"I'm a sellsword, I'm a performer, but most importantly i'm a child of the feywild."

Childhood & Youth

( CN Bad Parenting, terrible Parents, Manipulation)

Veritas was born into a noble family, as the son the Nobel elven Reine and the Tiefling Lord Phoenix. His father was a Tiefling of the lineage of Nonnos, just as his siblings and father. But it wasn’t openly spoken about this. Neither it was spoken about, that his parents were leaders of the cult of Nonnos. Veritas life was formed by strict education & rules. Weakness was not allowed.

It was a miracle to Veritas when his parents decided to send him into one of the most prominent boarding schools in the land. (Later he was told, that when the queen once visited them, she seen a lot of sadness & potential in him and suggested to his parents that he should visit said school.) From age 8-11 he only had to endure his family in & on holidays and was most grateful for it.

On his 12 birthday, which fell always into the end of winter holidays, his parents told him, that it was time for him to become the Vessel of Nonnos. Veritas would have to prove his loyalty to the minor deity and to his blood. His task was to kill 3 of his school friends & taking their hearts as an offering to the god. Friendship, for Nonnos, didn’t exist and was one of the cults rules. If he would tell someone at school about this or wouldn't do it, the cult & mercenaries would storm the school & he would die with his "friends" and he would become a Vessel to the god as an undead. His parents needed to bring the god back to take over the Kingdom with his help. That night he cried himself to sleep, not knowing what he should do.

The next week was anxious. He couldn’t do it; he didn’t want to. All he wanted was to know his friends were safe. There wasn’t no way out, and he was helpless. He received a Sending of his father, a demand to do what had to be done. In angst, he visited the strongest teacher he knew, and told her, Lady Ada, about everything. To his luck, she believed him. Ada gave him 10 minute to say goodbye to his friends, a scroll to teleport away, and a letter to bring the queen of their country. In a hurry, Veritas said goodbye to Thavalor, Merlot & Sterling. He gave them some of his favourite magical crystals & a hug as a last gift. The last sending of his father, he does not remember what he said, made him use the scroll. Veritas didn’t know where he where, so he ran and ran, just hoping that his friends were alright.

Utterly exhausted, and not knowing if he were on the right path, he ran into a forest, to find some cover. Even tho he was able to make a small fire, it was utterly cold. Veritas was afraid, afraid that he could be found, afraid because he had no experiences on being outside alone. Frustrated about everything, his life & his family, the boy teared off the cult symbol pendant, a peacock feather with a star in the centre, around his neck and threw it in the depths of the wood. A glowing hand materialized, picking the pendant up, a body followed. Before him, a beautiful fey appeared.

Life now

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