The Departure
Eira Vey began as a priestess in training at the Geban capital's Rite House during an era when the institution held enormous religious and political authority. Leaving before ordination was not a quiet departure. It meant abandoning one of the most powerful institutions on the planet, forfeiting status, protection, and the certainty of a prescribed life. Any other priestess would have been refused exit or forced to flee as exile. But Prince Ashan'Raeth Vareth, who had known her since youth, supported her decision, and the Rite House allowed her to go without resistance.
The Record
She had no training for violence and no instinct for it. When danger came close she froze. What she could do better than anyone was listen and record. She documented signs of Velcrith and Seraveth mergings in forgotten provinces with precise, unfiltered clarity while on expedition with Prince Raeth, providing records that expanded imperial understanding of Vessel phenomena beyond anything the Rite House's framework could accommodate. Her testimony connected signs of Vesselhood from Thazvaar's deep interior to the remote regions of Kela, tracing patterns that tied back to He Who Allows. She spoke little and wrote often.
The Legacy
Her treatise, The Parent Preceded The Children, traces the origins of Geba as a world shaped by the Velcrith under the principle of allowance, with the Seraveth as the counterpart that remained within the Infinite. It became Veyan Thought, the most widely accepted understanding of He Who Allows on the planet, and it spread globally without institutional promotion because the source material was stronger than anything else available. A priestess who froze under fire produced the single most influential religious document in the planet's history. Her work endures as the definitive record of the expedition and its revelations, a written legacy that transcended the boundaries of empire and faith.