Verity Fiorello

Verity Fiorello was Dimitri's childhood friend and coworker at Montaine's Bakery. She was raised in Turlock but had ambitions to return to Barrowbough to study traditional Nornish artisanal crafts. Verity was the only child of Captains Marcia and Kalannar Fiorello.

Her hobbies included embroidery, knitting, woodcraft, and sports.

At age 19 she was killed by Dimitri when he attacked her upon completing his transformation into a Dhampir.

## Childhood

Verity was born in Barrowbough to high ranking military parents with aspirations to rise the ranks into the Nornish nobility. Her parents were assigned to move to Turlock in order to oversee the rising tensions in nearby Dawntide, which is where she lived until her death.

The Fiorellos did not want their daughter fraternizing with the common farming scum of Turlock and only allowed her to play with the (marginally) wealthier families which included the Montaines; owners of the village bakery. She spent a lot of time with the family while her parents took long surveillance trips and grew very close to Dimitri.

As per Turlock custom, she was nicknamed Vanya; however her parents forced her to drop this as they did not want her to stoop to the level of the commoners and become associated with them, especially as they had plans to marry her off to a wealthy noble family and did not want her becoming friends with the lower class.

## Teenage Years

Verity and Dimitri grew closer in their teenage years, often mistaken for a couple (though the two of them never confirmed or denied this speculation). At some stage, she knitted a yellow jumper for him.

She was employed by Boris and Yara Montaine to work in the bakery as an assistant when she confided in them that she wanted to pursue an education in Nornish artisanal crafts, knowing her own parents would never approve or fund such pursuits. Particularly talented at shop displays, she had a knack for incorporating her skills with arts into decorating the shop as well as the food items on occasion. She often helped Yara make cakes for Emperor's day which became an annual bestseller.

## Death

Verity was killed by Dimitri when she discovered his body on the floor of Montaine's Bakery after he was bitten by an intruder in the night. She tried to help him but was bitten and drained of her blood by Dimitri as he became a Dhampir. This proved lethal and she passed away from blood loss in a state of confusion rather than fear.

Her death, as well as Dimitri's, was ruled as the result of a 'beast attack'. Her parents were apparently unsatisfied with this result and wanted the Montaines held responsible as the death occurred in their shop, though this never came to be due to direct intervention by Augustine Vincendius, the Lord of Turlock.

## Trivia

* Originally meant to just be a drow, I liked horns too much to *not* include so she was given a sprinkling of tiefling ancestry to explain it lol. or maybe shes the product of an affair who knows :eyes:
* She was a better runner than Dimitri growing up.
* A thread from the yellow jumper she knitted Dimitri eventually became the string he uses to keep track of the days that have passed since he last drank blood.