Vaera

Vaera is a prominent deity amongst nobility, artists, and bards. The high elves, especially, have many Vaerites among their ranks, although she has many followers amongst free-spirited members of most other races as well. Her worshippers have a reputation for being vain and self-serving, suffering one of the most negative reputations associated with non-evil deities. They remain undeterred, however, and while some fall into this stereotype, many others try to earn respect for their worshippers and goddess through their eye for beauty. Many well-known artists, bards, and even architects are known to worship Vaera. It is often joked that bards owe their healing prowess to Vaera. While this is generally not actually believed, many self-identified "priests of Vaera" are actually trained as bards, and she has few actual clerics. Actual knowledge about Vaera is scarce, although she is generally portrayed as a storm elf even after their extinction. She has, however, spoken to her followers on many occasions, although seemingly with very little definite pattern. When she responds, she has been recorded as speaking in a rather condescending tone and advising mortals on how to folllow their passions.

Avatars
Only one likely avatar of Vaera has appeared in recorded history, ironically appearing to a worshipper of Renthal, rather than herself.Velsair Khahlar, when rallying his army against Linellae Acalun, encountered a "beautiful storm elf woman with red hair" who spoke to him of ending Linellae's tyranny.

That woman, assumed to be Vaera's avatar, is said to have sung a song unlike anything the world had heard before, or since, bolstering the morale of Velsair's soldiers and causing many of Linellae's troops to stand down in awe, or even change sides.

She disappeared after the battle outside the palace, and was not present for Linellae's capture or execution. To add to the irony of this situation, evidence has suggested that Linellae did worship Vaera, leading many scholars to wonder if that woman was simply one of the few surviving members of the storm elf race, or if Vaera and her devoted don't necessarily see eye to eye.

Trivia
- Worshippers of Vaera who turn to a life of adventuring are often joked to be more concerned with their hair than the life of their party.