Veronica Delacroix

VERONICA DELACROIX

Real Name: Veronica Delacroix

Class: Human spirit

Occupation: Spirit of vengeance, formerly musician

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: unnamed mother

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Manchester, England

First Appearance: Constantine: The Hellblazer #2 (September, 2015)

Powers: Veronica was a vengeful spirit covered in tendrils and capable of walking between the planes of life and death.

History: (Constantine: The Hellblazer #3 (fb)) - Veronica was dating occultist Georgiana Snow, but got bored with how much time she spent at the library doing research. When Snow investigated the band The End of the World, who had a demon playing with them, Veronica jumped at the chance to enjoy the club scene. Snow's friend Gaz introduced her to the young magician John Constantine. John thought Snow was stuck up, and she thought he was a little boy playing at magic, but she started to get uncomfortable when she saw how strongly attracted John and Veronica were to each other. The crew ended up hitting it off, and John convinced Snow they should pool their occult knowledge to enjoy the power of being young and having fun forever.

(Constantine: The Hellblazer #4 (fb), 5 (fb)) - Veronica was wooed away by John on a lark. John formed the band Mucous Membrane with Victoria and started drifting from Snow, except when he needed something from her. As he sunk deeper into the world of magic the band started getting supernatural attention. Victoria was worried because her own family knew her, edging into the magical world was messing with her existence. John told her she was no fun, and dumped her. He later missed her and burst into Snow's library job asking where Veronica was. Snow said Veronica had come to see her, but she'd turned her away. She was tired of cleaning up after John's messes and being his backup plan. Veronica was emotionally devastated, and felt her friends left her high and dry. Unable to resume a normal existence, she started researching magic and learned a spell to travel the planes of life and death, but, being callow, had no path in mind in the afterlife, and her mind and body were ripped apart. Her spirit's emotional remains reached out into the living world as a vengeful spirit.

(Constantine: The Hellblazer #4, 5) - She sought out Constantine's old friends, who were also ghosts, and sent their souls to oblivion, and then made a half-hearted attack on John. John reached out to Georgiana Snow for help in exorcising her, promising he'd stay out of her hair forever if she helped. Snow wasn't thrilled with seeing her ex, but also realized she owed her. She tried to use the Soul Displacement book that created the spirit to help Veronica, but when that failed she burned it, destroying Veronica's spirit. She knew John had suckered her because he wanted Veronica gone without the guilt of having been the one to destroy her

Comments: Created by Ming Doyle, James Tynion IV & Riley Rossmo.