The Greenheart

**Greenheart** is a title used to refer to the personally selected mortals that the Queen of Light believes have both the ambition and potential to allow the Domain to continue to serve as the beacon of her light to the rest of the world. The title of Greenheart is associated with a certain level of historical greatness and myth, as previous Greenhearts are renowned for their feats of heroism and administration of the Domain. Throughout the rest of the Valiant Sphere, the title Greenheart carries a fearsome reputation due to the accomplishments of previous Greenhearts in the major military conflicts that the nation was involved in.

Born from the Covenant made with the humans of the Irilline’s ancient past; the Proto-Viteshan people, Greenhearts serve as the natural defense mechanism of the Viteshan Domain. Consequently, the appearance of such an individual is almost intrinsically linked to times of great potential duress, stress, or threat to the Domain; with the existence of one almost guaranteed if the future of the Domain is ever threatened within a certain period of time. Due to the nature of Greenhearts and their importance to the nation, the title of Greenheart is greatly respected, and by none more so than the Delacroix and the Emissaries.

All Greenhearts start in an *unrealized* phase, the phase referred to as an Ember, a flickering spark of what they might in the future become. Universally, even as Embers, the Greenheart is driven by the passion and the tenacity observed in the First King in the ancient days. The Emissaries of the Domain are said to be capable of noticing a Greenheart by simply looking at them, having been trained in spotting Embers and guiding them towards their eventual destiny.

Due to this passion, at some point in their lives each and every Greenheart has been responsible for inciting and being directly involved in the dawn of a new Golden Age of the Viteshan Domain. With far-reaching powers both supernatural and political, the Greenheart is the only individual capable of setting alight the fires of the Gloaming Pyre at the feet of the Sanctuary by invoking a sister of Tiandra in the archfey known as the Witch of Fate, allowing them to set a challenge that cannot be refused for any monarch of the Domain in combat by custom for the throne should it be the will of both Tiandra and her sister.

### Documented Boons

* **The Verdant:** As outlined in the Covenant made by the First King with the Queen of Light, every **Greenheart** is given various Boons from the Court of Stars. Perhaps most notably, while most humans are bound to the abilities they possess as a result of an awakening, Greenhearts from the time of manifesting their nature generate a constant stream of Anima incapable of being drawn away from them, permanently affixed to them by title. Greenhearts by nature have the right, and the potential to wield Anima on a level surpassing that of any Wyldfae; a force theoretically capable of limitless potential to influence and bend the world around the wielder. Every Greenheart is bequeathed a portion of the Dominion of the Queen of Light to be wielded as if their own, as the shining example of the Queen of Light's blinding light.
* **Augments:** Each Greenheart is augmented with the potential to claim Heritage from one of the various Fey creatures established as kin to an Archfey within Avalon's borders. This allows a Greenheart to manifest the biological characteristics and physical abilities of a race of Fey randomly assigned to them at their manifestation. Typically speaking, the Heritage a Greenheart claims is a representation of an Archfey that takes a particular interest in the individual; for example taking on the qualities of a nymph is often associated with having a good relationship with Verenestra.
* **Sylvan Reading:** The Fey at the High House of Stars consider it important that anyone in direct rapport with a Fey be capable of reading, speaking and understanding Sylvan, and have lobbied extremely hard for this Boon to be on the list as they appear to refuse to interact with others who speak common. This particular Boon has not helped their reputation within the Court of Stars as pretentious, even among the Fey where pretentiousness is a very common personality trait.