# Aetheric Vhail ## Category Raphius’s Mentor / Corrupted [[Solland]] Warrior / Former Owner of [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]] ## Known Facts - Aetheric Vhail was Raphius’s mentor. - Vhail was a good man and mentor to [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]]. - Vhail was involved in Solland’s frontier war. - Vhail became desperate as Solland’s frontier war worsened and Crownsguard losses mounted. - A man named Jacob approached Vhail and offered him power in exchange for his sword. - Jacob took the sword away for three days and returned it transformed. - Vhail became stronger and won impossible battles. - Vhail also began feeling hunger, greed, corruption, and taint. - The pact required the sword to be returned after one year. - When Jacob returned, Vhail refused to give the sword back. - Breaking the pact appears to have doomed Vhail. - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] killed Vhail after Vhail was corrupted. - [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]] later appeared to [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] and now cannot be permanently removed from him. - A contract connected to Vhail’s pact reads: “To each shall our pact be fulfilled. Soulbound and unbreakable. Under his eye. Q’ruhm.” ## Connected To - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] - [[Clair Vhail]] - [[Emily Halvorn]] - Jacob - Q’ruhm - [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]] - [[Solland]] frontier war - Onus Wilds - The pact contract - [[Elena]] - [[Nyxthys]] ## Open Questions - Who or what was Jacob? - What is Q’ruhm? - Why did the pact transfer to [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]], if it did? - Can the pact be broken? - Can Vhail’s legacy be cleared? - Where is Vhail’s stolen journal? - Did Vhail fully understand what he accepted? - Was Vhail a victim, a fool, a hero, or all three?