Veran (Total War)

Veran was a powerful Great Fairy created by Tarm and key figure in the formation of the Twili as an empire.

Physical Characteristics
When initially created, Veran displayed many common traits of other Great Fairies. She was tall and slender with pink skin, orange hair, and four arms. After having two of her arms amputated and existing in the Realm of Twilight for centuries, Veran's skin became extremely pale.

Personality
Veran was a very vain and egocentric individual, placing much emphasis and pride on her physical beauty. She cared very little for others and was willing to back stab her sister to obtain the Triforce. There were exceptions to this however, Veran had a deep fondness and love for Onox who's death brought her years of guilt and sadness.

Rise of Ganon
After the Fairies took up residence in the Wind Tribe's ruins, Veran and her sister Dezaia had studied texts that they had left behind pertaining to the Triforce. When word that the Kingdom of Hyrule had fallen and the Triforce was up for grabs, Veran set out with an army against the will of Tarm in an attempt to secure the Triforce for herself. There she battled with the Gerudo, Dark Interlopers, and Zora armies in Hylia Marine. Though her forces were succeeding, Veran ended up in a fight with Demise, whom ripped off two of her arms and eventually incapacitated her. Severely weakening and bleeding to death, Veran was taken prisoner by Princess Zelda and was offered along with other prisoners of war to the Gerudo Warlords. There was was banished into the Mirror of Twilight along with other Gerudo and Sheikah.

Realm of Twilight
Weakened and dying in the cold and harsh landscape, Veran wandered off from the other prisoners into the wilderness to die. There she met a Dark Dragon by the name of Onox, who sensed her magical powers and took an interest. He sheltered her from the elements and helped her heal and recover. With Onox at her side, Veran returned to the prisoners and organized the first Twili Empire with the two other Great Fairies Una and Morsheen.

For centuries Veran remained in control of the Twili, pulling the strings of each King that she placed on the throne. Eventually her power over the Twili became threatened, as King Zorant banished Veran from the Palace of Twilight and from interacting with his son Zant. As a result Veran had King Zorant assassinated and instated Midna on the throne in his place instead of his son Zant. Being denied the throne pushed Zant into rebellion, and soon enough he began a war against Midna to take the throne. Interested in Zant's ambition, Veran began to experiment to see if she could keep him on a leash rather than Midna, and tested him against her armies. After Zant had proved himself a formidable warrior and leader figure, Veran worked with him to overthrow Midna.

During this time Veran was approached by a group of Parella, who were revealed to have been responsible for the construction of Mirrors of Twilight. They claimed that the were originally being summoned to Hyrule, but the arrival of the prisoners disrupted their travel and they became trapped within the Realm of Twilight as well. Veran formed an alliance with the Parella and worked with them to construct a new portal to Hyrule from which Zant's armies could invade.

The Gerudo Wars
With the mirrors completed, Veran, Onox, and Zant marched into Hyrule and sieged the Zora Dominion. With the aid of Parella forces the capital was nearly destroyed, and General Onox nearly succeeded in poisoning Hyrule's water supply. He was stopped and killed by Princess Ruto however, and soon after the Zora began to push Twili forces back. Zant ordered a retreat, though Veran refused to leave without Onox. She eventually found his corpse at the source of the Zora's River, where she broke down and began to mourn. With King Zant's forces gone the mirrors were closed and destroyed, leaving Veran trapped in Hyrule.

Manifest Destiny
Veran wandered Hyrule alone and miserable for many years until she found herself in Labrynna. There she found the resources she needed to construct a new Mirror of Twilight, and approached then Princess Ambi with her proposal. Ambi accepted, and was soon after made Queen of Labrynna. Veran then worked with her to construct the Black Tower: a giant monument created to power a Mirror of Twilight so that she could bring her own forces into Hyrule. The structure required an enormous amount of resources to build, forcing Queen Ambi to invade the neighboring Tokay islands, Subrosia, and Holodrum. Though enough resources and labor were secured, the attacks eventually caught the attention of the Fairies of Tarm in the north, and the Kingdom of Hyrule in the west.

Eventually both empires lead an assault on Labrynna just as the Black Tower was ready to become operational. Veran was able to activate the portal and contact King Zant on the other side, who soon began to assemble his armies within the Black Tower. With a fresh army at her command, Veran retook Lynna City and forced both Hyrule and the Fairies of Tarm into retreat. Veran pursued the Fairies back into Holodrum and freed her imprisoned sister Dezaia, as well as an army of Korrigans. With such power at her hands, Veran marched upon the Tarm Ruins and confronted the Essence of Tarm herself, sealing it within and crowning herself Queen of the Fairies.

Fairies loyal to Valanvi the Fairy Queen began a counterattack against Veran. With the aid of Link they were able to overcome both Veran's Fairy and Twili armies, killing Dezaia in battle and most of the Korrigans. Link and Navi confronted Veran in person, though neither could overcome the sorceress through physical force. During their battle Valanvi managed to free the Essence of Tarm, who swiftly destroyed Veran and brought an end to her conquest.