Sister of Sylandri
Vaelus belongs to the Sisters of Sylandri, followers of the fallen goddess of life, the Green Mother and Shaper of the Elves.
Overview
Introduction
Vaelus is an exceptionally tall elven woman dressed in deep obsidian leather armour and robes with pale lacing at the throat. A chainmail mourning veil partly conceals arcane scars and burns across her face. A long chain is wrapped around her waist and ends in a smoking censer. She travels for weeks from the Mournvale to recover the Stone of Nightsong, which she claims Thjazi stole from her.
Revealed history
Known History
Witness to the Last God’s Death
Seventy years before Thjazi’s Farramh, Vaelus witnessed the death of the last god of Aramán.
Claimant to the Stone of Nightsong
Vaelus says that Thjazi stole the Stone of Nightsong from her and travelled with a fairy companion who was present when it was taken.
Story progression
Character Journey
Major events shaping Vaelus.
The Awakening of Thaisha’s Silver Box
When Thimble’s name was spoken downstairs, Thaisha’s silver box flew open and shattered black clay began assembling into a mask resembling Bolaire’s.
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- Thaisha had travelled with the silver box and nearly forgotten it during the Farramh.
- She believed retrieving the box was the final task Thjazi asked her to perform.
- Thaisha and Halandil retrieved it in Halandil’s study.
- The box opened at the exact moment Thimble’s name was spoken downstairs.
- Shattered ceramic, black clay and black velvet moved without visible contact.
- The material assembled into the shape of a mask.
- The forming mask resembled Bolaire’s living clay mask.
- The contents, purpose and connection to Thimble remain unknown.
The Death of Sylandri
Vaelus witnessed Sylandri, the last god of Aramán, die approximately seventy years before Thjazi Fang’s funeral.
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- Sylandri is identified as the fallen Goddess of Life, the Green Mother and the Shaper of the Elves.
- Vaelus witnessed the last god of Aramán die approximately seventy years before Episode 1.
- For Vaelus, an elf who has lived for centuries, those seventy years feel like a blink of an eye.
- The identity of the last god is contextually established as Sylandri.
- The manner, location and cause of Sylandri’s death remain unknown.
The Farramh of Thjazi Fang
Thjazi’s family and community gathered at the Fang home for an orcish Farramh beginning on the day of his death.
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- A Farramh begins on the day of death or as soon afterwards as possible.
- The deceased is placed for viewing so family and community can gather.
- Shadia prepared the Fang home before the body arrived.
- Azune carried Thjazi inside and placed him for viewing.
- The body was covered with a white Candescent funerary sheet before the family arranged their own rites and offerings.
- Loza performed an Old Path farewell beside the body.
- Guests brought food, flowers, liquor, coins, jewellery and personal treasures.
- The gathering included family, veterans, arcanists, occultists, nobles and criminal associates.
- Thjazi’s scimitar was returned to Halandil during the ceremony.
- Representatives of House Halovar and the Candescent Creed entered despite hostility from the household and neighbourhood.
- Aranessa mourned her estranged husband and confronted House Halovar’s claims.
- Vaelus arrived seeking the Stone of Nightsong and was persuaded to respect the grieving family.
- The ceremony remained underway when Episode 1 ended.
The Taking of the Stone of Nightsong
Thjazi and Thimble took the Stone of Nightsong during their last major adventure; Thimble calls it a recovery, while Vaelus calls it theft.
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- Thimble travelled with Thjazi during the event.
- The journey took them to the Mournvale.
- Thimble was present when the Stone was taken.
- Thimble describes the Stone as something she and Thjazi recovered on their last adventure.
- Vaelus describes Thjazi as a thief who stole the Stone from her.
- The event occurred a few months before Thjazi’s execution.
- The Stone was later stored in a glass case inside Thimble’s hideout.
- The transcript does not establish whether Thjazi knew the Stone’s full funerary purpose.
