Vêda Jesterka

Vêda, preparing a Firebolt attack

Vêda Jesterka is an Engineering/Physical Sciences graduate from Mask University, and a member of the Coyote Adventuring Party. Vêda is an Artificer (of the Artillerist Sub-Class) and specializes in Pyrotechnics and Fire-based attacks.

## Physical Description

Vêda is a Kobold of predominantly Brass and Cream color, as well as having several patches of Red scales on her face and tail which resemble freckles. She is unusually tall by Kobold standards, towering over the rest of her species at nearly 4 feet tall. Despite the physically massive stature, she maintains an erudite appearance by almost always wearing a black or white lab coat. Complimenting this, her poor eyesight necessitates the wearing of a pair of glasses, fitting somewhat loosely at the end of her short snout. Additionally, she usually carries several bottles of Alcohol on her person at all times, both for the purposes of consumption and their employment as "Vêdatov Cocktails".

## Biography

### Early Life

Vêda was born on Rum 1, 464 in the Sobrian city of Mask, to an unknown Mother and Father. Left to hatch from her egg at a local orphanage, she grew up largely without any parental figures in her life. For a few years she lived as a street urchin, with only herself to rely on. Later, she would find meaningful employment at a local machine repair shop - "Starszy's Repears". Where she would meet Starszy and her soon-to-be best friend Karolyi. During this time, she acquired a love of Machinery, and began to save money to attend Mask's University.

### Life at University

With the help of a sum of cash earned from modelling for Artifixer's new marketing strategy, Vêda was able to attend University starting in 483. Enduring a constant stream of Xenophobia from her peers and instructors, she was nonetheless able to obtain a degree at the institution, owing to a very strong work-ethic and sheer determination. However in her final year of University she was emotionally devastated by the conscription and subsequent death of her best friend Karolyi, something that drove her to Alcoholic Binge-Drinking as a coping mechanism. Shortly after graduating, she left the city and travelled to Dormoon.

### The Coyotes

She would meet her future Coyote party members in the small town of Bittercreek, where they all received requests to help get Wyatt out of the town's jail. As the group coalesced and continued journeying together, she began a romantic relationship with fellow Coyote member Johnny O'Collier. As she continued to adventure with the Coyotes, she began to grow much larger and acquire new abilities a-typical of a normal Kobold. The cause of this is not yet known.

## Personality and Relationships

Originally somewhat timid and anxious, Vêda has become increasingly aggressive and maternal over her time spent adventuring. This is likely to a very strong desire to protect her party members from suffering a similar fate to Karolyi. Acting as a sort of Ersatz-mother to Tommas or voluntarily being attacked instead of those she cares about, these newfound instincts continue to appear and strengthen themselves. Vêda also has a strong distaste for authority and coercion, as she believes they lead to the death of her friend. However, this has not lent itself to any negative attitude towards Dusk, as she essentially views the God of Power as just another individual, one who politely asked for her help.

### Alcoholism

Driven to Alcoholism by the loss of Karolyi, Vêda has been known to drink often lethal quantities of Alcohol. Once attaining a BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) of around 1.0, her drinking ability knows few limits. However, the purchase of these volumes to Alcohol have led to her being relatively impoverished compared to the other Coyotes.

### Johnny O'Collier

The strongest inter-personal relationship that she maintains is a thus-far semi-romantic friendship with Johnny, occasionally referring to the New-Sobrian as "Janecz", a Koboldization of his first name used as a form of endearment. Originating from an irritant in her eye being interpreted as a wink by Johnny, the two have rapidly drawn closer to each other over the course of several weeks. Vêda feels the most protective of Johnny (perhaps barring Tommas) as she can't stand the thought of him being killed like Karolyi, who he shares some similarities with.

## Trivia

* Her name "Vêda Jesterka" translates to "Science Lizard" in the Polish Language
* The usage of an accent mark over the "e" in her name has fluctuated from time to time, sometimes being spelled "Vêda", and sometimes as "Věda"
* Claiming to have a distaste for Apples, she avoids the soda Artifixer in the hopes that nobody will realize that it is her on the label
* Vêda will usually pronounce loan-words of French-origin using the original pronunciations, such as "Rendezvous", "Déjà vu", or even Johnny's own last name "O'Collier" - despite this word being of obviously Irish origin
* Vêda's Arby's order is the Corned Beef Rueben, with an excessive number of Curly Fries