Laveris

**Laveris** is a playable character in Affinity Squad.

## Appearance

In her human form, Laveris is a tall, slender, Caucasian, dark-haired young woman, appearing to be in her early 20s. Her hair is short and jet black, and her eyes are an unnatural purple. She typically wears a long, semi-formal black dress alongside other similarly themed black accessories. She is conventionally attractive, and sometimes uses this alongside supernatural temptation to get people to do things for her.

## Personality

Laveris is a cunning, mischievous, pleasure-seeking woman who feels most comfortable around mortals rather than other gods.

Although Laveris is a goddess of trickery, most other gods hold her in low regard and often either ignore or outright revile her due to her domain, mischievous attitude, and general lack of maturity. As a result, she prefers to roam among mortals, often adopting human disguises to temporarily mesh into different societies. She often has difficulty forming relationships with others, feeling a distance between herself and others, whether they be mortal or god.

Of her various traits, Laveris is most easily identified by her cunning. She is a skilled planner and possesses high insight, allowing her to predict how someone will act or how a certain series of actions will play out with a great level of accuracy. She approaches problems playfully, rarely taking anything seriously unless something she values is threatened.

Laveris is well-defined by her hedonism and desire for entertainment. For centuries, she regularly performed acts of mischief, such as instigating conflicts with control magic, causing widespread confusion/panic with illusions, and other pranks on humanity for entertainment. While her pranks occasionally cause harm, said harm is usually temporary and never results in death. Although she is mischievous, Laveris is not evil, and does care about the mortals she surrounds herself with. Over time, she has curbed her more nefarious impulses and is more willing to act responsibly.

## Powers and Abilities

### **Powers**

#### Illusion Magic

As a goddess of trickery, Laveris is well-versed in illusion magic. She can conjure illusions that affect all senses and are difficult to identify as fake even under heavy scrutiny.

#### Shapeshifting

Like most gods, Laveris can alter the physiology of her own body to change form. While her "true" form is unknown, her most common appearance is that of a tall, black-haired woman. Alongside other human disguises, she also regularly takes the form of a crow in order to spy on others or fly.

#### Cloning

Laveris is capable of producing and dissipating clones of herself at will. As a result, she can be in multiple places at once. However, operating multiple bodies at the same time requires a sizeable amount of concentration, and therefore she cannot have clones around for very long.

#### Teleportation

Laveris can teleport to nearby locations with ease, disappearing and reappearing with a harmless puff of black glitter.

#### Godly Physiology

As a god, Laveris's physiology differs from that of a human in many ways. She has enhanced strength, speed, and durability, and does not age. She cannot die of starvation, thirst, sleep deprivation, or disease, although she still feels hunger, thirst, and fatigue. However, she is not immortal, and can die permanently if mortally wounded.

### Abilities

#### Spellcasting

Laveris has learned and practiced many magical spells over several centuries of study. With this magic, she can summon a multitude of magical projectiles, create sigils that produce magical effects when triggered, sap the life and will from others, enhance her physical abilities, summon magical weapons, and more.

#### Manifestation of Will

Laveris's most infamous spell is called "Manifestation of Will". By channeling energy into a specific person or group of people, Laveris can afflict them with the spell, slowly sapping their willpower and converting it into magical abilities. Using this, Laveris can temporarily turn people into mindless slaves and have them use their newfound powers to sew mischief. After enough time has passed, the victims will regain their willpower, lose their abilities, and forget the events that transpired while afflicted.

However, when this spell was used on Wander and Killer Kit, who have supernaturally infinite willpower, the spell malfunctioned, perpetually drawing power from an infinite source and granting the two boys superpowers without affecting their wills. The powers they gained were significantly heightened, but unstable.

## Relationships

* **Wander:** Laveris sees Wander as her one true friend and her anchor to mortal life, as he is a consistent guide on how mortals live and operate in society. Likewise, she regularly assists Wander in mastering his powers through conversation and training. Although she acts self-sufficient and confident, she sometimes relies on Wander's straightforward attitude to make decisions. Laveris fears losing the relationship, and thus keeps her involvement in Killer Kit obtaining powers a secret from Wander, believing that this knowledge would jeopardize his opinion of her.
* **Killer Kit:** Laveris believes granting Killer Kit his powers to be her greatest mistake, and thus keeps her involvement a secret from Wander. She sees him as a vile mass murderer who should be kept as far away from Wander as possible.
* **Ben:** While she only vaguely knows who Ben is from legends of old, she understands that he is a danger to the entire world.

## Background

Laveris is the goddess of trickery and a resident of Earth. She is considered a low-level goddess, which combined with her seemingly nefarious domain, earns her scorn among other gods. As such, she prefers the company of mortals, often adopting disguises to temporarily mesh into society for periods at a time. She has the unique ability to convert a person's willpower into extraordinary abilities, which she has utilized for her own mischief throughout history. However, when she met Wander, a young martial artist with infinite willpower, she found that she had unwittingly granted him superpowers *without* stripping him of his free will. Soon after, she revealed her identity to him, and the two became traveling companions.