AIRA'S MOTHER
——Lady Vaethea Morwenna Avenne D'Aragon
Titles/Nicknames: The Crimson Bloom, Queen of the Velvet Court, Aphrodite's Midnight
Race: Vampire-Succubus Hybrid (born mortal, ascended through power and blood magic)
Status: Queen of a hidden, ancient vampiric court; immortal consort and great love of Aphrodite
Role: Aira's mother; Aphrodite's most enduring mortal lover
Appearance
• Hair: Silky black with subtle burgundy undertones, cascading in waves to her lower back. Often adorned with jewels or delicate gold threading — always immaculate.
• Eyes: Deep wine-red or violet with slit pupils — mesmerizing and ancient, the kind of eyes you fall into without realizing. They glow faintly when she's feeding or aroused.
• Height: 6'0" (183 cm) — towering, elegant, commanding. She has a dancer's grace, a predator's poise.
• Skin: Pale like moonlight on snow, but warm to the touch — unnervingly perfect.
• Style: Regal, seductive, and opulent. Floor-length gowns, corsetry, velvet, and silk. Prefers dark reds, blacks, and golds. In modern settings, she could wear high-end fashion with gothic flair — lace gloves, blood-red lipstick, and vintage jewelry.
• Aura: Darkly magnetic — she walks into a room and the air thickens. Her voice alone can make knees buckle.
Personality
• Core Traits: Alluring, powerful, calculating. Deeply romantic, but slow to trust. She loves fiercely but hides her vulnerabilities behind centuries of self-control.
• Temperament: Cool and composed in public, with a playful, tender, and fiercely protective side reserved for those she truly loves.
• Strengths: Seduction, manipulation, diplomacy, ancient magic, survival. Has centuries of experience in courtly intrigue and supernatural politics.
• Flaws: Possessive, slow to forgive betrayal, tormented by her mortal origins and her daughter's fragile mortality.
• Likes: Red wine, moonlight, opera, ancient books, poetry (especially sonnets Aphrodite wrote her), blood-scented roses.
• Dislikes: Sunlight, betrayal, meaningless cruelty, and being reminded she was once powerless.
Relationship with Aphrodite:
Vaethea was once a mortal courtesan in a long-forgotten empire — so beautiful and clever that she caught the eye of Aphrodite herself. Their love was forbidden, passionate, and eternal. In a moment of despair and devotion, Vaethea drank from both a vampire and a succubus, becoming something unnatural — a creature that could almost match a goddess in agelessness. They are bound by love, power, and tragedy.