A wizened looking old man wearing somewhat faded robes you can tell once held grandeur and power, his long white beard trails almost to the floor and several tomes float near by him their pages casually turning every now and then

God of magic, discipline, and arcane knowledge

A wizened looking old man wearing somewhat faded purple and silver robes you can tell once held grandeur and power, his long white beard trails almost to the floor and several tomes float near by him their pages casually turning every now and then, his face is wrinkled and looks weary but his eyes are sharp and look to hold more knowledge than any library as you stare into them, off to his side and behind him you can make out an ivory white sword gathering dust unused but still sharp

10'

Appears heavy set like a clerk who sits at there desk too much, but much of that hides a wall of muscles and the snappy reflexes of some who's learned the importance of striking first

An ivory white sword gleaming with power, a locked tome, the master and apprentice, The Ink-Stained Hand, The Candle Burned to the Base, The Iron Key, The Corrected Manuscript, The Balanced Scale - One side: sword, Other side: book, The Plain Mirror, The Empty Training Hall

Power earned over power given, knowledge comes at a cost, sometimes things are left unknown for a reason, arcane and martial prowess, Arcane mastery, Discipline, Martial Scholarship, Study and Scholarship, Self-Mastery, Instruction,

Accepted Domains
scholarship
discipline
mastery
teaching
battle magic

Darker Truths
elitism
harsh standards
dangerous gatekeeping
knowledge withheld for “your own good”

A master of most if not all magics, although no master he's also competent at several hand to hand and martial weapons combat styles
Veltharion will not give you power, he may teach you or even help train you, but to give it to you would cheapen it and make it worthless

Bound by Method, Pride in Earned Power - He deeply resents effortless talent, Time-Dependent Power, Cannot Easily Abandon Knowledge, Harsh Standards, Over reliance on Control, The Body Still Fails,

cautious about relying on magic, as he is apt to say, "I've seen more talented men and women slain by spear tip then spell" - when you only have the one tool you loose sight of what the problem really is

he feels old

Prayer Before Study

“Veltharion, Keeper of the Ivory Blade,
let my mind be sharper than my pride.

Grant me patience for repetition,
discipline for failure,
and the wisdom to know that ignorance is not shame—
only refusing to learn is.

Let my hand be steady,
my circle unbroken,
and my ambition tempered by understanding.

I ask not for easy power,
only the strength to earn it.”

Prayer Before Battle

“Master of Sword and Spell,
stand beside me where thought becomes action.

Let training speak louder than fear,
let discipline hold where courage wavers,
and let my body remember what my mind has taught it.

If magic fails, let steel remain.
If steel fails, let will remain.
If I fail, let it be because I was tested—
not because I was unprepared.

Let me fight as one worthy of what I know.”

The Circle of Correction (Honorable)
Purpose:

To acknowledge failure and improve through it

Practice:
The mage draws a spell circle by hand
deliberately from memory
without assistance

Afterward:

a mentor
teacher
or the practitioner themselves

must:

identify every flaw
erase it
redraw it correctly

The Iron Balance (Honorable)
Purpose:

To bind mind and body together

Practice:

Before advanced magical study:

the practitioner must:
spar
run drills
train physically

before touching a spellbook

The Locked Lesson (Less Kosher / Controversial)
Purpose:

To prove worthiness for forbidden knowledge

Practice:

A student seeking restricted knowledge is given:

a dangerous spell
a cursed text
or an impossible magical problem

with:

no guidance
no rescue promised

Ink Before Breakfast - Practice: Students and mages are expected to: write something every morning, Steel Before Spell - Practice: Before serious magical work: physical training first, Never Leave a Candle Half-Burned
Practice: Study candles must be: burned fully or extinguished properly with intent, Never casually abandoned, Correction Is Public - Practice: In many academies: mistakes are corrected openly, not to humiliate, but to teach others,

Occasionally takes particularly promising mortals as students and apprentices

Veltharion and Arcanus' last duel - Arcanus had challenged Veltharion to several wizards duels over the course of a couple of months in an attempt to show him up and earn more followers each time Veltharion had just barely brought the match to a stalemate, on the occasion of their final duel, Arcanus was engaging in his usual boasting before the event but when they approached Arcanus said something quietly to the old god, and after his face became a wall of stone, for the rest of the duel any time arcanus would begin to cast a spell Veltharion would appear before him and back hand him across the room shouting at him to do something to stop him, when finally Arcanus yielded Veltharion referred to arcanus as a three bit carny from a two bit carnival, and that he should come back when he learned something useful

Is the patron god of the Stanzgarian battle academy
Thinks that all wizards, mages, sorceress and the like should hone their bodies as much as their minds lest they become useless when their magics fail them
Where Arcanus represents raw talent Veltharion represents training and technique, what this boils down to is while Arcanus just knows every new spell as if he were it's maste,r Veltharion spends the time to learn every possible iteration and use of a spell making him truly know what it can do and how to use it
much like bowlog, Veltharion is so old he's started to evolve as a person, a rare thing amoungst the stanzgarian gods

Common Sayings
“Earn the page before you turn it.”
“Steel before spell.”
“Correction is mercy.”
“A closed book is sometimes a blessing.”
“Power without discipline is just a faster way to die.”