In an attempt to escape death, the sister mages Yeda and Aryna performed a magic ritual to fuse their souls into metallic sculptures of their younger forms. Alas, the ritual went awry and now each sister’s essence and consciousness is trapped in a twisted metal prison, not living or dying, simply there.
The “Shiny Sisters” is of course not their real surname, but what they have been designated as objects of derision. The term “objects” more accurate than “beings”.
The above AI generated artwork incorporates a metal sculpture from artist Dale Fiegl of Syracuse, NY. You can find Dale’s work at https://www.facebook.com/dale.fiegl.71