Vespera “Vess” Serayne

Vess was raised in Karsov Keep and served on the wall-watch, lighting gate-lanterns, checking travelers at curfew, and keeping watch when the fog rolled in from the coast. Most people do not know what she truly is…  only that she is striking: silver-white hair, warm golden eyes, and a quiet presence that seems strongest in dim light.

After a wounded caravan reached Karsov, claiming others were still trapped beyond the lanternlight, Vess joined a few Hounds to help. They saved two survivors, but she was badly injured causing her to loose her unborn child and her fiancé was killed by Orc's in the attack. She was going to give up the watch and start a family but, Now rededicated herself and carries a spear, shield, traveling armor, and a small silver censer in the shape of a lantern into the wilds as a young Lantern Warden of Illus with an oath to bring Illus light to Mormantia.

She often repeats the saying of Illus: “Restraint of impulse is freedom of the soul.”

• Goal: 
  • Become a true Lantern Warden and make the roads beyond Karsov safer.
  • Simple Goal: Restore or relight one lost shrine of Illus beyond Karsov’s walls.
• Personality: 
  • Warm, steady, quietly humorous, protective, not bubbly.
• Connection:
  •  Former Karsov wall-watch guard; now attached to The Hounds
  • River Market Trader: A caravan scout who brings rumors from the roads. 
• Fear: Leaving someone alone in the dark.
• Vess loves Karsov at dusk.
  • The bells, lanterns, chimney smoke, tired guards changing watch, families closing shutters, prayers rising from the chapel. To her, that is what civilization really is: people choosing to protect each other in a broken world.
  • She also loves small comforts: hot tea, dry socks, quiet campfires, and people

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