Politician, Vessera Noaniq Ovasien Rheesaral: Vessera, "elder;" Noaniq, "seal;" Ovasien, "sweet voice;" Rheesaral, "of the Goddess" (twin to Illyras).

Vessera is a shrewd politician in the Evernothern nobility, capable and cunning, loyal to none, completely unsentimental. She uses her contacts to find ways to arrest the development of the elven disease.