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Veritas of the Earth (王土のヴェリアス, Ōdo no vu~eriasu lit. Velius of the Royal Land) is an antagonist in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and a member of the Sworn Six of Paladia being the fifth encountered. He debuts in the Mysidia chapter.

Appearance
Like his comrades, Earth is a man of average stature fully covered in armor, with his being of mostly dark brown coloration with several gold markings all over the body, while his helmet is has two long horns pointing upwards, and has long blond hair, and a green clothing in his waist, akin to a skirt. His most identifiable trait is his massive shield being as large or even larger than himself, which has a demonic face.

Personality
Similarly to the rest of the Six Sworn, Earth is fully centered on his goals, being motivated by a burning hatred towards the goal. No matter the circumstances, he's capable of keeping his cool and focus on the bigger picture. Prior to the war between Aldore and Hess, it is implied that Earth held (and still does) feelings for Dark Fina that were hinted to be reciprocated, but ultimately with each one following a different faction, turned them into bitter enemies desiring nothing than a fight where both would end up killed.

Story
Earth was an inhabitant of the world of Paladia like his comrades and held feelings for Dark Fina. When war broke out and the world was split into the Aldore faction and the Hess faction, Earth was loyal to Aldore, but Dark Fina was loyal to Hess. This proved to be devastating for him emotionally and the two became mortal enemies, as he was part of the original Eight Sworn of Paladia, serving as one of Aldore's main lieutenants while Dark Fina was another figure of importance in the Hess faction.

Through unknown circumstances as some inhabitants and places of Paladia ended up in the world of Lapis. The original Veritas of the Dark and Veritas of the Bolt defected the Sworn Six in favour of peaceful lives in Lapis. With a newfound membership the group reformed under the Six Sworn of Paladia.

Earth is first seen in a raining plains, discussing plans with Veritas of the Light. Earth asks Light if "him" can be sensed. Light assures that it can, and that "they" seem to have hidden the Crystal long ago, and that it was unexpected that another reunion with "them" would be most unfortunate. Earth warns Light that it matters not who she is, but if she gets moved by "foolish emotions" Earth will kill her. Light in turn responds that she discarded all her emotions except hatred and asks back at Earth if he's capable of keeping his cool when it comes down to Fina. Earth responds that said issue is of no concern and that he's fully dedicated to their greater goal. The two then march towards Mysidia.

Both Earth and Light ambush the Rain and his party at the Nameless Ruins where the Crystal of Light resides. Sakura greets both of them, but is given a swift strike by Light who demonstrates a level power greater than Sakura remembers. Light chastises Sakura as a traitor and that she shall make her pay for having abandoned the armor and their ranks by making her suffer. The party try to help but Earth uses a quaking attack that pushes them outside the Crystal Chamber. Outside Earth confronts Fina and asks her if she remembers him but Fina does not. Outraged he claims he will make her remember and Fina accepts on the challenge, but Earth believes her unworthy of fighting him directly as she's not a warrior of Hess in her current state so he uses his shield to summon a Demon Wall instead while he escapes.

The party defeats the Demon Wall and reaches the chamber. Earth berates Fina and he is now convinced that she has become weaker and is not the same "Demon of Hess" as she was before, and asks if siding with a pack of humans is what made her weak. He then demands her to return to her old form for his sake and begins storing power. Thinking of it as an attack the party tries to interfere but Light uses her powers to temporarily blind them, giving Earth the chance to transfer a part of his powers onto Fina, causing her to revert into Dark Fina. Dark Fina questions Earth into what has he done, and he finds it unsatisfactory that her question is the first she has to say to him after 700 years. He continues to say that she knows perfectly well what he wants and she wants too, to which answers to fight to the death. Sakura does not want to risk Fina being destroyed so she seizes the chance to teleport away with the party believing it better for them to survive and protect the last Crystal. Earth is discontent with Sakura's choice of fleeing while forsaking the Crystal, but Light does not care as she is confident they will find the last Crystal regardless and proceeds to destroy the Light Crystal. Earth rejoices knowing the promised day is nigh.

As the resurrection of Dark Fina has caused the other Fina to disappear into the former's mind with the risk of vanishing for good, the party goes to the Magic Library in order to save her and go Dark Fina's memories in order to find the source of what endangers Fina and prevent her destruction. Delving into her memories the party learns more about the war between Aldore and Hess and eventually meet the original members of the Veritas, traveling together. While traveling in the memory world, they are forced to fight the Dark Fina of that world as she believes them to be allies of Aldore. They succeed in defeating her and the Veritas of the Earth of that world attempts to strike her down but Rain pleads with Earth to try to reach a peaceful approach instead of trying to kill each other for differing beliefs and claims Dark would not have stood up for slaughter. Earth enraged at Rain for his suggestion and claiming he doesn't know about the war or his own feelings for Fina and that he sees things differently from Dark. Earth takes on the challenge and attempts to fight him, but is defeated by the party.

Battle
Veritas of the Earth commands the Earth element in battle, using attacks such as Stonra, Stonga and Earth Shatter a handful of times per turn. He can also cast Break to petrify a party member so it is recommended the player brings in Gold Needles or Stona to remove it as Esuna cannot remove stone. He can also use Tempered Will which will increase his defenses and heal him for 10,000 HP, and can use Shield Bash, a physical attack.

Although his HP is lower than some bosses fought by that point, his stats are high and many attacks will only be able to do a few thousand damage on him. The party should stock on healing items as he's fought immediately after battling Dark Fina who is also a tough boss on her own. If possible Full Break or Rain's Undermine should be used along Barstonra or Barstonga so as to significantly reduce the difficulty.