Victoria Nova

Victoria Nova is a Tiefling Life Cleric and the Captain of The Brunhilde. She is the employer of the party and offers them room and board on The Brunhilde. She often aids the party on their missions. She is portrayed by Will.

Appearance
Victoria is a 5'8" female Tiefling with lavender tinted skin. She usually wears very utilitarian clothing such as cotton tank tops and cargo pants.  She wears a necklace with three chain-links, the symbol of Unity.

Personality
Victoria is tough but fair. She is incredibly loyal to her crew and those she considers friends or family. She has been disillusioned by life and does not easily show her hand, but she cares strongly about her friends and family. She often seems exhausted by the antics of the party, she has brought up how complicated her life has become since picking them up, but she accepts and protects them.

Background
As she revealed to the party in The Blue Eden Diner, Victoria was originally from Mechanus, the primary world of The Cyber Federation. She grew up in Kraghammer, a slum in the capital city. She was raised by her mother, with her younger cousins Dag and Dirk. When Victoria was ten years old, her mother fell ill, and within two years she had died. At age 16 Victoria joined the military to earn money to send back to her cousins.

Relationship with Asimov Starbrand
Two years into her eight year enlistment period with the military, the Third Goblin War broke out. At some point during the war she was stationed at an outpost on Rocknar-5 where she met Asimov Starbrand, an engineer/mechanic from the Rakk caste. She found him nerdy, but handsome.

One night at a bar, Victoria was approached by a skeevy dwarven officer, and when she rebuffed his advances he started to get violent. Asimov stepped in to protect her, and while Victoria fled to safety, he was sentenced to three days in solitary confinement for striking an officer. Not wanting to owe anything to a dwarf, Victoria sought him out to thank him and the two started to spend more time together. Asimov taught her mechanics, she taught him how to fight.

She learned that Asimov gave up his family fortune and name by joining the military. He too hates The Cyber Federation for its unjust and oppressive governance. He was disowned by his family.

One day, Victoria realized that she would rather spend time with Asimov than do anything else in the world. Asimov proposed after she confessed her love, but due to the differences in their caste a union between the two was forbidden. So they made a plan to abandon their posts and leave the military.

They were able to flee on a ship carrying a missionary group of the Faithful of Unity. The Faithful took them in and felt deep empathy for their story. The Faithful not only performed a marriage ceremony for the pair, but took them into Draconic Star Sovereignty territory, away from the reach of The Cyber Federation and Elven Empire. It was during this time with the Faithful that Victoria became a member of the Church of Unity, the source of her cleric abilities.

''“May our bonds never break and Unity hold strong. With this sacred oath I speak, forge a union lifelong. By my word I do vow to aver amity. With my heart I tie this knot, my love, my harmony.” -'' Victoria and Asimov's wedding vows.

Victoria and Asimov set up a business and built a ship, The Brunhilde, named for Victoria's mother. They were able to send for Dag and Dirk.

Asimov's Death
The Cyber Federation and Elven Empire eventually gathered enough intel to intercept The Brunhilde crew at a waystation. Asimov ordered Dag and Dirk to start the ship, and commanded his robot to take Victoria to safety. Victoria watched as Asimov was shot with plasma guns and stabbed through the heart.

Death and the Destruction of The Brunhilde
Victoria accompanied Echo, Persephone, Primina, and Sebastian to the dwarven planet of Shardlar in pursuit of Dr. Zahn. After they discovered the dragonforged ship in Zahn's underwater laboratory and detected illithids incoming, she took Artax and returned to The Brunhilde with plans to rendezvous on the surface.

Victoria in The Brunhilde joined the rest of the party in the dragonforged ship in a harrowing battle against two illithid fighters. The Brunhilde was grappled and tossed about and Victoria unleashed the ship's ultimate barrage attack, firing all ballistics simultaneously. The dragonforged ship and The Brunhilde defeated the two illithids and escaped into space where they were confronted with an illithid dreadnaught and a horde of fighters.

Victoria tells the rest of the party to take care of her family, she cannot escape with them because her A-Reactor was damaged in the fight. Despite the protests of her friends, she sacrifices herself and The Brunhilde by flying the ship directly into the illithid dreadnaught, exploding on impact and drawing the attention of the fighters and allowing the rest of the party to jump to safety.

Victoria's Final Words
"This isn’t your choice, Prim. I’m not doing this because you are weak. I’m doing this because I believe in you… in all of you. Prim, Sebastian, Percy, I’ve watched you all grow so much. When I first took you in you were the most hapless, lost lot I had ever seen. But before I knew it you were changing the course of history and I can’t tell you how much joy it’s been to have you aboard and how proud I am to call you family. Watt, thank you for everything. I’m sorry I can’t keep my promise but I have a date with a very handsome dwarf who's been waiting for me.”

And without another word, as the illithid ships get closer and closer, The Brunhilde blasts towards the dreadnought with a burst of speed. The illithid fighters descend upon The Brunhilde, letting loose laser fire. With a sudden jerk Victoria pulls the ship vertical, bringing The Brunhilde above their line of fire and trajectory. Without losing momentum, The Brunhilde’s nose turns to point at the dreadnought and the back engines ignite into overdrive burning a bright blue, hot enough to burn out the engines within minutes. The Brunhilde flies forth, a singular missile aimed at the illithid dreadnaught. The fighter ships pull up in front of the party as they attempt to turn around to take down the threat to their mothership. Time seems to slow as they all hear Victoria’s voice over their bracer jacks.

''“May our bonds never break and Unity hold strong. With this sacred oath I speak, forge a union lifelong. By my word I do vow to aver amity. With my heart I tie this knot, my love, my harmony.”''