Vee Noceda

Age:18

Goal: Vee wants to live a normal life

Species: Basilisk

Background: Vee was part of a batch of basilisks that were brought back from extinction by Emperor Belos, along with the help of his coven, in order to study their ability to extract magic from living beings. Labeled as subject Number 5, Vee was put through various experiments where she was forced to extract magic from living creatures until they were completely drained, which she heavily detested doing. Eventually, Vee and a few other basilisks became fed up with the inhumane tests and escaped, going into hiding afterward. While in the market one day, Vee spotted Luz when she first met Eda at her Human Collectibles stand, and covertly, Vee crawled through the portal in Eda's tent while the crowd was distracted. Entering on the other side of the portal to the Human Realm, Vee turned into Luz on instinct as soon as she heard Camila approaching her, and after learning that the woman was Luz's mother, Camila offered to give her a ride to the camp. Vee was surprised by the kindness from Camila and the prospect of having a real life, so she decided to continue the charade as Luz and went to the camp in her place. At camp, Vee made friends with a few kids and wrote letters to Camila telling her about her time there. After summer camp ended, Vee continued posing as Luz and started spending time with Camila.[5] One day, Vee is clearing Luz's bedroom of the latter's things, which Camila finds bizarre. Just then, they hear a rabbit squeak in distress, and the two free it. Vee heads back inside to continue clearing the room, grabbing one of Luz's shirts. After she shuts the closet door, the real Luz appears through the mirror on the closet and shouts at Vee, startling her. Before she can shatter the mirror, Camila questions if she is alright, only for the real Luz to cover for her saying she saw a spoiler from her favorite anime. Terrified, Vee jumps out of the window and runs all the way to the old house, lamenting angrily about running again. She is too caught up in doing so and ends up accidentally getting caught in a trap set there, causing Vee to lash out and turn into her basilisk form from her stress. Luz, through a purse mirror, helps her free herself and asks why she is impersonating her, and Vee reveals that she just wanted a place to belong. The human realizes that she can continue impersonating her since Camila is unaware that her real daughter is missing, but Vee says that she has run out of magic, as she used the last of it just now to partially disguise herself. Upon seeing a piece of newspaper with Eda on it, Luz believes that the Owl Lady might have left some magic behind, so Vee sets out to find a source of it. After arriving at Robin's Roast Café, with Vee wearing a hat and sunglasses to hide her non-human features, she and Luz learn that Eda (under the alias name of Marylin) was banned for life trying to pay for a latte with a live raccoon. In the alleyway, Vee finds talking rats, making her scream and run away. After Vee finds her camp friends in the town square playing Hexes Hold'em, they direct her to the Gravesfield Historical Society, where the curator, Jacob Hopkins, agrees to bring her some Hexes Hold'em cards. As they wait, Vee tells Luz about her life before entering the Human Realm and how kind Camila has been to her, silently criticizing the human for wanting to get away from such a loving woman. Suddenly, Vee smells magic and goes into the back room to find the source of it, but to her horror, she finds weapons in the room along with a picture of Eda and realizes through computer screens that she has been watched the entire time. In her panic, she trips over a red laser, which promptly locks her in a cage. By now, Vee has also panic shifted back into her basilisk form. Jacob enters the room, pleased to have finally captured a demon, and he informs the basilisk that she will stay in that cage for the rest of her life. Vee orders Luz to go back to the Demon Realm, fearing Jacob will out her true identity to Camila. Despite Luz's insistence otherwise, she assures her that it's alright, breaking the mirror with her tail and severing contact with Luz. Luz, through her mother's phone screen, manages to convince Camila to go to the Historical Society, although she believes that her daughter is just playing another game with her. However, when Camila finds Vee in her true form, she realizes that Luz wasn't lying to her — Vee wasn't her real daughter. She comforts the basilisk, commending her strength, but Jacob walks in, attempting to dissect Vee. Camila, refusing to let this happen, strikes the curator with her chancla and rescues Vee, taking her home and promising her shelter for as long as she needs it. Following that day, Vee continues to stay in the Noceda household and remains in her true form when around Camila, often helping her with housework. At some point during this time, after learning more about Luz's reasons for running from home (possibly from Camila), Vee restocked all of Luz's belongings that she had previously attempted to discard, while also leaving a note by her bedroom door to welcome her home for when she finally returned, presumably out of guilt for her previously harsh scolding of her in the Historical Society. She change Appearance since Luz has returned home. She aids in their attempts to make a new portal, but they all end in failure. In late October, she and the other Boiling Isles residents practice Spanish when Camila arrives to tell them she is going to pick Luz up from school. As everyone thinks of ways to help around the house more, Amity suggests they search the town for possible solutions while Luz is at school and the others agree.

Basilisk form appearance: Vee is a basilisk beast demon that has a small, chubby serpentine body with two arms and a fishlike tail in place of legs. Her face is round with wide eyes and a turned-up nose. She has a catlike mouth in a "W" shape with two small teeth poking out from her bottom jaw with her lower lip being a dark maroon color. She has pale, swamp-green scales with cream-colored spots on her head, tail, underbelly, and the bottom half of her face. There are tufts of navy-blue hair on her head, back, and ears. Her eyes consist of yellow-gold pupils, black irises, and aqua sclera. She has off-white fins on the sides and tip of her tail, along with a dull peacock-blue piercing on the tip.

Human appearance: In "Thanks to Them", Vee changes her human form's appearance to differentiate herself from Luz; her hair is green with blue tips, resembling her fins, and she keeps her basilisk ears which blend into her hair. Her skin color is lighter, though still similar enough to easily pass as a member of the Noceda family, and her legs have more muscle mass. She also retains her basilisk eyes, but the sclera is now white. she now wears a yellow and orange striped sweater with a pumpkin on the chest, blue torn pants and brown boots.

Abilities: Vee could shape shift her appearance. Magic absorption: As a basilisk, Vee is capable of absorbing and feeding on magic, however she has a limited range and must be close to her target. Vee has learned to speak Spanish fluently

Personality: Vee is a good-natured individual, albeit rather insecure about her identity as a basilisk. Due to her past, where her only purpose was to be a test subject for one of Belos' experiments, Vee was troubled about her existence, and being a creature that should no longer exist, she yearned to find a better life with an identity to call her own. When she started living with Camila, she became more comfortable after shapeshifting into an impostor of Luz, easily deceiving her and others into thinking she was the real Luz for months. As the impostor, Vee is shown to be laid-back, opportunistic, and more toned down compared to the real Luz. Despite the deception, Vee did not favor subterfuge, as she did not wish to trick Camila and only did so to pay back Camila's kindness rather than taking advantage of it. She is fearful and timid of strangers and dislikes confrontation heavily. When put under pressure or in troublesome situations, Vee can be left petrified for an extended period of time. By the time Luz returned to the Human Realm, Vee adjusted well into human culture, giving her the most common sense out of Luz's friends. She also gained a boost in self-confidence, for she was willing to confront Jacob Hopkins again, despite initial trepidation from when he imprisoned her before and even stood against Belos himself while he was possessing Hunter. However, she is still wary of humans finding out about her true nature.

Relationship: Camila is Vee's caretaker and the first person to have ever shown her kindness. After Luz went to the Demon Realm, the young basilisk snuck into the Human Realm and assumed Luz's appearance, living with Camila ever since due to her kindness. Camila was completely unaware of Vee's true identity until "Yesterday's Lie", when she was captured by Jacob Hopkins. However, after learning of Vee's true identity, she still offers her a place to stay at her home, calling her a strong girl. Vee is seen in her true form inside Camila's house, showing that Camila is probably comfortable and accepting of Vee's true form.