VALERIA THE LUMINARY
Designation: FOUNDER // Era: The Founding // Status: Ascended
THE FIRST MOTHER
"She who heard the music in the silence."
Before the Dominion, there was only the Scattering. Humanity was lost, drifting between stars, hunted by the chaos of the void. Valeria was a Stellar Navigator on a refugee hauler, tasked with scanning the static for safe harbor.
Where others heard only noise, Valeria heard a Harmonic Resonance. She did not find the Dominion on a star chart; she saw it in a Divine Vision. Against the orders of her captains, she seized command of the convoy and led the "Great Pilgrimage" into the unknown sector of Pisyichr.
There, she discovered the Trinitara Sanctus system—three suns in perfect orbit. She was the first to step foot on Celestium Solis, declaring that humanity would run no further.
LEGACY OF THE FOUNDER
The Pillars She Built
The First Codex
The Law of Unity
Valeria understood that survival required more than walls; it required a soul. She wrote the First Codex, establishing the principle that "The Light is not a master we serve, but a truth we embody."
The Templar Order
The First Shield
Though she was a navigator, she knew peace must be defended. She authorized the formation of the Holy Templar Order, tasking them with protecting the construction of the First Spire.
The Luminary Vigil
The Ascension
Valeria ruled for 80 cycles. She did not die in battle, nor of illness. According to the archives, she simply walked into the Celestial Gardens of Empyrea, sat beneath the light of the Golden Sun, and passed into the Light.
Her final words were recorded by the Scribes: "I have guided you to the shore. Now you must build the ship."
Located in the crypts of the Radiant Spire. It bears her inscription:
"Here we plant our feet. Here we raise our eyes. Here we are the Light."