Verra

Verra's name is often invoked by the Tan Muark, who consider her something similar to a patron saint. The explanation of why they consider her such is fairly lengthy and complex.

Originally, Verra was one of the Shakras of the Tan Muark, at the time they lived in a fixed settlement in the southlands. When Tektolnes' armies appeared, Verra invoked a substantial magick which scattered her people across the surface of Zalanthas, allowing them to escape. In the process, however, Verra was captured and her soul imprisoned in a tower in Allanak. The Tan Muark, not knowing her fate, patiently set about the rebuilding and nomadic lifestyle that would mark the next few centuries for them.

In the 19th age, one of the Mahadras of the Tan Muark, Aryk, began to have visions of Verra and her fate, as she began to attempt to communicate her whereabouts to her people. Aryk set about trying to discover a way to free Verra, and when he died, his successor, Belya, took up the struggle. Belya assisted the establishment of the small band of renegade maggickers that became the Conclave, hoping to set them to the task of freeing Verra. Eventually, the Conclave succeeded in opening a rift between Zalanthas and the elemental planes, and in the subsequent chaos (in which Tuluk was destroyed, and the current Tektolnes slain by his father, who took his place), Verra's soul was freed. She took possession of the body of Arazza, the Shakra of the Tan Muark at the time, and the two souls blended, with uncertain results.

While Verra had been freed, the results were not all the leaders of the Tan Muark had hoped. Despite their century long struggle to free her, Verra abandoned them, retreating into isolation to recuperate and appearing only at scattered times, primarily to the Conclave. With the passing of years, however, she has begun to renew her ties with her people, appearing in spirit if not flesh at some of their more important rituals. The Tan Muark continue to invoke her name, asking 'The Mother's' blessing on many of their undertaking, and many wear the charm which depicts her defeating their enemies.