Veeshte

Templar of the Shadow King. She is masquerading as an escaped slave, and is attempting to infiltrate Salt View. She has been accepted as a prospective villager, but is not yet through her time of trials. She has kept her magical and psionic abilities hidden, and most believe her to be an ex-seraglio-slave. Her aim is to get out of the village as soon as possible and return to Nibenay with the location of Salt View. She feels that this information is the key to her rapid promotion in the ranks of the Templars. Xaynon admires Veeshte's confident bearing and is somewhat taken with her charismatic personality. Arya is suspicious of Veeshte, but Xaynon dismisses her concerns as jealousy. Unfortunately, Salt View has never found a psionicist to help verify the claims of prospective tribe members, and it is unlikely that Xaynon will discover Veeshte's deception. Having to treat these slaves as equals irritates her, and sometimes that irritation shows through, but she has shown tremendous enthusiasm for joining a raiding party. Xaynon will not approve this until she has had sufficient training, but that time is soon approaching. Veeshte is waiting for that opportunity to sneak off back to Nibenay. Should she escape, the information she carries could mean the end of Salt View.