never have i been a blue calm sea i have always been a storm.
VEROCHKA DOLOHOV really is the spitting image of KYLIE BUNBURY, right? For someone only TWENTY THREE years old, VERO has been forced to endure so much. Yeah, that PUREBLOOD has been scraping by at the sanctuary since MARCH, 2029, working as a COAST GUARD in the DIVISION OF PROTECTION. THEY identifies as NON-BINARY and are known to be HEADSTRONG and DISCIPLINED but also DOMINEERING and EMOTIONAL. Best of luck surviving through this.
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youth & growing up!
vero is the middle dolohov sib and is endlessly, deeply loyal to their family. being the middle child in a family of five can be rather lonely at times, with mila and marlen ( their younger siblings ) being close as well as maksimilian and lyonechka ( their older siblings ) being close. they were always in the middle, a little too old to play with their two younger siblings, way too young to play with their older siblings. that is not to say they were alone, but there was a slight feeling of being left out at times. still, verochka loves their siblings growing up, and continues to do so as they grow older.
they spent the first thirteen years of their life in bulgaria and went to durmstrang for two years there, too. bulgaria is a place vero longs for a lot more than they would like to admit --- it’s a place of childhood memories and a world before all this. the dolohovs moved to the uk after vero’s second year at durmstrang, due to their father opening another boutique there ( he’s a fashion designer, someone who also created rather death eater/dark magic like clothing ). their mother transferred from the bulgarian ministry to the british one, where they worked in the dept. of myssteries as well.
vero’s father is the son of antonin dolohov, famous as hell de for all the wrong reasons. his beliefs are still part of the family and are ones that vero upholds quite seriously --- they have not seen any reason to rid themselves of their purist believes, even if they know that keeping them on the downlow can, at times, benefit them. ( but only sometimes. )
when they transferred to hogwarts for their third year, vero was sorted in hufflepuff. it was a rather big shock, in all honesty --- they had expected slytherin, or maybe gryffindor, but not hufflepuff. the soft house, the house known for kindness ; it made no sense to vero, at first, but once they rid themselves of the stereotypes regarding the house, they understood. vero is a very loyal person, someone who can be lethal when it comes to that part of themselves --- crossing someone they love is usually met with they rage. they’re not shy of working hard and they are a very dedicated individual, and above all, vero has very high ideals and very intricate thoughts on fairness. while i can assure you that they’re not a very morally good person, they do think about fairness a whole lot. the issue is just that their thoughts on what is fair and what is not are rather twisted.
as a student, vero was successful. they worked hard, kept their head down a lot of the time ( despite them being a rather short tempered person with an extrovert nature, vero did try to avoid picking fights as much as possible --- they failed quite often. still, considering the people they were surrounded with and their opinions of them, they did a really good job of not constantly getting into brawls. ). they had a family to do proud, a bunch of people to prove wrong and a hardworking nature inside themselves that would not allow them to just sit by idly and watch their educational career wash down the drain.
really loved practical subjects, preferred working with their hands rather than with their mind ( which was, in all honesty, sharp enough for them to be good at essays if they applied themselves ). excelled in transfiguration, dada and charms especially, and started considering a career as a hit-wix pretty early on.
post-grad & outbreak
due to their undeniable talent with a wand and their connection to the ministry ( their mother was a very loyal employee, after all ), vero got into hit-wix training pretty soon after graduation. while they didn’t always like the rules and regulations, or the way the ministry worked, they were happy to be there, to be getting ready for a career that fitted their talents and wishes for life.
[ sibling & parental death, grief tw ] their older siblings, parents and grandfather went in when the death eaters started building up again, but vero avoided that, due to their young age and graduation so recent. while vero supported the cause fully, they were glad to still have a few years before they were, most likely, invited to join as well ( and refusing was no option, once they were asked ). their family was also involved in the raising in the inferi. during this whole Ordeal, lyonechka died. later on, vero and their siblings witnessed their mother die at the hands of a horde of inferi. it’s something that has haunted vero ever since, even though they don’t want to admit it.
the death of their youngest sibling, marlen, however is the death that has continued to haunt them most. vero and their three remaining siblings had been moving around, traveling in order to avoid the inferi, searching for something. they had been separated from their father ( kazimir ) for a while, and it had been just them, the four of them, linked by grief and loss. it was during that time, that marlen became infected, but due to the glamour, they didn’t realise, not until marlen was coming for maks and mila asked if marlen had been checked for bites. it happened really quick after that --- vero thinks, quickly, grabs their wand and makes sure, in a mere split second, that this is not behaviour that fits their brother before shooting the curse that kills him.
it’s something they don’t know how to deal with. they saved one brother’s life by ending another, and it’s a concept that they cannot really comprehend. vero is filled with unresolved trauma and anger, mostly directed at themselves, and simply does not know what to do with all this. they wake up from nightmares in which their hands are covered with blood, dream of marlen looking at them with fear in his eyes, of maks dying because they were too slow. it was logical that it was them --- vero was a hitwix, was bred for this kind of action, but it feels wrong. everything feels wrong. end of tw’s ]
after this incident, mila and vero ended up separated from maks. this lead to the two of them swallowing their pride and heading towards the castle ---- there’s no use in being prideful and arrogant when it gets you killed, when it just causes you more loss. vero knows that.
arriving back at hogwarts was wrong. it didn’t feel right, but it was the best option ( as it turns out, even the best option is a shit one ). with their grandfather in the basement and their father recently escaped from the castle, vero feels incredibly out of place, but is at the same time enraged. vero didn’t know about anything that was happening until it was too late, doesn’t know about everything that went down at hogwarts when they weren’t there. truth is, they were kept as much in the dark as most others, and having arrived, raw with guilt and trauma, to be faced with the fact that their grandfather is a prisoner and their father a fugitive is just adding to their anger.
at the same time, they’re not doing much to diffuse any of the heat that is on them because of their family name. they can understand their suspicion -- even though they’re not here to start any shit --- but they’re not really enjoying it either. vero is angry, is firey hot, and due to the fact that they’re suppressing all the emotions that are trying to wash over them like a fatal wave, they are short tempered, mean, adding to the suspicion with narrowed eyes and short words.
everything just feels wrong, and vero just wants to leave. they don’t feel safe here, even though it’s the safest place they have been in a long time. maybe it’s because of their nightmares, or because there’s too many people here that get on their nerves, or because nothing is right. to them, this all feels like a temporary solution, like another place they and mila are just going to be at for a while until it’s time to move on and go to the next place. the fact that they think that this is temporary ( which it shouldnt be, because this is the best place to be -- they knows that, logically ) is the one thing that is keeping them slightly calm.
personality & tidbits !
fire heart. really short tempered, 24/7 annoyed, angry person. should probably just keep their mouth shut if they want to do themselves some good, but have a lot of trouble doing so.
identifies as non binary and uses they/them pronouns. it’s something they’ve been open about for a while now, too. is demiromantic and asexual but isn’t too open about that, nor do they really understand their sexuality thus far. vero has never really thought about it much, nor have they had any time/desire for sex/relationships.
leather jacket and black boots aesthetic.
can get into really long rants and honestly will not shut up if you get them going.
surprisingly enough not an angry drunk, but a dancy one.
when they’re your friend, they’re incredibly loyal, tbh. their loyalty goes deep, is a core part of their personality --- vero thinks being loyal is one of the most important things you can do as a person.
loves beyoncé. i don’t make the rules.
competitive asshole who will try to beat you in chess if they hear that you play ( not that into quidditch, but will spar with you, too )
idk man this is a mess!! jane’s intro ( here ) has some more detailed / better written info on the dolohov fam, btw!
