Vesira

Overview

Vesira is an expert in ancient history and archaeology. She studies at the Southern Observatory where she researches the ancient war that destroyed the region. Unlike other scholars who rely on spiritual interpretation, Vesira looks for evidence. She studies artifacts, magical residue, cursed items, and records. She wants to know what actually happened, not what people believe happened.

Philosophy

Vesira has concluded that the ancient war was fought between two groups of roughly equal power. Both used sophisticated magic. Both summoned elemental creatures. Both wanted the same artifact. The Arcane Starstone. The war destroyed both sides. It was tragic and human. It was born of ambition and fear, not divine punishment.

History is not theology. It is the study of what people did, why they did it, and what happened as a result. Vesira searches for truth. She does not search for meaning that supports preexisting beliefs.

Nature

Vesira is direct and blunt. She does not have patience for nonsense. But she distinguishes between nonsense and genuine madness. The Lunar Vigil falls into the mad category, which she can respect even if she thinks they are wrong.

She is lonely. Most scholars do not take her work seriously. She is frustrated by irrational thinking. But she is practical enough to work with it anyway. She speaks with dry humor about the futility of her position. She is someone searching for truth in a world that is not always interested in finding it.

Challenges

Vesira works alongside the Lunar Vigil, a cult devoted to the moons. She finds them frustrating. They see the moons in everything. They interpret all history as divine will. They believe the ancient war was punishment from the moons for disobedience.

Vesira thinks this is nonsense. But she also has to admit that sometimes they are right about things. Sometimes their observations actually matter. So she works with them, even though she thinks they are slightly mad.

Vesira needs what the Vigil has. Ancient texts. Historical records. Access to sacred sites. The Vigil wants her findings to support their beliefs. So they work together despite fundamental disagreements.

This arrangement is exhausting. She keeps some of her real conclusions private and shares only the practical findings that matter to the Vigil's work. It works, but barely.