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Vincent Valero-Volkov

ALIAS: "V"
DATE OF BIRTH: August 8, 2052
PLACE OF BIRTH: Heywood, NC
ETHNICITY: Russian, Spanish
HEIGHT: 5'11"
PRONOUNS: He/Him
SEXUALITY: Bisexual

Family

Vincent Valero-Volkov was born on August 8. 2052 in Heywood, Night City to Heywood native, Marina Valero (2031) and Russian born, Alek Volkov (2029.)Vs mother, Marina Valero, born and raised in Heywood to a Valentino family had always struggled with finding her place with the rest of her family. She loved her family but the work they did often disturbed her, no matter how many times she's seen their violence. She had different goals in life that didn't involve anything gang related. She left the Valentinos to find a different lifestyle and peace. The hardest partAlek Volkov grew up in the struggle of Russian life. He became an overworked and underpaid engineer to assemble and dissemble cyberware to distribute around the Soviet Union and eventually the NUSA. Alek discovered information he was never supposed to see of where their cyberware parts were coming from; harvested corpses of random civilians around the world. Their biggest trader was from Night City; Scavangers. The gang notorious for their brutality and "grave robbing." Alek couldn't just quit his job, he had to flee before the company disposed of him. He ended up in multiple cities before settling in Night City in 2050.Marina and Alek ended up meeting at a Piez diner, where Marina currently worked as a waitress. Noticing the others loneliness, they ended up chatting for hours about their pasts and starting a new life. They got together shortly after and married a year later.In 2052 they welcomed their first and only child.

Backstory

In 2059 tragedy fell onto the Valero-Volkov family. A group of scavs recognized Alek- a loose end that betrayed their country's trust, and decided to deal with him. They followed him home until the next day 7 year old Vincent discovered the brutal sight of his mother and father bodies murdered and harvested.With nowhere else to go, V sought out Valentino members to help him find the rest of his mothers family. His mothers younger sister of four years, Juliet, found the poor boy and had no choice but to take him in. Juliet was a proud member of the Valentinos and had no interest in domestic family matters. V and Juliet barely spoke, she simply provided a shelter and food for the boy. While his relationship with his aunt wasn't great, his new large Valentino family welcomed him with open arms. He wanted to be just as strong as them one day. To avenge his parents.At age 15 Vincent officially joined the Valentinos and went by the alias, "V." Sebastian "Padre" Ibarra, leader of the Valentinos, become a mentor to the young man and taught him how to survive the city. He didn't understand why his mother separated herself from this lifestyle and family. He loved it. V met another child of the Valentinos, Jackie Welles. They became immediate best friends, getting up to no good and becoming inseparable.It wasn't until two years later when Jackie almost died to a firefight from a gang war between Valentinos and Maelstrom that caused Mama Welles to panic and begged the two boys to leave the gang. V left with Jackie, knowing from first hand experiences how gang entanglements can tear families apart- just like his own family.

2077

V made a promise to himself all those years ago that he would one day avenge his parents to the monsters that killed them, and without the Valentinos he decided to become a Merc with Jackie. Padre continued to be supportive of V, having a soft spot for him since he was a boy.The two mercs struggled in their first couple years but never backed down to make it to "the big leagues." When V was 21, Jackie introduced him to Viktor Vektor- ex pro boxer and Northsides best ripperdoc and Misty Olszewsk- owner of Misty's Esoterica which housed the ripperdocs clinic. V would be lying if he didn't immediately start crushing on the Ripper. Viktor became a huge help to the two mercs, improving their tech and even teaching V a few boxing moves "just in case."V became a menance to any Scav hideout he laid his kiroshis on. He specialized in stealth- a ghost to all his enemies. He spared noone associated with the Scavangers. V and Jackie were slowly making their way up the ladder to Night City fame. Until they got a job from Dexter Deshawn...

Ending

V took Soloman Reeds offer to cure the ticking timebomb in his head after "rescuing" Song So Mi. He gave her to Reed, foolishly believing that it was the right thing to do for the both of them. She would live and so would V. The surgery to remove the chip was a success. Except for the fact he was stripped of all cybernetic enhancements, his body no longer able to withstand even the simplest cyberware and risked death. Already devastated, the doctors informed V that he remained in a coma for 2 years after the surgery took place.With nowhere else to go and all his friends and allies either out of the city or on the run, all remained was the one and only Viktor Vektor. The ripperdoc offered V to live with him, to help look after him after being in such a fragile state for so long. It was a long recovery period for V, dealing with depression and survivors guilt. It was a struggle for the both of them but they had eachother. After months of living together- a spontaneous excursion to an abandoned boxing ring led the two to finally confess their feelings.

Relationships

Jackie Welles: Best friend and partner in crime.
Misty Olszewsk: Good friend, trusts her more than anyone.
Viktor Vektor: Best ripper he knows and hopelessly pining over for years. Moves in together 2 years later and confess their mutual love for one another.
Judy Alvarez: Sees her as a sister figure, talks to her all the time after she left NC.
Johnny Silverhand: The man who saved his life.
Takemura Goro: Ally-with-benefits?
Panam Palmer: Best friend after Jackie, thought they had feelings for eachother but ended up being better friends.
Kerry Eurodyne: Unconfirmed 'boyfriend' that doesn't last long.
River Ward: Good friend, loves visiting his family.
Song So Mi: The first person V thinks he fell in love with. Never confessed but had the closest connection with anyone in his life. Feels guilty forever.

Cyberware & Weapons

Appearance

Hair: Light pink tuft with brown shaved sides. Naturally brown.
Eyes: Red kiroshis, naturally brown.
Skin: Tan, freckles
Scars: accross forhead & upper lip, bullet hole scar lower right abdomen, vasectomy scar, burns right inner thigh and left side torso, top surgery cybernetic cover, eyebrow slit, buttock scatches.

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