#veovis

...He wore a simple one-piece of rust-red cloth. There were iron manacles about his wrists, linked by a short length of chain, and manacles at both ankles, from which two fine steel chains led back into the hands of a Maintainer guard; a big man, capable, it seemed, of holding back a team of horses.

Even so, Veovis stood there a moment with his head high, his eyes as proud, as unbowed, as an eagle’s, then he began to descend the steps, passing between the great pillars. Below Veovis, in the center of the chamber, stood the five great thrones of the Five Lords of D’ni, but today only four of them were filled. As Veovis came to a halt in the space before them, the great Lords stared at him like living statues, their dignity immense.

There was a moment’s silence, tense, expectant, and then Lord R’hira spoke. “Guildsmen. Have you decided?”

There was a resounding “Aye!” from all sides of the chamber.

“And your verdict?”

“Guilty!” 360 voices said as one.

It was done. Veovis seemed to tremble; yet his head did not waver, nor did his eyes show even a flicker of regret. If anything he seemed even more defiant than before.

R’hira looked to him, his ancient eyes cold, no trace of compassion in them. “Before I come to your sentence, is there anything you would like to say, Guild Master Veovis?”

Veovis met the ancient’s eyes, then shook his head.

-The Book Of Ti’ana, pg 275

It hurts my heart to see my poor boy like this but once again, @brookriver knocked it out of the bloody park! There is an image of Veovis at one of his trials, but it comes from the critically-panned Myst comic book and well...it’s not very good.