God of Wisdom

The God of Wisdom is a metaphysical entity empowered by the base mortal desires to learn about and harness the world around them. While this entity has taken on multiple facades, it will always gravitate toward actions or events that encourage mortals to seek new knowledge and broaden their horizons. The God of Wisdom is typically symbolized by the Open Book.

### Versa the Scholar (Unknown - 864 AD):

After the discovery of the **Green Crystals** and the subsequent Golden Age of Science and Magic, Versa, along with the rest of the Pantheon, was rendered incapable of interfering with the mortal plane. It would take the joint creation of the **Red Crystal** before the Gods could again mettle in mortal affairs. However, in the resulting schism, Versa abstained from choosing a side, stating that not enough was known about the crystals or their formation to make an informed decision.

During The War of the Gods, Versa sought out weak points in the Astral Plane - places where the barriers between the Astral and Mortal planes had been weakened - to search for signs of the crystals' true source. From the Mortal Plane, these weak points were typically located within ancient ruins or untamed wilds, seeped in ancient and forgotten magics.

While probing a weakness associated with a ruined dwarven temple in the Shattered Desert, Versa would make a subliminal connection with Knight-Commander Liana, herself on an expedition of the ruins with her Templar companions. After uncovering an ancient amulet bearing the symbol of the Open Book, Liana and Versa became unknowingly intertwined.

Through the ancient relic bearing her symbol, Versa was able to make a strong connection with Liana's mind. Seeing that Liana had created and commanded an order pledged to seeking out and protecting lost knowledge, Versa became emotionally invested in Liana's mission. Following Liana's journey from the Astral Plane, Versa's passion would subliminally fuel Liana's resolve, blending their will, and, unwittingly to both, shape Liana into a vessel for The Scholar.

Unaware of their shared connection, Versa's search for the truth would lead Liana to became more and more obsessed with discovering all that she could about ancient magics. With neither ever making a conscious decision to become connected, Versa could not directly control Liana, but her vast knowledge strongly enhanced Liana's intuition and latent abilities, including the sacrificial magics used to rescue Argus, Chucko, and Hitoshi from their first confrontation with Rhule the Just.

Eventually, with the threat of Rhule's monstrous army looming on the horizon, Liana and Hitoshi would pray to Aria for guidance on how to defeat him. With Aria's guidance, Versa, through Liana, would come to the realization that Liana's adopted father, Professor Gidget, was actually the mortal form of Ios - the forgotten God of Chaos and the creator of the Green Cyrstals. Ios would prove pivotal, as he provided knowledge that would allow Liana and the others to enter the Divine Plane to combat Rhule directly.

Realizing their true connection, Versa ceded her position in the Pantheon to Liana, her quest to find the true source of the Green Crystals fulfilled.

### Aria the Seeker (864 AD - Present):

Upon entering the Divine Plane, Liana replaced Versa as the God of Wisdom and assumed the title of "Seeker". Since Rhule's defeat, she has continued to spur innovation and wonder in mankind. In quieter moments, she pines for her love and the life she left behind.