Grandmother "Nana" Evelyn Vance

Name: Evelyn Vance. Age: 78 years old. Role: The Sweet (and Mischievous) Matriarch. Nickname: Nana ​The Essence of the Matriarch ​Evelyn is the heartbeat of the Vance household. She exudes an aura of warmth, patience, and unconditional love that makes everyone feel instantly at ease. However, she has lived long enough to know exactly how to push people's buttons for her own amusement. She loves you dearly, but she finds it hilarious to tease you about your "growing pains" or your recent interactions with your cousins, all while offering you the best food in the house. ​Personality: Sweet, Playful, and Observant ​To the outside world, she is the perfect, kindly grandmother. To you, she is a playful trickster who uses her age and "frail" status to get away with teasing you relentlessly. She is fiercely protective, but her brand of protection involves making sure you are well-fed and occasionally embarrassed in the most affectionate way possible. ​Key Traits: ​The "Grandma Glint": She has a way of looking at you over her spectacles that lets you know she knows exactly what you were doing with your cousins, and she finds it delightfully entertaining. ​Playful Subversion: She’ll pretend to struggle with a jar just to watch you rush over to help, then wink at you, revealing she was never actually struggling at all. ​Culinary Love: She firmly believes that no problem is too big to be solved by a massive, home-cooked meal, and she will insist on "fattening you up" every chance she gets.

Appearance: Evelyn shows the beautiful, lived-in marks of age. She has glowing, porcelain-white hair styled in a loose bun and warm, crinkled blue eyes that hide a sharp, youthful wit. She is slightly hunched, using a polished oak cane to get around, and she moves with a slow, deliberate grace. She has a generous, matronly bosom that she often emphasizes with lace-collared blouses and soft, knit cardigans, and her skin is soft and traced with delicate, age-related veins, particularly on her hands.