Verdona

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Juliet Landau (in Anodite form) }}Verdona Tennyson is the wife of Max Tennyson, mother of Carl and Frank Tennyson, biological grandmother of Ben, Gwen, Ken Tennyson and the great-grandmother of Kenny Tennyson (From the original Ben 10 episode, Ken 10), and a member of the Anodite race. And it seems that she is stronger and more powerful than her granddaughter with "The Spark".
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 * name = Verdona Tennyson
 * species = Anodite
 * voice = Barbara Bain (in Human form},
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 * first = What Are Little Girls Made Of?
 * affiliation = Tennyson Family
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 * ability = Mana Manipulation/Control,Telepathy, Clairvoyance, Teleportation, Magenta Energy Manipulation & Control, Magenta Energy Construct Creation, Reality Warping, Levitation, Flight, Mana Absorption, Space-Time Manipulation and Control, Inter-dimensional Space Travel,
 * relative = Max Tennyson (estranged husband) Carl Tennyson (son) Frank Tennyson (son) Ken Tennyson (grandson) Ben Tennyson (grandson) Gwen Tennyson (granddaughter) Sandra Tennyson (daughter-in-law) Lili Tennyson (daughter-in-law) Kenny Tennyson (possible future great-grandson)
 * alias = Grandma Verdona

Backstory
Verdona left her home world Anodyne in an unspecified time long before the series even began to go to Earth for unknown reasons. She landed in St. Louis where she met and fell deeply in love with Max Tennyson and the two courted each other and married, during this time she hid her Anodite heritage very well and blended in with society. During their time together, Verdona always had to deal with Max's occupation as a Plumber which she knew very well yet kept the knowledge from him, prompting Max to always lie to her every time he left and eventually after a long, happy and yet somewhat distant relationship, they parted.

They had two sons together, Carl and Frank. However neither of them showed any signs of inheriting her powers and abilities. When they were grown up and out of the house, she returned to Anodyne; after so many years on Earth, Verdona wanted to get back in touch with her Anodite background. She once came back to Earth to see if any of her grandchildren had inherited any Anodite abilities and powers from her, but saw that none did. Only several years later, she found out that Gwen, her granddaughter had developed powers and abilities of her own. It should be noted that Big Chill is in fact Ben, which makes Big Chill's offspring Verdona's great-grandchildren but it is unknown if they even could inherit her powers and abilities or if the energy from of the Omnitrix will prevent them from having "the spark."

Ben 10: Alien Force
When news went out about Max's disappearance, Verdona came to his favorite lake to remember the good times they had had together. However, she met with her grandchildren and their friend Kevin, who assumed she was a trespasser. She then magically disappears, leaving behind a flower at the base of a tree which had "Max + Verdona" engraved on it. She then returned later in the night, deciding to have a little fun with Ben and Kevin. When Gwen intervened, she revealed herself as their paternal grandmother.

She then later came to Gwen's house, explaining her history with Max and then offered Gwen to come back with her to Anodyne to reach the full potential of her powers and abilities(which would require seventy-five years). After thinking on the roof, Gwen refused. Verdona then shed her human body, revealing her true Anodite form, and thought that Gwen was too young to make her own decisions and decided to destroy her human body to free the dormant Anodite inside, but the two boys' stepped to defend Gwen.

After a brief battle that tore up the front lawn(and part of the house), Gwen explained to her that she would rather stay on Earth with her friends and family, Verdona then tells Gwen that Max should have been an energy being like them, expressing her deep longing for him and that her desire to take Gwen with her could be just a front to fill the void in her heart. Verdona then magically patches up the damage and flies into space, claiming to return every so often to see how Gwen is doing.

In the live-action movie, Ben 10: Race Against Time, Max told Ben that his paternal grandmother had passed away, although this might be a lie. As Ben was likely not ready for the truth about his grandmother being an alien yet as he was ten at the time.

Toys

 * Even though Gwen and Verdona are not the same toy, they share the same Anodite form. So the "Gwen Anodite" toy can also be Verdona, not just Gwen (the same with Heatblast and Alan Albright).

Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks
Verdona appears in the Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks video game where she is instructed by Max to transport Ben, Gwen, and Kevin to Anur Phaetos, Ghostfreak's home planet. This may hint to the fact that she finally came out in the open with Max leting him know she is an Anodite and that she knew about his life as a Plumber, but this has yet be proven either true or canon to the events of the series.

Personality
Like all Anodites, Verdona is a free-spirited being. Though sometimes acting more mature and grown-up, she mostly acts like a playful child. She also likes to listen and dance to Max's favorite band, Shag Carpeting. There is also another side of Verdona which is somewhat amoral and uncaring. For example when she almost destroyed Ben and Kevin when they first confronted her, were it not for the intervention of Gwen and learning who they really were and when she was willing to destroy her granddaughter's physical human body to release the Anodite lying hidden deep within her. She also favors Gwen over Ben, due to the fact that he did not inherit any powers and abilities from her so she just put him aside, which was shown when she magically conjured tape on his mouth so that he could not speak, that was until after their final fight against each other did she see just how much Ben cares about Gwen, the two reconcile on good terms afterward. She also has a funny sense of humor that was passed on to Ben.

Powers and Abilities
Despite being an Anodite like her granddaughter, she has much, much more experience and can do far more than Gwen can. Like all Anodites Verdona can:
 * create solid magenta energy constructs into almost any shape such as ropes, battering rams, saftey nets, cages, slides, shields, and barriers
 * create circular magenta energy blasts to knock opponents back
 * create incredibly strong and powerful magenta-purple shields and barriers that can withstand serious attacks
 * create pink glowing pure energy beams to grab and hurl enemies
 * fly at incredible speeds through the air
 * draw in the mana from all living things in her area to greatly strengthen and increase her powers and abilities to enormous levels should the need arise if weakened
 * Warp the very fabric of reality at a whim
 * Generate glowing pink-and-magenta energy beams
 * Ensnare enemies in her long flowing tendrils of pink-magenta hair
 * Grow to huge heights
 * Shrink to small size
 * Telekinesis: move, control, and manipulate objects from afar in a glowing pink telekinetic aura
 * Teleport herself and others across short or long distances in a flash of glowing magenta light
 * Telepathy: read the thoughts and minds of others, and communicate telepathically
 * Dowsing: track down any living being through their mana from an object or piece of clothing they have touched in an energy aura of pink-magenta glowing energy and see what he or she is doing at the time
 * Clairvoyance: see vivid distant visions of the past, present and possibly the future
 * Create swirling portals or vortexes of varying shades of pink, magenta, fuchsia and purple
 * Travel to inter-dimensions and other worlds and planets
 * Use her magenta-pink hair to break though shields and barriers
 * Project pink-and-magenta glowing narrow beams from her eyes to simulate heat vision
 * Sense the presence of other living beings nearby
 * Encase opponents in incredibly strong and powerful impenetrable electric magenta-purple energy spheres
 * Create physical human or alien bodies for disguises if needed that she can shed at will in a flash of dazzling pulsating magenta glowing energy

Trivia

 * She has a sense of humor similar to that of Ben's. After being caught in Spidermonkey's web, Ben jokes "We're teaching her to mind her mana.", causing her to laugh saying "Ha, Good One, Ben!". She also appears to be a bit of a practical joker like Ben.
 * She appears to like disco dancing and the music of Shag Carpeting, which is Max's favorite all-time band.
 * Though she refers to humans as "backward creatures," she is quite fond of Earth music.
 * Gwen's mother Lily does not like Verdona. Verdona's feelings for her daughter-in-law appears to be more mutual.
 * It is also possible that Verdona may return in more than one episode in "Ben 10: Ultimate Alien."
 * The two actresses who voice Verdona in her human and Anodite forms (Barbara Bain and Juliet Landau) are mother and daughter.
 * It is unknown if Verdona knows about Xylene, who was Max's old girlfriend and was seen in the "Ben 10" episode "The Visitor."
 * Interestingly enough, Verdona looks much like an older Gwen when in human form.