Virginia Aran

''This article's name is an unofficial translation from official Japanese media. ''

Virginia Aran was the mother of Samus Aran, and the husband of Rodney Aran, Samus's father. Her death came when the Space Pirates invaded K-2L when Samus was three years old. The diversion she created bought child Samus just enough time to run away. Virginia herself was killed by Ridley's plasma breath. Later, in Metroid: Volume 2, Ridley mentioned that he ate dead human bodies in K-2L to heal himself. He also mentions that he possibly ate Virginia too and that there may be her cells in his body.

Virginia was seen only in the Metroid manga, and art within the Japanese version of Metroid Fusion, and Metroid Zero Mission (all versions, includes Fusion's art). Virginia was first seen in flashback in Nintendo Power's Super Metroid (comic) where Samus's backstory was told for the first time.