Domains: Death (as transition), Grave | Alignment: True Neutral Symbol: An open doorway with no visible room beyond it Holy Day: The Long Names, an unadvertised evening where the recently dead are named aloud by anyone who remembers them
Vesk is respected rather than feared — his entire theological function is ensuring death happens properly, at the right time, and stays where it belongs afterward. Undeath, in every version of Vesk's teaching without exception, is understood as a violation of a sacred agreement, never as anything he sanctions or creates. This is precisely why Old Emrys's report of "emptied" graves near Panshaw unsettled people well beyond the superstitious — disturbing Vesk's order is one of the few taboos that crosses every regional faith without argument.
Small, somber, and often quite literally the same people who dig the graves — there's no meaningful separation in most communities between "gravedigger" and "clergy of Vesk," which suits both roles' quiet, practical nature.
A dead man is said to have lingered at Vesk's own doorway once, refusing to pass through, insisting his work in the world wasn't finished. Vesk, rather than forcing him through, simply waited — patiently, for years by some tellings — until the man finally admitted he was only afraid, not unfinished, and walked through on his own. The myth is used to comfort the dying: Vesk doesn't rush anyone, but he also doesn't disappear.
Closest doctrinal ally to Meri, which surprises outsiders — both faiths agree, from opposite directions, that endings done properly aren't cruelty.
Disturbing a grave without genuine necessity is treated as close to a universal sin, respected even by the irreligious.