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Appearance

Unlike so many on the island, Valli looks his age, even if he looks unusually well kept for it. He has a wide, bright smile, with short hair so blond it's best described as golden. His eyes are light blue, and he stands at 6'2", without any excess fat. He looks healthy and fit, and has an aura which makes him appear more composed and presentable than he would otherwise. No matter the situation, he always looks his best.

Valli dresses professionally when at work, and has a tendency to wear comfortable oversized sweaters when he's trying to be more casual.

Personality

Valli is a very pleasant person, the kind of person who almost no one has issues with. He's not the life of the party by any means, but he gets along with most people and is good at keeping up conversation.

He's an empathetic man who often struggles with the knowledge that he can't help everyone. He considers it his purpose in life to help others, and coming to terms with his own limitations is still something he struggles with. He's a workaholic, taking more patients than he probably should, and has a poor work-life balance as a result. He has very few people he'd consider true friends, in part because most of the people he sees on a regular basis are actually his patients, and he's very firm on drawing clear professional lines. His patients are his patients, not his friends, and he needs it to stay that way.

Valli seems like a family man to most people, but he isn't actually close to any member of his family. He sees his younger sister only on holidays, and his mother only once a month at most, even though both live nearby. Considering his mother looks the same age as him, most would be more likely to assume she's his friend than his mother.

Valli is fiercely independent, preferring to handle things himself wherever possible. He cooks his own meals, does his own shopping, and takes care of his apartment himself. He likes being able to do things himself, and he's struggling to accommodate having a roommate who also is fiercely independent and wants to handle things himself. To him, his ability to do things for himself is a step forward in his life, and a sign of success he isn't eager to give up.

Valli does have one particular trigger which he struggles with despite all the therapy he's gotten for it. Anything to do with older women with younger men makes him deeply uncomfortable, although obviously it depends on exactly what he's seeing or hearing about. The closer it is to his own situation, the more disturbed by it he is, and he's careful with his media consumption to avoid it.

Passive Abilities

Valli's maternal grandfather is the god Baldr. While his mother's godly heritage is obvious, Valli passes for human the overwhelming majority of the time. He still ages normally, and is still physically human with a few exceptions.

Supernaturally Presentable: Baldr was the most beautiful of the Norse gods, and all of his line have been blessed to varying extents. While Valli's mother still looks like a super model in her twenties, Valli is simply appealing rather than actually attractive. His skin is clear, his hair is soft and almost golden in color, and he's perpetually fit with only the tiniest bit of effort. No matter the circumstances, he always looks presentable.

Blessing of Protection: Baldr was so beloved that all the creatures of the world swore not to harm him, and that blessing has passed to his children as well. Valli cannot be harmed by others, and reality twists itself to accommodate that fact. Bullets will miss. Someone trying to punch him will slip. This doens't make people not want to harm him, but instead just makes it impossible to successfully hurt him. People who persist tend to find themselves injured by their own actions.

Even when it comes to accidents, Valli comes out ahead. He'll walk away from a serious car accident with some light bruising. An explosion might knock him over, but all the shrapnel would miss him.

To those who can sense death, Valli would feel like the opposite of someone who was undead. Not just alive, but exceptionally alive, glowing with life. Someone who can predict death would find nothing for Valli, even though he isn't actually immortal.

Anti-Aura Charm: Valli wears a small bracelet, a thin strip of silver that wards him against the effect of emotional auras. Any aura that would impair his emotions or thought process does not effect him.

Weaknesses

Mistletoe: Just like his grandfather, Valli's blessing of protection does not apply to mistletoe. Even being in the same room as mistletoe will make Valli have difficulty breathing, and even a brief brush of mistletoe will put Valli in the hospital. His symptoms are similar to an extreme allergy, and Valli has an epipen in his desk (or on his person during the holidays). It won't safe his life if Mistletoe is used as a weapon against him, but it might save him if someone happens to try and hang some up around the school.

Biography

• Valli was born in Iceland, the son of a daughter of Baldr and a father she refused to identify. They moved to Manta Carlos when Valli was four, his mothers inability to age making living in Iceland any longer impossible.
• Valli's mother was present but detached, uninterested in her son (or even the daughter she had not long after arriving on Manta Carlos). When Valli had the opportunity, he moved into the dorms at Starlight Academy.
• When Valli was sixteen, he was kidnapped and kept drugged under the effects of a love potion by an older woman.
• Almost a year later, he was accidentally released from the effects of the potion and fled back into the city, being picked up by the MCPD. His captor was arrested, Valli was taken home, and he began years of intensive therapy.
• Valli struggled with resuming his normal life, graduating high school several years late. He eventually took up the cause that had so severely damaged his life, campaigning for 'true love' potions to be entirely banned.
• Valli went public with his case, becoming a public spectacle that drew a great deal of attention. Within a year, true love potions were banned on Manta Carlos, and even weaker ones couldn't be used indefinitely.
• At twenty-one, Valli had completed what he thought would be his life's work. He returned to school, aiming to become a therapist, and took five years to graduate with his master's degree.
• He originally joined the practice where he'd had his own therapy, and at the age of thirty-five he went back for his PhD and then started a practice of his own.
• When one of Starlight Academy's long term therapist's retired, Valli accepted a position at Starlight Academy, expanding his practice to include more students and making therapy a bit more accessible for those who needed it.

Resources

Valli has been working hard for the duration of his life, and has spent very little of his money. Combined with the money he received as part of the settlement in his twenties, Valli has a hefty chunk of change, even after purchasing Gask's AI and robotic body. He lives in a modest apartment on the top floor of a small apartment building.

Extra Info

Vallir's practice focuses primarily on trauma, although he also deals with mental illness with the assistance of a licensed psychiatrist.

Valli started practicing in 2001, after achieving his Masters Degree. He's since gone back to school and gotten his PHD in Psychology, although he prefers not to handle medication himself.