Velvet/History

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Conceptually, Velvet was created in mind to be a classic villain by the writers. Essentially, she had always meant to be irredeemable, and would have a very satisfying downfall. 
Part of her prototype character also originally was going to have her use sophisticated words, either correctly or wrongly, to elevate her ego.
According to The Art of DreamWorks Trolls Band Together, Velvet, along with her brother Veneer and the other Mount Rageons, were intended to be catlike creatures, before being changed into 1940's rubber-hose designs and later their current more Betty Sphagetty looks. She is also described by designers to be very reflective and shaped in designs.
Her earliest designs had her embodying the stereotypical hideous evil villain that somewhat resembled the Bergens as well, before being changed to her current design.
Also, both Velvet and Veneer had been consistently mapped out to have matching colors and clothing, or in colors that are meant to be parallels of each other, even in their prototype designs, indicating that both of them are intended to be twins in the first place. 
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===Past===
Velvet was born as the older twin to her twin brother Veneer and their unseen dentist parents, living in the suburbs before moving into the city of Mount Rageous. Throughout her childhood, Velvet had always enjoyed relentlessly bullying and later abusing Veneer for her own amusement, evidenced by how she wouldn't care for his well-being like flipping the dining table and spoiling his food, with her parents implied to have done nothing to correct her behaviors. She also felt that nothing was enough for her, and believed she deserved much better, hence drastically elevating her ego throughout her life. At some point of her childhood, Velvet likely killed Veneer's cherished pet goldfish Sparkles by flushing it down a toilet. However, she still maintained a very close relationship with her brother, while forming a very unhealthy codependency with him.
After becoming a teenager, Velvet carried on her abuse and bullying towards her now very submissive brother, while becoming more avaricious for a pursuit of fame and fortune. One month at least before the events of Trolls World Tour, she initiated her plan on becoming wannabe superstars with Veneer by capturing Floyd, with Crimp hired as their assistant. They then proceeded to steal Floyd's talent to raise to fame within 2 months.
Given how she succeeded in making Veneer string along with her scheme, it is implied that she had deliberately left many of the harrowing details of draining a Troll in the dark so he would not be suspicious of her true intentions of only wanting to hog all the glory for herself.
=== Trolls Band Together ===
Velvet and Veneer were first mentioned by John Dory, who received a letter, which was actually forged by Velvet, that entailed Floyd being captured by them at Mount Rageous, prompting him, Branch and Poppy to embark on a journey to rescue Floyd. 
Velvet and Veneer were later seen perfroming at the Boombox Theater. After the show, Velvet furiously told her brother how their voices sounded terrible, and they needed more of Floyd's talent essence.
During an interview hosted by Kid Ritz about their rise to fame and impending Lifer Award, Velvet told the host that she had always been her own inspiration, showing no remorse of draining Floyd for her own greed and fully embracing her own narcissism. Velvet then used physical violence on Veneer, which was to give him small but forceful pats on the cheek, as a means to "calm him down" when she noticed he was getting nervous about their skeleton in the closet. It was later shown that both she and her brother were terrible singers that could only sing in caterwauls. 
After ordering their assistant Crimp to stand in the corner, Velvet continued draining Floyd, who was actually paling after constant draining and that there would be no more Trolls for their dress rehearsal. Velvet then scolded Veneer harshly for having a moody face. She also praised herself for having forged Floyd's handwriting and sending her bait letter to lure the other BroZone brothers. She then went off to buy matching yachts with her brother. 
As Crimp presented Veneer and Velvet their new outfits, Velvet revealed to Crimp and Veneer that they were getting shoulder pads as smoothie machines, which were actually high vacuums that were for efficiently draining the Trolls. She also dismissed Veneer for having concerns and suggesting alternatives on this plan. When Velvet claimed that they were both dirt-poor before becoming famous, Veneer corrected her, reminding her that they were raised in the suburbs by their dentist parents. However, Velvet refused to heed him, even insulting him that not only were their parents nobodies, but she had always hated him when he was a baby who was additionally a huge drooling mess. She also tossed Crimp into the cramped closet, as she felt that Crimp was now smarter than her and made her feel threatened. She then exited the room while tempting Veneer with the prospect of ascending from superstars to megastars. 
