Role

Chapter 13

Lyeeth, an elf shapeshifter of great prowess, who was a Performer of the
Inn. Strangely enough, Viera has the strongest inclination towards adopting
Lyeeth as her senior mentor in magic and worldly knowledge. She tried to
befriend the elf, despite their differences in gold and red auras. She had
witnessed some impressive feats by Lyeeth, such as slaying Trothon's
powerful creatures, and hearing from him about his victories and opinions.
Viera is generally inclined to like Heralds since they are keepers of
knowledge and many of them are mages. And Lyeeth has also had some fairly
long conversations with our pretty giant. Viera knows this is due to charm
and not her considerable giantess beauty, because elves and giants belong
to somewhat different aesthetic niches and neither group instinctively
appreciates the other's form.

She sent Lyeeth a missive proposing the mentorship arrangement. Lyeeth
somewhat agreed with constraints that he would not aid her in anything evil,
such as providing magic or knowledge that can be used to kill the goodly.
Viera is pleased at acquiring a mentor, and has proposed to transform her
duties as student to one with limits as well. She will not kill or refrain
from killing on Lyeeth's behalf.

Lyeeth is known as the Brightest Star. Viera normally does not like or
adopt the use of metaphor in language, but in this particular case she paid
careful attention to study the meanings of Bright and Star. She understands
that these words have multiple meanings. Bright has meanings of luminous,
but also intelligent. And Star is a celestial body, but also a prominent
luminary. Viera likes both of these words. So she thought long and hard,
how could she also have a name like Lyeeth's title? She thought of a name,
which she consulted with Lyeeth.

Thus Viera decided upon the name Brightspell. Bright, with those same dual
meanings she noted before, and spell, means both the correct writing of
letters in a word, as well as a magical incantation. Viera has trained
very hard, both in spellcraft and in writing. She has, unlike many
adventurers, actually learned to write physical scrolls and letters. This
skill she has used in her interaction with Aeliel, producing a physical
letter with the words spoken by Aeliel. Viera is particularly proud of this
feat she has accomplished.