Veovis (Myst)

Note: Fictional details from the Myst franchise follow, and will be treated as facts.

Veovis was an influental D'ni noble, from an important D'ni noble family. Several years before the downfall of the D'ni empire, he once again came into contact with Aitrus, an old childhood acquaintance. Aitrus and Veovis became friends, a friendship which survived the mission, and which was strengthened when Aitrus saved Veovis' life.

Both Aitrus and Veovis were selected as councilmen of D'ni, and while they often had opposing views their friendship often guided them into finding a solution which had enough consensus. This friendship was ruined, however, when Aitrus planned to marry Anna/Ti'ana, a young human woman from the surface. Veovis used his veto against their marriage, but later retracted his vote when Aitrus reminded him of a vow he had made when Aitrus rescued him years before, to grant him any wish.

Following the marriage Aitrus and Ti'ana, Veovis became their enemy, and attempted to undo all Aitrus' deeds by legal means. His hatred for the outside Ti'ana and his feeling of betrayal by his old friend guided him into the influence of the fallen D'ni philosopher A'gaeris, and by clever lies A'gaeris managed to make Veovis believe Aitrus had become a traitor. A'gaeris eventually played Veovis and Aitrus against eachother, and it was Aitrus' testimony that got Veovis imprisoned, falsely, for murder.

With A'gaeris' help Veovis escaped, and together they began plotting revenge. A series of terrorist attacks on D'ni followed, ending in a genocidal gas attack which wiped out the D'ni except for some few survivors. Veovis refused, however, to Write and Age for A'gaeris where they both could be Gods, and A'gaeris murdered him.