Legends of Belariath

Vetenia

Vetenia was always destined to be a cleric she knew it from birth with the mark of the goddess cyentia the high elven Goddess of healing. she entered the service of the Goddess at the tender age of 12 starting her novitiate she learned quickly becaoming a proficent in the non magical healing side. as she matured and grew up she foundthat she was blessed and that her maic came to her easily . at the age of 18 she was as well learned as the main pristess but yet was only an apprentice.

her powers grew as she got older finally taking over for the high priestess at 25 a Mistress of the cleric arts and the healing sphere. she ran her temple like a well oiled maching teaching and healing any who came in no matter what thier bent was good nuetral or evil. her temple was known for many leagues around as a place of saftey and of refuge.

Vetenia had taken of late to wander the woods and fields helping those who needed it. it was on one of these wanderings that she was accosted and raped by a dark paladin. an evil human he took great joy in tormenting torturing and using her for his preverted fun before he finally left her for dead. She however was not ready to die and was able to finally drag her self back to the temple.

a few weeks later after having recovered from her ordeal a human was brought in near to death and needing the kind of healing only vetenia could do. as she approached him to her horror she saw it was him the dark paladin. a strange sense of calm fell over her as she looked him over with out thinking anymore she laid her hands on him and began to heal him she suddenly realized that Cytenia was not helping her that she was healing him with herself. rather then stopping and pulling away she continued pouring her own life into the one who had taken pleasure in her pain. as she sank down and he healed she never stopped even when the last of her life force was given to him. even as her heart stopped beating and she died and he awoke alive and fully healed.

as he stood and looked down his eyes wide and not believeing what he was seeing a brilliant light envolped the temple room and suddenly before all stood Cytenia. with a soft smile and a sorowful look she suddenly disappeared with vetenia and the male . no one knows what was said or what was done but a few days later vetenia and the human Elvendar walked out of the inner sanctum together both changed. they stayed only a day consecrating the new high priestess then left saying they had a mission and were leaving.

many days passed as the two traveled until they finally entered a town many days from where they started. as they walked down the road into tall they passed the tall ivory tower only 5 miles from the town its self . finally they both stopped looking at a run down manor house that was under renovations being made over into a wonderful place. as she looked at it she casually waved her head as if blessing the placce then turned and with elvendar walking on to a large multi story building its lights and racous noise showing that its an inn

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