Veritas

Veritas is an orphan girl; she lost her parents to the famine that struck the village of Ress. Her parents gave her their food in the hope that she would survive. One day, the village healer claimed to have heard Veritas speaking with voices from beyond, and convinced the villagers that it was a bad omen and that it had most likely rendered the valley's lands barren. When Veritas was left completely alone, the spirits, out of pity, began trying to help her, guiding the girl to find food such as fruits and nuts. One day, the villagers burst into her hut and partially cut out her tongue to keep her from speaking again. She fled into the forest, guided by the spirits. Despite all her misfortunes, Veritas never forgot her parents, who taught her to be good. The spirits of the forest became her teachers, and she learned to cast spells through pure will. Ten years passed living in the forest; she grew up and became a prodigious mage who helped restore the forest, far from the famine of the lower valley village, which had been caused by the very healer who suggested cutting out her tongue. Dark magic can be used by any human being at a terribly high cost. The villagers burned the healer, but they never managed to atone for all the terrible acts they had committed out of fear, hunger, and ignorance. Veritas, now called the Witch of the End Forest, had learned purification magic and slowly lifted the village's curse without receiving any credit for it. She kept to herself, living in the heart of the forest in harmony.

Updated September 23, 2026