Evening Star

Name: Zorya Vechernyaya

Superhero Persona: Evening Star

Aliases: Zorja Vechernjaja, Goddess of the Evening Star, Vech

Age: Around 3,000 (Physically looks 16-20 yo)

Date of Birth: N/A

Powers: Manipulation of Shadows and Darkness

Known Relatives:  Dažbog (Father); Zorya Utrenyaya (Twin Sister)

Appearance: Strikingly beautiful with long black hair she keeps in a braid pinned to her head. She wears stylish clothing and expensive jewelry.

Background
Vechernyaya was born from the Slavic people’s belief that the Evening Star was a goddess who protected the world with her sister by keeping the doomsday hound Simargl under control. Simargl was divided in half between the sisters and unless kept separated, would reform and destroy the world. Vechernyaya’s other duty was to stand guard at the entrance to the underworld, where every night she saw her father Dažbog enter with a heavy head to fight his way through the hell to exit it the next morning where he was greeted by Utrenyaya. With the distance forced by Simargl and the apparent favoritism that Dažbog showed Utrenyaya, a bitter rivalry began between the sisters. As Christianity spread through Europe, the world of the Slavic gods began to fade. Quickly realizing the cost of staying in their world would be to fade into obscurity, the Zoryas along with a few others left their home to join the mortal world. On the mortal plain Vechernyaya began to find that admiration was able to sustain her enough and even keep her powers of shadows, but without the faith, her powers were sufficiently diminished. Over the next thousand years, she moved around northern Europe keeping her distance from her sister and even other gods in general. During the mid 18th century, Zorya noticed that many of the Slavic people where moving in droves to the Americas. Finding no reason to stay in a land that no longer knew who she was or remembered the “old ways”, Zorya left for the new continents hoping to find new followers and maybe even a revitalization in the old religions. Unfortunately, all that awaited her was a world full of mixed cultures and people, which only increased her rigid views of Slavic superiority. Discouraged, Vechernyaya fell back into her life of moving around and resigned herself to being simply only half the goddess she once was. In time she became more involved with the mortals around her, finding their antics and frantic day-to-day scramble amusing. She also found that other gods (many from other pantheons) had also come to the Americas, but found themselves in similar predicaments of having to live life like a mortal. Vechernyaya stayed in touch with many of her fellow immortals, but preferred her solitude. By the 21st century, Vechernyaya’s life altered from city to city where she would be anything from an office worker to a college student. At the start of the comic, Vechernyaya had recently moved to the city, where she was posing as an orphaned high school student.

Alpha Class: Academy Arc
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Alpha Class : Wrath of the Gods Arc
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- Having been created by the Slavic people, Zorya is of a firm belief that Slavic people are exceptional. Unfortunately, this often lends to a xenophobic viewpoint and off color remarks about any other culture or race. =====