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.)
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
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-
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-
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
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.
Gotten tattoos: Yes, though only for her covers and they were removed after the missions were complete
Gotten piercings: Just her ears
Stayed up for more than 24 hours: Yes
ARE THEY-
Submissive: Again, switch
RANDOM QUESTIONS-
Have they harmed themselves: Yes
Attempted suicide: Not really?
Wanted to kill someone: Yes
Have any fears: Losing her sanity/sense of self, failing or losing the people she loves, pregnancy
FAMILY-
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