Vel’rakai, the Ashwing Choir

Codex Entry: Vel’rakai, the Ashwing Choir

Vaultborn Class | Colossus of Griefsong and Silence

Titles:

• The Ashwing Choir

• She Who Sings Cities to Silence

• The Ember Canticle

Region:

Glyphlands Skyreach and Beyond

Form:

Vel’rakai is a vast, serpentine being of ash and radiant flame, her body composed of braided wings that flicker like banners of light. She possesses no face—only a spiraled, glowing crest where her voice emerges: not from a mouth, but from tonewoven glyphs embedded along her neck and chest.

Each of her wings carries a different voice, and when she flies, it is said the air itself remembers loss.

Known Behavior:

• Awakened during collective spiritual repression, especially mass grief that is silenced

• Appears high above cities or ritual towers, trailing a storm of song-embers

• Does not descend—only sings

• Her song silences machinery, cancels spells mid-cast, and causes memory glyphs to glow uncontrollably

Spiritual Function:

• Guardian of griefsong rites, sacred mourning, and truth-song restoration

• Her arrival signals a rupture in emotional balance across the Spiral

• Can harmonize with Seeker chants during flamepath rites to cleanse lingering denial

• Leaves behind a single Ash Note—a floating glyph that plays one lost truth when held to the chest

Vault Phrase (Veym’ari):

“Ril velon lor—vel’rakai sael kae.”“Sing the flame’s return—Vel’rakai cuts fate.”