When still preparing for the ceremony and that BroZone was still no-show, Veneer suggested Velvet on rehearsing so they could at least dance better by suggesting the dances they made as kids, but he only got shot down by Velvet cruelly, claiming that their dances that they came up as children were worthless anyway as a means for her to control him. She and Veneer soon fell for Floyd's faked death, but she demonstrated cruel apathy and even shook the bottle, dismissing how Floyd is a living creature. Velvet then deliberately manipulated Veneer again by blackmailing him with his dead goldfish Sparkles to coerce him into flushing Floyd down the toilet. To Velvet's surprise, Floyd sprang back to life and rolled away, so Velvet commanded Veneer into chasing after Floyd. When Velvet arrived to meet up with her brother, she took advantage of Veneer's care for her by complimenting him insincerely on them being a good team, so he fell for her lies again. To further impair Veneer's judgement about her, Velvet then snatched Floyd from him in order to stunt his decision-making, while telling him that a new assistant should be hired to replace Crimp. 
After manipulating Veneer on them being a "good team" and with the award ceremony coming up, Velvet captured John Dory, Spruce, and Clay, after she succeeded in tricking John with a special parking lot for BroZone, with Clay and Floyd placed inside her shoulder pads, and also throwing Rhonda into the closet. When greeting she and her brother's fans at the red carpet before heading to the Rage Dome, she was the second one to notice Queen Poppy, Branch and Rhonda confronting them. Velvet was unfazed by the small but confrontational Trolls in front of her, and instructed her brother on driving their luxurious vehicle and drained the four brothers' essence as part of their performance. She also swatted Branch away from her when he was going to seize Floyd from her.
After Viva, who arrived with Tiny Diamond, Bridget and King Gristle Jr., succeeded in snatching John Dory and Bruce from Veneer, Velvet remained competent on her villainy, securing Floyd in her grasp. The teen Rageon girl showed no signs of backing down from her pursuit of fame, even after Crimp shut down the power for their mics, as she still decided to perform an encore, which meant Floyd would actually be completely done for. Veneer tried using the excuse of announcing that they would be retiring after this performance so Velvet would not perform the encore, only for her to insult him as a beautiful idiot for defying her. Velvet then relished in completely draining Floyd for the performance, as she sang a cascade of stolen music from her captive and believed that she had reigned supreme against the Trolls she considered as weak in her egotistical eyes.
However, to Velvet's surprise and bafflement after her mic got de-powered by Crimp cutting off the power source, Floyd's four brothers, even with three of them in diamond bottles, still managed to perform Better Place for the audience. She then noticed that Floyd, who joined the singing weakly, started floating away from her. As Velvet attempted to recapture Floyd, Veneer decided to protect Floyd and prevent her from falling off by restraining her, thereby allowing Floyd to sacrifice himself for the rest of BroZone. Both she and her brother then fell off the pedestal after the diamond bottle containing Floyd exploded. When Floyd briefly died but later revived by his brothers' life essences and love for him, Velvet remained confused and incredulous on the brothers' selflessness, still believing that they were foolish for prioritizing their family.
In the end, with Veneer deciding to be honest to the Trolls and himself by giving up the life of being pop-stars through a public confession of their criminal charges, as well as admitting that he actually didn't enjoy being famous, Velvet was shocked that she was publicly exposed and humiliated by her own brother. When she tried calling him out for his confession by claiming that she doesn't know who her brother is anymore, Veneer, who had enough of her treatment of him, told her she does and she wanted him to change himself anyway, who denounced her from being his sister. She and her brother were then handcuffed by Crimp, with the latter cuffing her first. Despite being arrested by Crimp and informed by Clay afterwards due to troll-napping, troll torture and tax evasion, Velvet was still in serious denial about her own criminal charges before being escorted by security. At the end of the day, Velvet not only got publicly shamed by her former captive Floyd, his family and friends, but she had also entirely lost everything. From the fame she desired to the brother who once loved her.
Category:Character Histories