Vek Bloodline

### Who Are They?

A bloodline is an extended family. The Vek Bloodline, in particular, is approximately 1500 players strong.

Player Society defines geography different that regular mundane society. The Vek Bloodline holds numerous estates on the Cinavetti Board (e.g. spans the Scandinavian countries). The estates are heavily located in Norway with the flagship estate located at Slagenspole. (The estate is approximately three hours from Oslo.)

While there are naturally a range of personalities and alignments among individual members, the culture of the bloodline tends to encourage/reward certain behaviors and have negative consequences for others. (It is the nature versus nurture.)

Common characteristics/norms that are encouraged and seen out of the Vek Bloodline:

* Alignment: True Neutral
* Very strong sense of duty and honor
* Ambitious
* Believe in the usage of illegal magic - Magic is inherently neither good or bad, it is up to the caster to use it wisely
* Highly protective over those they have given their protection to
* Believe in following through on one's commitments no matter what
* Ruthless - Ends justify the means especially when it comes to one's duty and commitments

They are the sixth most powerful bloodline on the Cinavetti Board.

### The War With the Westgaard Bloodline

The Vek Bloodline are the sworn enemies of the Westgaard bloodline owing to their ancient betrayal and near-eradication of the **Veks**. They have also vowed to get justice for the betrayal of their former allies, Cinavetti and Kneppt Bloodlines.

Please press "Expand" located directly to learn more about betrayals that started the feud.

Seeing other clans in trouble, the Vek Bloodline extended their aid and help them get through hard times. This was the forming of a close alliance between the Cinavetti, Kneppt, **Vek** Bloodlines,
With the help of their allies, the Cinavetti and Kneppt Bloodlines, the **Vek** Bloodline continued to expand and conquered most of what is present day Europe. Warlady Gendra De Na then organized and presided over the first governing council that consisted of the 12 largest clans aka bloodlines. Under the just leadership of Warlady Gendra De Na, peace, justic and stability was brought to a wildly chaotic land. Most welcomed their rule and benefits that it brought. The land soon began to prosper.
For several hundreds of years, under the leadership of the **Vek Bloodline**, the governing council sought to protect this world from invasion from other realms. Unknown to the **Vek Bloodline**, greed for power and jealousy had taken root in two of their oldest and now largest allies, the Cinavetti and Kneppts. Seeing the power that the **Veks** had, the Cinavettis in particular desired it and bided their time. Their opportunity soon came.
Raids from various realms were frequent. Although most were able to be successfully guarded against, a few would manage to slip past the defenses in the disputed territories. A remote village was destroyed during the course of one of these raids. When the **Vek Bloodline** arrived too late, they immediately moved to help with the recovery. That is when they discovered one of the surviving children had been left orphaned by the conflict. The ruling Vek family of the **Vek Bloodline** opted to adopt the boy and raise him as one of their own. The boy’s name was Ocavior Westgaard Vek.
Although he was treated well and just like the other children in his adopted Vek family, Ocavior Westgaard Vek never forgave the **Vek Bloodline** for not protecting and saving his village from Niflhiem. In his heart, he yearned for revenge.
Once grown, Ocavior Westgaard Vek saw an opportunity to achieve power and revenge at the same time. In exchange for their aid in obtaining recognition of a Westgaard Bloodline, Ocavior Westgaard Vek sold out the **Vek Bloodline** to the Cinavetti and Kneppt Bloodlines, Ocavior then orchestrated the brutal torture and killing of the entire **Vek Bloodline** (500 men, women, and children). When the **Vek Bloodline** called out to their long term aid, silence met their pleas. Betrayed from within and by their closest allies, the **Vek Bloodline** had been successfully dethroned.
Soon afterwards, Octavior and his allies discovered that a 10 year old Vek girl, Katari **Vek**, managed to escape the carnage. Although severely injured and traumatized from what she had witnessed, she managed to smuggle away the bloodline’s remaining heirloom in defiance. Heirlooms are a symbol of leadership that the bloodline rallies around, and victory can only be claimed when all the heirlooms are destroyed. The three betrayers were denied the opportunity to claim ultimate victory.
With Octavior Westgaard leading the manhunt for this agnes, Katari **Vek** went into hiding and vowed that one day justice would be served, and balance would be restored to the land. Since then the Westgaards, Kneppts and Cinavettis have continued to harry the **Veks** and have tried to annihilate them countless of times over the eons but the **Veks** have prevailed.

### **Agenda**

The **Vek Bloodline** feels honored bound to stand against the crimes caused by the Westgaard Bloodline. They have not forgotten that Octavior Westgaard had once been claimed as a **Vek**, and that he was their responsibility. They also seek justice for the countless innocent lives that have been loss because they refused to allow themselves be annihilated. Finally, they seek to regain their former birthright

The interest in supporting Trefoil Academy of Magery and Sorcery spans from a status partnership between the Lord Claudius Vek and Asher Niesh. Status partners support each other in a mutual agenda. It was further cemented when the status partnership grew to include the Sloan heiress, Lady Caitlyn Sloan-Davis aka Paws.

