Verena Van Aller

Verena Van Aller(Character roleplayed by Sugar)

**Verena Van Aller** is a Banshee, she’s also half-human and of German descent. She was born and raised in Germany as the daughter of two different supernatural beings, a Fae halfling and a Banshee. She’s completely in tune with her abilities, she loves all the morbidity that's associated with her species.

## Biography

### Early childhood

Verena Van Aller was born to Albertyna Sauer and Maximillian Van Aller, two supernatural beings with very different magical upbringings. They knew about their supernatural place in the world and Olympus Academy, unfortunately they weren't able to attend at the same time. Berty found herself cursed by a Dark Wizard. He cursed her to a life as a harbinger of death. Berty did not let his curse destroy her life, she came to understand how to use her abilities safely. His curse made her seem insane when she tried to return to her family. She heard voices and her scream was too lethal for mortals.

Max had spent the earlier centuries of his life in the Fae Realm. He was lucky to be born in one of the pocket societies that accepted halflings like himself. He was beginning a career as an instructor of magic at Olympus Academy when he met Berty, she was no longer a student, a returning alumni in need of sanctuary. Without ever looking for it she found love, with a halfling, a Fae. She could never have imagined a better partner in her life than Max. Years of marriage later without stopping and taking time to discuss what comes next, their daughters were born. Embla and Verena both have powers granted to the due to their mother's cursed affliction.

### Olympus Academy Years

Verena embraced all of her supernatural abilities. She screamed constantly, even when it wasn't her Banshee scream she was driving people insane with her high pitch. She did not misuse the power of her ability, she was taught about how weak she was after using it. She was also instructed in the use of a defensive that allowed her to become intangible, this was in fact something she often used against people. She loved to pick fights with people she didn't like and get them to throw the first blow. It allowed her to come out on top and establish her own identity as a bully. She was a bare knuckle brawler, she liked to fight with her fists.

## Adult Life

After Olympus Academy she was given a job as a photographer's assistant, for her sister Embla, in the Netherlands. She did not have a lot of prospects aside from violent entertainment sports such as mixed martial arts and wrestling, both of which she wanted to do professionally. She was not there along side her sister for a long period of time, they were unable to maintain a stable living and working situation. In their years apart while Embla was creating her life and Rena in school the differences between them became glaringly obvious. After six months together Rena found an apartment, within a year she had a new position as a Necrologist.

## Physical description

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**Species:**
Banshee

**Gender:**
Female

**Height:**
5' 6"

**Hair colour:**
Blonde

**Eye colour:**
Blue

**Skin colour:**
Light

## Personality and traits

She's a very unique individual, she is a living breathing misconception. She loves stereotypes, she finds them amusing. When someone present her with one it never ceases to make her grins as she thinks of the many ways it probably offends people. She very focused on impressions, she likes to leave a lasting one. She prefers to express her affection in the weirdest and oddest ways. She is loving in an animalistic sense of the word. She resorts to biting or cuddling up to people for attention. She's got stalker-y habits and creepy tendencies. She likes singing songs about all the creepy thing she enjoys. If it were for the kooky lyrics to her songs her music might actually be considered good by someone one else's standards.

## Etymology

* Verena: From Latin verêri = "to respect, to fear".
* Van Aller: Means "from the Aller", a river in Germany.