Sienna Fuegonasus

Lore & Background

Sienna Fuegonasus was born with an innate and powerful connection to Aqshy, the wind of fire—a gift that marked her for training at the Bright College in Altdorf. There, she excelled in the destructive arts of pyromancy, but her passionate and impulsive nature often clashed with the strict discipline required to safely wield such volatile magic. Her inability to fully control her temper and her flames led to a series of incidents—a library reduced to cinders, a training hall gutted by an uncontrolled inferno—culminating in a catastrophic event that forced her into exile, a fugitive from her own order, with a death warrant hanging over her head.

In Their Own Story

The air shimmered with heat as Sienna clenched her fists, a corona of flame dancing around her fingers. 'Stay back, Saltzpyre,' she hissed, her voice tight with strain. 'The fire wants to be free.' The Witch Hunter's hand rested on his rapier, his eyes cold. 'Your wanton destruction has cost us the element of surprise, witch. Again.' She met his gaze, her own eyes burning with an inner light. 'And your rigid dogma would have seen us all dead in that tunnel. Sometimes, you must burn a path forward.' She released a controlled gout of fire that incinerated a charging rat ogre, the heat washing over them. 'My fire, my choice.'

Reader's Guide

Sienna Fuegonasus is the dedicated ranged magic user in Vermintide 2, specializing in area denial and crowd control with her various staves. Her playstyle revolves around managing her 'Overcharge' meter; the more she casts, the hotter she gets, risking a dangerous explosion if she overheats. She excels at melting hordes from a distance, but is vulnerable in close combat, relying on her melee weapon (a sword or mace) as a last resort. Her career options—Battle Wizard, Pyromancer, and Unchained—drastically alter her role, from a mobile caster who teleports through flames to a critical-strike-focused glass cannon who rains flaming skulls, to a tanky melee fighter who uses her own overcharge as a shield and a weapon.

Her relationships with the other heroes are tense. She shares a deep, antagonistic bond with Victor Saltzpyre, who sees her as a dangerous liability and a heretic, while she views him as a fanatical oppressor. She has a warmer, more playful rapport with Bardin Goreksson, who appreciates her fiery spirit, and a mutual respect with Markus Kruber, who values her power in a fight. Kerillian is often dismissive of her 'bright magic,' seeing it as crude compared to the natural magic of the wood elves. Sienna's lore distinguishes her from generic Warhammer Bright Wizards by her personal struggle with addiction to her own power—a hunger for the flame that is both her greatest weapon and her deepest curse.

Did You Know?

• Sienna's voice actor, Bettine Mackenzie, also voiced several other characters in the Total War: Warhammer series, including the High Elves.
• Her surname, Fuegonasus, is a Latin-derived name meaning 'fire-born' or 'fire-nose,' a fitting moniker for a pyromancer.
• In the game's lore, Sienna is a wanted fugitive from the Bright College, and her capture would likely mean execution for her crimes of reckless magic use.
• The Unchained career path represents Sienna embracing her addiction to fire, turning her own overcharge into a weapon and a shield.