### Known Veks

* Lady Katarina Vek
* Lord Claudius Vek
* Bruce Vek
* Seran Vek
* Asher "Ash" Niesh
* Moony
* Snowy

Lady Katarina Vek and her eldest son do not get along.  Even since Lady Katarina Vek was an heiress, she was jealous at the amount of attention that her father, Lord Roald Vek, gave to her eldest son. She held a grudge ever since then. Now, she is concerned about losing her throne to him. This has resulted in a significant amount courtly intrigue and political infighting between Lady Katarina Vek and her son, Lord Claudius Vek.

#### Family Branches

A bloodline is an overarching extended family tree. There are scores of extended families that made a bloodline. The larger of these extended families form the branches of the tree. This is why player introductions begin with [First Name] [Last Name] of the [Bloodline], Tier # Rank # of Board Name.

While individuals may choose to pursue a different occupation, the major branches tend to lean towards certain occupations overall. Within the Vek Bloodline, there are 16 major branches.

The branches and their affinity occupations are

### **Alliances**

Trefoil Academy is allied with the Vek bloodline, and there are multiple Vek members in the bloodline. While there are additional alliances that exists, Trefoil Academy of Magery and Sorcery is aware of the following.

###### Abbott Bloodline

The Abbott Bloodline is Tier 1 Rank 6 of the Engout Board. The alliance between the Abbott Bloodline and the Vek Bloodline is less than a century old. When Lord Roald Vek lead a campaign to invade the Engout Board before he was assassinated, Lady Abot was one of his strongest supporters.

###### Bekkarn Bloodline

The Bekkarn Bloodline is Tier 1 Rank 12 of the Cinavetti Board. It was over the past 500 years that the Veks and the Bekkarns have become fairly close allies. The Bekkarn Bloodline is highly ambitious and has rapidly climbed its way through the second tier.

###### **Blood Heralds**

The Blood Heralds were initially created by the Vek Bloodlines.

###### Hayles Bloodline

The Hayles Bloodline is Tier 1 Rank 3 of the Engout Board. For the past century and a half, there has been a formal alliance between the Hayles and the Veks. They both share the same agenda regarding the Codex pages that are scattered through the Shadow Realm and other realms. This has resulted in a strong working relationship and the two ruling families grew up spending months at the others’ estate.

###### Raero Bloodline

The Raero Bloodline is Tier 1 Rank 8 of the Cinavetti Board. This bloodline is a duodecim tribus, one of the original twelve bloodlines of a board. The Raero are a historical ally of the Veks. The founder of the tribe that became the Raero Bloodline served under Warlady Gendra de Na, founder of the Vek Bloodline, in a military campaign that resulted in the founding of the Vek board. While Raero Bloodline has been a historical ally of the Veks, there are times their agenda were not aligned. The alliances have been broken and renewed over three dozen times throughout history.

###### Tepes Bloodline

The Tepes Bloodline is Tier 1 Rank 4 of the Cinavetti Board. This bloodline is a duodecim tribus, one of the original twelve bloodlines of a board. The Tepes are a historical ally of the Veks. The founder of the tribe that became the Tepes Bloodline served under Warlady Gendra de Na, founder of the Vek Bloodline, in a military campaign that resulted in the founding of the Vek board. When the Great Divide (aka the breaking up of the Vek Board) happened, the Tepes had thought the Veks had been destroyed which is why aid was not rendered. It wasn’t until centuries later when the Veks re-emerged from the shadows did the Tepes discover that they were wrong.

###### Torgeirrsen Bloodline

The Torgeirrsen Bloodline is Tier 1 Rank 11 of the Cinavetti Board. This bloodline is a duodecim tribus, one of the original twelve bloodlines of a board. The Tepes are a historical ally of the Veks. The founder of the tribe that became the Torgeirrsen Bloodline served under Warlady Gendra de Na, founder of the Vek Bloodline, in a military campaign that resulted in the founding of the Vek board. The Torgeirrsen Bloodline and the Vek Bloodline may snipe at each other in public; however, the two bloodlines are actually close allies. They employ tenets 6, 9, and 10 as a way of flushing out possible enemies.

###### Sloan Bloodline

The Vek bloodline and the Sloan Bloodline have a long and complicated past. The founder of the Gaelic tribe that later became the Sloan Bloodline was Lady Gendra De Na’s mate. Their daughter is actually revered as one of the sacred ancestors by the Sloan Bloodline. When the Veks emerged from the shadows centuries later after nearly being destroyed, the Sloan Bloodline was one of the bloodlines that immediately verified their identity. Despite this, the Sloans and the Veks have also been at odds with each other over the past century. When Lord Roald Vek sought to try to establish a foot hold on the Engout Board, his targets included allies of the Sloans, so the Sloans were one of the bloodlines that helped repel his forces back. However, currently, the heiress of the Sloan Bloodline and the heir of the Vek Bloodline are status partners. A few of the veterans who were around for when Lord Roald Vek was alive had initially a bit of an adjustment to the change but have come around since then.