrayal. She explained that she did remember that the morning of that day, her father, his best friend - Tristan - and Jin had gone to Sleepywood to face Balrog. Though she had wanted to accompany them, her father had forbidden it, though she had secretly followed them anyway. As she hadn't been able to enter the cave, she had chosen to eavesdrop outside, though the very next thing that she remembered was coming out of a haze and seeing Jin holding a blood-stained sword, with her father and Tristan dead. She told the Dual Blade that she would never forget Jin's look of shock, adding that he likely must have killed Sung and Tristan while they had been weakened from facing Balrog. She noted that she thought of that moment every single day, and that she even dreamed about it, though she hoped that her flowers would help calm her dreams. She then asked them to leave her in peace, adding that Ryden had a new mission for them.

During Ryden's mission, the Dual Blade learned the truth about Sung's death and obtained proof in the form of Tristan's diary. The Dual Blade returned to Ryden and told him what Tristan had explained. They also gave him Tristan's diary, which confirmed the story. Ryden noted that the truth would devastate Lady Syl, as the thought of vengeance was the only thing that kept her going. He instructed them to say nothing for the moment until he found the best way to share the truth with her. He then asked them to accompany him to visit Jin and speak to him personally. In the Jazz Bar, Ryden confronted Jin and demanded to know why he had kept the truth from Syl, even while knowing that she was planning to kill him. He asked Jin whether he had intended to tell her the truth at the last possible moment when she would come to fight him, adding that he would make her look like a fool by doing so. The Dark Lord was hesitant upon hearing Ryden's words, though he asked whether Syl would have benefited by knowing the truth that her father had only died because she had been taken hostage. He explained that though Syl was now strong, she had once been overwhelmed by the pain of losing her father, adding that he had hoped to avoid making her feel worse by telling her the truth. Ryden retorted that, nevertheless, the Dark Lord had no right to keep the truth from her. The Dark Lord apologized, noting that he should have told her sooner. However, he added that he had only wanted to keep her from feeling any more pain than she already had. Ryden noted that though Syl needed to be told the truth, he feared that it would make her nightmares even worse. He then asked the Dual Blade to deliver his report to her, believing that it would be better coming from them. Just as Ryden had suspected, Lady Syl's face grew pale as she read the report. Nevertheless, she thanked the Dual Blade for their work and asked them to leave her to collect her thoughts.

Some time later, Lady Syl contacted the Dual Blade and asked them to return to the Secret Garden, where she promoted them to Blade Specialist. She noted that it seemed ironic that they had grown stronger, even when she had initially doubted them, while she had grown strangely smaller. She explained that her father used to tell her that Dual Blades used two weapons so that they were better equipped to protect others, though she quickly realized that she was rambling. Soon after, Lady Syl told the Dual Blade that she had decided to unite the thieves and the Dual Blades, believing that they would be stronger as one group. However, she admitted to them in private that the decision had been quite difficult, as she had grappled with the revelation that her worst enemy was actually the one who had saved her, which had wounded her pride greatly. She explained that all her plans, schemes, and emotions had been based on a lie, for which she couldn't forgive Jin, who had made a fool of her. However, she added that she knew that she couldn't let her feelings sway her, as she needed to do what was best for her people. Before they could move forward, however, she told them that she couldn't abide knowing that Jin had kept the truth from her because he had believed her to be weak. She then asked them to defeat the Dark Lord in order to prove the Dual Blades' strength, which would satisfy her need for revenge. The Dual Blade confronted the Dark Lord and told them about Lady Syl's decision. Jin noted in satisfaction that Syl had matured enough for her to look past her anger and unite together. He then invited them to face him and summoned a weaker clone of himself. After the Dual Blade defeated the clone, the Dark Lord admitted that the Dual Blades and Syl were stronger, and he officially welcomed the Dual Blades back into the fold of thieves.

Birth of an Alliance

After Empress Cygnus formed the Maple Alliance, Lady Syl and the Dark Lord were both invited to attend the First Continental Conference in Ereve. There, Lady Syl declared that the Dual Blades would not stand down from the Alliance, and that they would show the world that they were the best.

Twilight Perion

Soon after the investigation into the Gate to the Future, the Alliance held an emergency conference, which was attended by the top leaders of the Alliance, as well as the Alliance member who had first entered the Gate to the Future. As Athena Pierce began the meeting, she explained that the reason why they had gathered was to discuss the grave events happening as of late: nightmares of the ruined future plaguing the people of Maple World. In response, Lady Syl noted that the Alliance had already proven that such a future was merely an illusion, which Neinheart confirmed before revealing that those nightmares were causing the citizens to believe that the illusion was actually true.

Black Heaven

In the Secret Garden, Lady Syl gave a speech to the entire organization before the battle of Black Heaven. She told them that the Dual Blades had been born out of a simple misunderstanding, but since then, they had resolved the matter and were now on good terms with the Dark Lord. However, she reminded them that they couldn't forget their roots, adding that the operation was their chance to show all of Maple World why the Dual Blades existed. She commanded them all to achieve victory, claiming that it was high time that they came out of the shadows. Later on, she called the Dual Blade and gave them another mission. In the impending battle, she believed that their enemies were the same ones whom her parents had fought. Though she wanted to slay them herself, she didn't know if she could endure their mental attacks, and so she asked them to strike her down if she became possessed. Hesitantly, the Dual Blade agreed to her request.

Aftermath

In the Secret Garden, Lady Syl commended the Dual Blade for defeating the Black Mage and for bringing honor to the Dual Blades. The Dual Blade told her that he had merely fulfilled his duty, but Syl told him that he had done far more than that, having inspired her to move the Dual Blades out of the shadows. She admitted that she had even started visiting the Jazz Bar in Kerning City from time to time, having buried the hatchet with the Dark Lord. She then told the Dual Blade that she looked forward to hearing of his next victory.

NPC

The Secret Garden

Lady Syl
Function	Job Instructor
Quests involved	[Explorer] Thief of the Shade [Explorer] Into the Darkness [Explorer] Spy Training, Complete! [Explorer] Becoming a Great Dual Blade [Explorer] Becoming a Blade Recruit [Explorer] Yun's Worry [Explorer] Becoming a Blade Acolyte [Theme Dungeon] Ellinel Fairy Academy [Dual Blade] [Explorer] Dazed and Confused [Explorer] Becoming a Blade Specialist 1 [Explorer] Becoming a Blade Specialist 2 [Explorer] A Difficult Decision
Location	Lady Syl's Room

Conference Room of the Alliance

Lady Syl
Location	Conference Room of the Alliance

Gallery

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  NPC Portrait of Lady Syl
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  Artwork of Lady Syl (Anniversary: Victoria Cup Event; Non-KMS servers only)
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  Lady Syl Card Chair (Anniversary: Victoria Cup Event; Non-KMS servers only)
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  World Archive Illustration of Dark Lord and Lady Syl

Trivia

• In KMS, Lady Syl is based on Gain from the band Brown Eyed Girls. At that time, Gain had a fan during Sign's activities and cut her hair short. And four months after she was active, Dual Blade was released on KMS.