Vilya

Vilya is Keyleth's mother, a member of the Air Ashari, and the spiritual leader of the Vo village on Rumblecusp, where she is known as Viridian. As an NPC, Vilya is played by Matthew Mercer.

Appearance
As Viridian, Vilya is a half-elven woman with dark sunburned skin and dark brown hair that is wild and sunbleached at the tips. She has an almost formidable presence, but a gentle smile and demeanor. She wears leathers with elements of dried leaves and scales that blend together. Her left leg is a vibrant green, made of tightly knotted vines, and she carries a staff in one hand.

Background
Vilya left Zephrah on her Aramenté approximately twenty years before the events of Chapter 2, but never returned. Vilya reached the Earth Ashari, and met with the Fire Ashari about ten years before Keyleth met them.

Vilya eventually reached the final stop in her Aramenté: the Water Ashari. With the help of her traveling companions, Vilya set out to complete the final trial by retrieving several lodestones from within the Water Elemental Plane. However, all of her companions were killed in the process and Vilya herself vanished. The Water Ashari searched for a body in order to give her a proper funeral, but all they found was a single leg.

Vilya ended up on Rumblecusp for at least twenty-five years after being jettisoned out of the Water Plane through a gateway. Under the influence of Vokodo, Vilya began losing memories of her life in Tal'Dorei and took up the name Viridian.

Viridian was spoken of by Jaina and Pono as being the spiritual leader of the village, who would speak to Vokodo, decide upon and organize the offerings to be made, and bring them to him. She is the one who guides the islanders underneath the eye of Vokodo.

Viridian invites the party to a communal dinner that night, and explains the strange geography of Rumblecusp island. She offers to escort the party to Vokodo. Along the path, she warns them of the various dangers and then transforms herself into an owl, leading the party toward the volcano.

Viridian aided the party in their battle with the creatures encountered along the path to Vokodo's lair, commenting afterward that she'd never seen a specter traveling so far south. She accompanied the party in their audience with Vokodo. In Caleb's hut later that evening, Caduceus surreptitiously cast Greater Restoration on her, restoring her memories, leading her to remember her true name and how long she had been on the island.

Vilya revealed to the Mighty Nein that she is an Ashari from Tal'Dorei. During her aramenté to become the leader of the Air Ashari, Vilya was tasked with recovering lodestones from the Elemental Plane of Water. There, they were attacked by a kraken. While the rest of her party were killed, Vilya lost her leg but found her way through a rift in the planes leading her to the island of Rumblecusp. Under Vokodo's influence, Vilya began losing her memories. She adopted the name Viridian and became the spiritual leader of the Vo community.

Relationships
Vilya is the spiritual leader of the Vo community on Rumblecusp, where she is known as Viridian. She is also the mother of Keyleth and wife of Korrin.

Abilities
Vilya is a 12th-level Druid, and she has abilities consistent with both the Circle of the Moon (2nd-level features, Combat Wild Shape and Circle Forms) and Circle of the Land (10th-level feature, Nature's Ward), as well as a "specialty" not consistent with any officially published Circle.

Unidentified Abilities or Spells

 * Viridian sometimes moves herself around by means of magically moving vines (possibly a variation on the 4th-level spell Grasping Vine).
 * She moves/reshapes roots and trees to help the party traverse difficult parts of the forest.
 * During a short rest she creates a temporary enclosure of roots to protect the party; when complimented on how fast she does so, she says this is her specialty.

Druid Abilities

 * Wild Shape

Circle of the Moon Abilities

 * Combat Wild Shape
 * Circle Forms

Circle of the Land Abilities

 * Nature's Ward

Unknown level

 * Viridian says she can easily create drinkable water for the Mighty Nein, consistent with the 1st-level spell Create or Destroy Water or possibly the 3rd-level spell Create Food and Water

Cantrip

 * Druidcraft
 * Gust

2nd-level

 * Lesser Restoration

3rd-level

 * Call Lightning

5th-level

 * Greater Restoration

6th-level

 * Transport via Plants

Notable Items
All villagers on Rumblecusp are required to give up all valuable possessions as part of their dedication to Vokodo. It is presumed that as Viridian, Vilya gave up all items that could be considered valuable. However, she had enough material components on her for three uses of Greater Restoration, each casting of which ordinarily requires diamond dust worth 100gp, and she carries a staff.

Viridian/Vilya also has a prosthetic leg seemingly made of tightly knotted vines that temporarily roots into the ground while she rests. This is most likely a flavored version of the prosthetic limb magical item introduced in Explorer's Guide to Wildemount.

Quotations

 * Viridian: There is something about this island that gives and takes away. By finding your destiny here and being a part of the important presence of Vokodo, and keeping these people safe, and gathering from the island’s many rewards and boons, it also takes from you the things that are less important in life. So many if not most of us don’t quite recall where we were from. But in the long run, that’s not as important, anyway.
 * Viridian: I've been here twenty-five years. I'm not Viridian. I'm from Tal'Dorei. My name is Vilya.