Shepards

Every Versi goes through an awakening at some point in their life as they choose. This awakening is meant to brand a person’s destiny onto their skin from their soul. It’s the first step in the process of joining the stars truly.   This Awakening Starts with the “Revealing of Memories” where an individual must pilgrimage to the aethereal sea and swim among the stars life stream. They will either die or return. If they return, then either two things happen; their skin is inked with the stars they are destined to or they come back bare. 

 

 Returning with their skin inked is the most common response with an almost 99% likelihood. To return without markings is so rare that it’s unlikely to happen. Those who return unmarked are called Shepards also referred to as a “Walking Memory”. They are looked at as the Stargazers as it is thought that their souls are so new that they are unbiased and would lead them to their destiny. Also, it is believed through experience that Shepards are blank canvases for the Stars Will . 

 

 A Shepard is also recognized as shapeshifters or better termed Aethershifters, as their being is pure Aether. They often have the inner spirits of the Stars that they bond with but can take on any form they wish so long as they continue to meditate and bond with the Stars. They are also known to be able to speak directly to spirits, both dead or alive, or more accurately they speak with the memories of those spirits.