The Velorum

The Velorum

the Holy Scriptures of Vela, spoken by Aurora and transcribed by her partner, Kaelun

Gamma, the guide to the lost

Vela, the great goddess of the stars, touched down to our lands in Quelmar with two purposes in mind. She intended to lead the lost to safety and to teach us, when we have found our way, how to lead others. This is why we were shown how to read the stars and calculate by them how to guide ourselves across great distances in the cool of the evening, when the sun has abandoned us. While the sun shows us one direction, the stars stretch out so vastly that we are able to see paths in all directions.

It was not only her intention to guide those who are physically lost on the land and the sea, but also to lead those who had lost their way, either by not knowing what purpose their future holds, but also those who have been forced out of their path by those who surround them.

Our duty to one another as followers of the great sail is to encourage one another. We are to cherish community but also hold tightly to the ideals of having your own path, set by your own course that you have charted and Vela has guided. No one is intended to follow a path that is set for them that was wholly designed by someone else. We are to create maps, of both the stars and ways to live a good and complete life, but a map does not show you the direction you must take, but rather the directions that you are able to take to get the end result of what you desire. In this same way, when someone comes to ask, asking for how it is that Vela may guide their path, we must show them the beneficial ways that can be taken, but allow them to put their own feet to the ground.

If anything, Vela is not a jealous goddess. She does not harbor ill toward those who follow other gods and goddesses, nor does she grow angry or disappointed by those who would leave her path. As a guide and patroness of the lost, Vela intends for her followers to walk alongside her and take her hand for as long as they believe necessary. Some may follow her for their whole lives, striving not only to find their path walking hand in hand with her attributes and love and starlight their whole lives, while others will only join the path for a short time, wanting a moment of guidance when feeling completely lost.

[More to come]

Alsephina, the guide to nature

These are paths for those who wish to follow Vela’s guidance on living in harmony with nature. [More to come]

See also: The Circle of Stars subclass for Druids

Markeb, the guide to healers

These are paths for those who wish to follow Vela’s guidance on aiding those who are ill and wounded. Such as, “When we are not worried about our body, we can focus our mind on the path ahead that much easier, so it is your duty as a healer to aid others quickly and skillfully so they have no concerns over their physical body.” [More to come]

See also: The Twilight Domain subclass for Clerics

Avior, the guide to defenders

These are the paths for those who wish to follow Vela’s guidance on arming yourself and aiding those who need defending and rescuing from forces that would otherwise enslave and encroach on someone following their own path. [More to come]

Coming soon: The Oath of the Found subclass for Paladins

Suhail, the guide to leaders

These are the paths for those who wish to follow Vela’s guidance on being priests, bishops, archdruids, and other leaders of whatever groupings would form to worship and spread the word of Vela across the world. [More to come]

Common Blessings and Prayers of the Velorum

• Vela, our Great Guide; Patroness of the Lost. She, who has taught desert wanderers to read the stars so they would never be lost again. Do you know your path?
• May Vela guide your path
• You are never lost as long as there are stars