Personal connections
Relationships
Bonds, loyalties and conflicts as they develop across the campaign.
Sister of Sylandri
ReligiousYour role: Devotee Witness And SisterActive Devotion To Deceased Deity
Vaelus continues to serve and mourn Sylandri through the Sisters of Sylandri after the goddess’s reported death.
Latest development · Episode 1Vaelus Names Her Goddess
View full relationship evidence →Vaelus identifies Sylandri as the fallen goddess of life, Green Mother and Shaper of the Elves.
Sister of Sylandri
FamilyYour role: Member And SisterActive
Vaelus belongs to the religious order known as the Sisters of Sylandri.
Latest development · Episode 1Vaelus Arrives from the Mournvale
View full relationship evidence →Vaelus reaches the Fang home after weeks of travel in pursuit of the Stone of Nightsong.
An Unexplained Acquaintance
PersonalYour role: Unexplained AcquaintanceHistory Unknown
Bolaire and Vaelus already know one another, and Bolaire apparently helped Vaelus enter Dol-Makjar.
Latest development · Episode 1Vaelus Recognises Bolaire
View full relationship evidence →Vaelus recognises Bolaire at the Farramh and later reminds them that they allowed her into the city.
The Claimed Theft of the Stone
AdversarialYour role: Relic Claimant And AccuserUnresolved After Death
Vaelus claims that Thjazi stole the Stone of Nightsong from her.
Latest development · Episode 1Vaelus Accuses Thjazi
View full relationship evidence →Vaelus arrives at Thjazi’s Farramh and demands the return of the relic she says he stole.
Unanswered questions
Mysteries
Open and resolved questions connected to Vaelus.
Who Took the Stone of Nightsong—and Why?
Who stole the Stone from Thimble’s hideout, where is it now and why was this funerary relic targeted?
The Stone was removed from the hideout during the attack. Its purpose is now known, but its current holder and the motive for taking it are not.
Latest developmentThe Stone Replaced an Immortal Nightingale
The Stone was created after Sylandri’s original nightingale guardian was destroyed during the Shapers’ War.
How Did Sylandri Die?
Who or what killed Sylandri, where did it happen and what followed the death of Aramán’s final god?
Vaelus witnessed the death of Sylandri, described as the final god of Aramán, seventy years before Episode 1.
Latest developmentVaelus Witnessed the Last God Die
Vaelus remembers watching the final god of Aramán die seventy years earlier, but the place, cause and killer are not revealed.
Transcript-backed claims
26Evidence Ledger
Transcript-backed statements concerning Vaelus, with testimony and uncertain claims kept distinct from direct depiction.
19 Confirmed6 Reported1 Disputed
The temperature falls about fifteen degrees, the clouds vanish, silver light changes the Rookery and the magpies fall silent.
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Vaelus, Sister of Sylandri · Night Falls across the Rookery
A solitary figure approaches through darkened streets as something ancient appears to move across Dol-Makjar.
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Vaelus, Sister of Sylandri · Something Ancient Moves upon the City
Vaelus is introduced as an exceptionally tall elven woman in obsidian armour and robes, wearing a chainmail mourning veil over arcane scars and burns.
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Vaelus, Sister of Sylandri · Vaelus
A very long chain is wrapped around Vaelus’s waist and ends in a smoking censer.
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Vaelus, Sister of Sylandri · The Chain and Censer
Vaelus arrives wearing an ecclesiastical veil of mourning, but the veil is not being worn for Thjazi.
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Vaelus, Sister of Sylandri · Her Mourning Is Not for Thjazi
Vaelus identifies herself as one of the Sisters of Sylandri and names Sylandri as the fallen goddess of life, the Green Mother and Shaper of the Elves.
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Vaelus, Sister of Sylandri · A Sister of Sylandri
Vaelus asks to speak with the executor responsible for Thjazi’s possessions, and Halandil identifies himself as the person she must address.
