Vespin Chloras

 was an archmage during the Age of Arcanum who freed the Betrayer Gods from their prisons.

Age of Arcanum
In ancient Vasselheim, Vespin was a famously masterful, wealthy, and vicious archmage. Inspired by the ascension of the Raven Queen, he released the Betrayer Gods in the hopes of gaining power. Upon seeing the world, the Betrayer Gods' prior need to destroy was replaced by a desire to take it over, and Vespin became their first thrall. This action is considered the direct cause of the Calamity.

Following his death, Vespin is believed to have become a devil serving at the left hand of Asmodeus, Lord of the Hells.

Vespin Chloras's disappearance from Vasselheim was called to the attention of the Eyes of Avalir as he was thought to have possibly stowed away on to Avalir. Cerrit Agrupnin used psychometry to investigate the room from which Vespin vanished and found a disenchanted bow, which he took as evidence. Patia Por'co was also notified of this investigation. The people of Avalir who were aware of this disappearance suspected Vespin of having died in an attempt to recreate the Ritual of Seeding, but Purvan Suul warned them that his mistress believed Vespin was trying something else.

While investigating a hodmedod that had behaved strangely, Cerrit noticed an invisible assassin and killed them. Upon doing so, he saw Vespin appear in a mirror and tell him that he would not reach "the Wildmother's embrace", after which the mirror cracked.

Cerrit and Loquatius found two recordings of Vespin from about eight years prior. The first showed that Vespin had frequently stated that he believed that it was only a matter of time before someone recreated the Raven Queen's rites of ascension, and that furthermore, the next person would not need to dethrone a god but simply become one. In the second, Vespin appeared in the background, speaking with Lacrytia Hollow and Loras of the Weaver's Mask, and mentioned that Avalir was home to the Tree of Names, seemingly in connection to the rites of ascension.

Vespin was mentioned in the memories Nydas received from the mage as being someone who would take care of an unknown eventuality in their plans. After Laerryn cast Blight on the Tree of Names and it was sundered, Vespin Chloras, his face skinned, crawled out.

Legacy
Vespin's role in starting the Calamity earned him renown as one of the greatest villains in Exandrian history. In 843 PD, Evon Hytroga displayed a fake journal of Vespin Chloras, apparently written by Evon himself, at the Twilight Mirror Museum.

Appearances and mentions

 * Specials
 * Campaign 3: Bells Hells
 * Exandria Unlimited: Calamity
 * Exandria Unlimited: Calamity
 * Exandria Unlimited: Calamity