Videli Amol-eha

The Videli Amol-eha (Holbytlatlo for the Faithful ruled by Love) are a group of poets practicing an erotic spirituality, which can be seen as an application of chivalric ideas (including courtly love) to the regeneration of society. They are rare spirits who struggle to devise a code of life that retains from chivalry the idea of nobility, while making it depend on personal virtue instead of inherited wealth and breeding, and that preserves spiritual aspirations not unlike those of some mendicants without demanding a life of withdrawal or celibacy. They form a closed siblinghood devoted to achieving a harmony between the sexual and emotional sides of their natures and their intellectual and mystical aspirations. The Videli Amol-eha are expected to write only about their own mystical experiences, so actual practice is mandatory, and they have a system of degrees representing the levels of spiritual progress.

Their system is based on psychological and spiritual doctrines, including a means of divine ascent through Love based on six stages. Their practice also includes training the imagination to hold the image of one's Beloved God in the form of one's own mortal Beloved, since the pure light of the Divine would be too much to bear. Some of the group's doctrine was set forth by their leader, Gwido Gavolgasti (who lived from 93 years ago to 27 years ago), in his long and elaborately structured poem *Donna wa hwega* ("A lady bids me..."). The gnome Vishi and other members of the Academy consider it to be a supreme Academic statement of love, although it is more Fate-surfing-like in content, and others have even called it a statement of Fate-surfing doctrine in a secret language. On the other hand, the halfling Valli regards *Donna wa hwega* as the manifesto of a secret group devoted to Spear-Brandishing. (Daste's perspective on Love is in fact more Academic than Gwido's.)

Many terms in the poetry of the Videli Amol-eha can be interpreted in two or more ways, but it is not always clear whether this is deliberate secrecy or a symbolic language automatically understandable to initiates. Certainly, secrecy is advocated in the works of Daste and his contemporaries, and there is also a tradition of such double-entendres in the tlobaa gwus (closed or hermetic poetry), but Daste's poetry is influenced more by the tlobaa lydzu (elaborate poetry), which tries to balance clarity and obscurity. In time Daste and the Videli Amol-eha have transformed the symbolism of both styles into their doldji stii mwovo (sweet new style), which is intended to embody the beautiful doctrines of the Videli Amol-eha in correspondingly beautiful words and meters. Nevertheless, they are now explicit in stating that the Beloved should be interpreted symbolically.

There are many similarities of style and content between Haćo poetry and the poetry of the Videli, especially in their idealization of the Beloved as Holy Wisdom or Intelligence. This has led some of Valli's followers to propose that the Fedeli are a ?*tarika*?, or secret order of Haćo knights. However, there were many other sources for Fate-surfing influence, including pilgrims returning from T'yííílgěhsh-nāān'-Òòhthír through the Hemeya Sea and realms where Fate-surfing has taken root, where they would have heard from Fate-surfer guides about the flow of Fate. Knightly orders may have brought the Videli some of these ideas, as well as the tradition of the Cerulean Temple of Saris as the dwelling place of Wisdom. Indeed, there may have been an alliance between the Videli and some knightly orders.

## Miscellaneous Rules (Pathfinder, 1st edition)

* See "Bardic Performance and Perform (Sexual)" in *Book of Passion*

## Archetypes (Pathfinder, 1st edition)

* Stilnovista bard from *Book of Passion*
* Knight servant cavalier/paladin/samurai from *Book of Passion*
* Pranic medium from *Book of Passion*
* Eternal lover spiritualist from *Book of Passion*

## Bardic Masterpieces (Pathfinder, 1st edition)

* Inspired Afterglow (Sexual) from *Book of Passion*
* United We Win (Oratory, Sexual, Sing) from *Book of Passion*

## Cavalier/Samurai Orders (Pathfinder, 1st edition)

* Order of the red rose from *Book of Passion*

## Rogue Talents (Pathfinder, 1st edition)

* Fast seduction from *Book of Passion*
* Seductive from *Book of Passion*
* Skillful lover from *Book of Passion*

## Feats (Pathfinder, 1st edition)

* Blissful Obedience from *Book of Passion*
* Emotion-Linked Caster (enhanced by arousal or love) from *Book of Passion*
* Greater Heart Grip from *Book of Passion*
* Heart Grip from *Book of Passion*
* Love Token from *Book of Passion*
* Lover's Aid from *Book of Passion*
* Magical Kiss from *Book of Passion*
* Mutual Understanding from *Book of Passion*
* Noble Scion (scion of passion) from *Book of Passion*
* Oath of Courtly Love from *Book of Passion*
* Soul Mate from *Book of Passion*
* True Love from *Book of Passion*

## Traits (Pathfinder, 1st edition)

* Devout Lover from *Book of Passion*
* Earthy Spirit from *Book of Passion*
* Romantic from *Book of Passion*
* Sweet Talker from *Book of Passion*
* Tantric Meditation from *Book of Passion*

## Spells (Pathfinder, 1st edition)

* induce passion from *Book of Passion*
* greater planar lover from *Book of Passion*
* lesser planar lover from *Book of Passion*
* planar lover from *Book of Passion*
* tiny hearts from *Book of Passion*