Titles: Warden of the Celestial Canopy
Domains: Twilight
Symbol: A silver compass with a star at its center
Alignment: CN
Power Rating: Lesser
Realms: The Astral Veil
Verityn, the Warden of the Celestial Canopy, is the deity of twilight, starlit navigation, and the cosmic freedom to drift between destinations. They are the patron of wandering souls, skybound dreamers, and those who seek truth in the silence between stars. To follow Verityn is to walk paths that shift, yet never mislead.
Verityn appears as an androgynous, radiant figure whose skin mirrors the night sky—constellations drift slowly across their form, ever-changing and alive. Their eyes resemble twin galaxies, deep and patient, while their robes billow with the weightlessness of starlight. As they move, trails of silver dust trace their passage, vanishing with each breath.
Their realm, the Astral Veil, is a boundless twilight sky where gravity is an illusion and time flows like dream-thought. Islands of polished crystal float between constellations, each home to secrets seen only once before vanishing. No walls exist, only open space—freedom rendered divine.
Where Lunarek guards the border between light and dark, Verityn charts the void beyond. The two share dominion over Twilight, and their paths often parallel but seldom intersect. Lunarek protects the traveler from what waits in the dusk; Verityn shows them how to find their way through it. Their relationship is one of cosmic harmony, not hierarchy.
Verityn was the first to give mortals the stars. They wove the constellations into stories, taught the earliest seafarers to steer by night, and granted omens to those brave enough to look upward when all paths below failed. They do not command, but offer direction—subtle, symbolic, and never binding.
Worshipers include navigators, seers, mystics, fortune-tellers, and all who follow intuition over instruction. Their temples are open-roofed observatories, often built atop mountains or floating spires, with altar-compasses that shift direction each dusk.
The Night of Falling Stars is their most treasured myth—a night when Verityn, moved by mortal devotion, scattered thousands of stars across the sky, each one granting a single true wish. It is now a sacred celebration in many cultures: a festival of belief, renewal, and sky-watching wonder.
Miracles attributed to Verityn are often misunderstood as coincidence: a shooting star pointing a desperate traveler home, a prophetic vision glimpsed in a pool’s reflection, or a compass spinning wildly until stilled by intuition. Those touched by Verityn often speak in riddles—but their hearts know where they’re going.