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Vaelus, Sister of Sylandri · Vaelus Seeks Thjazi’s Executor
Vaelus calls Thjazi a thief and says that he stole something belonging to her.
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Vaelus calls the taking theft; Thimble describes it as recovery.Contested By Alternative AccountVaelus initially describes the stolen object only as a simple stone and declares that she can wait until Halandil searches Thjazi’s belongings.
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Aranessa recognises that Vaelus has come from the Mournvale, and Vaelus confirms that she travelled for weeks.
Vaelus tells Aranessa that the man on the table had become very different from the husband she remembered.
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Vaelus, Sister of Sylandri · The Man Here Was Different
Vaelus identifies the stolen object as the Stone of Nightsong, and Bolaire immediately recognises the name.
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Vaelus, Sister of Sylandri · The Stone of Nightsong
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Vaelus recognises Bolaire as someone she already knows, although the history of their acquaintance remains unexplained.
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Vaelus, Sister of Sylandri · Vaelus Knows Bolaire
Vaelus remembers watching the final god of Aramán die seventy years earlier.
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Vaelus reports witnessing the death; the identification of the last god as Sylandri is supplied by surrounding context.Vaelus notices that a female fairy companion who travelled with Thjazi and was present when the Stone was taken is absent from the Farramh.
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Vaelus notices the cold-iron nail and realises that the Fang home is familiar with fairies and protections used against them.
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Vaelus, Sister of Sylandri · A House Familiar with Fairies
Murray says that some mourners may be able to help Vaelus but asks her to lower the hostility in front of the grieving family.
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Vaelus, Sister of Sylandri · Murray Calms the Confrontation
Vaelus apologises and says that during her long years in the mortal world she has forgotten what grieving is like.
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Bolaire demands to know why Vaelus is damaging her chances of recovering the Stone. Vaelus responds that Bolaire allowed her into Dol-Makjar.
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Shadia asks Halandil whether the family is safe with Vaelus inside their home.
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The Stone and the Silver Box · Are We Safe Here?
Bolaire recalls that the Stone was created so elves killed through accident or injury could reach Sylandri’s Garden of the Spirit without suffering during the journey.
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The Stone and the Silver Box · The Purpose of the Stone of Nightsong
The Stone allowed elven spirits to be ferried swiftly through the Tenebral Reaches by a spirit of song and night without touching its hardship or pain.
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The Stone and the Silver Box · Safe Passage through the Tenebral Reaches
The Stone was created after Sylandri’s original guardian spirit, an immortal nightingale, was destroyed during the Shapers’ War.
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The Stone and the Silver Box · The Immortal Nightingale
Bolaire asks what it would take for Vaelus to leave the grieving family alone and argues that the Fangs do not knowingly possess the Stone.
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The Stone and the Silver Box · Leave These People Alone
Vaelus asks where the little fairy companion who travelled with Thjazi can be found. Murray and Bolaire realise that she means Thimble.
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The Stone and the Silver Box · Vaelus Asks for Thimble
When Thimble’s name is spoken downstairs, the silver box upstairs flies open and the black clay and velvet hidden within begin moving together.
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The Stone and the Silver Box · Thimble’s Name Opens the Box
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Campaign 4, Episode 1
2 scenesEpisode 1
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Ominous Arrival
Vaelus, Sister of Sylandri
4:05:31–4:19:2513 min 54 sec
An unnatural cold falls across the Rookery as Vaelus, an elven Sister of the fallen goddess Sylandri, arrives from the Mournvale. She accuses Thjazi of stealing the Stone of Nightsong and demands that Halandil return it.
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Lore Revelation And Cliffhanger
The Stone and the Silver Box
4:19:25–4:27:027 min 37 sec
Bolaire recalls the funerary purpose of the Stone of Nightsong while Thaisha retrieves a silver box connected to Thjazi. When Vaelus speaks Thimble’s name, the box opens and shattered black clay begins forming a mask resembling Bolaire’s.