Sylvia Anna

The exiled older sister of Duchess Anna Henrietta, who secretly orchestrates the Beast of Beauclair murders to take her revenge.

Sylvia Anna, called Syanna by the few people close to her, is the older sister of Anna Henrietta, Duchess of Toussaint. She had the misfortune of being born during an eclipse, and her parents believed she carried the Curse of the Black Sun. As a child she suffered terrible nightmares that only stopped when her little sister slept nearby. Whenever the two girls got into trouble, it was always Syanna who was punished.

Exile and revenge
As a teenager, after one prank too many, the council stripped Syanna of her title and banished her. The four knights ordered to escort her out of the duchy, among them Louis de la Croix and Milton de Peyrac-Peyran, starved and mistreated her, then left her in the cold to die. She survived, was taken in by bandits and rose to lead them. In Metinna she met the higher vampire Dettlaff, and they became lovers until she found his intensity too much and disappeared.

Syanna in Blood and Wine
Years later, Syanna comes home to reclaim her birthright. Posing as her own kidnappers, she sends Dettlaff letters ordering him to murder the knights who abused her, and he becomes the Beast of Beauclair. Geralt finally finds her in Capture the Castle at Dun Tynne, where her scheme falls apart in front of the furious vampire. To keep her safe, Anna Henrietta hides her inside the Land of a Thousand Fables, the magical fairy-tale world the sisters played in as children. If Geralt goes in after her during Beyond Hill and Dale, the two team up to escape, and she tells him her side of the story.

What happens to Syanna?
Syanna can die in several ways. If Geralt brings her to Tesham Mutna without the ribbon from the fairy-tale land, Dettlaff kills her. If she has the ribbon, it carries her to safety in the palace. Her plan had a fifth target, though: her own sister. In Pomp and Strange Circumstance, Geralt can uncover this with Regis and talk to her in her cell. If he convinces her to forgive, the sisters make peace in front of the court. If not, or if she was never taken out of the fable world, Syanna stabs Anna Henrietta with a hairpin during their embrace and is shot dead by Damien de la Tour. Our Witcher 3 endings guide explains every path.