Characters Background

Vannessa was once a low ranking angel who acted as the apprentice to Joshua. However, after visiting Earth, she became disillusioned due to Heaven's lack of action, she left Joshua's apprenticeship and became the soul counter in Heaven. According to herself, she had many ideas for the souls but they were rejected by her superiors and she was forced to continue her work.

Due to the Fall of the Angels, she was expelled from Heaven along with many of her brethren. Unlike many angels, Vanessa saw this as a chance to start a new life for herself since she could think for herself now. Vanessa approached a human woman named Sister Jo, she offered to heal the latter's dying husband if Jo gave her consent to possess her body. Jo accepted and Vanessa kept her word by healing her husband.

Vanessa then became a skilled business woman by acting as a faith healer and using her powers to cure those with injuries and defects for a price.

Vanessa later met Sam and Dean Winchester and eventually fell hard for Dean and they began a relationship together.