# Vani Taalesin

-[Pryori](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/factions-northflame/chapter/pryori-dominion "Pryori Dominion") Witch; created the concept of the [Second Engine](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/the-second-engine "The Second Engine") and later became part of it

***<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Personal Timeline:</span>***

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(1200 BC)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">~-1900:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>

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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-The tenuous peace between [Karda](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/page/kardarnl-empire-karda "Kardarnl Empire (Karda)") and [Lhakhar](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/page/lhakhik-empire-lhakhar "Lhakhik Empire (Lhakhar)") snaps, leading to a war that lasts roughly a century. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The war is brought to an end when a group of [Lisidionites](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/factions-northflame/chapter/lisidionite-ethnic-group "Lisidionite Ethnic Group") and refugees from mixed backgrounds encounter a pryor, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vani Taalesin</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, on [Lisidion](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/chapter/lisidion "Lisidion"); Vani proposes a possible, supernatural means of bringing an end to the animosity between nations, and setting a standard for peace that may continue its influence for generations to come.</span>

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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-The Country of [Aracon](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/locations-northflame/chapter/aracon "Aracon")—named for the fictional paradise created in bedtime stories by the group for a child ([Kloë](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/kloe "Kloë")) in their care—is established by survivors of those who summoned the [Norn](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/speculative-elements-northflame/page/the-norn "The Norn"); the forest, still containing the engine created by those who sacrificed themselves (</span>[<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sabelleus of Lisidion</span>](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/sabelleus-of-lisidion "Sabelleus of Lisidion")<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, who gave himself for the future of children; </span>[<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tyrhía Odrhin</span>](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/tyrhia-odrhin "Tyrhía Odrhin")<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, who gave herself for history to mark; </span>[<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marin Arkshaw</span>](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/marin-arkshaw "Marin Arkshaw")<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, who gave themself in defiance of power; and </span>[<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vani</span>](https://northflame.AspenArkive.com/books/dramatis-personae-northflame/page/vani-taalesin "Vani Taalesin")<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, their Pryor companion, who believed staunchly in the end of all tyranny)</span>