Sohreh

Sohreh was a historical figure in Sumeru who was a Dastur in Sumeru Akademiya's Amurta Darshan before her untimely demise during the Akademiya's field research of Ardravi Valley over 400 years ago.^{[Note 1]}

Sohreh is mentioned in, and writes one of, a few open world interactables spread across Dharma Forest, organized under the unofficial name Zandik's Legacy.

Story[]

Sometime within 500 years before the start of the game,^{[Note 2]} Sohreh was a member of the Akademiya's field research team to Ardravi Valley, where she was partnered with Zandik during their exploration of the jungle. Due to the different research methodologies employed by her respective Darshans and Zandik's own "rigid" thinking style, Sohreh found it difficult to find any common ground with her partner. During the investigation, Sohreh discovered a new species of micro-scarab, which she decided to name "Nahidad Scarabs," defining the word Nahidad as "The Dendro Archon's Boon."^[1]

Zandik, meanwhile, had managed to get inside the Ruin Golem and marveled at the opportunity to closely inspect Khaenri'ahn technology. Unbeknownst to Sohreh, Zandik determined that this secret must be kept at all costs — including his own teammates.^[2] Sohreh and Zandik later managed to strike up a lengthy discussion on the evolutionary models of local plants and animals, and decided to go out on a picnic that night.^[1]

The next mention of the two is in a Ragged Attendance Record left behind near the Damaged Ruin Guard on the mountain south of Vimara Village. According to the record, Zandik had acted without authorization for the "third time." Meanwhile, Sohreh is stated to have been severely injured by Rishboland Tigers and in need of first aid. Sohreh died of her injuries and was buried in an undisclosed location.^[3]

Undisclosed members of Sumeru Akademiya suspected foul play was involved in Sohreh's death and exhumed her body for an autopsy. They found that despite multiple lacerations (irregular tear wounds caused by blunt trauma) and contusions (bruising caused by blunt trauma), the fatal injury was a fractured hyoid bone [sic],^{[Note 3]} which was caused by manual asphyxia. The investigators were ultimately unable to determine the cause of death.^[4]

Zandik was ultimately suspected of murdering her, along with several other instances of misconduct and extreme behavior in his research on Eleazar. He disappeared at some point after that.^[5]

Trivia[]

• While Sohreh's gender is never explicitly stated, her original Chinese name uses the female-exclusive phonetic character 蕾 lěi. A similar case can be found with Pursina, whose gender is left ambiguous but also uses a female-exclusive character, while the male Khedive Pursina uses a gender-neutral character of the same pronunciation in its place.

Etymology[]

• "Sohreh" may be derived from the feminine Persian name Shohreh (Persian: شهره), meaning "famous."

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