Angelos and Orcus Vardi

> "I was deceived by a man, who tore my heart in two and in that pain, I lost my baby boys. Any man who isn't a part of my family I hate because of this reason and while not all men are horrible, a majority have done horrid things for their own sake's so be careful always"
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**Angelos Vikhed Vardi** and **Orcus Vitrish Vardi** are the twin sons of Medea Vardi. They have three half-siblings named Lysandra, Rhea and Hermes via their mother.

## Personality

Angelos is the oldest twin and as such is the more bombastic and talkative. He is loud, sometimes vulgar child, who does most of the talking. He is the most similar to his mother which Fae commenting that is almost scary how similar they are due to this. He also has a temper.

Orcus is very shy and has a hard time talking to other only being able to form sentences with his older brother, despite this he is a kind and sweet boy who had a better time conceiving the ghost the twins are in charge of getting to come down to the afterlife so they can either be send to heaven or hell.

## Appearance

The twins take after their mother in appearance to the point when they return as little ghosts that their aunts thought they were little girls. Both having her strong cheekbones, a heart-shaped face, the hooded eyes of the Vardi family with long eyelashes, and pouty lips. When the twins were born, they were very small the size of kewpie dolls with whisps of black hair.

Orcus has sap green eyes and dimples. Angelos has chestnut brown eyes and a beauty mark under his left eye. They both has short eyebrows which is common in male members of the Vardi family as well. Orcus wears his hair long to his chin and is very straight whereas Angelos wears his short and is very curly.

When they appear in the Humanworld during the Festival of the Dead around the world, they appear as little boys between the ages of five and seven. The twins are wearing jinbei's, Orcus is wearing a purple one with lilies and scorpion grass designs on them whereas Angelos is wearing a yellow one with red spider lilies and morning glories. They are each wearing an obi, Angelos is wearing a rose knot and Orcus is wearing a butterfly knot.

## Etymology

* Angelos is the Greek form of Angelus is derived from the Greek word ἄγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger". In Greek mythology, Angelos or Angelia is the daughter of Zeus and Hera who became a chthonic deity, to escape her mother's wrath for helping Europa.
* Vikhed possibly means "free from weariness, free from depression" in Sanskrit.
* Orcus is the latinized version of Horkos is derived from Greek horkos "witness" and related to Greek horkion "oath". In Greek mythology, Horkos was the god of (false) oaths and a son of the goddess Eris. In Roman mythology, Orcus was a god of the underworld and the punisher of broken oaths.
* Vitrish means "free from thirst" in Sanskrit.
* Vardi is derived from Vered which means "rose" in Hebrew, originally a borrowing from an Iranian language.

## Trivia

* They are associated with the Anemone, a symbol of forsaken, sickness, anticipation, undying love, and eternal peace.
* They are of Sephardi Jewish, South Asian, Italian, French and English descent.
* They are semi-identical twins.
* Angelos and Orcus were born at 26 weeks.
* Angelos was the smallest twin.
* Orcus suffered from IRDS and BPD due to his underdeveloped lungs.
* Angelos suffered from PDA and a brain bleed due to his underdeveloped heart.
* Each baby had three drops of their mother's milk before they passed.
* Aster would visit them every day in the hospital and sing to them for an hour.