She an apt survivalist, and a formidable fighter. Her years of experience fighting for her life has left her with no qualms concerning bloodshed, nor would she hesitate to take a life if it meant saving others. She’s willing to do the dirty work, whether that be fighting another felvarg or simply butchering whatever her comrades caught during a hunt.
Venatrix met Meraud when he was on a mission as an Inquisitor. She hadn't been sure of his true purpose at first since he'd seemed rather surprised to find her there. Turns out no one had told him that he was being used as a test to determine if Venatrix would kill someone on site, or listen to a Goldblood superior. Once he revealed that he was actually a Vada spy, he promised that he would find a way to help her escape. He knew he couldn't help her immediately, so he promised he would return for her when he made his own escape.
Both of them knew that it would be years later. Attempting to help her at the time would likely have resulted in both of their deaths, or at the very least would have revealed Meraud's true loyalties. Venatrix, understood this, and was perfectly content with staying put. They both just had to hope that she wouldn't be moved before Meraud returned. Luckily, Ven wouldn't be captured so easily.
So, when Meraud made his escape with the aid of the Vada scouts and a ship they'd acquired for him, he took a risky detour back to that deserted island to fulfill his promise to Venatrix. Unfortunately by then the Goldbloods had caught onto what was happening, and Azeem sent his right paw Archon to find Meraud. This led to a very narrow escape, with the two escapee's being forced to take a very roundabout way back to their ship, which had been put under watch by more of Azeem's followers.
It was during the months following their escape--their time on the road as they journeyed to the Vada base, that they realized they were soulmates. They bonded over their shared captivity and childhood trauma. Both of them had been forced to do things neither would have chosen to do otherwise had their situations been different, and that shared grief and guilt gave them an understanding of each other that no other felvargs could reach.
Venatrix is very protective of Meraud, just as he is of her, though she is much more confrontational than he is. Meraud is patient and fatherly, while Venatrix is blunt and sometimes can come off as offensive. To most they may seem an odd pair, but those who know them also know that they are each others lifelines.
