Vrentus

Vrentus
Species	Living Star
Gender	Male
Homeworld	Forest of Lights
Allies	Other Living Stars The Sha'lythe Sect (esp. Cithus)
Enemies	Eclipse The Kra'lythe Sect
Factions	Living Stars
Status	Unknown
Home Reality	Original Universe

This article is about the Living Star. For the alien species of a similar name, see Ventrus.

Vrentus was a green-colored Living Star who was a close ally of TBS and a trainer of Time Guardians.

History

The Purge of Oblivion

In 150,080 CMT, Vrentus was in the Forest of Lights when TBS took Xigneo to the dimension to introduce him to the other Living Stars who lived there. TBS described Vrentus to Xigneo as the "captain of the army of flames" and claimed that Vrentus was "always willing to risk his life to protect someone". Vrentus did the Living Star salute to Xigneo and offered to show him around the Forest of Lights. However, Xigneo was dumbfounded at the fact that he could stand within close proximity to the Living Stars without being burned, so Vrentus explained that their star-like appearance was merely a quirk of their nature and that nobody would get burned simply by standing near them unless they wanted them to. Vrentus then explained that the Forest of Lights was the realm where the Living Stars had lived and congregated to share their knowledge for almost as long as any of them could remember.

Afterwards, Vrentus created a portal to Oblivion that he instructed Xigneo to follow him through because there were beings dwelling there that needed to be erased from time. On the other side of the portal, Vrentus encountered a human named Praepositus shouting "TBS!". Confused as to why a mere human would be chanting TBS's name, Vrentus ignited his fist and ordered Praepositus to divulge how he was affiliated with the prince of the Living Stars. Although Praepositus felt dishonored by Vrentus's distrust, he introduced himself to Vrentus as a man who merely wanted to seek TBS's council because TBS had already helped him by enchanting his sword Uredinum earlier. Being accused of acting dishonorably enraged Vrentus, who screamed that he would "kill the human scum" who had accused him, until he was distracted by the appearance of a legion of Daedra led by Mehrunes Dagon fighting Praepediti on the horizon. Vrentus promised Praepositus that his death would come soon, but not at that moment, because he had "better affairs to be involved in" at that time, referring to the extermination of the Daedra. As Vrentus began to fly towards the Daedric legion, Praepositus repeated his belief that Vrentus had no code of honor.

Overhearing Praepositus's comment, Vrentus turned around and lambasted the human soldier for knowing nothing about the situation he had become involved in. Vrentus proclaimed that he had more honor than Praepositus, Praepositus's father, and the offspring that Praepositus "would never live to have" combined, because Vrentus had a noble purpose, which was at that moment to save humanity from the Daedra, unlike Praepositus, who Vrentus commented was being courted as a mere puppet for Uterio di Armechio. Vrentus concluded his rant by resolving not to kill Praepositus because he knew that his death would be caused by someone not affiliated with TBS or the Living Stars. Vrentus then increased his physical size to match Mehrunes Dagon and hit the Daedric prince with a punch so powerful that it tore a hole in the fabric of Oblivion and launched Dagon's own trident into his chest, killing him. As Oblivion began to collapse, Vrentus sent Praepositus, Rahksha, and Praepediti through the spatial tear that he had created that led to Darkmount and teleported Xigneo and himself back to the Forest of Lights.

The Prophecy Predicted

Later, Vrentus met with TBS and Sun to discuss a prophecy that predicted that the Forest of Lights would be breached and that a 'god' would die. Vrentus commented that it would be relatively easy for someone to gain access to the Forest of Lights if they were resourceful enough because the secret to entering the Forest was not completely unknown; pointing to the fact that a map to the Forest was once written on the Vahi Cube as evidence. However, TBS reassured Vrentus that the secret was safe and that any intruder in the Forest of Lights would be quickly demolished by the Living Stars' army. TBS then introduced Vrentus to Flare, who TBS claimed used to be a member of the royal guard before Vrentus held the rank of captain. Vrentus was shocked by Flare's fluffy appearance because he did not look like a natural Living Star, so Flare explained that he had received his new appearance as a result of an attack by a large swarm of Parasitic Fluff that had latched onto him. However, Flare survived because the fluff only fed on his fire and because he had learned how to control the fluff, which amazed Vrentus.

In 150,082 CMT, Vrentus returned to the Forest of Lights to warn Sun that he thought that the vision he had of the future, in which the Forest of Lights was breached and one of their own was killed, would soon come to pass. However, Sun and the two Living Stars that served as his interpreters arrogantly dismissed Vrentus's concerns, despite the fact that some of the other Living Stars had received the same vision as Vrentus, because they believed that their armies could easily neutralize any threat that would dare to attack them in the Forest of Lights. In response, Vrentus angrily left the Forest of Lights and sent out a telepathic message to all six of the Time Guardians that were loyal to him, including Cithus, instructing them to meet him on a specific asteroid in an area of normal space to discuss the prophecy. Two hours later, Vrentus met with five of his Time Guardians on the asteroid, with the only one absent from the meeting being Vexull, who was correcting a minor temporal disturbance in the past. Even though only three of the five Time Guardians at the meeting had also experienced Vrentus's vision of the future themselves, each of the five listened to his predictions and agreed with his assessment that Sun and his interpreters were being arrogant and stubborn in their refusal to consider the implications of the prophecy.

The Prophecy Fulfilled

The meeting was interrupted when Vrentus and his followers each heard a telepathic scream that originated from the Forest of Lights. Knowing that the scream heralded the arrival of the prophecy, Vrentus immediately transported himself and his followers to the Forest of Lights, where they saw that the dimension had been breached by Eclipse and the entire Kra'lythe Sect. Vrentus watched in horror as Eclipse approached Sun and absorbed the ancient Living Star into his own body, adding Sun's mass and energy to his own. Determined to discover how the Kra'lythe had gained access to the Forest of Lights, Vrentus overwhelmed Genetoes with a telepathic attack and forced the Kra'lythe leader to divulge everything he knew. Genetoes reluctantly revealed that he had learned much forbidden knowledge when he fell through a dimensional tear to the Knowledge Dimension, including the location of the Forest of Lights, a method that Living Stars and Time Guardians could use to travel to other universes in the multiverse, and that all Living Stars, whether pure or corrupted, could absorb other members of their species to add their raw power and strength to their own. Vrentus memorized all of this information, including the method that the Living Stars and Time Guardians could use to travel to other universes, and withdrew from Genetoes's mind in order to return to the battle.

However, Vrentus was hit by a massive shadow blast fired by Eclipse before he could destroy Genetoes, which caused him to let go of the Kra'lythe. While Vrentus was stunned, Eclipse decided to completely withdraw his forces from the Forest of Lights. When TBS and Flare arrived on the former battlefield, Vrentus gathered all the surviving Living Stars and informed them of the secrets that he had learned in Genetoes's mind. In response to these revelations, the Living Stars meditated together in synchronicity for the first time in millennia, seeing a multitude of future threats to their existence, such as Eclipse, Mazkertis, Dukamu, and others. In order to further empower themselves for the battles to come, the Living Stars decided to use the method that Genetoes had learned to travel to other universes to absorb their counterparts.