Vora Zorell

Authored by Lindsay B

Character Biography

Hair: Bright cherry red
Eye Colour: Maroon
Skin Colour: Pale yellow
Image: https://i.imgur.com/vRwvO8c.jpg

Family:
Mother: Torya Zorell (birth name: Jaisa Torya Hass) (deceased)
Father: Unknown
Uncle: Torno Hass
Son: Jerrin Yecib (Born 2380)

Info on Tenra and the Tenraith

Timeline & Personal History:

Vora is from the planet Tenra, and her people, who are humanoid, are known as the Tenraith. She was raised by her mother, Torya, until her death when Vora was 5. She has never met her father and has no idea who he is. After Torya’s death, Vora was placed in governmental foster care. She moved from house to house, never really knowing what it was like to have a real home or family. Despite being a brilliant student, Vora had gotten herself into trouble and was kicked out of her foster home when she was 14. She moved in with her 16 year old boyfriend, Tobbath, only discovering then that he was a narcotics dealer. He got her hooked on drugs and it quickly became their only concern in life. When Tobbath was arrested and jailed for robbery, Vora found herself homeless and on the street. She did whatever she had to to survive, but always placed the drugs before anything, fearing what would happen if she were to run out.

About this time, the Federation made contact with Tenra and established trade. Eager to share knowledge, an exchange of scientists was made. Starfleet assigned the USS Tomaran to Tenra for this cultural and scientific exchange. Vora met the Tomaran’s CO, Captain Deacon Amhurst, when she attempted to pick his pocket while he was wandering the streets off-duty. Intrigued by her intelligence and wit, Amhurst offered to help her rather than turn her into the authorities.

Vora went through a gruelling rehab that still haunts her to this day. Afterwards, she discovered she was excited about having a second chance at life. Amhurst allowed her to get involved in some of the scientific experiments and they discovered she had a real talent for science. Aided by an eidetic memory, she learned a vast amount of knowledge in a short space of time. Supporting her desire to join Star-fleet, Amhurst sponsored her application to the Academy. Vora graduated class valedictorian.

Assigned to the Europa, Vora tried very hard to make the most of her time on the ship. Tentative and a little shy, Vora found herself settling into life on the ship and even starting to get to know people, including one of the doctors and subsequently the CMO, Scott Richards. Experiencing horrible nightmares from her past, Vora did not sleep well. Her sleep deprivation got to the point that she had a psychotic episode and had to be put on medication.

An encounter with a strange plant, that was confirmed non-toxic, gave her bursts of energy that relieved the tiredness caused from her medication. Unknown to her at the time however, the substance bound itself in a strange way to her medication, forming an addictive substance. Her work began to suffer as her focus slipped and her memory was impacted. She never told anyone, not realizing that the substance she was drawn to was harming her.

Meanwhile, she and Scott had not only become friends, but had discovered they had feelings for each other. They kept their relationship quiet given that she was a junior officer, and he a member of the Senior Staff. But they eventually came to realize that they had fallen in love with each other.

Eventually, she was relieved of duty, as she refused to go to Sickbay at the time to deal with the tiredness issues she had been experiencing. Even seeing the CNS, she still didn’t reveal the issue she was becoming more and more aware of. Vora took it upon herself to once again go through detox, not even telling anyone about it. After a couple days, she began to have chest pains on top of all the other withdrawals symptoms and feared something was going wrong. She called for Scott, who rushed to her aid and saw her through the rest of her detox.

Returning to duty a couple weeks later, Vora found herself having a great difficulties concentrating and couldn’t do her work with any of the skill she had prided herself on. Soon she had to admit that she needed time away to fully heal and get her head on straight. She left the ship quietly on an extended medical leave, leaving a note to Scott that she promised to keep in touch as much as possible.

With her old friend who sponsored her application to Starfleet, Captain Deacon Amhurst, Vora went home to Tenra. Six weeks later, she returned to the Europa, ready to tackle the challenges ahead.

Vora has since been reunited with her adolescent son, whom she had given up and expected him to be adopted. That was not the case and the pair are finding their way together. She is also engaged to Johann Dvorak, the Europa’s Commanding Officer.

Medical History:
Access restricted to CO, XO, CNS and Senior Medical staff