Vespera Thorne

Humorless, silent, and broken. Three words to sum up one of the world’s most infamous people. She is often seen with Miguel Lucalus. The duo being famous in Lutenia, and slowly, the rest of the world. She is the second in command of the Regal Guard, diligently working to keep the Shadow Council in line.

Vespera is a slender woman that is fairly tall, standing at just under 6 feet. She has long red hair that is braided to form a ponytail, with a few small strands of hair that stick out at the front. She has lightly colored hazelnut eyes that rarely open themselves more than halfway. Underneath her right eye is an upside down red triangle which has no apparent purpose. Vespera wears a clean white uniform with two sets of black buttons running down the front of her jacket. Her uniform has a combination of red and gold trimmings with a set of white gloves for each hand. The rest of her attire consist of simply black pants and boots.

Vespera was born during the start of the Myreison War. It was with careful hiding and running in her childhood that allowed herself and her parents to see the war through to the end without anyone being left behind. With what seemed to be a golden age ahead of coexistence between the two races, it would be a perfect time to grow up and watch the world become remolded. Her father was a pioneering scientist in the new field of biomechanics, studying the medical implications of hybrid technology. Her mother on the other hand was a devoted church going woman, she was nearly dependant on her faith. An ironic coupling for husband and wife, but regardless they proved to be good parents to the young Vespera, and living in the new city of Lutenia was just a bonus in her favour.

One day as a child she ventured to her father’s lab, as it was close to their home since he owned the facilities. She wished to visit as many children would want to visit their parents at work. However she found the lab deserted without a single light on, along with a strange smell in the air. She turned on a light and her young mind quickly learned of what a gas leak was, and what would happen if a spark was created from turning a switch on.

The explosion shook the city, and tore her father’s heart to pieces. He found his daughter in just as many different parts in the rubble. As a scientist in the field of medical research, he invoked his fellow scientists to help him in a desperate endeavor. Together they preserved what was left of Vespera’s body and worked tirelessly to perfect the techniques to infuse the body with Myreison technology successfully. After countless trials on cadavers the first and only shot at the operation was performed; it was a success. The father had brought back his daughter from beyond the grave and out of the reaper’s grasp, with a small little inverted triangle under the eye to show for it all. The medical community was ecstatic over the possible implications, but the moral dilemma that all scientists can not fathom erupted throughout society, particularly in Vespera’s own mother.

She did not believe that what her husband did was right. What God has taken, it can not be taken back. She had no daughter in her eyes, and confronted her husband about it. She demanded the death of the blasphemous demon that resembled her former child. Vespera’s father defended what he had done to the bitter end, refusing to lose his daughter once more, he could not bear it. But as time progressed his wife became deranged, consumed by what he had done, it was taking a toll on their marriage and on the young girl who peeked on their arguments.

Vespera grew up in the white walled laboratory, isolated from the world except her father and the other scientists that helped in her resurrection. However, Vespera’s father-whether it was good or not, was a true scientist. He had discovered a way to infuse Myreison technology into the human body to bring back the dead, could he do more? Soon he and his accomplices began to test Vespera’s abilities, rudimentary things to which Vespera didn’t mind as it gave her “quality time” with her father. Similar procedures were carried out on the donated bodies of other people, the young, the old, they were all being used for test subjects. Unbeknownst to her, her father began to lie about what he was really doing.

As his wife became more deranged, she began to attack him or his accomplices, she was trying to get rid of the “demon” herself. And soon Vespera’s father began to stock up on weaponry to protect himself, and of course, upgrading the best weapon in his entire arsenal, his daughter. She was still loyal and loved her father greatly, and would protect him, at least that is what he thought in his paranoid state. Vespera herself didn’t know about what was happening to her, only her father and the other scientists did. They were starting to create a weapon.

It didn’t take long for the human aspect of their work to be lost, Vespera was confused as the scientists stopped talking with her, just writing notes down constantly. The girl having aged considerably in her time in the lab, unaware of what was going on, though wondering as she noticed handguns underneath the lab coats.

