Past

Vespera grew up under the thumb of a woman that she grew to call her Mother. This woman cared for all of the children in the organization as they were trained to be lethal assassins from a young age. In hopes of pleasing and earning the love from her Mother, Vespera trains harder than any other to join the upper echelon of their organization’s top earners by the age of sixteen.

Around this time, her Mother is killed when out on a mission. Not having grown attached to any of her superiors, she’s left alone in the treacherous waters of the organization. Unsure what to do and how to navigate, she began to take any and all missions that were handed to her. Many of them landed her in terrible situations that have earned her many scars across her body.

For sixteen more years she’s managed to live. However, it’s come with the price of burying her true self beneath a cold and cruel mask. When a particular mission goes awry, she’s taken in by a young baker and nursed back to health. He’s around her age and doesn’t look at her differently despite the cold shoulder she tries to give him. Regardless, around him, her real self slowly comes out. He thinks she’s kind and beautiful despite her own perception.

Over the following two years, the organization is being to crumble beneath inner power struggles. Inevitably, Vespera is caught in the crossfire. She returns to her lover one day only to find him dead with his home up in fire. It takes her some time to figure out the culprit, however, once she does she hunts them down. While she does manage to reap her vengeance, she’s mortally wounded from the fight and dies shortly after.

Tarnished Intentions

Reborn as a Star, her talents catch the eye of one of the Celestials— Celeste. It doesn’t take long for her to grow a crush on the sweet and gentle Celeste. She clings to the one things she now has and works hard to fulfill her goals, as well as get attention from Celeste. It pays off when the day comes that she’s welcomed as a Keeper of Light.

Celeste gives her the benefit shortly after of having a Guardian. She’s uninterested at first but accepts as to not disappoint Celeste. While her one-sided crush never seems to bear fruit, she cares and tries to always be with Celeste on the latter’s missions. When the day comes that she’s not and Celeste is nearly killed, Vespera nearly quits over it— seeing as she’s failed and it almost happened again, almost lost someone she cared for. And does the same as before, vowing to find the ones responsible.

Yet she can’t seem to find any clues whatsoever. At least, not until Orion brings Zye into the fold. It’s only then that her desperation is answered by an informant saying they’re not from any side. That all she has to do is give Zye to them and she’ll have the person and information on them that wounded Celeste. She agrees to the terms.

Only to regret them as she gets to see glimpses of the man she’s kidnapped. He reminds her of the man she lost; the kindness, the forgiveness, and the smile. Still, she can’t stop now that she’s this far. Upon meeting at the trade off point, she encounters Jace and Orion— discovering that nothing is really as it seems— and sides with Jace in his effort to protect a love that reminds her of one she had.

Despite being subdued and drug back to Noctis, Zye is the one that backs her and demands she not be let go. Unless she wants to that is. What he gives her is something no one else has. As she’s removed from her Keeper status, she’s sent on her way with a new goal in mind.

Golden Ambitions

Desperate to make things right, Vespera seeks out the one person that she knows can help her— Jace. She’s allowed into the fold and works tirelessly to aid him or Callua wherever she’s needed. Learning the plots unfolding beneath the surface, she ends up being the perfect person to guard Sigil with her life.

She’ll be one of the reasons Jace and company are even able to make it into Noctis in search of sanctuary. And while she doesn’t seek to have her Keeper status returned to her, she still works as hard as one.