Veshling

*"Many of the gods of Veshen are Veshlings, while many of us simply live amongst you." - Aryonia on Veshling in Veshen*

## Veshlings

Aryonia, a powerful and manipulative Veshling

### Members

AryoniaVolronya

Promise

Unknown others, some revealed in the "Secrets" section

## Other Information

### Description

Veshlings are amongst the oldest and most rare races in Litharos, mostly existing isolated in Veshen and rarely in Verax. When in their natural form Veshlings appear as gem encrusted humaniods, around the same size as humans or elves. Their hair tends to be silver, black, but can be other colors at a greater rarity. They tend to be slender and tall, not showing much defined muscle. Veshlings do not age, only showing signs of passing time through the rare scar unable to heal, exposing the gem-like structure underneath their skin.

### Personality

Veshlings vary dramatically in their personalities, but often share a high level of enjoyment for social activities with mortal races, sometimes even finding individuals that they enjoy observing for an extended period of time. Veshlings will use their shapeshifting abilities to stay close to those they find interesting, getting close to their targeted mortal for as long as they keep their attention and for as long as they can without becoming too suspicious. Some Veshlings enjoy watching generations of a single mortal family, while others grow bored after a few days.

Due to their secretive nature, and hesitance to reveal themselves as Veshlings, they rarely have close relationships, rarely being truly vulnerable, only feigning the emotions required to maintain a persona for the duration they choose to maintain one. A Veshling once discovered may attempt to be seen as overly serious, hoping to intimidate a mortal so that they leave them alone. For many, the act of maintaining a persona is a grand game, only ruined by being outed as a shapeshifter.

Veshings enjoy spending their immortal lives honing various different skills, even if they rarely have the chance to show them off. Some more flashy Veshlings might take up eccentric personas just to show up to the shorter lived races of Veshen. This often has been in the shape of bards with impossibly complex songs and agonizingly long memorized sonnets lasting days, or extremely powerful magic users, able to embarrass the most respected mages of the continent.

Some Veshlings become engrossed in the patterns of mortal life and take on simple personas, happy to live out a persona, simulating aging, until they can fake passing on and claim a new persona for another lifetime.

### Abilities

Veshlings have a variety of abilities that make them a unique race in Litharos. They tend to be master manipulators, crafting elaborate stories and situations to serve whatever they currently desire. Veshlings cannot see in the dark naturally, but can simply use their shapeshifting abilities to obtain eyes capable of seeing in the dark. Most Veshlings will assume eyes capable of darkvision when the need arises. Because they have eternity to practice any skill they want, they often have a variety of mastered skills, on par with the best mortal masters.

Most Veshlings have some skill with a longsword, with many having a personal blade.

### Lifespan

Veshlings are immortal, unable to age in any real way, only simulating aging through their shapeshifting abilities. Due to the fact that Veshlings are unable to produce offspring with each other, they do not experience a growing stage, having been created in their fully adult forms. Some Veshlings that do not meet an end through means outside of the impossibilty of aging, simply find a remote place to sleep, staying that way indefinitely unless interrupted.

## History

*Only read the expanded section if you are okey with potential spoilers. **This is your warning!'''***

Veshlings were created by the First Pantheon God, Dral, sometime before the start of the Hero's Age. Originally the Veshlings served as caretakers for Dral's Domain, never leaving, and helping worshippers make their pilgrimages to the sacred place.

During the First Pantheon War, Dral was banished from his domain, but not before he ordered the Veshlings to leave the domain. The Veshlings wanted to fight for Dral, but he refused to allow them to, instead employing his celestial servants, wanting to spare his creations from the bloody war. Toward the end of the war, the First Pantheon was failing, and many gods fell. Dral determined that mortals would need help rebuilding after the fallout from the war, so he gifted the Veshlings the ability to reach apotheosis, which caused his enemies to curse the Veshings to forget their creator, as to dissuade the Veshlings from supporting their creator.