Vi

Vi
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### Aliases

He Who Knows All, The Madness Reborn, The Lorekeeper, The Divine Scholar, The Learned One, Fandalgorn Reincarnate

## Depicitions

### Avatar Description

A tan-skinned man with long blue robes and white, shining eyes

## Affiliations

### Open Worship

Yes

> *"If I had all the answers, I wouldn't continue to ask questions."* - Vi
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Vi (pronounced *Vee*) is the New Greater God of Knowledge and Scholars. To learn is Vi's nature; The Learned One seeks to know all there is to know, and will not rest until his goal is achieved. Formed partly with the divine essence of Fandalgorn, the Old God of Knowledge, he is the most powerful of the Greater Deities, but he does not view himself as greater than the others.

Vi's avatar is a lithe, tan-skinned man with long, flowing blond hair. Simple robes, light blue in colouration, hang down to his ankles. Most notably, Vi's eyes are pure white, and luminescent.

## Vi's Influence

Vi is patron of all scholars and for the domain of knowledge as a whole. Being in control of a domain that formally belonged to a Supreme Deity, he does not have absolute control; he lacks the divine power to have the omniscience of Fandalgorn.

### Vi's Goals

Vi wishes to possess the omniscience that Fandalgorn possessed; in Vi's opinion, too much is unknown in the universe, and it is his duty as god of knowledge to correct this imperfection. The biggest question Vi wishes to answer is what happened to his predecessor; what caused the Madness of Fandalgorn? Vi is wary of the unknown, and believes shedding light on what happened would let him avert suffering the same fate.

### Divine Relationships

Vi's closest relationship is with Vi Minor, a divine simulacrum Vi created of himself. However, Vi Minor lacks the essence of Fandalgorn, which Vi could not recreate, greatly limiting his ability. Vi Minor acts as Vi's research assistant, as well as having the vitally important role of managing and protecting his archives.

Vi is a loyal advisor to Kalix, and he treats his queen with a great deal of respect. However, Vi is aware that Kalix will never truly trust him, due to his accursed ancestry. Vi even suspects that, given the opportunity, Kalix would replace him with a deity who would be definitely loyal to her. As such, Vi works to make himself indispensable to Kalix and her Pantheon.

Garoctis fascinates Vi. Magic is of great interest to Vi, and as such, he makes efforts to keep good relations with the Deity of Magic. In particularly, Vi befriended Monack, in order to gain a better understanding of the art of divination and how to use it to aid in his studies.

## Worshipping Vi

Vi does not care for flashy worship, viewing it as wasted time and effort. However, traditional worship to Vi is frequently done at the start of any academic project, whether the writing of a paper or the beginning of a research project.

Vi's main temple is in Templerow, Silvershield. The temple is built around a large lecture hall where any citizen willing to learn can attend the lectures. Academics from the Hemmel Bardoon Institute, the Silvershield Academy of Weave Studies, and other prestigious institutes frequently attend to present their work to those willing to be educated.

Vi's feast day, called Vi's Day, occurs on the 26th of Midwinter. Awards are frequently handed out based on academic achievement on this day, while in less academic circles, prayers and offerings are made to Vi to use his knowledge to provide them with guidance till the next Vi's Day

## Myths of Vi

Vi only has a few myths about him, on account of him finding acts of mythology to be rather dull compared to rigorous study and hypothesising.

***The Birth of Vi.*** After the Divine Explosion, the divine essence that would form Vi ended up being flung far out to the corpse of Fandalgorn. Coalescing around Fandalgorn's essence, Vi's essence absorbed some of Fandalgorn's latent power, becoming empowered to a great level than any of the other Greater Deities. As well as his divine power, Vi also inherited Fandalgorn's insatiable thirst for knowledge.

***The Simulacrum God.*** Despite his great power, Vi quickly ran into a problem with his research; managing his archive was becoming a hassle and taking time away from his experimentation and research. Additionally, other deities that Vi was apprehensive to trust had declared a interest to access his archive and Vi feared misuse. Realising he needed additional aid, he cloned himself, producing Vi Minor, to manage and protect his archive.

## Vi's Champions

**Alignment:** Usually lawful

**Suggested Classes:** Wizard, rogue, artificer

**Suggested Cleric Domains:** Knowledge

**Suggested Backgrounds:** Sage, Cloistered Scholar, Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Investigator, Hermit

Vi is worshipped by many people for many reasons; scholars obviously favour Vi, but any individual who understands the power that knowledge can provide frequently make offerings to Vi.

### Vi's Favour

Vi's chosen are almost exclusively scholars and researchers; this is a matter of practicality to Vi, who views academics as the people who are mostly likely to provide him what he desires. Still, on rare occasions, Vi's blessing present themselves to the non-learned for mysterious purposes.

 **6** | You have no idea why Vi shows interest in you.

### Devotion to Vi

Servants of Vi thrive on discovery of new information, and the preservation and sharing of that information. As a follower of Vi, consider the possibilities on the Vi’s Ideals table as alternatives to those suggested for your background.

 **6** | **Conservation.** Nothing will be loss to history. (Lawful)

### Earning and Losing Piety

You increase your piety score to Vi when you expand the god’s influence in the world in a concrete way through acts such as these:

* Keeping records of new information
* Educating others in your areas of expertise
* Seeking forbidden knowledge.
* Building or restoring a temple to Vi

Your piety score to Vi decreases if you diminish Vi’s influence in the world, contradict his ideals, or make him look ridiculous or ineffectual through acts such as these:

* Destroy books and research papers.
* Interfere with experiments.
* Willingly subverting or impeding a wise course of action
* Publishing information that you know is incorrect.

#### Vi's Devotee

*Piety 3+ Vi trait*

As a devotee to Vi, you are accomplished as a scholar. You can identify with this trait a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

#### Vi's Votary

*Piety 10+ Vi trait*

You gain proficiency in one of: Arcana, History, Nature, Religion.

In addition, when you fail an Intelligence check or Intelligence saving throw, you can reroll the die, and you must use the new roll. Once you use this reroll, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.

#### Vi's Disciple

*Piety 25+ Vi trait*

Vi is pleased with your commitment to the acquisition and preservation of knowledge. You have truesight to 30ft.

#### Champion of Knowledge

*Piety 50+ Vi trait*

You can increase your Intelligence or Wisdom score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.