Studying at the great colleges of Welryn and Vul'Kaur, Vilatria perfected the art of Storm Magic. Yet a scholarly life never sated her ambition and she returned to the Lake kingdoms of central Eterra. Without a god to lead them, their lords and elders were proud and open to challenges of force. With the college of Welryn on their doorsteps, they were not unprepared for arcane challengers, but their wards could not protect them from the lightning that tore through the roofs of their halls and smote them in their thrones, and so Vilatria claimed their kingdoms by force.
In her old age, Vilatria's hubris only grew. Having defeated all her human challengers, the storm queen's mind turned to Lagon, the fabled god of the sea and storms. With her apprentice, she sailed out from the border town of Etendell, along the estuary and out into the Fogrise sea. Lagon was said to dwell beneath the far seas beyond the western isles, yet the journey was quick for Vilatria as she fuelled her sails with winds of magic. Eventually she alighted at night upon a great isle of rock, coral, and ancient shrines. The moon spoke to her from its reflection flickering on the surface of the sea. It spoke with the voice of Lagon, and it spoke with amusement at her challenge, readily accepting, and opening the heavens. Thousands of years have passed and Vilatria is long dead, and her kingdom fractured, but the storms still rage upon the seas around that isle.
