She is a security guard at Freddy Fazbear's Mega PizzaPlex who harbors a malicious split personality created by Glitchtrap, a virus connected to the serial killer William Afton. She is also a major antagonist in the non-canon spin-off Security Breach: Fury's Rage. She appears as the main protagonist of Five Nights at Freddy's VR: Help Wanted, one of the two unseen overarching antagonists (alongside Glitchtrap) of Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery, and the main antagonist of Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach.
Vanessa, also known by her alter-ego Vanny or the Reluctant Follower, is a major antagonist in the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise, serving as the secondary antagonist of the Steel Wool era.
~ Vanessa during her therapy session, pondering her traumatic childhood.
