Velico

*Character art by Maple*

## Description

A fluffy white she-cat with a black flame on her chest. One fiery amber eye and one ice blue eye. Long feathery tail. Light gray ear tufts and freckles. She has a small curl of fur over one of her eyes. She has a small scar across her nose from Forestwatcher and a nick in her ear from Omen. She has a little bit of lavender tucked behind her ear because it reminds her of her mother, Oracle.

## Personality

Velico is sweet and kind to most of her family. Being the oldest of her litter, she feels like she needs to protect the other two, Roxie and Ollie. When she is out of the mansion, she is usually defensive and will attack without hesitation. Velico hates the Glaring Eyes with a passion. One of their members, Hiddenshadow, killed her mother. Velico is only partially friendly to three Glaring Eyes cats. Elijah, Carnelian, and Omen. The rest of them she hates. She often sits alone in the infirmary when Lich is out and cries to herself. She blames herself for Oracle's death and she believes she could have done more to save her. On the outside she presents herself as a very different cat than the is on the inside. She doesn't let anyone, not even her father, whom she always tries to impress, know that she is very depressed. She worries that it will affect the way her family views her. Loves Ollie with her whole heart and would die for him.

## History

When Velico was a young kit, around one moon, her aunt, Pandora, was killed by Canyonstar (AKA Sun) in a fight at the border. Velico did not yet understand death. She thought Pandora was in a deep sleep and would not wake for a very long time. Later when she understood that Pandora would never wake, she swore to kill Canyonstar.

Moons later, when Velico was allowed out of the mansion, she met a loner, Valerian. She thought Velico was her dead mate, Vynical. After a good look, Valerian realized Velico was not Vynical. They talked for a while about Vynical. Velico had never met Vynical, but she had heard a lot about her. When Velico was born, her father, Kacius, told her mother, Oracle, that Velico looked like his aunt Vynical. Valerian told Velico that Vynical had been killed by Hawthornstar. Velico promised Valerian that she would kill Hawthornstar for her.

Soon after this, Velico was chosen by Lich as field medic. She studies herbs and their uses every day with him. She skipped a few days and later hated herself for this.

One day Velico was wandering through the streets of Black Valley with Hades when she found a group of Glaring Eyes cats. The three cats were Polaris, Omen, and Carnelian. A fight broke out and her father, and gang leader, Kacius came to help. Her uncle, Charlie, tried to break up the fight but soon had to leave to take care of his son, Cujo. Velico ended up fighting Carnelian. She saved Carnelian from a car that was about to hit her. When the two came back to the fight, Hiddenshadow captured Velico and used her to try to make Kacius retreat. Kacius refused to retreat and killed the Glaring Eyes' runner, Polaris. Hiddenshadow dropped Velico and rushed over to try to save her dead runner. The fight ended here and both gangs returned to their camps.

Later that day, Velico was out collecting herbs when she found Carnelian in the woods with a large burn on her shoulder. She used some of the herbs to treat Carnelian's burn. While she was treating the wound, her father's voice called her from somewhere nearby in the woods. His voice seemed to shake with fear and sadness. She immediately ran towards his voice to find him laying in a clearing with her mother, Oracle's dead body in his paws. He had his face buried in her fur and seemed to be crying. Ariadne, the former runner, was standing off to the side. Velico ran up to her father and curled up between Oracle's body and Kacius' shoulder. They both cried for a few minutes until Kacius stood up and carried both of them back to the mansion. Velico's brother, Ollie, helped her prepare their mother for her burial. She used lavender, her mother's favorite plant, to cover up the scent of death. Since then, Velico has always had a small piece of lavender tucked behind her ear to remind her of her mother.

Moons later, when Velico was around nineteen moons, she found out she was pregnant with her sister's new mate's kits. She panicked when she found out he was Roxie's mate. She kept the father's name a secret and told her kits that their father had died. A few days after her kits were born, her father and grandmother, Kacius and Heda, died. She didn't find out until later. Banksy became leader and let Omen, the father of her kits, and Hiddenshadow into the gang. She didn't feel safe around Banksy and Hiddenshadow so she left the Glinting Claws for the Glaring Eyes. There she met their runner, Relumino. They soon became friends. She also met a loner named Veronica. Veronica soon became her mate and they both raised the kits together.

Velico was out on her daily walk when she spotted Roxie. They hadn't seen each other in moons and they had both grown. Roxie tried to kill her and Velico, angry and not thinking right after the shock of her sister trying to kill her, revealed that the father of her kits was Roxie's mate. She immediately tried to say that wasn't true. She wanted Roxie to have a happy life with Omen and their kits and now she had just ruined that.