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== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
As a child in school, Veovis had an adversarial relationship with [[Aitrus]], who went on to join the [[Guild of Surveyors]]. When he learned that his former schoolmate was working on the expedition digging to Earth's surface, he sent Aitrus a set of expensive geological surveying tools as a way of apologizing for his past behavior. A few months later, when Aitrus's crew was completing work on the [[Great Shaft]], Veovis joined the delegates and dignitaries from D'ni at the celebration and capping ceremony, even though he personally felt that the surface-dwellers{{emdash}}humans | As a child in school, Veovis had an adversarial relationship with [[Aitrus]], who went on to join the [[Guild of Surveyors]]. When he learned that his former schoolmate was working on the expedition digging to Earth's surface, he sent Aitrus a set of expensive geological surveying tools as a way of apologizing for his past behavior. A few months later, when Aitrus's crew was completing work on the [[Great Shaft]], Veovis joined the delegates and dignitaries from D'ni at the celebration and capping ceremony, even though he personally felt that the surface-dwellers{{emdash}}humans{emdash}}were barbaric, and should not be contacted. Following the ceremony, an earthquake struck the shaft as Veovis was traveling down it in a service elevator. He was rescued by Aitrus just before the elevator fell, and the two became close friends in the wake of the experience. | ||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
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When Aitrus went before the Council to request approval to marry Anna{{emdash}}an act that was little more than a traditional formality{{emdash}}Veovis officially disapproved, effectively blocking the marriage. Undeterred, Aitrus reminded Veovis of the debt he owed since Aitrus rescued him from the elevator in the Great Shaft. Bound by his word to honor that debt, Veovis reversed his vote, but broke off his friendship with Aitrus from then on. [[Suahrnir]], one of Veovis's friends in the [[Guild of Maintainers]], suggested that Veovis might find common cause in opposing Anna's place in D'ni society with an outcast named [[A'gaeris]]. | When Aitrus went before the Council to request approval to marry Anna{{emdash}}an act that was little more than a traditional formality{{emdash}}Veovis officially disapproved, effectively blocking the marriage. Undeterred, Aitrus reminded Veovis of the debt he owed since Aitrus rescued him from the elevator in the Great Shaft. Bound by his word to honor that debt, Veovis reversed his vote, but broke off his friendship with Aitrus from then on. [[Suahrnir]], one of Veovis's friends in the [[Guild of Maintainers]], suggested that Veovis might find common cause in opposing Anna's place in D'ni society with an outcast named [[A'gaeris]]. | ||
At first, Veovis refused to talk to A'gaeris because of the man's criminal history. But when Aitrus and others on the Council introduced a proposal to increase the lower classes' representation within the D'ni government{{emdash}}a proposal that many felt wouldn't have been written without Anna's influence{{emdash}}Veovis finally consented to a meeting. | At first, Veovis refused to talk to A'gaeris because of the man's criminal history. But when Aitrus and others on the Council introduced a proposal to increase the lower classes' representation within the D'ni government{{emdash}}a proposal that many felt wouldn't have been written without Anna's influence{{emdash}}, Veovis finally consented to a meeting. | ||
== Downfall == | == Downfall == | ||
