Valeria Black

Appearance
Val has straight, medium length dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, long black lashes, dimples, chocolate skin, and a heart-shaped face. She is slender and medium height.

Val wears her hair in two braids woven with white ribbons and a silver circlet with the House of Shadows symbol. She typically wears a black corset top laced up with silver ribbon, a black skirt that comes to a point just below her knees and is slit on both sides starting mid-thigh. She wears thigh-high black boots and crisscrossing black belts that hold her leather whip. She always wears light gray fingerless gloves that end just below her elbows.

Personality
Val is very persuasive and uses her looks to get what she wants from people. She tends to be meticulous about the way in which she presents herself publicly. She has a fixation on finery and insists on wearing expensive clothing. She is obsessed with ensuring she maintains a superior level of desirability, and can be very vain at times. She was sometimes self-righteous, had a nasty temper, and can be fierce when provoked.

Biography
Val was born in the city of Zadena to a cruel master. She was given the name Black Horn. When she was 11, she was sold to Madame Zabrina and befriended Aurora Bennett, going under the name of Rory Storm. When she was 14, Aurora came back for her, now known as Hallea, and brought her to the House of Shadows.

Val is a Shadow, known as The Whisperer. She, unlike the others Shadows of the House, does not typically kill but rather gets information, whether it be by torture or persuasion.