I sent him a PM before I made the char.
Note I replied to the PM before I read this. Although after reviewing I still think you should stick with one of the three options I gave you in the PM. I think you can modify her a bit and go with option #2 that I described, though. Retan only summoned Velkens to Gaian a year and a half ago. If she is 27 and taken was to Gaian at birth, she would have been in the original Dark Empire (predominantly human) for the majority of her years, and then a member of the Crimson Empire before Retan returned. I'm not quite sure this fits.
Some notes on appearance, I haven't made it official in the article yet, but I'm thinking they should all be predominantly silver-furred. Also, note that she's on the tall side. Velkens average a little under 5 feet, so 5'2" is okay, but just be mindful of it if you want most of her fellows to be looking up at her. I would imagine the females of the species to be smaller than the males, though.
And folks can note that when I'm done with the current Velken story arc, I'm going to upon up the race for people to use a bit more easily without as many rules. (Heh...)
