Velvette

**Velvette** is a major antagonist in the *Divine Comedy*.

She serves as the tertiary antagonist of volume one, a minor yet pivotal antagonist in volume two, and a major antagonist in volume three.

She is an Overlord who governs over social media, the owner of a pastry shop known as the Sweet Spot, a member of the Vees - along with her close associates Vox and Valentino -, and a major adversary of Mephisto. A social media mastermind and demented doll demon, she serves as Vox and Valentino's social media manager, covering up their crimes and masterfully spinning their antics into good PR and excellent promotion. Though the youngest Overlord and the weakest of the Vees, Velvette is extremely dangerous as she is known for her unhinged child-like lunacy.

## Appearance

Velvette is a young, slim sinner with slightly grey-brown skin. She has large, velvet, burgundy, and white hair tied into pigtails with lace hair ties holding her hair up. She seems to be wearing white eyeliner with crimson eyeshadow. She has white irises and red sclera. She has razor-sharp teeth, and her nails are sharpened at a point.

## History

### Background

Velvette's original name as a human is unknown but what is known regarding her background as a human is that she was a popular social media influencer and fashionista. She gained her fame and fortune through YouTube and became an idol amongst the American population with her extravagant tastes. One reason for her popularity was the fact that, ironically, she didn't seem fake. Also, she had innate talent to predict the latest trends. Her career created a lot of unwanted attention as well; she claimed that the only men who were interested in her were "creeps who did not actually care about her."

Of course as with most influencers, Velvette's ideals and views sparked a lot of controversy to the point where she would even use her enormous fame and influence over the masses that follow her to do her bidding; one example was her discreetly ordering her followers to "take care" of other social media icons that threatened her 'kingdom'. In regards to her death, Velvette states cryptically states that she shouldn't "give out too much fake love" to the fans which implies that she may have disregarded the outpouring of affection from her most loyal fans and it cost her. Her death in question was said to have involved a "cake and fireworks".

### Arrival in Hell

Following her death, Velvette's soul was cast into Hell, condemned to the Pride and Sloth Circles. She was relatively powerless during her first tenure in Hell but upon meeting the likes of Vox she slowly began to rebuild her social media empire. Specifically, Velvette found favor with Webster an Overlord known as the Internet Demon who convinced Vox to take her into their 'web' as the new dark spider on the circuit. Vox was hesitant at first but quickly saw how Velvette demonstrated her potential and promise by advertising Vox's products through her Sinstagram app which not only gained massive demand for Vox's products but also garnered many followers for Velvette in the process.

Afterward, with the help of Vox's influence, she became a social media icon with a following of millions, as well as becoming the PR agent for Vox and Valentino. She also became the owner of the Sweet Spot, Sin City's top confectionery shop. Velvette also developed a fierce rivalry with Mephisto, the Jazz Demon, who like Alastor with Vox challenges Velvette's embrace of modern technology and music.

## Trivia

* Her name is play on the word "velvet", which means "a closely woven fabric of silk, cotton, or nylon, that has a thick short pile on one side". It's Latin root word, *villus*, means "shaggy cloth" or "tuft of hair".
* Despite looking like a very young girl, and as such treated like one by Vox and Valentino, Velvette is actually around the same age as them.
* Her favorite genre of music is dance-pop.
* Velvette was the one who came up with the name "The Vees" for her, Vox, and Valentino. Although she is very proud of that fact, she's the only one in the group who actually calls themselves that.