Valec

By @mageogspace

**Valechaz**, better known as **Valec**, is the proprietor of the Crossroads Lounge. Every bit of magic that happens in that bar is authorized by him. He is also a broker of demon-human bargain.

## Biography

### Early History

Valec was born in 1815 to Pearl, an enslaved human woman working on a plantation who was seduced by an incubus. His mother was forced to cast him out because she knew he was a "crossroads child." Valec survived, and later became

### *Legendborn*

Bree sees Valec's birth when she is on a memory walk led by Cecilia. She hears Pearl claim her son, saying she loves him despite who his father is. Her friend Katherine tells her that she must cast out the child because while he may look human, “they can’t be trusted because it is in their nature to lie. Just like his father, he will turn on you one day.”

### *Bloodmarked*

Valec arranges deals between humans and demons and runs the Crossroads Lounge. He is Lucille's great-uncle seven times over. While not related by blood, Valec and Mariah consider themselves cousins. Valec reveals to Bree that Sel has been mesmering her.

## Physical Appearance

Valec looks like an eighteen year old Black boy. He's at least six feet tall and has warm brown skin. There’s an unnaturally beautiful, inhuman grace in his stride and movements. His hair is shorn close on the sides, but rises in thick, tight curls from his crown. He wears dramatic and elaborate outfits. His eyes sparkle like win-red gems under dark brows while at other times they are deep brown.

## Personality

Everything about Valec is balanced on a razor's edge between charm and threat. He's charismatic and flirtatious, but should never be underestimated. He's arrogant, which he admits to being, saying he's earned it as being a balanced cambion. Valec values integrity and transparency in business, telling Alice that "anything worth doing the dark is worth doing in the light." He's mischievous and handsome and too aware of being both.

## Powers and Abilities

Valec is a cambion, so he has the same abilities as a Merlin, but may have stronger power because he is 205 years old. He may also have other abilities because he was not limited by the Order. It's unclear how he manages to maintain his humanity without their Oaths.

* **Aether Affinity:** The ability to control and use aether.
* **Mesmerwork:** The ability to erase, manipulate, and replace someone's memories and to cast illusions.
* **Ward Casting:** The ability to create magical barriers used for protection.
* **Constructs:** The ability to create physical manifestations of aether that take the form of objects or animals.
* **Sight:** The ability to see magic and Shadowborn.
* **Enhanced abilities:** Super strength, super speed, enhanced endurance, self-healing abilities, and super senses.
* **Attraction:** The ability to make others feel attracted to them.

## Trivia

* Bree notes that Valec smells like "something dark, spicy, and burning."

## Appearances

* *Legendborn* (in a memory walk)
* *Bloodmarked*

## Notable Quotes

* “She must be very special. I do like special things, Selwyn. I’m a special thing myself.” — *Bloodmarked*

## References

1. ↑ *Legendborn*: pgs. 235-236
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Bloodmarked*: pg. 322
3. ↑ *Bloodmarked*: pg. 344