HISTORY OF VEELAS
Veela's are purely magical creatures that live alongside Wizards. They consist of three clans; the Air, the Earth, and the Water Clan. All Veela's have pale skin and hair, long limbs, and pale coloured eyes. Each Veela Clan has a different way of recognizing their mate. Their language flows like music and has no harsh sounding tones. One word could mean many different things depending on the context in which it was spoken. Veela's have three words for mate alone: alona or mate, bedine meaning chosen (before mating), and hayana meaning lover.
None of the Clans can do wandless magic. Veela's need, at the center of their wand core, a total of three things; a hair from a living ancestor not directly related, bark from a natural tree or bush from their birthplace, and an element which the wand maker will choose and the wand bearer will control after puberty. Though the Air and Water Clan are able to change shapes when angered, none of the Clan can become Animagi. (1)
The three words that Veela's have for their mate are: alona or mate, bedine meaning chosen (before mating), and hayana meaning lover. Alona, or mate, is the endearment used when the one that the Veela chooses has accepted the claim and the two are bonded. Bedine, or chosen, is the endearment used when the mate has been chosen and the claim accepted but they have yet to bond. Hayana is the endearment used after bonding.
Puberty, for all Veela's, are the night of their eighteenth birthday. At that time they are able to finally sense out their mate. If they are unable to find their mate or their mate denies them, then the Madness will take over and they will try to take their own life or will waste away until dead. No Veela has ever survived a denial. (2)
The Air Clan have pale blue eyes and they can turn into a bird like creature, with a hawk like nose, sharp teeth, wings, and talons, when they are angered or their mate is threatened. They like to wear clothes that are adorned with feathers and that are flowing and airy. They find their mate through the mate's smell. Their affiliation is normally neutral.
The Water Clan have pale green eyes and they can turn into an amphibious creature, with webbed feet and hands and gills, when they are angered or their mate is threatened. They like to wear clothes that are adorned with shells and are tight and formfitting. They find their mate through their mate's blood. Their affiliation is normally dark.
The Earth Clan have pale gray or brown eyes and they do not turn into any creature when they are angered or their mate is threatened, instead they have immense strength and can turn invisible if the situation calls for it. They wear whatever is the fashion of the time as they are also the most visible of the Veela Clans. They find their mate through spikes of need. Their affiliation is normally light.
Once a mate is recognized, by either smell, blood, or spike, these are moments of intense sexual or emotional feelings that strike at random, or when the Veela's side is searching for his mate. The mate is then given the chance to deny or accept the bond. Each Clan has a different form of acceptance; the Air Clan accepts by the sexual act, the Water Clan by an exchange of blood during the sexual act, and the Earth Clan accepts verbally and a with kiss. In only the Earth Clan is no sexual act required to bond. No Veela has ever survived a refusal. (3)
Bibliography
(1) Excerpt from : A Concise History of Veelas and Other Magical Beings
By: Pinco Pallino
Information courtesy of The Hogwart's Library
anno domini merlin 1919.
(2) Excerpt from : Magical Beings and Their 'Awakening'.
By: Della Constantine
Information courtesy of The Hogwart's Library
anno domini merlin 1947.
(3) Excerpt from: The Veela- Beauty or Beast.
By: Keneth lazaru'ian Kian
Information courtesy of The Hogwart's Library
anno domini merlin 1976.