The Lord of Light

Young Verity

### Known Physical Features

Long thin pointed ears, Regal dress, Black/Silver hair, Diamond in the middle of their forehead.

> What is it this time? - to Filomena Alderlight
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The Lord of Light, also known as Verity, is the Archfey ruler of the Light Court, and is currently trapped in Gaea along with several other prominent Archfey. As an NPC, Verity is played by Ava Makrugin.

## Description

### Appearance

Verity is a tall archfey with dark hair and abnormally long pointed ears. Verity has pale, blue tinged skin that is slightly translucent, and blank white eyes lacking a pupil or iris. Verity's dark hair is chin-lengthed with the exception of two long braids framing their face. A star-like symbol rests in the center of their forehead. Verity stands at over 7 feet, similarily to Lanthas. They have sharp features, with particularily high cheekbones, and a upturned, pointed nose.

Verity favours long jackets and dresses, particularily in shades of purples, blues and whites, the colours of their court. Prior to the founding of the Light Court, Verity wore red and black, signifying her position in the Red Court. Verity likes eleborate clothing, but does not typically wear any jewlery.

## Abilities

As an archfey, Verity is a very powerful being, though she is not omnipotent. Verity has many of the abilities typically expected of the fey, including innate magic and an intimidating aura.

Being the Lord of Light, Verity specifically specializes in illusion magic and manipulating light waves. They can also use this to rend themselves invisible.

Verity primarily travels via teleportation, and possesses some level of foresight, usually in the form of cryptic visions. People with a natural gift for foresight can benefit from a pact with Verity, as it will often strengethen their natural capabilities beyond what either being could accomplish on their own. This is the case in Verity's pact with Eleanor LeStraude.

In signing a pact with Verity, a power gifted, besides the typical Warlock spells, is the ability to manipulate light waves to make oneself invisible. This has been demonstrated on several occasions by Filomena Alderlight.

Much of Verity's power comes from being attuned to a leyline in their court, and having been trapped in Gaea and away from the Light Court for so many years has weakened Verity's power considerably.

## Biography

### Background

Verity grew up in The Red Court as a common faerie of no noble origin. They were ambitious, however, and eventually earned a spot as an advisor in the Red Court, which was under the rule of The Red Lord at the time. Verity also possessed an unusual amount of magic for a faerie lacking any noble blood. This was something she was careful to hide, as The Red Lord saw powerful fey as a threat, and was paranoid of being usurped.

During her time as an advisor, she became close to Lanthas, the son of the Red Lord. The two slowly warmed up to one another, becoming friends, and then eventually lovers as the years passed. Later on, upon The Red Lord's murder, Lanthas was made ruler of the Red Court and Verity stayed on and became his senior advisor. This new arrangement, however, put a bit of a strain on their relationship, fostering some resentment between them.

Though Verity was proud of her position in the Red Court, they also had ambitions of their own. Using her position as senior advisor, she set events in motion and made alliances behind Lanthas' back in preparation for future plans. Eventually, Verity left the Red Court with little warning, and took a chunk of it's land to form her own territory, which she dubbed the Light Court. After attuning to a leyline within her new territory, Verity officially became an archfey, and took the title "The Lord of Light."

While this allowed Verity to accomplish her ambitious, this was a huge betrayal on both a political and personal level, and destroyed whatever was left of her relationship with Lanthas. The two have been on bad terms ever since.

Verity spent many years establishing The Light Court as a prominent part of the Feywilds, before she, Lanthas-- now going by the Red Prince-- and a few other archfey were trapped in Gaea by a mysterious force. Since then, Verity has, so far unsuccessfully, been searching for a way to return to the Feywilds.

### Victoire Arc

Verity's first appearance in the campaign came when Vivienne smashed Eleanor LeStraude's crystal ball, a gift from Verity, whom she was contracted too, and the Arcane focus of her magic. Upon Verity's appearance, Vivienne made the mistake of intoducing herself will her full name, thus allowing the faerie to steal it as peanance for the Crystal Ball's destruction.

Filomena, having grown up in Titania's Keep, had a much greater knowledge of the Fey at this time, and horrified by the turn of events, begged Verity to return Vivienne's name. The archfey agreed, but only on the grounds that Filomena sign a contract with her. This deal resulted in Filomena multiclassing into Warlock, and set the stage for many future events in the Campaign.

### Trax Arc

For Filomena's first assignment from Verity, she was sent to Trax to convince the ruling noble, Amalite DeVale, to sign a contract with the Archfey.

On the journey to Trax, at Filomena's pleading, Verity appeared to advise the party on what was causing Ena's mysterious nightmares.

Later, in Trax, Verity appeared on multiple ocassions to monitor Filomena's progress in her discussions with Lady DeVale. On one ocassion, Verity destroyed a bouquet of orchids sent to Filomena, which was later discovered to have been sent by Valencia Stonecleaver, a patron of The Dying One. In another instance, while Filomena was at tea with Lady DeVale, Verity possessed Filomena's body to challenge the Red Prince (Lanthas), who had appeared at the event uninvited.

Both Verity and Lanthas expressed interest in signing a contract with Amalite DeVale due to the unique nature of her magic, and concern over what the Dying One may do to prevent a pact from being formed.

Upon Amalite's death, Verity fell mostly silent other than a brief mirror sign to Filomena, considering the Trax mission to have become a lost cause.

## Relationships

### Filomena Guinevere Alderlight

Filomena and Verity first met when Verity returned Vivienne's name in exchange for Filomena signing a contract with them. Verity initially saw potential in Filomena's magic when she put everyone in the room to sleep to stop the conflict, but disliked her attitude and association with Vivienne. Shortly thereafter, Verity issued Filomena her first task: to convince Lady Amalite DeVale to sign a contract with them. This task served as a test for Filomena, to see if she had the capacity to operate independently and effectively under Verity's orders. On the way to Trax, there were several incidents when Filomena called upon Verity for assistance, frustrating them and resulting in several headaches. Verity did, however, see a bit of themselves in Filomena's stubborn, confident nature.

In Trax, Verity was impressed by Filomena's charisma and diplomatic capabilities, and her success in convincing Lady DeVale to sign a contract with them. Despite the overall failure of the mission, the test was successful, assuring Verity Filomena would be capable enough to handle future tasks. With the mission failed but the test complete, Verity mostly vanished from the equation, chosing to bide her time until giving Filomena her next assignment.

Verity sees Filomena as a capable individual, if a bit immature. They see a lot of potential in her abilities, and consider the contract with her an investment that will pay off in a big way in the future. Verity finds Filomena to be obstinate, and thinks that her approach to certain situations is chaotic and maddening. This tends to bring out Verity's pettier side, much to their chagrin. Verity considers their relationship to be strictly a business one, however, they do contradict themselves on this by assiting Filomena in situations not directly related to them or required by contract.

## Quotes

> “Stop fighting me on this. She is going to make us both pay for it.”" Verity to Lanthas
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## Trivia

* Verity was originally never intended to play a role in the campaign, and was created on the spot in response to Vivienne destroying Madame LeStraude's crystal ball.
* The actual colour of Verity's hair has been a point of contention (Ava thinks it is black/dark grey, whereas Fiona KNOWS it is silver)
* Verity cannot recall how old she actually is.
* Of all the territories in Gaea, Verity spends most of her time in and around Landon.