Ninden Velheit

Ninden Velheit was born on Vesk Prime. Ninden’s parents were rather utilitarian about their children’s names, making plain the total number of offspring they were planning to have; Tenden is their first child, followed by Ninden, then Ogden, all the way down to Treden, the youngest sibling. There are eight Velheit siblings in the current generation.

Ninden joined the vesk military as soon as he was able to, following in the footsteps of Tenden. On a strike mission against detractors from the Veskarium with the vesk military, Ninden was incapacitated and nearly killed. His team managed to retrieve him, but he came back changed. Something had snapped in him when he was so close to death’s door; that was the beginning of his manipulation of entropy. Soon after, he left the service, in search of an explanation for his burgeoning abilities. He took up mercenary work to pay the bills while he travelled; he found himself equally suited to working for the highest bidder as he had been for the glory of the Veskarium. He eventually made contacts in the church of Pharasma, hoping to find some inspiration with the Lady of Graves and her balanced view of life and death. Her priests knew little, but agreed to allow him access to their libraries and expertise in exchange for occasional favors where his strengths could come in handy.

As our story begins, Ninden had recently contacted Gur, his friend from past mercenary work, asking for passage to the Sun. He was headed there to visit his brother, Tenden, who had become a priest of Sarenrae after leaving the military himself. He intended to ask his brother’s religious counsel on his entropic awakening, which had occurred after Tenden left the service.