#valiersverse

he’s Just A Little Guy!

Ok i’m gonna cheat a little bit with this one >:)

Tersekova “Kova” Martínez - they/them - 22 at time of introduction (i think. don’t quote me on that)

Ho Boy. Where to even start with Kova Martínez.

They’re another Valiersverse character, because VV has got me by the throat and has Had me by the throat for over a literal year, and they only exist because I thought @aritany’s Rehaan should have a cool partner, and then Alex was like ok bet and now their wedding is fully planned.

So Kova is majoring in mechanical engineering at UofV, because they’re a freakishly smart little goblin who likes to build things that may or may not explode. Valiers is a sort-of magical place, and Kova has some of that magic within themself, which allows them to make things that should not technically be possible to make, like little semi-sentient animatronic beasties brought to life by a combination of gears and wind-up springs and a sprinkle of magic; or a pair of Daedalus-like wings that are also sort of a jet pack. It’s very cool, they’re very cool, their workshop is absolute and utter chaos. They have built weapons that would put them on so many government watchlists so fast if said governments knew about them.

They’ve got 4 siblings, 2 younger brothers and 2 older sisters, whom they’re all on excellent terms with. Their family is hugely important to them—it was just the 5 of them and their dad for a while, Struggle Bussing after their mother went to prison for fraud and identity theft and left them with some major debts, because she sucks so much asshole and we hate her. She’s the one to blame for Tersekova, by the way.

Anyway, the idea was for them to have a sweet little coffee shop romance with Rehaan, but then because Alex and I are both absolute goblins who can’t be chill for a single second ever, we were like “what if instead of cute and fluffy this was just so fucking horrible for both of them” and, well, that’s some excellent points, can’t really argue with that, so now both of them are Suffering, Majorly. (But it’s ok because they get their happy ending. They buy a farm. Rehaan starts a veggie garden. It’s very wholesome.)