Veymar, The Pale Shepherd
Veymar is the God of death in Aigusyl, a divine figure both revered and feared across all mortal cultures. He does not rule the dead with cruelty nor seek to hasten their arrival. Instead, Veymar serves as the final guide—the one who watches, waits, and welcomes all who cross the threshold from life into what lies beyond. Neither cruel nor kind, he is inevitability given form: the stillness at the end of a storm, the hush in a mourner’s breath, the tolling bell that marks the end of a story.
Depicted as a tall, shrouded figure with a porcelain-white mask and robes that flow like mist, Veymar carries a lantern said to hold the first soul ever to die. He walks the boundaries between the worlds, bearing a staff carved from petrified bone and inlaid with obsidian. His presence stills all sound, and wherever he treads, spirits gather—calm, patient, and silent.
Veymar is not a god of vengeance or punishment. The souls of the wicked and the righteous alike pass into his care. Judgment is the province of other gods or the weight of one's own deeds. Veymar’s role is to ensure that no soul is left behind, no death forgotten, no Spirit trapped. Necromancers and spirit-talkers often invoke his name not to control the dead, but to honor them—asking Veymar’s blessing to speak with or soothe restless spirits.
Temples to Veymar are quiet, simple places—often found at the edge of graveyards or in mountain passes where many have perished. His priests are known as Palehands and dress in muted grays and whites. They serve as undertakers, morticians, psychopomps, and stewards of last rites. They believe in the sacredness of endings, and many train in both medicine and funeral craft, as every life they fail to save must be gently ushered into the next.
Veymar holds a unique place in the divine hierarchy. Even elder beings and Leviathans dare not defy the authority he represents. He is one of the few entities respected by all pantheons, for he is not death as destruction, but death as transition—necessary, final, and fair. Myths say he once stood beside Aetherial at the world’s making, tasked not with creation, but with the duty of balance, so that life would not grow rampant and unsustainable.
He is also said to be able to grant rare reprieves—a soul returned to life for a purpose unfinished—but always at a price. And when a god dies, it is Veymar who collects their essence, wrapping it in twilight and memory before placing it beyond mortal reach.
Veymar teaches that life is a story written in flesh and memory, and death is merely the turning of the page. He is not a god of sorrow, but of respect, legacy, and stillness. His symbol, a lantern within a circle of ash, is often placed on gravestones and whispered over the dying. And when the last breath leaves the lungs, it is said that Veymar is there, unseen but ever present, to carry the soul across the final veil.
Divine Domains
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