Vaeri

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**- *Fernando Barboza*, *Denizens of a Desolate Vel.***

The **Vaeri**are a humanoid race from Vel and currently reside in Vaerland. Members of the Vaeri race are generally thought to be cunning and resourceful. They have proven to be skilled inventors, artificers, arcitects and trapmakers.

## Statistics

* ***Ability Scores**+*2 Intellegence, -2 Constitution; The Vaeri are mechanically minded and logical but they are not as hardy as the other races.
* ***Age***Vaeri can live to be roughly 130 years old.
* ***Speed***Your base speed is 30 feet.
* ***Size*** Medium
* ***Languages*** You can speak, read, and write Vaerish and Velli.
* **Aersplaining:** Whenever you aid another in a skill that uses Intelligence, your Intelligence is doubled.
* **Damning Exploit:** Once per day you may identify an opponent's weakness and resistances as a free action without a check.
	+ Additionally, your next attack is considered an exploit. If you attack with something that the enemy is usually resistant to, they lose their damage reduction to that attack. If you attack with something that damages them normally then it does double damage.
* **Nation of Artificers:**Despite not every Vaeri being an artificer or proficient in such skill, it is culturally familiar to all of them. They gain a +2 to craft (engineering) and +2 to use magic device.
	+ They also consider these skills class skills.
* **Structural Anomaly:**Vaeri are engineers at heart and merely by passing a secret or hidden door makes them question the architecture of a building. They are entitled to a search check as if they were actively looking for it and get a +2 to this check.
* **Vaeri Switch Combat:** You gain proficiency with the Vaeri Switch Hammer.
	+ You gain a +1 to all damage rolls made with this weapon.

## Vaerland

Vaerland is known as the highlands as it is the only region in Vel to have true mountains. While almost all of Vel expieriences four seasons, northernmost Vaerland always has a chance of snow and some areas have it yea rround. Many mountain springs are scattered throughout Vaerland that flow into the rest of the mainland. Eastern Vaerland has a few large lakes as well.

## Physiology

The Vaeri are the smallest of the Aer people. A truly tall Vaerish person is around 5'8" and they are much more slender than their Graete cousins. While their ears can be larger than the Aerdori's were the Vaeri ears are not nearly as long as the Graetes. Vaeri uniquely have an extra set of canine teeth (eight in total) suggesting that they were more carnivorious in nature in contrast to the other Aer people who relied more on vegetation of gathering. They often have lighter hair though many royal lines have had dark hair. They are pale and roey and are incredibly prone to being sunburnt.

## History

The Vaeri have always been instigators in the history of Vel and it wasn't until the current era that this reputation has begun to fade. While record-keeping began in -2300, oral stories and old artwork depicts the Vaeri as being the most malicious and agreesive of the Aer people. While the Aerdori relied on primal magic and the Graetes relied on brute force, the Vaeri preferred making archaic traps to trick their prey.

The Vaeri went to war with the Laer in -2200 which caused the Aeling War. Some state that the Vaeri knew that the Aerdori would eventually unleash the spellplague and cause the decline of the Laer, which would allow the VAeri to take their land but this is not confirmed. Whether or not this is true they did get the most land after the war and agreed to the Velerose agreement.

When humanity began populating Vel the Vaeri wanted to enslave them though this was declined by the other prominent races at the time. Years later when Kinshire would form the Vaeri would begin to harras them by taxing their land and causing problems if the Kin didn't submit to their "deals" and "trade oppurtunities." This led to the Kin eventually getting help from the Graetes and marching into Vaerland, which resulted in the Vaeri thinking it to not be worth the trouble.

King Gilosa of Vaerland perhaps caused the illest repute for the Vaeri people as the tyrant is blamed for causing a war that involved nearly everyone in Vel. Gilosa would pull the strings of other kingdoms hoping to eventually gain Kinshire as their own but at the conclusion of the war he and his royal family would be exiled from Vel. Vaerland was relatively quiet after this. The biggest change in Vaerland after the war was magic; realizing that they would always come up short to combat the magic of the Aerdori the Vaeri looked to an alternative path which led them to have the great artificers they have today.

Vaerland's highland environment saved them from many attacks of the army of vanquish and have since been on the defensive. A crack appeared in Vaerland similar to the one that erupted in Harfolk however it is considered dormant though it is constantly guarded.

## Culture

Everything is competitive in Vaerland. This especially affects education and the workplace. Students are always trying to achieve the top in the class and employees always want to be the best in the eyes of their employer. This doesn't necessarily make every Vaeri a competitive individual and actually this aspect of culture can do the opposite and make a Vaeri somewhat apathetic. Needless to say primary school students are on a higher level than the rest of Vel's children and many accelerated programs exist for those who are in the top percent.

All of this is thrown out the window at a Vaerish pub. The rival business selling the same products as another may be enemies during the day, but in a pub, they could be the best drinking buddies. Factors of everyone's day-to-day life don't have any bearing on someone's status in a pub. Even nobility can be treated like an everyman if they step in the right bar.

## Religion

After Gilosa's exile, the Vaeri moved on from the Saeriser and began believing an entity known as "The Architect." The Architect affected the Vaeri way of life immensely making them focused on creation, research, and inventing. The Architect's teaching claim that everything is connected and that everything has an exploit, or an "off" switch. Such teachings have made many Vaeri skeptical about many fo the divines or even arcana that isn't "artificial" like the arcane they learn as the artificer's academy.

## Military

The modern Vaeri army operates like a well-oiled machine. Every member has a purpose and job to do in warfare, and this is perhaps how they have managed to stay so safe in Vel. Most soldiers wear Brass colored armor and have a variety of weapon training and specializations to get them through combat. The Vaeri do not often rely on the traditional bow but instead utilize repeating crossbows.

Generals are typically also graduates of the artificer's academy and have intense infusions available to power up their strongest soldiers. With many trinkets and tools at their disposal they are ready for nearly any challenge that approaches them.