"It was only a little bit on fire, it's probaly fine."

Nobody knows for sure where Vel came from or why he is the way he is, him included. What is known is one day a boy, barely 12 years old, was found out in the Sonoran Desert by a group of wildlife researchers. He could barely speak or understand English, Spanish, any language at all, and had clearly been out there longer than any child should have survived. He was covered in scales and sporting a long tail, not unlike that of a rattlesnake. After a short fuss about the feral reptilian child found in the desert, he was taken in by one of the men who found him.

Vetrivel has long since assimilated to society the best he could. He still struggles in some social aspects and there are instincts he will never seem to shake off. Aside from the obvious, though, he just wants to lead a fairly normal life. In addition to the struggles of his origins, he has a tendency to be a bit short-tempered (ha), he sometimes struggles with euphemisms or hyperbole, and his own sense of humor is fairly dry and sarcastic. He has a love for all things natural and a special kind of homesickness for the wildlife of his desert home. Currently, he's staying with a friend in Silver City as an experiment in independence, away from the lifeline of his fathers and the small town that had grown accustomed to his strangeness. Silver City College has an excellent middle college program to help him get a late high school diploma, but Vel may have some persoal motivation to be here specifically, on account of his own personal fascination with superheroes.