Name: Valery Hope Simmons
Aliases: Veil, the Red Queen
Age: 28
Birthday: April 29th, 1993
Birth Place: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender: Female
Powers: Invisible Energy Manipulation (Specialties: Cloaking and Invisible Energy Attacks)
Training: Xavier's Institute (6 years), Mutant Underground (3 years)
Languages: English and Quebecois
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 129 pounds
Build: Athletic
Eyes: Blue Grey
Hair: Extremely Curly, Messy, and Untamable; Soft Brown
Skin Tone: Pale
Tattoos/Scars/Piercings: Scar in the shape of an M on her upper left shoulder
Personal Style: In school, Veil was voted
most likely to be mistaken for a street urchin. Her curly and wild brown hair has broken over a dozen brushes in her lifetime and the number would continue to climb if she had continued to try. She wears plain shirts and jeans that have a fair deal of patches on them. In her line of work, dress code isn't really a problem - it's more of finding clothing that isn't completely tattered after a fight that can be the real issue.
Strong * Restless * Brave * Emotionally Vulnerable * Compassionate * Blunt
Sexuality: Pansexual
Relationship Status: Single
Personality: Veil describes herself as the bastard mutant child of a Slytherin and a Gryffindor. Her upbringing in Nova Scotia and at Xavier's Institute both taught her compassion for those in less fortunate situations. One person's weakness did not warrant ridicule - and another's strength meant little when it comes to their character. Some mistake her bluntness for anger or a quick temper - perhaps even disinterest - but Veil won't sugar coat things. She will tell you what you need to hear - even if it pains her.
She is courageous and daring, just as she is ambitious and resilient. Veil dreams that one day, mutants won't have to live in fear - but she knows that the world needs more than just a superhero team from Westchester in order to achieve that. Sacrifices will have to be made in order to protect the people that she loves. And that's okay.
Habits: Tapping her fingers, picking at her fingernails
Hobbies: Singing
Fears:- OMEN's Resurgence
- Zombies
- Magneto
Likes: - Harry Potter
- Rabbits
- Dawns
- Dream Pop
- Lollipops
- Blue Raspberry Syrup
Dislikes: - Lizards
- Coffee
- The Smell of Rust
- Lipstick
- E-Readers
- Windy Days
General World Skills: - First Aide
- Scavenging
- Forgery
- Leadership
- Deception
- Perception
- Investigation
- Mission Strategy
- Espionage
Combat Skills:- Parkour
- Hand to Hand Combat
- Invisible Energy Attacks
- Stealth
- Stamina
Medical Issues/Injuries: Possessions:- Fake I.D.: Kayley Viola Webber, Age 25, New York
- Empty Silver Locket with Rusting Chain
- Clothing: Olive Green Army Jacket, Grey Shirt, Patchy Blue Jeans, White Sneakers
- Burner Phone
- $20 Cash (U.S. Currency)
- Bracelet with a V pendant
- Half used roll of duct tape
- Hair Tie
- Bottle of Advil Extra Strength (10 pills remaining)
How did you discover your powers: Valery's parents had taken the family on holiday to Montréal. They were visiting family and while the adults were inside discussing politics, Valery and her cousins had gone outside to play. In the midst of their light hearted and spirited fun, the neighborhood bullies had come by. They towered over the Simmons children and soon, the bullies were chasing after them as they took off at a run. Valery tripped and fell over a branch once she reached the end of the block, but no matter how hard they tried to throw rocks at her, they always seemed to miss - as if a shield was deflecting them.
Valery didn't understand what had happened. She reached out and felt a force of energy surrounding her like a barrier - energy that no one else could see and was virtually impossible to detect. She decided to keep it a secret, yet when she was flung from her bicycle and emerged from it unscathed without a scratch a few months later, her parents realized that their daughter was indeed a mutant.
General History: Valery was the middle child in her family, often overlooked or forgotten. Her elder brother, a promising hockey player, took up most of her parents attention. And when it wasn't him, it was her younger brother, a genius on the autism spectrum with peculiar fixations at time. As long as she stayed out of trouble, she was allowed to do whatever she liked. It was only when the teachers sent notes home that they truly paid attention to her.
Her best friend growing up in Nova Scotia - a boy - was the son of the local police chief. Their friendship was strained once Valery discovered her powers and confessed them to him, since his mother had been killed by a mutant. He told her that she had to hide her true nature - that no one could ever know that she was a mutant and that he would make sure an exception was made for her when mutants were forced into captivity. For an impressionable small child, Valery believed him. When her parents discovered her powers, she screamed and cried, afraid that they would send her to something like a concentration camp - or a mutant detention center.
Instead, worried for their daughter in a world that hated mutants, her parents sent her to the Xavier Institute in New York. They were nervous to send their daughter to America, where mutant laws were tight, but the reputation of the school exceeded others internationally and it would keep her closer to home - somewhat at least. She spent six years at the Xavier Institute, learning about her powers and expanding them. She had a relatively normal life - having her heart broken by a few guys and a few girls - while also training to fight.
Although she had the chance to, Valery didn't join the X-Men. It wasn't her calling and according to Xavier, she didn't have the right temperament for it. So instead she traveled the world - learning skills and meeting new people. It exposed her to reality and she matured in the process, developing leadership skills and self discipline - traits she lacked while a sheltered student in New York. She was working as a bartender in a mutant friendly bar in New York City, hiding fugitive mutants from the police, when she received a phone call from her old teacher, asking to talk.
Along with a few others, Valery was asked to help create an organization independent of the X-Men called the Mutant Underground. Its purpose was to help mutants in trouble get to safety. Her connections and her abilities made her an ideal candidate, and ready to finally help those of her kind, Valery agreed to his offer, taking the name
Veil. She has been running the Washington D.C. station ever since, specializing in quite literally making wanted mutants
disappear from the prying eyes of the human authorities.
Character Quote: "They used to shout our names; now they whisper them."
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