> [!infobox|wikipedia]
> # Warden Caeryn
> [![[Codex/Assets/Characters/Warden_Caeryn_small.webp|cover hsmall]]](Codex/Assets/Characters/Warden_Caeryn.webp)
> ###### Basic Information
> Attribute | Details |
> ---|---|
> Type | Character |
> ###### Character Information
> Attribute | Details |
> ---|---|
> Creature Type | Humanoid |
> Species | Elf |
> Gender | Male |
> Pronouns | He/Him |
> Age | Young |
> Languages | Common, Elvish |
> Place | [[Sumara, The Shining City\|Sumara]] |
> Connections | [[Ayana Syndrosa]], [[Circle of the Blade]] |
> Profession | Vanguard Warden |
> ###### Status
> Attribute | Details |
> ---|---|
> Status | Alive |
eWarden Caeryn is a young elven soldier of [[Sumara, The Shining City|Sumara]]'s Ironsward, serving as a Vanguard Warden under the [[Circle of the Blade]]. Disciplined and earnest, he cuts a composed figure in his silver-and-grey armour — though those who look closely will notice the tells of a man who is very much still finding his footing.
## Biography
Caeryn trained under [[Ayana Syndrosa]] before her disappearance during [[The Emerald Ceremony]], and her absence left a quiet gap in his formation as a warden. When [[The Bloody Nails]] arrived in Sumara with a child-aged Ayana in tow, it fell to Caeryn to lead the arrest — a role he handled with as much dignity as the situation allowed, even as it spiralled well beyond anything his training had prepared him for. He was blasted against a wall by child-Ayana mid-interrogation, though she pulled the blow deliberately. When Ayana was restored to her true form, she greeted him with the easy familiarity of an old mentor — teasing him about his father Rellian and his terrace vegetables — and Caeryn was the first in the city to say the name *Syndrosa* aloud. He released the party into her protection without hesitation.
### [[The Bloody Nails|Campaign: The Bloody Nails]]
#### [[Session 46 - The Shining City]]
Led the arrest of the party on their arrival in Sumara; was struck by a deliberate Thunderwave from child-Ayana mid-interrogation; released the party into Ayana's protection following her restoration.