Wendy Shepard

Wendy Shepard is a Namesake of Neverland.

Powers and Abilities: Wendy could fly with the help of the Neverland Fairies, and became a deadly fighter under the tutelage of Captain Hook. As a secret agent of The Founder she keeps Vorpal metal weapons hidden on her person, and a photographic memory-tool in her brain. Most of Calliope knows her as a dowser (she found the missing Jack Wright this way), and a member of Team Bulldozer. Her abilities as a peacemaker are as formidable as her skills in battle; she can keep Alice Purcell from completely losing her temper, and her soft words soothe even an upset teenager like Elaine Crewe. She has the rare ability to perform well under pressure. Wendy is in some ways an ideal Wendy of Neverland: She is motherly, looks out for others selflessly, and wants them to do what is best for them. In this way she is similar to her fellow Namesake, Jack Wright, who jokes that she is 'secretly a grandma'.

Wendy arrived at Neverland in the first Blitz of London in WWII. At first she seemed to do well, but Lost Boys like Tiger and Mason began vanishing. 'They went to the Grey Beach and never came back.' She could remember this, but Peter Pan could not. Urging him to remember was futile. When she pointed out the notches on the tree proved she had lived here six years without growing, he just told her the boys added notches when she wasn't looking. With Captain Hook she had more success. The pirate captain taught her to fight and to defend herself, and gave her her own hook for battle out of Vorpal Metal. This remains one of her most precious possessions.

Wendy eventually realized Peter's Island was a trap from which they could never escape or grow. She finally convinced Hook they needed to escape. To everyone's horror they entered the barrier mist around the island and found themselves in the original time of their entrance: locked in a battle to the death with 'The Queen's Fleet.' Garou was killed by a blast that missed her by inches. Hook saved her life by throwing her into a lifeboat, along with Smee, Eiji and Nev. Wendy was the only survivor; everyone else died of wounds or aged into skeletons, caught in the temporal stream wrapped around Peter's world.

Wendy retains the deep pain of her loss, and despair pulled her out of Neverland and into London--but because she never wanted to return to the Blitz conditions, it set her in modern-days London. She was soon a part of Calliope, but Neverland is still so deeply inside her she does not know if she will ever leave it.

A Deep Agent for the Founder
Wendy found the missing Jack Wright by a combination of her remnant Namesake talents and loaned abilities from The Founder. It was part of her cover to infiltrate and watch over Calliope for its continued stability. Jason Crawford eventually realized her true motives but said nothing, knowing that the Founder always worked for what was best for Calliope. She carries Vorpal tools in her brain: a photographic memory, and weapons for battle against the Shadows.

Remaining Family

Wendy discovered her sister Bea was alive when Bea, elderly and infirm, fell. She took care of her and brought her to Calliope to spend the rest of her days. Wendy knows Bea has early onset dementia, and Calliope can help her, but ultimately cannot save her.

A Writer

Wendy met Travis Almstedt while dowsing for Calliope. He was quite smitten by her for a mixture of reasons, and wanted to be 'her' Writer. As part of her disguise she uses the story of an undiscovered Wendy on Neverland, and it is that story that Travis and the others believes is hers. Wendy avoids talking about her days in Neverland as much as possible, even passing on Travis' book to Bea to explain what happened to her over there.