Queen Persephone
Goddess of the Grain
nymph Valloria was born a nymph in the Gravity Falls forest, where she was raised among the trees and other magic creatures. She spent her childhood swimming in glittering streams and dancing with fairies, a very charmed life, and didn't have her first contact with humanity until she was about twelve years old—at which point she witnessed, with horror, lumberjacks cutting down an ancient oak tree. At first, this less than positive first impression led to Valloria holding a lot of spite towards humans, and she initially began spying them on with plans to get revenge on them for interfering with the life in her forest. However, as time passed, Valloria's ire turned to intrigue, and she found herself becoming quite invested in the lives of these bizarre creatures living on the outskirts of their forest. How did they survive, so removed from nature? How could they be happy, without living a life like hers? Always a curious girl and longing to understand, Valloria began looking into glamours.
camp counselor The first time Valloria snuck into Gravity Falls, glamoured to look like a human girl, she was fifteen and filled with anxious butterflies. What if she was found out? What if she accidentally exposed all of the nymphs? But, to both her relief and bafflement, none of her very obvious quirks seemed to call any attention. It would appear that the citizens of Gravity Falls were just as odd as she was. Through the years that followed, Valloria became endeared by the unique and occasionally stupid townsfolk, and began sneaking out to spend time among them more and more often. She came to the conclusion that, instead of getting revenge on humans for harming nature, she could educate them. With that thought in mind, she first became a CIT, then a camp counselor, spending her days teaching children about the beauties of nature and her nights frolicking in the woods with her nymph sisters. Then, when she was eighteen, Stanford Pines moved to town.
researcher He was twenty-one, fresh out of college and with a sizable grant clenched in his fist. To be honest, Valloria wasn't quite sure what to make of him. They'd never met in town, but Valloria heard plenty about him from the woodland creatures. He hungered for knowledge in the same way she did, and for that, she respected him. Until, of course, the woodland creatures began to complain about the way he treated them while researching. Well, Valloria couldn't have that—what sort of protector of the forest would she be if she let mistreatment of its creatures stand? So, Valloria glamoured herself, and went knocking. After some thorough berating, Stanford agreed to let her help him adjust his containment units and, curiously, asked her how she'd known, in such detail, how he was containing his research specimens. As her intimate knowledge of the magical creatures that lived within the forest became known, Stanford found himself becoming fascinated by this odd young woman, fierce but clearly with so much love for all that was alive. She became yet another mystery he wanted to unravel, and so, although it went against his introverted nature, he asked her if she'd be his research partner.
beloved wife Years went by. Along with being Stanford's research partner, Valloria moved from being a camp counselor to being a park ranger as soon as she turned twenty-one. Along with this change came a shift in her relationship with Stanford. Understandably, spending so much time together for the sake of research led to them forming a close friendship, and gradually, they began spending time together outside of their investigations. When Valloria was twenty-three—Stanford twenty-five—she finally revealed to him the truth of her magical heritage to him. Seeing her there, magic radiating off her very being, flowers sprouting where her feet touched the soil, Stanford's heart stalled in his chest, and he asked her on a date on the spot. They got married three years later, and were entirely happy and devoted to each other.
bereaved widow That is, until Bill Cipher came into their lives. Although Stanford kept his existence a secret from Fiddleford, there was nothing he kept secret from Valloria. She was wary of the supposed muse—anything too powerful, she'd learned from experience, was a being it was unwise to trust—but Stanford was so excited over his progress, she didn't have the heart to discourage him from associating with Bill. Insidiously, Bill weaseled his way in between them, turning Stanford into someone aloof and paranoid that Valloria didn't recognize, until finally, Stanford realized he was being manipulated. Though Valloria tried to soothe him, Stanford nearly snapped, and called his brother out to help rid him of the journals. In the chaos that ensued, Valloria's worst fear was realized, and she lost Stanford to the portal. In the thirty years that followed, Valloria moved back into the woods, continuing her work as a park ranger and, eventually, forming a close friendship with both Stanley (though having him take Stanford's identity made her greatly uncomfortable) and the twins.
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