BronVeli

BronVeli is the femslash ship between Bronya Zaychik and Dark Seele from the Honkai fandom.

Honkai Impact 3rd
Dark Seele, aka Veliona, is an alternate personality living in Seele's mind that comes from the stigma on her chest. Bronya is Seele's lover. Bronya wasn't aware of Veliona until Chapter 11, but even back during their time at the orphanage, Bronya could tell that Seele's habits and mannerisms would change to that of another person.

Azure Waters
Veliona lay dormant in Seele's mind for a long time, only fully awakening once Seele was kidnapped by child traffickers. Veliona witnessed Bronya kill Seele's kidnappers, and she was impressed. Though she wanted them to suffer a little longer, she found Bronya's methods efficient. Out of fear, Seele called Veliona a demon, which Bronya thought was directed at her.

Seele saw when Sin Mal pushed Bronya down the stairs and broke her legs, too scared to do anything. Veliona persuades Seele to get revenge on Sin for Bronya's sake.

Under the Deep
In the Sea of Quanta, Veliona makes a deal with Kevin Kaslana to bring him the Gem of Desire, and in return he will bring her and Seele home. Meanwhile Bronya enters the Sea of Quanta to retrieve the Gem of Desire and save Seele. Because Seele is not willing to betray Bronya, Veliona takes over the body. The moment Veliona speaks, Bronya is able to tell she is not the Seele she knows. So Veliona introduces herself as the symbiote living within Seele, another side to her personality. She assures Bronya that she has no intentions to harm Seele, she just wants to get them home. But Bronya is not willing to let Veliona execute her plan, knowing that Kevin will use the Gem to escape to the real world. Veliona and Bronya fight, resulting in Veliona casting Bronya back into the labyrinth. When Bronya returns, they fight again. But Veliona can't fight the wishes of her host, so Seele takes control of the body again.

The Solo Stage
In the Theatre of Domination, Seele gives full control over to her other self, who decided she wants to be named Seele. Dark Seele comes face-to-face with Bronya, so she pretends to be Light Seele. But Bronya immediately recognizes that this is the other Seele she met in the Sea of Quanta. Dark Seele is surprised she remembers. Bronya tells Seele that she sees the spatial crack where they can exit the Theatre. Dark Seele questions if Bronya really wants to work with someone who was her enemy. Bronya replies that she trusts who Seele trusts without reserve. They defeat the enemies and return to the real world together.

Dark Seele is ready to return to Seele's mind, but Bronya want to have an official introduction with her. Dark Seele tells her Seele could do that, but Bronya wants to hear it from her. Bronya states that she always knew Seele had secrets, recalling times in orphanage when Seele acted differently: She knows Seele likes sweet food while Dark Seele like spicy food, and that unlike Seele, Dark Seele doesn't like to read. Bronya tells Dark Seele that she would like to know more about her. Dark Seele explains that she is different from Seele, and to not be worried because the bad things she's done aren't Seele's doing. But Bronya argues that Dark Seele never did anything bad, she was just protecting her host, and she thanks her for that. Dark Seele comments that there have been times Seele wants to say certain things to Bronya but stops herself. She contemplates telling Bronya those things now, but decides against it. As Dark Seele prepares to leave, Bronya asks if she can see her again. She wants to get to know her better, and she tells Dark Seele that she knows she has a kind heart like Seele. Dark Seele doesn't agree, but she won't argue with Seele's dearest. Before leaving, she says that Bronya can call her Seele, or "Dark Seele" to differentiate.

Beyond Will
After Bronya creates several Selenes, she falls unconscious from using so much power. Seele tries to figure out how to save Bronya, and Dark Seele points out the Abyss Flower. Although they've never used it before, Dark Seele intrinsically knows how to use the power of Abyss Flower, the Divine Key made from the Previous Era Herrscher of Death. Dark Seele wants to save Bronya alone, but Seele convinces her to do it together.

Captainverse
Veliona and Bronie have not interacted outside of minor event dialogues. The main thing that connects them is that they are alternate versions of Bronya and Seele, with vastly different personalities. Veliona is Seele's alter ego, and Bronie is an alternate bubble universe version of Bronya from the Captainverse.

