Vereeni

*"This tower is a sacred place, a place to venerate I, the great Sun! It is no place for fools of other faiths, traitors or wretched cripples. You are not allowed entry, only the three of them may enter my domain and take part in my trials!" ~ Vereeni, at the entrance of his tower.*

**Vereeni, Lord of Pride** is a false god encountered by the Nameless Brotherhood during their travels in the Runelands desert. He is also known as an ancestor of Lithiel of Yandae.

## **Description**

Vereeni appeared as a glowing sphere, roughly the size of a house, wreathed in swirling and lashing chains, his glowing body also emitted large flaming tentacles that would lash out similarly to solar arcs. When creating an avatar form for combat Vereeni chose the form of a nondescript glowing humanoid with large wings and a flaming greatsword in one hand.

## **Personality**

Vereeni was seen to have a very self-centered and narcissistic personality, as well as a penchant for the grandiose and overly dramatic, as seen when he forces Mikhael, Lithiel and Senecius through a tower filled with riddles and deadly traps, only for the ability to have an audience with him. He is shown to be over-confident in his abilities and dismissive of those he deems as weaker than himself.

## **Abilities**

Vereeni is shown to be a supremely powerful being capable of using advanced and mighty spells. He is demonstrated to be capable of also creating minions that obey his order without question, though it is revealed, that they also extend the same unquestioning loyalty to any member of his bloodline. Vereeni is also shown to be exceptionally strong as he was easily able to overpower several powerful characters, including Dustin and Gladys at once, but he effortlessly flung Opinor Corydon and Mikhael Strand hundreds of meters away despite their resistance.

### **Magical Prowess**

Vereeni is capable of using high magic innately due to his false god status, though it is also hinted that he may have sought out arcane knowledge separately as he not only sends the Nameless Brotherhood members he encounters to seek out methods of extra-dimensional travel, but he also has a large library and a vault that contains items of mystical origin.

The spells he casts are mostly shown to be light and fire-based, including shooting out blinding beams and flaming projectiles. Despite this, it is also implied that he is capable of casting other spells, such as the ones used to create the magical traps within his tower of trials and the divination magic he seems to employ to peer into the far future.

Vereeni's "body" is also demonstrated to burn away at the flesh of anyone that comes into contact with it and is seemingly a magical projection radiated by his actual, humanoid form, which is nestled in its center. Additionally, Vereeni appears to be highly resistant to attacks from fire and light-based sources.

### **Minions**

Vereeni is shown to be in control of several types of creatures that serve him with unwavering loyalty. The process of creating or recruiting these creatures is unknown, though it is heavily implied they are either dwarfs or humans that have come into his service, either willingly or through some sort of mind-altering influence, and have been given more powerful forms as a result. There are several types of creatures that Vereeni has under his control:

* **Messengers** are bat-like humanoids with rocky, reddish-brown skin, large wings replacing their arms and long lashing tails that end in a sharp spike. They are intelligent and capable of reason and complex tactics. They are stronger than a regular human, but not by much and they are quite agile, attacking with swift flyby attacks before retreating to a safer distance. It is demonstrated that they are not only loyal to Vereeni, but also take orders from members of his bloodline.
* **The Fused One** is a semi-humanoid creature with two human-like heads, skin that appears to be made of sandstone rock and a torso and arms attached to a spider-like set of walking arms. The creature does not display intelligence beyond being able to ask riddles and inform any who answer them, whether their answers were in fact correct. It is capable of creating flaming projectiles that it can launch at enemies, it can teleport and is also physically resilient.
* **Brother Giants** are large humanoid creatures with a statue-like appearance. They possess no facial features save for a large gaping hole in the center of their heads that emits a bright yellow glow when they are active. They are exceptionally strong and also capable of shooting out fiery beams from the hole on their heads. When immobile they are indistinguishable from statues.
* **Solar Scribes** are squat, timid beings that appear as old men with flaking, clay-like skin and glowing orange eyes. They usually wear reddish-orange robes and it appears that their only purpose is to serve as scribes for Vereeni, with no battle utility to speak of.