Vepar

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**Vepar** is a siren demon and a duke in the Ars Goetia.

## Appearance

Vepar appears as a siren creature with white skin and a long lime green fish tail. His hair is slightly wavy and scarlet red, going down to the base of his neck. His eyes are green, with black sclera. His ears are lime green and frilled like an aquatic monster's. He has black horns coming out of his head and black scales under his eyes. He wears a black cloak and a gold tiara with a black gem. Around his neck is a gold necklace with a small scallop charm.

## Personality

Vepar often behaves as a bit of a spoiled brat. In private however, he tends to be more closed off. Around his friends, he tends to be snarky, but is often inconsistent. It's unclear whether the different persona he has are due to a lack of a sense of self, or to people-please, or if there's an underlying disorder.

## History

Vepar was born the third son of a duke in Avalar. As the third son, he didn't get as much attention from his father, so he often felt inadequate to his father's expectations. To counter this, however, he spent much of his time with his two older brothers. The eldest would help tutor him, help him with his studies, and helped to ensure that Vepar would have a good life despite the fact that Vepar would most likely never become a duke. The other brother, who was only one year older than Vepar, taught him to enjoy life and helped him to laugh and have fun. With all this, Vepar felt mostly happy and satisfied, but he felt as though nothing could ever fill the void his father's lack of affection for him made. His dream became to travel the world by sea, and his dream would start to come to fruition when he was invited on a ship out to sea. Vepar accepted, and he loved the trip, right up until the third day at sea. On the third day, they were attacked by a band of drunk pirates, who raided the ship of it's valuables and kidnapped Vepar. After receiving gold to release him, the pirates instead stabbed Vepar through the abdomen and tossed him overboard to die. As he bled out and sank deeper into the sea, his necklace, which his father had always said contained a blessing from god, began to glow. His wound healed almost instantly, and he realized his second chance. He began to swim to the surface of the water, but after a few strokes his legs became numb, with the only feeling in them being a tingly sensation that felt like dozens of needles pricking him. He looked down at his legs and they were growing light green scales. He panicked and tried to get back up the surface faster, but without feeling in his legs it was taking quite a while, and he was rapidly running out of air. Eventually, after what sounded like a rip, though he was still underwater, he could breathe. He gasped, confused for a few seconds on why he could breathe until he reached up to his neck and felt gills. His panic only increased, but the more he tried to swim to the surface with his numb legs, which were covered in scales and starting to grow fins, the more he sank. He eventually realized that his feet had turned into fins, and his legs were beginning to knit together into a tail. His arms, hands, and even his face eventually gained scales, and webbing appeared between his fingers. As the transformation began to finish, he'd been completely turned into a siren. His necklace stopped glowing, and Vepar was, in his eyes, trapped underwater until he died. Vepar was horrified, and while he was grateful to be alive he never wanted to live underwater and away from his family. Unfortunately, he had no choice, it seemed. He was devastated, and he lived in a deep depression for many years until he swam deeper down and met Forneus, who offered him a deal- Forneus would give Vepar, essentially, his happiness and satisfaction with life back if Vepar gave Forneus his soul. Vepar agreed, and gave up his soul willingly. After giving up his soul to be happy again, Vepar spent the remaining years of his life finally enjoying himself until he was killed by a shark. Since he gave his soul to a demon, he was turned into a demon when he died, and he lived in the Envy ring of the Underworld before he joined the Ars Goetia.

## Trivia

* His birthday, September 29th, is a reference to the legions of demons under his command (29), and also makes him a Libra, which is the star sign Vepar is associated with.
* Him being a siren demon is a reference to how Vepar is commonly depicted as a mermaid.
	+ He was changed from being a mermaid to a siren since sirens are cooler.
* Vepar can make ships arrive to their destinations safely, make the sea rough and cause storms, cause the sea to appear full of ships, and can instantly infect or heal any wounds.
	+ The way he infects wounds is by causing worms to breed in them, causing rapid death and extreme pain.
* He moves around on land by essentially "swimming" through the air.
* He is very artistic, and believes that he would have been famous if it weren't for his transformation.
* He loves insects, and he used to go "insect hunting" with his brothers.
* He's a fast swimmer, being quite a bit faster than Forneus.
* He hates being called a mermaid.
* His favorite color is red.
* His favorite food is fish and rice.
	+ This didn't change post-transformation, and he doesn't consider it cannibalism for him to eat fish.
* He can only sleep in the water.
* He doesn't watch TV.
* He's too "animal-like" for most demons, and he's okay with that.