OC Profile: Veerla Sterling/Shepard

I was enabled encouraged to do Veerla by the wonderful @bagog. Here you are friend! Also, tagging anyone who would like to play. (You. Yes, you, reading this. If you want to play you’re tagged. Please tag me back.)

Awesome art by @savbakk

GENERAL-

Name: Veerla Renée Shepard (or Sterling, if it’s not her “canon” universe)

Alias(es): Her friends call her Vee, plus several from her time as a spy

Gender: Female

Age: 29 (at the start of ME1)

Birthdate: October 29th, 2149

Place of birth: Brenoux, Mindoir

Hometown: Brenoux, Mindoir

Spoken language(s): Fluent in English, monovocal Cipritinic (turian), standard, subcaste, and "underbelly" Khar'ishii (batarian), and the galactic trade language. Conversational in Asaria (asari). Smatterings of Japanese, French, Arabic, Spanish, and Sur'Keran (salarian)*

Sexual preference: Pansexual with a strong preference for human men

Occupation: Alliance First Lieutenant, Clandestine Operations and Defense Agency Operative, Citadel Council Spectre

APPEARANCE-

Eye color: Lavender

Hair color: Black

Height: 5′7″

Scars: Through her right eyebrow and on her left upper lip. All her others were scrubbed when she joined CODA and then before and after every mission.

FAVORITE-

Color: Silver

Hair color: No preference

Song: “Hard Love” by NEEDTOBREATH featuring Andra Day (at the moment)

Food: Ramen, white peaches

Drink: Mojitos, green and white teas

HAVE THEY-

Passed university: Yes. She majored in xenolinguistics at the London Alliance Naval Academy

Had sex: Yes

Had sex in public: Yes

Gotten pregnant: I think so? I know she and Donovan and Kaidan have a baby together but I’m not sure if she carries him or not.

Kissed a boy: Yes

Kissed a girl: Yes

Gotten tattoos: Yes, though only for her covers and they were removed after the missions were complete

Gotten piercings: Just her ears

Been in love: Yes

Stayed up for more than 24 hours: Yes

ARE THEY-

A virgin: No

A cuddler: Yes

A kisser: Yes

Scared easily: No

Jealous easily: No

Dominant: She’s a switch

Submissive: Again, switch

In love: Yes

Single: No

RANDOM QUESTIONS-

Have they harmed themselves: Yes

Thought of suicide: Yes

Attempted suicide: Not really?

Wanted to kill someone: Yes

Have / had a job: Yes

Have any fears: Losing her sanity/sense of self, failing or losing the people she loves, pregnancy

FAMILY-

Sibling(s): None

Parent(s): Thomas Aaron (father) and Hana (mother) Shepard or Sterling. Both of them were killed on Mindoir. She also lived with Anderson for a few years after the raid and he filled a pseudo-parental role for her during that time

Children: Two, Charlotte “Charlie” Braden (technically her step-daughter) and Benjamin “Ben” Connor Gray

Significant other: Donovan Lír and Kaidan Alenko. Please enjoy this BEAUTIFUL art piece by @xla-hainex. 

Fun fact: No one in their household has the same last name. Veerla, Donovan, and Kaidan all keep their own even after they’re married. Charlie uses her mother’s last name and Ben uses Kaidan’s father’s last name. (“Alenko” is his mother’s.)

Pet(s): None, she’s gone so much it’s just not feasible