Eirena the Enchantress.
- “I have left everything behind... only hope guides me now.”
- ~Eirena
Eirena the Enchantress is one of the three Followers featured in Diablo III.
Background
- Spolier
Eirena’s mastery of enchantments and steely bravery in battle belie her youth – but the truth of her origins reconciles these qualities.
Eirena hails from the distant era of the Mage Clan Wars, where she was part of a clandestine sisterhood of magic-users known as the Hand of the Prophet. When the leader of the sisterhood, the eponymous Prophet, foresaw a great disaster that would occur fifteen hundred years in the future, Eirena and her sisters pledged their lives to preventing the tragedy. The sisters’ pledges were far from mere words, and the Prophet placed the entire sisterhood in a magical slumber to preserve them until the appointed time.
Recently, Eirena awoke to find herself in a world of portents and turmoil, a land vastly changed from the one she remembers. Her sisters are dead, and the Prophet is nowhere to be found.
Despite the shock of her situation, Eirena’s purpose is clear: she has given herself over to a new age in the hopes that she will discover its salvation. Could her uncommon magic prove to be the key that will help you expel demonkind from Sanctuary?
In her youth before joining the The Hand of the Prophet Eirena and her sisters were the servents of a mage. She secretly read their masters spell books and taught her sisters, though the first spells they learned were nothing more then tricks. One day their master and more mages joined together in a ritual to summon a greater demon in reality. Knowing of the mages evil Eirena and her sisters used their magic to kill the mages before they could complete their ritual.
After their actions they were met by a powerful man known as the prophet, who offered to teach them and let them do good, they agreed and he taught them greater magic, becoming the Hand of the Prophet. The prophet foresaw a future catastrophy that needed to be prevented, and Eirena and her sisters offered to be put into a slumber and reawaken when the time came.
When she awoke Eirena found that nothing of the world she remembered was the same, and found that her sisters had been killed by Demons shortly after they awoke. Luckily Eirema by chance met the person she was fated to aid on the road leading out of Caldeum and joined them. Eirena found that she had lost much of her memory during the slumber and struggled to regain it during her travels with the Hero.
After the Prime Evil invades Heaven Eirena follows the hero there and sees a dying angel, who beckons her to take a scroll that he is holding. With help, she is able to decipher the scroll, which describes Eirena and her sisters, and she realizes that the Prophet was in fact an Angel, though she will never know if he was the one who gave her the scroll, but is none the less happy and amazed.
Speculation
From this one could draw that this Prophet was in fact the angel Inarius, who disguised himself as The Veiled Prophet leading the Cathedral of Light, devoted to the teachings of the High Heavens. This would explain the Prophet being an Angel. However, the article on the Sin War says that it occurred 3000 years ago.
Equipment
Eirena's armor progression.
In battle, Eirena offers ranged support, largely spells channeled through staves and other magic implements to disorient her enemies and protect her allies. Her illusionary magic doesn’t deal a tremendous amount of damage; instead, it focuses on twisting and warping the minds of others. Eirena’s unique equipment – enchantment focuses associated with scrying and hypnotism, like eyes and mirrors – recalls the ancient mysticism of her order, providing her with potent increases to her abilities.
(In-game, Eirena's weapon equips are listed, along with staves, as only being Two-handed Axes/Maces/Swords, but she can also the one-handed versions and spears. It is currently unknown which 'set' is the right one.)
Available equipment:
- Amulets
- Rings
- Staves
- Axes
- Maces
- Swords
- One-handed Spears
- Enchantress Focuses (special item)
Skills
As she gains experience, Eirena learns skills that help her better disable and disperse attackers (knocking them back, slowing them, or increasing the amount of damage they take), as well as more utility spells and protective enchantments that improve your defenses, increase the rate of your attacks, or reflect incoming projectiles.
| Skill | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|
Charm |
10 | Charms an enemy to fight for you for 8 to 11 seconds. Cooldown: 15 seconds |
Disorient |
10 | Cast a flash of confusion on a group of enemies in an area, causing them to stumble around disoriented for 9 - 18 seconds. Damage done to confused targets will break the effect. Cooldown: 15 seconds |
Powered Armor |
15 | Enchantress buffs herself and her allies, increasing Defense by 10%. Attackers are slowed by 40% for 3 seconds. |
Reflect Missiles |
15 | Place a shield on the Enchantress and her allies that reflects incoming projectiles for 5 seconds. Cooldown: 20 seconds |
Forceful Push |
20 | Summon an arcane explosion 15 yards around an enemy, dealing 200% weapon damage as arcane damage and knocking back all monsters caught within it. Cooldown: 10 seconds |
Scorched Earth |
20 | Bathe an area of ground with pure arcane energy for 3 seconds. Enemies caught in the arcane pool take an extra 50% damage from all attacks for 3, are slowed by 75%, and take 50% weapon damage as arcane damage per second. Cooldown: 10 seconds |
Focused Mind |
25 | The Enchantress places a buff on her allies increasing attack speed by 10% for 10 seconds. Cooldown: 30 seconds |
Mass Hex |
25 | When the player is low on health, the Enchantress lobs a bulb of magical energy at the player that will hex all enemies within 15 yards into chickens for 4 seconds. Hexed enemies are unable to perform offensive actions. Cooldown: 30 seconds |
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