Name: Veran
Nickname(optional): None
Age: Unknown. Possibly over 200?
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Position: Dark
Powers: Veran is a sorceress, and because of her alignment, she can use the powers of darkness. She can also control the Heartless, to an extent. She has limited teleportation (Which is explained).
Weapon: None. But because of her powers, she tends to use the heartless as her own weapons. When she is in the mood, people.
Picture(optional):
Appearance: Veran's skin is tanned (not due to sunbeds....) but almost looks like a dark gold. Black eyes with no pupils. Veran stands at 5" 9. She wears a floor length black dress with a gold metallic corset. Her right shoulder is adorned with some strange ornament. It resembles crab claws, but more elegant. Her black hair defies gravity as it stands straight atop her head. She also wears a collar around her neck which is decorated with crow feathers on the back.
Personality: Veran manipulates. She has always manipulated people to do her bidding. She only gets her hands dirty when her minions cannot be relied on anymore. Her patience is also limited, Veran can only take so much. It has been recommended not to get on her bad side when she's angry. This does not mean she is spoilt, but when she wants to lure someone in, she can act extremely nice (think of the White Witch).
She likes to pitch her minions against each other, she is fascinated by the concept of 'Survival of the fittest'. Through manipulating people, she can watch things from the background making her seem more omnipresent. Watching things from the background helps her scheme more, it gives her time to plan her next move if something does not go according to her plan. Like anyone, Veran has flaws. Her paranoia is one of the. Afraid that she'll end up like the others that have used Darkness, she is does not rely on it all the time. Her ego is another flaw. The titles that she gives herself makes her come across as egotistical.
History/Background: Years before the Sage Ansem came to rule Hollow Bastion/Radiant Garden, there was Veran. She was a malevolent ruler of the world, the self styled "Queen of Darkness", Empress of the Shadows, Lady of Fear. Veran ruled with an iron fist and the populace were very afraid of the Witch. Like Ansem, she experimented with the ideas of Darkness and the Heartless, but unlike Ansem, she took it further and even experimented on herself. Because of her extreme devotion to the Dark Arts, she willingly gave herself to the Darkness. Instead of being destroyed, she was given more power than she could possibly imagine. She was given the power to control the Heartless but in return, she did not lose her soul and heart. Instead, her entire being was filled with Darkness, but she did not vanish. Through this, she learned the limitations of the Darkness and what it could do. She left Radiant Garden, which was a relief to the people. Veran became obsessed with finding Kingdom Hearts (Like Ansem, she too studied it). She knew she would not be able to find it herself, so without revealing herself, she persuaded others, but what she refers to as "spiritual inspiration", to use the Heartless to search for the final door. Maleficent was one of them.
Veran eventually went to The World That Never Was and watched as the Organisation tried to build their own Kingdom Hearts. But after the events of Sora and Ansems Heartless, Veran was left trapped on that world. Her powers would not be able to get her past the walls that had returned to the worlds. Instead, she found a location on that dark world where she could watch the events. She watched as Sora battled the Organisation and realised he did have he potential to find the Final Door. Veran knew the powers of Keyblade Wielders as she had run into many in the past before. She knew what they could do and what could happen if they were persuaded to fight for the Darkness. She waits in her own castle on The World That Never Was, waiting for the opportunity to leave that world to arise. Now, she watches as the world is torn in two, finding her own place outside the battle she watches as the two sides clash for dominance. Veran chooses which side leans towards her advantage.
Role Playing Sample: Veran watched as the populace of Radiant Garden milled around the town. She could do nothing as she watched from her viewing spider.
She threw the spider aside and the Heartless that swarmed her throne room dashed to avoid her wrath.
"If I was still ruler, that restoration committee would not exist. They would have been squashed at the first utterance of ruining my castle."
Veran got up from her thrown and her dress billowed around her like a black mist. The Heartless servants departed from in front of her.
"For the past 2 years I have been stuck on this world. With only you pathetic creatures for company."
The number of Heartless in her castle double after the events of Sora coming to that world. She remembered the boy. She followed and watched as he raced around the many worlds, locking the doors, defeating Maleficent and her cohorts.
Veran grinned as she reminisced, "Those fools did not stand a chance it seems." she chuckled.
She clicked her fingers and a viewing spider scuttled into the room, crawled up her body and into her hand.
"I want you to keep looking for one of those 'Doors to Darkness'. I know they exist, those silly Nobodies used them. Find one and come back here."
The viewing spider dashed out of the room, leaving Veran and her many Heartless friends. She looked around her throne room and thought about creating her own Heartless Army. She could summon many different forms of the creatures, but she saw what happened at Radiant Garden with the Heartless war. She had also seen the battles between the Heartless and the Nobodies on this world. She chose not to participate thinking that this war was pointless compared to the powers of the ever lasting darkness. The Heartless in her room stood to attention. These were her loyal subjects. They did not go and fight in this war. They chose to stay by their mistress. She remembered the Dark XII, the Heartless Organisation. Maybe it was time for the Queen of the Heartless to make an appearance?