Character from Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Leader of the Babilar Reckoner cell — gloomy, suspicious, and tough enough to run a resistance in a flooded city ruled by water.
Val leads the Babilar Reckoners — a smaller, scrappier cell than Prof's Newcago team. She's gloomy, suspicious of outsiders (especially David), and tough enough to have survived years of operating under Regalia's rule. She doesn't trust easily, and her distrust is usually justified. She serves as Mizzy's mentor-figure and the practical counterweight to David's optimism. Her Babilar experience grounds the second book's operations.
Dark-haired, hard-faced, carries herself with the permanent tension of someone who expects betrayal. Her expression cycles between suspicion and deeper suspicion.
Also known as: Valentine, Val