Veria

Court: Light
Virtue: Wisdom
Alignment: Neutral Good
Symbol: An open eye set within a eight-pointed star
Colors: White, gold, and deep indigo
Domains: Knowledge, Order, Arcana, Light
Realm: The Infinite Library

Lore and Influence

Veria, the Ever-Knowing, is the divine embodiment of Wisdom — the virtue of understanding, discernment, and the ceaseless pursuit of truth. She is the Archivist of the Aethara, the Silent Watcher of all things seen and unseen, and the Weaver of Mysteries whose mind spans the cosmos.

Where others command or judge, Veria observes. She is the quiet mind behind every revelation, the whisper that drives discovery, and the lantern that banishes ignorance. Her followers say she neither blesses nor condemns — she illuminates. What mortals do with the truth is their own test.

Veria is impartial but never indifferent. To her, knowledge is sacred, yet it carries peril; every truth learned demands responsibility in its use. Her worshippers tell that when she first looked upon creation, she wept — not from sorrow, but from understanding that knowledge would one day both save and undo the world.

The Infinite Library

Veria’s celestial realm, The Infinite Library, stretches beyond mortal comprehension — a boundless vault of starlit corridors and golden tomes that float upon invisible currents of thought. Each book, scroll, and glyph hums with living memory: every story ever told, every question ever asked, every truth yet to be revealed.

Scholars who enter these halls may ask any question and receive an answer, though never without cost. For to know deeply is to be changed — and those unready for revelation may lose themselves among the shelves forever. The silent custodians of the Library, known as the Inkless, guide only those deemed ready to understand.

It is said that even the gods must tread carefully here, for Veria records their deeds as readily as those of mortals. Nothing in the cosmos escapes her pen.

Worship and Patronage

Veria is the patron of scholars, mages, scribes, teachers, seers, and philosophers — all who pursue truth without fear or vanity. Her temples resemble archives and observatories, filled with scrolls, celestial maps, and quiet halls of meditation. Every acolyte must copy a sacred text by hand before taking vows, symbolizing their entry into the eternal chain of knowledge.

Her faithful pray not for answers, but for understanding — to see clearly what is already before them. Offerings to Veria take the form of completed research, restored tomes, or truths confessed aloud. Her holy days coincide with celestial alignments and solstices, moments when the veil between ignorance and enlightenment thins.

“To know is to bear the weight of the world — and still seek to learn more.” — The Lady of Knowing

Orders of the All-Seeing Eye

The Keepers of the Lexicon. Archivists and scholars who preserve the written record of the world. They defend truth against revision and knowledge against decay.
The Seekers of Hidden Truth. Explorers and arcanists who uncover what time has buried. They delve into ruins, uncover lost civilizations, and risk all to restore understanding.
The Silent Witnesses. Monks devoted to observation without interference. They travel unseen, chronicling events for the Library and ensuring that no great moment passes unrecorded.

Though they differ in method, all orders share Veria’s creed: “To see truly is to serve truth.”

Common Blessed Items

• Lens of the Ever-Seeing. A crystal lens that reveals hidden runes and illusions, but clouds with overuse as knowledge overwhelms the bearer.
• Tome of the Whispering Pages. A blank book that writes in response to the reader’s spoken questions, answering only once per night.
• The Scribe’s Quill. Said to have been carved from Veria’s own feather; it writes only truths and burns falsehoods from the page.
  

Doctrine of Wisdom

The Codex of the Ever-Knowing teaches that wisdom is not simply the accumulation of facts, but the mastery of their meaning. Knowledge gives power; wisdom ensures its right use.

Seek understanding, not certainty. Certainty blinds the mind to greater truths.
Ignorance is the only true sin. To turn from knowledge is to reject the divine spark within.
Truth must be shared. What you hoard dies with you; what you teach lives forever.
Curiosity is sacred. Every question asked is a prayer to Veria.
Knowledge without mercy is ruin. To know how to harm and choose not to — that is the highest wisdom.

A follower of Veria must listen before speaking, observe before acting, and think before judging. To seek truth is noble; to understand its consequences is divine.