Lyre Venthim

Lyre Venthim, also known by his title Venthim the Awoken, was a pioneering member of the Vowkeeper movement during the Lost War, over a century before the events of Spellbreak. According to standardized Vowkeeper teachings, Venthim's study of ancient texts known as the Vow of Honor struck him with a "divine realization" regarding the nature of magic. Namely, of its corrupting influence on the soul and anti-productive influence in the war effort. Upon the Storm Guard's abandonment of magic and swift ensuing victory, Venthim's ethos was lauded as a treatise on upholding order amidst chaos, and the Vow Mandate was instated.

Storm Guard troops at the time expressed skepticism towards Venthim's genuineness, calling it a "political push" and neglecting to acknowledge his title. Such details were omitted from all historical teachings on the matter, and were relegated to personal war journals like the one Nila Qay showed to her apprentice Garrick Sagemark.