VoxPress notes: How people in Vee’s (un)lives affected their choice to become Overlords.
*Vox, from the beginning, was curious and fascinated with concept of Overlords and their function as pillars of Hell. He ended up in close proximity to Alastor, due to his role as the Judge of Hell, because, for his investigative work Vox ended up butting heads with Al a lot to inquire him about the ways he tracks down sinners for punishment (I envision it being kind of like Hannibal/Clarice dynamic in Silence of the Lambs). Alastor was seeing Vox at the time as entertaining nuisance/tag-along, and found his restlessness, diligence and observant skills charming, but not threatening. When Vox's capabilities were noticed enough for him to be offered a Covenant, he chose because he had ambition and knew he could do so much more a asset of Hell, but also to get on equal foot with Al, to understand more from the inside, how does he embody his aspect of Law. By understanding Al he hoped they could do a better job of preserving Hell together. However, Al didn't wanted to be understood by Vox.
*Valentino, beneath all of the facade of devil may care mercenary, who embraces the brutal nature of the world, experienced a deep fatigue with the need to preserve his place of comfort through violence and dominance. He saw in Vox's system a structure that could help decrease the amount of violence that needs to be inflicted. But also, he started as Vox's bodyguard, and eventually, the resources he earned through this job, he started channeling into hosting art events, opening his own clubs that started gaining traction. And Valentino realised that this is something he wanted to become more of rather than just another mercenary who fights. Even during the days of Val being his bodyguard Vox would show appreciation for his paintings and say that he should continue doing them. (This is the angle I decided to explore more thanks to @rascalmath and this amazing past!VP! VoxVal comic they drew). That made Valentino realise, that in the never ending one-man fight to be himself, he has very little space left to be…himself. And Vox inadvertently was the first person who subtly encouraged him he to be more of that, which is something Val recognised. So Valentino took Covenant to have the opportunity to be in Vox’s system not just a physical asset, but as a someone with equal power to preserve Hell through its culture. And to ask him out.
*Velvette was actually the one who did not want to take Covenant at first. She was more comfortable with her position as gray eminence manufacturing the myths behind Vox's influence from the shadows while being his contractor. That was until her bandmates were wiped out during one of the exterminations. While Velvette was under contract of Vox, they were contractors of Nifty, who was still active Overlord at the time, they died during a mission when they were relocating sinners into sanctuary but got caught in the crossfire. Not to mention, Nifty, who is an overlord of Hearth, took on the heavy position where she needed to step up and protect the sinners with power and vigilance. However, her aspect is Hearth, and Hearth demands her to be gentle, it doesn't care about the circumstances. So Nifty lost the connection with her aspect, and became a Fallen overlord, which created the role vacuum for Overlord that might overtake community aspect of Hell. Velvette chose to fill it in to make sure what happened to her bandmates will not happen to anyone else.
