Verin Gallus-Beck

Verin Gallus-Beck is a half-drow sorcerer and adventurer living in Arcadia.

## Appearance

Verin is a half-drow with a petite frame, dusky purple skin, dark eyes, and white hair.

## Personality

Verin comes off as polite and even charming to most people he talks to, though he describes himself as "not a people person" and an introvert. He is very intelligent and introspective. He also tends to be calm and reserved; his fury tends to be tranquil fury. However, he also possesses a good heart and wishes to help all the people he can.

Verin often feigns a careless and distant persona, but is very sensitive.

Verin shares a love of gardening with Giorno DiGiuseppi and Ziya Niano.

## Biography

Verin is the product of the affair of his father Ilixidor Gallus with a half-drow woman named Caele. Caele abandoned him on the steps of the Gallus home. Though this discovery strained Ilixidor's relationship with his wife Diena, they decided to stay together and raise Verin, but keep him hidden to salvage their reputations. Two years later, Anabel Gallus was born. Though Verin had a strained relationship with his parents, he became close with both of his half-sisters, Anabel and Averford.

Verin was not allowed out of the house for the first few years of his life, and he dutifully obeyed until one day his sisters convinced him to sneak out with them. This led to the general public finding out about Ilixidor's affair. Following the incident, Diena became even colder to Verin.

As a teenager, Verin began working as a novice apprentice for various spellcasting members of the Order of the Triple Eyes, an order dedicated to Ioun to earn money. He was drawn to Ioun because of her status as a knowledge goddess. He used her tenets to help control and understand the chaos of his magic.

When he was 18, Diena tried to marry him off to an Arcadian lord George Byron, who turned out to be horribly abusive. Diena turned her back on him, as she had intended to get rid of him. Averford, however, did not allow for the abuse of her brother and broke him out of George's house after a confrontation in which Averford disarmed one of George's guards and marked his face with two scars on either side of his face. As a result, Averford and Verin were both disowned by the Galluses for a while.

In 1606, Verin helped Demetrius and Kai expose Kyle Strickler's crimes by locating his secret laboratory and convincing his apprentice Giorno DiGuiseppi to testify against him. Following his conviction, Verin and Demetrius settled in Arcadia and took Giorno in as their ward, since he had no other home. Verin started working from home so he could look after the heavily traumatized Giorno.

Shortly after Strickler's imprisonment, Verin, Demetrius, and Giorno were captured by Theodosia Marquette, more commonly known as Strickler's Butcher, where they remained for several hours before being rescued.

As of 1619 PS, Verin is generally a well-respected magic researcher and works primarily as a translator of documents for the Order of the Triple Eyes.

## Relationships

### Family

* Demetrius Beck: Demetrius is Verin's husband and partner, and they have had a strong relationship for a very long time. Verin considers Demetrius to be the person that knows him best.
* Giorno DiGuiseppi: Giorno is Verin and Demetrius's ward following Strickler's trial. Verin has a close bond with him, since he worked from home so he could be able to help soothe anxiety attacks or nightmares. They also share a love of gardening.
* Averford Gallus: Verin and his sister Averford have a positive and supportive relationship. In their youth, Averford helped Verin save up money to move out of their house and away from Diena. Averford never treated Verin differently because of their different mothers.
* Anabel Gallus: Verin is also close to his sister Anabel due their similar personalities.
* Xiao Kai
* Ziya Niano: Verin and Ziya have a surprisingly close friendship that they were able to rekindle even after ten years of no contact due to the war.

## Abilities

### General Abilities

* Magic: Verin is a skilled magic user. His pact magic allows him to cast feyish time spells to move or stop time for a few seconds. He also knows some transmutation magic.
* Languages: Verin was raised bilingual (Common and Elvish) and studied multiple languages when he was confined to his house as a child. In addition to his native Common and Elvish, he also knows Gnomish, Dwarvish, Sylvan, Celestial, and Infernal. He is also an adept translator of these languages.

## Trivia

* He's based off Essek Thelyss, and even shares his name with Essek's brother.