One night Vespera desired to see the world again, even if it would just be for a few brief moments. As the scientists slept and her father locked himself away to do more work, she snuck out of the sterile walls of the laboratory and walked out into the night for the first time in nearly a decade. But by a twist of fate, she found herself face to face with her mother. She was about to venture to the lab to have another brawl with her husband, but instead had the opportunity she had waited for. Vespera on the other hand was overjoyed to finally see her mother in so long, she had missed her terribly. But she was soon terrified as the woman that raised her suddenly pulled a knife out and began to swing it madly at her. In her emotional state, Vespera soon learned that the routine maintenance her father said he was doing was a lie as jets of fire erupted from her hands, effectively reducing her mother to a charred corpse.

Vespera was in total shock from killing her mother, and quickly made her way back to the lab, seeking out her father. She wanted to know what had happened, how she was able to do such a thing, and possibly be held by her father, being told it would be alright. There was no such thing as she burst into his office, in tears and telling of what happened, apologizing profusely to her high strung and paranoid father. He believed that his creation had turned on him, not listening to a word of what his daughter had to say, and took out his handgun to shoot. Vespera unleashed her flames once more, the end result being the destruction of the lab this time.

With the blood of both her parents on her mind she had no family. Vespera soon ended up in the care of one of the other scientists, but he only desired to further the development of the biological weapon. Vespera quickly learned of what her father was really doing to her, why he no longer looked her in the eye, or even spoke to her; she stopped being human. It was how all people of Lutenia soon treated her, as a weapon, she did not seem human anymore, simply the project of a scientist gone astray.

Along with her, many of the other test subjects were experiencing dramatic psychological damage. A good number of them had gone insane. Vespera tried her best to keep morale up among the other test subjects, but a good number of them committed suicide. Those that didn’t would become deranged and some that were enhanced with weapons would go and rampage. Vespera was charged with the morbid task of ending the lives of ‘defective’ subjects, as she was the most obedient of the subjects. After a year of routinely meeting a new subject and then terminating the defective unit, Vespera had enough of the lab walls and white coated scientists. Without any remorse or a second thought she set the scientists ablaze, along with them the laboratory.

Vespera was quickly homeless; no one would take her in, reduced to living on crumbs and drifting. At one point she ended up in a tavern. The bartender did not mind her being around, she was a silent girl that rarely spoke, she had nothing to do with humans anymore.

It was on that day that she found herself being harassed by the common trash of the bar scene. Before she caused a scene, to her surprise someone else stepped in, and stood his ground to defend Vespera, saying that no one had the right to treat a girl in such a way. And in turn, he received a black eye before the men left, Vespera was shocked and confused at the display of chivalry. The man gathered himself and took a seat at the bar, offering her the seat next to him, which she took hesitantly, suspecting an ulterior motive. Nothing of the sort appeared. He talked casually of his life, of his dreams, of his hardships. The man was named Miguel Lucalus, a veteran from the Myreison War. He had become a bounty hunter for reasons of his own, but he was barely making it in life. Miguel received a tip from the bartender who was an old friend, telling of a downed Myreison warship that would go for incredible amounts of money.

Miguel got ready to leave, but for reasons beyond her, he asked her to come with him. She suspected once more that he did know who she was, and played coy to exploit her abilities. Miguel however expressed how he seemed to feel kinship between the two of them, as they were both homeless, the money might be enough to start both of their lives all over again.

Vespera was skeptical, but she accepted the offer, travelling to the desecrated surface that was below the city of Lutenia. There the two snuck through the battlefields and past the mutated life to find the massive warship sitting in the ground. Miguel rushed in to get to it, but was quickly confronted by a terrifying creature, the result of the war years. Armed with nothing but a handgun he stood no chance, and began to run, leaving Vespera behind. She thought that he was truly like all the rest, but as the beast turned to strike her down, she found herself being forced out of the way, Miguel had comeback for her, and took the attack in the square of his back for her.

Vespera had never seen a person do something for her like that, risking their life for someone who was no longer human. She unleashed her fires upon the beast that struck Miguel down and quickly went to his side, to find that he was only injured, but still alive. All of a sudden she gained back some of her humanity from the act of heroism, enough to find a calling in life again. She decided to take on Miguel’s dream, he wanted to stop another war from ever happening again. There were still good innocent lives in the world, and despite either of their experiences, it was worth protecting.