As seen on the official social media, Bronie first finds out about Veliona while looking into intel on other worlds. She is quite intrigued and proud of herself to have found this "juicy" intel. The rest of their interactions are in the Schicksal Cap Hoarder event. Veliona manages the shop inside Bronie's bar. It is evident from their interactions that Veliona is not soft on Bronie just because she looks like Bronya. In fact, she is annoyed at Bronie not allowing her to drink and eager to pick fights with her as well.

In gameplay, Haxxor Bunny (Bronie) is the one of the best supports for Starchasm Nyx (Veliona). Veliona's leader skill grants more damage to her charged attacks when having a Bronya battlesuit on her team, which counts Bronie. Veliona's passive also benefits from the enemy taking rapid hits of ice damage during her burst, which is best done by Bronie because of her being an off-field support. Both have since been powercrept by newer ice supports and DPSs in the meta.

Honkai: Star Rail
Silver Wolf and Veliona, being from different worlds, have had no opportunity to meet. It is also evident from Silver Wolf’s character stories that unlike most variants of Bronya, she was never close with any variant of Seele.

Quotes
"You two are both cute... in different ways."

- Bronya to Veliona, Dorm

"I cherish my time with you too, Seele."

- HoTr to Veliona, Dorm

"Heheh, look at what Bronie found? A juicy piece of encrypted intel. Nothing the World's Best Hacker can't crack!"

- Bronie about Starchasm Nyx

"Look around yourself. I'm kind of busy now. You said "Haxxor Bunny"? Wait, we two have an appointment!"

- Veliona, Schicksal Shop Cap Hoarder Event

"Huh? Haxxor? No, it wasn't information you stole. It was Bronya's face! Huh? Wanna fight? Really think your little toy jet can hit me?"

- Veliona

"What? I look underage so I can only get soft drinks? Tsk, bartender, don't think you can boss me around just because you look like Seele's."

- Veliona

Fanon
Although BronVeli falls under the ship Bronseele, the ship name Bronseele is more often used to refer to Bronya and Light Seele. Which is why BronVeli is occasionally used to differentiate the two. Fans enjoy their dynamic, with Veliona's tsundere attitude towards Bronya along with Bronya's blunt honesty. Some joke that Bronya has "two girlfriends in one" since Seele and Veliona share a body.

Their captainverse version, Velionie is a relatively well-known rarepair in the Honkai Impact 3rd fandom. Compared to other rarepairs, it has a good amount of fan art. The main appeal is that they are a different version of Bronseele. Veliona is Seele's volatile and ruthless alter-ego, while Bronie is a more cheeky and expressive version of Bronya. Shippers saw these personalities and imagined that they would have a fun "rivals to lovers" dynamic. Fan arts often depict Bronie teasing Veliona, or the two bantering. The ship is also appealing for its contrasting red x blue color scheme.

In Honkai: Star Rail, the character Silver Wolf is an alternate version of Bronie. Fans have noticed that similar to Bronie, Silver Wolf doesn't have her own version of Seele. This lead people to shipping Silver Wolf with her own version of Veliona, naming the ship "WolfVel."

WolfVel was mainly started and popularized by @namelessakikaze on Twitter. Fans noticed that Silver Wolf is a Bronya variant without her own version of Seele. With the popularity of Bronseele, this led to a desire to fill in the gaps. Even before WolfVel was conceived as a ship, people were considering the possibility that Silver Wolf had her own version of Seele in the past. The most popular headcanon being that Silver Wolf’s Seele either died or got separated from her. This idea was first fledged into the concept of WolfVel in June 2023. The idea to ship her with Veliona came from the fact that Silver Wolf is most similar to Bronie from HI3, who is also a genius hacker with no relation to Seele. So because it's common to ship Bronie with Veliona, this naturally led to people shipping Silver Wolf with Veliona as well.

WolfVel can either involve Veliona from Honkai Impact 3rd, or an alternate fanon version of Veliona. The latter is much more popular, making this fanon version of Veliona from Silver Wolf's home world, Punklorde. This version of Veliona is called "Punklorde Seele" or "Punklorde Veliona". Punklorde Seele is depicted with a gentle and kind personality similar to HI3's Seele Vollerei (a reversal to how HSR Seele's personality is similar to Veliona). Though she also has a protective streak when it comes to Silver Wolf, an element true to HI3’s Veliona. This makes WolfVel’s ship dynamic distinct from Velionie’s more rambunctious dynamic. While the relationship is headcanoned to have a tragic end, fan arts remain quite lighthearted.

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