Faye Covington

Lady Faye Covington
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Faye Lunetta Rosalba Covington
Gender	Female
Race	Hyur, mixed
Clan	Midlander/Garlean
Citizenship	Gridania
Age	26
Sexuality	Heterosexual/Demisexual
Occupation	Conjurer, Tailor, Matriarch of Harbingers of Dawn
Guardian	Azeyma, The Warden
Nameday	26th Sun of the First Astral Moon
Alignment	Lawful Neutral

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Character

The light can heal, or the light can burn.

General

At first glance, Faye Covington is nothing more than a demure and lovely Midlander of the upper class and a vision in white. One could easily think her as haughty and superficial as your average spoiled rich girl, but the fair lady proves to be remarkably resilient and in control. Rather than a fragile damsel in distress, she is witty, and perhaps too ambitious for her own good.

Name

Given Name: Faye Lunetta Rosalba Covington

Nicknames and Aliases: Faye is often addressed with titles such as Matriarch, Lady Covington, Lady Faye, Miss Faye, Miss Covington, Mistress Covington, etc. And then, there's "Princess." What began as a mocking jab at her noble status and regal demeanor soon became a petname and sign of affection from Val, though the nickname seems to be reserved for his use, and his alone.

Appearance

Faye stands rather tall for a Midlander woman at 5'8", weighing about 130 Ponz, and almost always carries herself with poise, grace and dignity; her shoulders squared, her back straight, and her head held high. Her skin is very pale and smooth, free of any freckles, scars, or blemishes. The woman's hair is straight, snowy white with faint hints of platinum blonde. Her hairstyle often changes, but lately is most often left long and loose in gentle curls that fall down to her shoulderblades, parted down the middle with no bangs. Her face is oval-shaped with a small, wide, up-turned button nose and plump, full pink lips. Her eyes are an icy blue, almond-shaped and lined with thick, long eyelashes. Her eyebrows are the same ivory color as her hair, delicately arched and neat. Her earlobes are each pierced once, no other piercings or tattoos to be found on her body. Her frame is slender without being too bony or toned, with a small waist, average-sized breasts, and an hourglass figure. The Hyur has a calm and confident demeanor about her. She tends to wear jewelry, usually gold and pearls, and often opts for the more feminine, choosing dresses and skirts over shorts or pants, leaning toward more modest and formal attire. She wears cloth rather than any armors and is usually seen in white or pale colors (pastel blue and pink in particular), though she does seem to have some fondness for red and gold. Her appearance is always neat and orderly, no wrinkles, not a speck of dirt, and not a hair out of place.

Speech

Her voice is smooth and melodic, her speaking tone just barely high-pitched enough to be considered soprano. Each word is clear and articulate, carefully pronounced and measured. Her normal speaking voice is soft without being meek or difficult to hear, but when she is giving out orders, the woman is commanding and able to be rather loud if she pleases. The tone of her voice can snap from demure young noblewoman to demanding leader in a single moment. Her speech is not overly formal, but is certainly not casual. She uses words most often to get her way and will therefore change her style of speech accordingly.

Behavior

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Polite, mannerly, and charming, she prides herself on being a “proper lady.” Her confidence can often come across as haughtiness, but otherwise she seems fairly pleasant. She’s generally friendly, even if not particularly outspoken, but when someone irks her, she can get a bit snippy. She usually keeps her calm and composure, only sometimes lending herself to annoyance or frustration, but any other emotional outbursts are rare. It leaves her often visibly unmoved by most tragedies and terrors, which can lead to the assumption that she is callous or unfeeling. She is rather secretive with her thoughts and emotions. There are a few people, though, who she is (mostly) honest with in her feelings, but they are few and far between. She is incredibly stubborn and ambitious. She presents herself as being rather straightforward and she is extremely charismatic. Though she sometimes likes to joke around, she usually refrains from crazy and silly antics, making her a bit of a stick in the mud at times. She has a strong sense of "honor," even if her moral code is unique to herself and somewhat baffling to others, with lying and manipulation apparently being acceptable to obtain an important enough goal. Her thinking is very much along the lines of "the end justifies the means."

Faye hates feeling weak and vulnerable and it is mostly for this reason that she is always seeking power, because she can’t stand seeing others superior to her. This can make her power hungry and overambitious. She is persuasive and manipulative, and she will use and hurt people to get what she wants with little hesitation. She is witty and even if she could win a fight, she would prefer to talk her way out of a situation rather than resort to violence. Rather aloof, she is a bit out of touch with other people and their emotions and ideals. Even if she does claim to care for someone, she will often still use him or her as a pawn to achieve her goals if she sees fit, even if she truly does care for that person. To her, most relationships are expendable. Though even if not always entirely loyal and kind to them, she is fiercely protective of those few people she actually does love, though sometimes it can lead her to be smothering, obsessive, or controlling. Because she dislikes vulnerability, she is rarely honest about her emotions and her intentions, regardless of whether they be good or bad.

Apparently a believer in the notion that knowledge is power, she is often curious and dislikes not knowing things. She tends to be self-righteous and often lectures other people on their manners, morals, honor, or other behaviors. She doesn’t like to be tied down by relationships or responsibilities to others. No matter how close a relationship may seem, most are only superficial on the Hyur's end. She is very vengeful when she feels she's been wronged. Though it’s difficult for her, she tries not to cause mischief, meddle in others’ affairs, or smite a few sinners “for the sake of the greater good,” but she always eventually slips up. Whether Faye is truly malevolent or good in nature is hard to determine. Mostly, she remains in neutral ground.

