Wendy Roper was a female human born in 2329. She began living on Betazed in 2356 when she came to live with her father, Mark Roper who was the head of the Federation Embassy on Betazed at the time. Wendy was a sociologist who liked New Age music. Her mother had died a few years before 2359 when Lieutenant William T. Riker arrived on Betazed. She was immediately attracted to him and flirted overtly in an attempt to begin a relationship. The first evening that Riker was on Betazed, he took Mark Roper's place and with Wendy, attended the wedding of Chandra Xerx. Riker was unaware at the time that it was customary for all of the guests at the wedding to attend in the nude. It was at this wedding that he first met Deanna Troi.