Cylostra Direfin

Cylostra Direfin is a Vampire Coast Legendary Lord introduced Total War: Warhammer II with the Curse of the Vampire Coast DLC.

In the campaign, she leads The Drowned faction.

Description
Legend has it that the sea witch Cylostra Direfin was once the favourite court singer of the Bretonnian king. Sent on a voyage across the ocean to sing for the Phoenix King, they were hit by a fierce storm. The madame’s notes turned to screams of fury as the ship sank, and all onboard drowned. Decades later, a Bretonnian galleon of rotten wood and tattered sails can be seen navigating the seas even in the most savage of storms. It is The Lamprey, the ship of the vengeful spirit Madame Cylostra and her crew, the Drowned.

Abilities

 * Song of Enthrallment
 * Ghosts of the Past
 * Arcane Conduit

Lord Effects

 * Cylostra Direfin can offer the loyal followers in her army increased physical resistance while also enabling magical attacks.
 * +5% Physical resistance for all units (Lord's army)
 * Enables magical attacks (Lord's army)

The Lamprey
The Lamprey is 's personal ship.

Items

 * The Bordeleaux Flabellum

Spells

 * Lore of the Deep

Mounts
Before being mounted, begins as an infantry unit.


 * Rotting Leviathan (mount)

Notable Skills
Notable skills from the Lord's campaign skill tree:
 * Ghosts of the Past - Can summon a unit of Damned Knights Errant who can upgrade to Damned Questing Knights or Damned Knights of the Realm. Also begins a campaign with an immortal Damned Paladin

Trivia

 * Cylostra Direfin is the first original legendary lord character designed by Creative Assembly and implemented with permission from Games Workshop.
 * Cylostra Direfin's starting Damned Paladin is named Robert Barthelemy and has a helmet with antlers. This is most likely a reference to Robert Baratheon, a king and former knight in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. Robert Baratheon's kingdom is the Stormlands, known for it's windswept, stormy weather just like Cylostra Direfin.
 * Creative Assembly on Cylostra's sound design: "Cylostra was interesting as she was a new character. Finding the actress was a challenge as we had to find someone who could sound larger than life, be a complete diva, but also knock out those big operatic notes! We recorded her spellcasting and screams in different notes and linked this with the music system so that a different note is played depending on which key the music is being played in at the time. To make her sound undead she got a lot of reverb and delay on her voice. A fun fact is that everyone else in the game pronounces her surname as “dire-fin” in a very plain, English way, but she always says it in a more elegant, French style “dear-fan” Some of you may remember a British TV show from the 90s called Keeping Up Appearances where the main character was called Hyacinth Bucket but she always pronounces her surname in a more elegant, French-sounding way: 'bouquet'."