Alouette Wikia:Dotty ( Dorothy ) Vaneman

Main Character: Dotty (Dorothy) Vaneman

Age: 19 years old at time of Alouette's Song, 35 at time of Alouette's Dream

Birthdate: unknown

Birthplace: Amarillo, Texas, USA

IQ: 145

Physical description (at start of story cycle): 5 foot 8 inches tall, Caucasian, straight platinum blonde hair, light violet (amethyst) eyes, round face, hair to tailbone, bronzed skin with golden freckles, D cup. At 140 pounds is In outstanding physical condition as her father's part-time ranch hand. Attractive enough to distract men from driving (she judges this more of a curse than a blessing).

Orientation: straight female, technical virgin

Celestial characterization: The Moon (Luna)

Religion: Modern Orthodox Judaism (personal relationship with her Creator, Hashem in her usage).

Likes: mushroom-double cheese pizza, reading (philosophy, science fiction, and fantasy), lox (smoked salmon)

Special Talents: perfect aim at short range (shotgun, bowling ball), can own an audience using her heirloom violin

Paranormal abilities: Custom built by Hashem to be a Wave Motion Gun powered by faith. If she opens her heart and will to Hashem selflessly enough, whatever she prays for strongly enough will happen (Dotty is unaware she has this ability).

Relatives: Rick (husband), Sarah (daughter), David (son), Hannah (daughter), Levi (son), Havvah (daughter), Jack (father-in-law), Debby (mother-in-law), James (father), Becky (mother)

Advisors: Aadrika (psychiatrist), Jacob (rabbi)

Friends: Rick (romance), Martin, Margie, Shiro Higa

Enemies: Debby (mother-in-law), Marc

Occupation: Violin superstar performer, concertmaster for small town orchestra, teacher in music and violin, part time ranch-hand for her father.

Special: Heir to Jacob's violin, the Boyberik Guarneri del Gesu (for the purpose of the Alouette cycle is the Fiddler on the Roof's actual violin), which contains semi-divine power from generations of sanctified use in a temple that can boost the player's ability by an order of magnitude. Dotty had been a virtuoso with an ordinary violin, but now that she's bonded to the Guarneri she's a world-class player.

Dotty was raised by extremely loving parents in a faithful Jewish family where her mother, Becky, is a Modern Orthodox Jewess and her father, James, ia a Southern Baptist who repudiated his family's bigotry and follow her faith instead. Discovered at 10 by parents to be a music prodigy. Home-schooled 60% in violin and voice, and 40% otherwise by private tutors. Passed her GED recently. Her actual education level is equivalent to a bachelor of liberal arts. Fluent in both written and spoken Modern Hebrew and English. Her Texan heritage gives her a bit of wild streak when nobody's watching, especially with boys, but remains a technical virgin as of the start of the cycle. Of all the main protagonists is the only one with the potential ability to kill another sentient being. During her adventures she kills no less than about 80 near-humans and earns herself a substantial case of post-traumatic stress from it, requiring psychiatric care. Marries Rick and conceives his child, Sarah, near end of Alouette's Song. In Alouette's Dream, Sarah describes her mother's personality as a core of love and tenderness "wrapped around a spine of mithril, making her shine in the moonlight like an elven blade, beautiful and deadly".