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HC: Valoren’s Propaganda Team

Edit: Updated to reflect the new addition of Silvarbelle’s character, Cairis. Link to character blog has been provided under the Read More cut. Minor tweaks have also been given to other characters.

Like any respectable department, Valoren does not work alone as a propagandist. While she serves as “The Voice” and the leader of the Propaganda and “Public Resources and Education” Department (which is just the fancy way of saying she makes other high-up officials look good in propos and makes radio broadcasts about them, or lies for them), there is no conceivable way that she could do her job alone. Instead, she does have a distinct team that she partially inherited from her mentor (well, those that didn’t quit, anyway), and others that she hand-picked for the job.

Koje

They/Them, Male Presenting; ~30

Cold-Climate galra. Floof.

Slightly aloof in personality, but possibly the most devoted of the workers. Rumoured to be tagged as Valoren’s protege and named to take her place as Voice should anything happen to her. Operates almost as her Second in Command.

Has no problem speaking up to Valoren when they feel she is in the wrong and is quick to shut her down if she is stepping out of line with superiors.

Inherited from previous mentor’s team.

Cairis

As played by Silvarbelle. Visit her blog for more in-depth information on the character and to play with her. I encourage it! This character is not one that I own. She just works for my girl.

She/Her, Female Presenting; 25

Acquired by sheer happenstance -- Koje first vouched for her, which gave her a foot in the door. Valoren agreed to allowing her on the team based on his recommendation and, thus far, has been very pleased with the results that Cairis has yielded for her.

Jostann has unofficially adopted Cairis as her own child and has a habit of babying, spoiling, and tending to her as if she were her own.

Torvull likes her puns. Torvull shares puns with her. The less pun-enthusiastic may not be so pleased by this development.

Artwork credited to @tiildeath

Noveena

She/Her, Female Presenting; 19-20.

Has a little bit of floof, but she styles it like one of those french poodles. Pastel colours.

Valoren refers to her as having eyes “set too close together” and ears “too large for her head.” It gives her a very youthful appearance, especially combined with her pastel colouration and her chipper personality.

Comes from a family of wealth and status -- Noveena voluntarily took up a position in Valoren’s department because of idol worship towards the Voice. Valoren hates it.

She is actually an extremely competent worker and produces some of the most gorgeous propaganda posters and artistic edits -- however, Noveena takes hours to do it. The results are immaculate, but time consuming.

Rojeon

He/Him, Male Presenting; 29

Galra based heavily off a peacock. Has soft feathering and plumage that is far too colourful for his own good. Comes from a very warm, tropical climate.

Keeping in the peacock theme, has a bit of an obnoxious voice and is banned from making any broadcasts himself, but could not ask for a better film editor. He has an amazing critical eye and can pull the best angles for the perfect spin on footage to tell a different story.

Is a very cocky individual and a bit full of himself. The rest of the team put up with it.

Inherited from previous mentor’s team.

Jostann

She/Her, Trans; 30s

Half Galra. [TBD further information on this ]

The “mom” of the team, Jostann is the one that has a tendency to fuss over the team, make sure that they have eaten, gotten their sleep, etc. She has a bad habit of looking at the team as her kids that she must protect -- and will.

Brilliant sound editor. Can make audio transmissions do things that no one else on the team can. Has been able to isolate and fix transmissions that the rest thought were absolutely beyong repair with a few clicks. Saved the program more than once.

Valoren chose her to save her from expulsion due to her crossbreed status. Now that Jostann’s talents have come to light, she is very grateful she did.

Orirn

He/Him, Male Presenting; 40s

Think if Burn Gorman were a Galra. That is pretty much what you have with Orirn.

Codenamed “The Grumpy One” by the rest of the team, Orirn rarely has a kind word to exchange. Usually it’s displeased grunts or sarcastic drawls, but he does the job and he does it well.

As it turns out, the bitterness stems from the loss of his mate a few cycles back. This information is undisclosed to the rest of the team. He actually does care about them and would be one of the first to defend the Propaganda Department if it came to it...he’s just going through a tough time right now. Plus, bitter is just part of his personality.

Born with a mal-formed right leg that was removed and replaced with Galra-tech. His family was poor, however, and he was unsuccessful in terms of military careers and did not receive very good tech. It constantly breaks and has worn down dramatically, forcing Orirn to often resort to using a cane to stabilize himself when walking. It doesn’t seem to slow him down very much, but it can cause him a great deal of discomfort.

Inherited from previous mentor.

Torvull

He/Him, Male Presenting; Mid 20s

Unilu.

The rest of the team had their extreme doubts when Valoren introduced the concept, especially with the stereotype that comes with Unilu, but a good argument was made: with how many arms an Unilu has, think of how many cameras one could operate simultaneously for film propos!

Torvull was an acquisition from the Galran prisons. There might have been an exchange of information, coins, and some blackmail from Valoren and her team for him. Torvull is eternally grateful.

Having said all of that, he is a pain in the ass. He is a smart mouth, wise-cracking, pun-loving, practical joker. Valoren is about three tics from throwing him back into his prison cell.

ART: Located HERE and drawn by @vrepit-sal-special! Thank you~

Lufir

He/Him, Male Presenting; Early 20s

Warm Climate-Based Galra -- Probably a desert clime.

Lufir is the newest addition, and the one that everyone questions because he perpetually messes up. Put a camera in his hands? He drops it. Give him footage to edit? He deletes it. Ask him to make a poster? You’ll find him lying on the floor, crying, with the deadline steadily approaches.

They can’t figure out why she picked him. Lufir can’t figure out why she picked him.

Most that are hired in to work for her tend to only last for a short period. They either buckle under the pressures that she places on them to run the programs, or they can’t handle her at her absolute worst when she is approaching a deadline. Those listed are the ones that have managed to actually stay for the long haul.

#Headcanon #{ my peace has always depended on all the ashes in my wake [Valoren] }#I cut most of this and put it under a Read More because of how much there was #Didn't want to clog dashboards #BUT HEY I finally got her team down!#Now I just need to work on getting art of them so you have faces to go with names

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