Verenya
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Verenyais the capital city of the small Eastern European country ofSchleteva.Once ravaged by war, the collapse ofCobrahas allowed it to rebuild into a peaceful, prosperous city, far away from an increasingly chaotic world ofgiant robotsorflying space aliens.
It's home to many hipsters, and, more recently,Dire Wraithsthat used to be said hipsters.
Fiction
2005 IDW continuity
Following the end of the Schleteva-Galibiwar sparked by the machinations of Cobra, Verenya quickly rebounded from the conflict and eventually grew into a thriving city, one of the most productive and beautiful cities in theCaucasusregion.Crisis Intervention
WhenBaron Ironbloodbegan building an anti-Cybertronian alliance,Doctor Xused her contacts within the British intelligence services to have the extraterrestrialTalismanmoved to a secureSISbunker underneath the city.Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #2
Not long afterwardsGarrison Blackrocktravelled to the city, having learned of the extraterrestrial artifact from recovered SIS files. Believing that the Talisman could teach him more about his Cybertronian heritage, he tampered with the device, accidentally releasing a series of energy pulses that mutated the city's population into monstrous, mindless hybrids of Dire Wraith and human genetics. The anomalous energy and distress calls attracted the attention of aG.I. Joedetachment, as well as theAction Man ProgrammeandRom,the latter having been alerted by the presence of Dire Wraith DNA.Crisis Intervention
Alerted to the break-in,Ghost in the MachineIronblood dispatched theOktober Guardto recover the Talisman, who successfully stole the device and returned it to the abandonedSection Sabinemooonbase. In the aftermath, the incapacitated civilians and freshly mutated G.I. Joe members were placed in the care of the Action Man Programme, who hoped to find a way to reverse the transformation.Crisis InterventionSeveral weeks of study produced few solutions to the problem,When Eagles Screamthough Blackrock was eventually able to combine a sample ofStorm Shadow's hybridized DNA withMetrotitan'sSpacebridgeto broadcast a wave of restorative energy, which reversed the mutation and returned the afflicted humans to normal. The Verenyans were presumably allowed to return home.Ghost in the Machine
