Velka

Velka, The Goddess Of Sin

**Velka,** or **Velka Goddess of Sin** and later known as the **Rogue Deity** is one of the original deities of Anor Londo and wife of Gwyn.

## Lore

### **Origins**

When Velka was born is unknown, as is most information about her background before her marriage of Gwyn in the year 37FA. What is known is that she was a being of Great power, even though she had no Great Soul, nor was she under the influence of the Dark Soul leading to many rumours about her being a creation of the Goddess Tiamat, made in her image but in human form. Though these rumours were truly unfounded, her marriage to Gwyn and subsequent children cemented her as an ally of the Great Souls and Humanity.

### **Becoming the Goddess of Sin**

When Seath the Scaleless defected to the side of Humanity, he took a great liking to Velka, to the point where he took Velka for himself and impregnated her in the year 112FA. Velka was greatly angered by this, but her claims that he took her was pushed aside due to Seath's betrayal and contribution to the war being of the upmost importance, even to the point that Gwyn believed Seath over his own wife.

Velka learned that she was pregnant with Seaths child and soon gave birth to twins, Priscilla and Yorshka who were born as crossbreeds between a pure Dragon and Human. Velka managed to hide one of her children (Yorshka) with the help of her son Gwyndolin and kept secret for many years, but Priscilla however was soon found. Once Priscilla was identified as Velkas daughter, rumours started to flow that Velkas relationship with Seath was indeed true, but that it was consensual and not fitting with the story that she had 'concocted'.

Gwyn soon began to shun Priscilla due to her draconic nature, to the point where Velka had to do her best to shield her from the outside world. She had a painter called Ariamis create her a world which could be inhabited by those who had no place in the world and made it so that Priscilla would be the guardian of said world. Velka also had Aldricius, now King of Catarina create her a weapon, made from the same magic metal that the Storm Ruler was made from, which she then gifted to Priscilla, indicating that had the ability to drain the soul of those that it hits which in turn led it to be called the Lifehunt Scythe. Priscilla then became feared by the Gods and the Great Souls wielders after learning of this weapons existence, though its creation by Aldricius was kept secret as to not anger the Gods. The Gods and Great Soul wielders in turn left Priscilla alone inside the Painted World.

In 171FA Velka leaves the city of Anor Londo, after much scrutiny by the other Gods. Journeying far to the north she founds her own city with her followers and names the city Carim. She also creates a new Covenant called the Covenant of Sin, specialising in doling out punishment to those deemed to be sinners. In this time she starts to embrace the rumours of her birth and grew special feathered dragon wings, resembling that of a crow, which subsequently becomes the symbol of her rule. From that moment on she became known as the Goddess of Sin and by those in Anor Londo as the Rogue Deity.

### **The First Sin**

Some years after her departure from Anor Londo and creation of Carim, the first flame began to fade. Gwyn, not wanted the world to be plunged into darkness where the Gods would be powerless and the Humanity be the Gods, sacrificed himself by using his body and soul as kindling in the First Flame, unnaturally prolonging its life and creating an artificial cycle.

Velka saw this to be one of the greatest sins of all as this broke the natural course of the life cycle of Solara. This created the event to be known as The First Sin and made it so all those that followed Gwyn, were deemed sinners.

### **The Rule of Velka**

With the creation of Carim and the Covenant of Sin and following the First Sin, Velkas true work begun. She began to dole out punishments to all types of sinners, from murderers to thieves with varying types of punishments. With her son Gwyndolins creation of the Blades of the Darkmoon in 24FY, they began to ally and collaborate with each other to further expand the punishment that can be given to the majority of the mainland of Gorlewynn. It was also known that Velka created the Book of the Guilty that was linked between her and Gwyndolin, writing in names for the Blades of the Darkmoon to hunt down and those that were deemed the worst sinners, have their ears cut off, as proof that their punishment had been delivered.

Velka however was also a merciful Goddess. Whilst she made sure to give punishment to those who sinned, she also created the Pardoners, who would give the sinners one more chance to repent for their sins before they would be hunted by either her followers or the Blades of the Darkmoon. The Pardoners would also carry their own form of the Book of the Guilty, in order to search and find sinners to ask them to repent.

Velka also made sure to shepherd those that had no role in the world to the Painted World of Ariamis for Priscilla to look after. Those that wished to serve Velka even further would ask her to become twisted forms of herself, changing drastically into corvidaes, with some taking residence inside the Painted World but most staying inside Carim. With there creation however a new race was created, known as the Corvians.