Billy Velhiri

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William "Billy" Velhiri was a well-known socialite and businessman approximately 400 years ago. He was also well known for being the father of Zephi Velhiri, a tiefling and socialite in her own right. Billy was a businessman in many different respects, starting several businesses, buying others, and at one point was a musician. He was quietly married to Zarron, though he never spoke of her publicly.

When Zephi went on a search for the Orb of Universal Casting with Jacob Willsworth, who swore to Billy that he wouldn't come up empty-handed, Billy gave him a Soul Vice to keep her safe. After her disappearance, Billy seemed to go mad with stress, and also disappeared from public life.

## Early Life

Billy Velhiri was born on Keller to two working-class human parents. He had an aptitude for arcane technology and was quickly accepted to the Prime Institute; however, he left the school early after "whizzing through" high-level evocation courses, in favor of starting his own business, Marvelous Magitech.

### Marvelous Magitech

We are not entirely sure at this point what Marvelous Magitech produced. This was Billy's first company and independent business venture and it was a massive success. Following this success, Billy left the company to pursue other ventures; notably, becoming a rockstar and fashion icon for some time. However, the company could not last long without his leadership-- BIlly decided to buy back Marvelous Magitech, regain leadership, and begin purchasing a number of other businesses and other assets, including the Starship Crismon.

It wasn't long before Billy's intuitive knack for business, his skill with the arcane, and his charm left him as one of the most influential people in the entire DSK, as well as in the Open Territories. We can presume up until this point he was a bachelor which *definitely* helped. During this period he began writing his autobiography, *The Dashing and Dastardly: An Autobiography by Billy Velhiri* seemingly aware that he was destined to be famous. He continued writing throughout his life.

### Fascination with the Haladesh

Billy had a deep interest in a portion of Haladesh space known as the 9 Rings. Privately, he confessed to friends such as Salfando Lentini's father that he had read about a woman who he'd become completely infatuated with, who he’d only read about. Dead set on marrying her, he formulated a plan to get to her.

Billy lobbied tirelessly until the DSK would vouch for a pass of diplomatic immunity to allow him to pass under heavy HaladeIshian guard to the 9 Rings. It should be noted that at this point in history, The Thousand Year War was likely in its 5th century, and in the coming century the Haladesh would have control over 2/3rds of Zamanian space; in short, this was likely a big risk for the DSK, and they would have had to trust Billy immensely in order to approve it. After an period of lobbying the length of which is unknown, Billy secured his passage. Salfando Lentini's father helped Billy secure the provisions he would need for the journey aboard the Starship Crimson, and he set off for the Haladesh.

## Post-Journey & Zephi's Birth

Not much, if anything, is known about Billy's time in the Haladesh. In his autobiography, this period was referred to simply with a glossy picture of Billy with a finger to his lips.

At some point, he finally met the woman we assume he was infatuated with, Zarron. The two married, and eventually Zephi Velhiri was born. Billy stayed there for a number of years, returning to the DSK only when Zephi was around 6 or 7. During his time with his new family, Billy made little or no contact with the DSK, and therefore it is difficult to gather information about this time.

Regardless, shortly after his return from the Haladesh, Billy's daughter Zephi Velhiri was introduced to society. Her mother's identity was never released to the public, and Billy and Zephi rarely if ever took friends to meet her. She was never spoken of in public.

Once she grew older, Zephi and Billy became a powerful team, and together the two brought the business and glamour world of most of Zamana to its knees. They were indescribably close and seemed to plan nearly everything together.

## The Search for The Orb

Billy was very much not in favor of Zephi going searching for The Orb of Universal Casting. It is unclear how or when he learned about it, but despite it's immense power, Billy was too wary of the dangers to seek it out.

> "I'm scared of what happens if you find it. I understand what kind of business that we're in, and I understand what kind of thing we've sold over the years, but there's a *limit*. Someone comes into contact with *this*, it might be the best sell of our entire career, but it also might be what ends our career, by sheer fact that *everything* ends. Zephi what your mother was talking about with the orb... there's a reason that people... there's a reason that demand extends beyond Zamana. There's a reason that the demand is really prevalent back at home. And Jacob... he means *well*, but he doesn't have the full picture." -Billy Velhiri to Zephi Velhiri, aboard the Starship Crimson.
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Zephi was determined to seek out the orb with the assistance of Jacob Willsworth, a young cartographer and wizard. Despite not trusting him completely, Billy could not stop the two from traveling together.In a private meeting, Billy gave Jacob a Soul Vice, instructing him to lock Zephi inside of it if she were to get into trouble she might not be able to otherwise escape from.

### Zephi's Disappearance

Not long after Zephi left for parts unknown, Billy seems to have gone mad with the stress of being without his daughter. The continuation of his autobiography became strained and, after submitting it to his publisher, left as mysteriously as Zephi had. Much like his daughter, after this he was never seen nor heard from again. He did not close out his accounts, such as with the Merchant's Guild on Nym. It is possible to surmise that Billy took the Starship Crimson, which went missing in 11472, to go and search for her. The Starship Crimson was last seen in the Open Territories, with no crew.

## Fears of Mr. Velhiri's Death...

Have been greatly exaggerated.

Billy Velhiri is not dead. During Nymian Rhapsody, Zephi Velhiri, still very much alive and very much searching for him, asked new friend of the party Schwippers to attempt to get in contact with Billy from beyond the grave. Schwippers ended up speaking to his God, Lem, the God of Law and Balance. After some negotiation, Lem looked through their papers, and told Schwippers that Billy Velhiri had never, in fact, died. Lem could give no further information, as they knew nothing else about him. It is possible that Billy's soul and spirit currently resides in a Soul Vice.

## Important note.

We don't know what kind of music he played or what type of fashion he was into but he's a Velhiri so i'm just gonna go out here on a limb and say this motherfucker had IMPECCABLE taste. Like holy god can you imagine???? that's my fictional DAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! christ on a cracker i wanna DRAW