Motivations: Helping those in need and helping herself. Ambitious, she seeks power above all else and wants to rule all that she can, but she intends to use that power to make the world a better place, even if also to satisfy her own wants.

Disposition: Calm, charming, polite, and usually friendly, but a bit aloof, not above snark and sarcasm, and catty when annoyed.

Outlook: All is justified for the greater good.

Positive Personality Traits

Charming, charismatic, confident, intelligent, persuasive, eloquent, mannerly, polite, ambitious, generous, sympathetic, and usually keeps calm and collected. Fiercely protective of those she truly cares for.

Negative Personality Traits

Manipulative, aloof, scheming, dishonest, secretive, self-righteous, conflicted, conceited, superficial, prideful, a bit of a stick-in-the-mud, and tends to "snap" if she is finally provoked to anger.

Combat

Faye rarely fights unless she must, not viewing her magic or violence as things that should be used for sport or trivial matters. When she does fight, she wields her magic fiercely, seeking to end the battle as quickly as possible. For a conjurer, her destructive magic is especially strong (the downside being her healing is lacking). She usually goes fully on the assault, more of an offensive fighter than defensive. Not much of a brawler to begin with, she is not well-educated in tactics and her anger often gets the better of her in combat. Particularly strange for a spellcaster, she is prone to going into a berserker-like rages. She is quick, but not quite as nimble as a trained fighter, and has little physical strength.

Tendencies

LIKES ■ She loves to drink tea, especially with pleasant company. ■ She prizes good etiquette above all else. ■ Flattery! She enjoys attention. Just don't lay it on too thick, or she'll believe you're desperate or have ulterior motives.

DISLIKES ■ Bad manners are her biggest pet peeve, and she's not above lecturing others on the subject. ■ She hates dirt and disorganization. She tries to keep both her appearance and her living space neat and orderly. ■ She immediately dislikes criminals and evil-doers. She values the law, honor, and what is "right."

MISC. QUIRKS ■ Despite being otherwise perfect housewife material, Faye cannot cook well at all. ■ Her love for tea borders on the obsessive. ■ Regardless of claims otherwise, she really does enjoy being called "Princess."

HOBBIES/TALENTS ■ Conjury ■ Sewing ■ Leadership ■ Diplomacy and Charisma

Relationships

Family

Selene Covington: - Deceased. Faye's mother, a golden-haired Midlander noblewoman. She was killed in a Garlean raid upon the Covington Manor. She was strict, vain, and overbearing, but despite it all a kind and generous woman and a doting mother.

Nicholas Covington/Stanislas Corinthius: - Deceased. Faye's father, a man who was a skilled fighter and tactician, and quickly rose up the ranks of the Order of the Twin Adder to become a general. He was a stern and serious man, and often too busy with work to spend time with his family, but like most fathers, he had a particular soft spot for his little girl. He ushered Faye to safety when their home was attacked and then was killed along with Selene, or so Faye believed. It turns out her father wasn't quite the man she thought, nor was he dead at all--something Faye remedied after her father lobbed off her left hand in a dramatic altercation.

Aelius Corinthius: - Faye's half-brother from her father's "double life," who she only learned existed in recent years. The white-haired Garlean warrior was only a couple years older than his sister. He seemed to want to connect with his half-sibling and win her over to his side, but Faye was not willing. After a confrontation following Stanislas death at Faye's hand, Aelius took a fall from Highbridge, his whereabouts unknown--presumably dead.

Valerius Corinthius: - Faye's younger half-brother and little brother to Aelius. Still only a toddler. Faye has never met him, but learned of his existence at the same time she learned of Aelius.

Enemies

The Garlean Empire, Voidsent, Voidtouched, Ascians, Leviathan, the Sahagin. Criminals, evildoers, anyone who hurts those she loves (even if it be accidental or justified), and anyone who gets between her and a goal.

Player Character Standing

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♥ Romantic Interest    ♥ Sexual Desire    ♥ Platonic Love     ● Good Standing    ● Neutral Standing    ● Poor Standing

♥♥ Val Nunh - An ill-mannered Seeker of the Sun who Faye hired as her bodyguard, though after a few tumultuous weeks the two soon became lovers. She was attracted to Val not only for his good looks, but for his honesty, strength, and straight-forwardness, as well as a personality that was quite... refreshing compared to what the upper-class Midlander was accustomed. Quite a mismatched couple, the two look like total opposites at first glance, but they seem to get along quite swimmingly, despite Faye's constant lecturing Val, Val's constant embarrassing Faye, and the bickering it all brings. Faye is thoroughly enamored with the man, genuinely loving and fiercely loyal. It was no easy task convincing the Nunh to try a life of monogamy, but the challenge only further intrigued the Hyur. Due to their stubbornness and conflicting beliefs, the two butt heads frequently, but can never stay mad at each other for long. The two claim to be engaged, though they have already secretly eloped.

♥Zularti Vensar - A young midlander man the same age as Faye who drew her attention with his strength and ambition after she saved him from the Sahagin. With his family--and for that matter his entire village--deceased, Tempered, or missing, Faye's family took him in and raised him as their own for the remainder of his teenage years. She found in him someone easy to manipulate, and through him she could control the free company he led, Harbingers of Dawn, from behind the scenes until she became the rightful leader of it. Keeping the act-first, think-later man alive was not easy. Faye spent a lot of time tailing the man and keeping him out of trouble only for him to, quite understandably, snap at her the way a teenager would treat his nagging mom. Despite this, through her time spent with him, she cared for the man deeply and treated him as family. She considered him a brother and was fiercely protective of him. He perished during a skirmish between a group of Garleans and the Harbingers. Still in mourning, he is a very touchy subject with Faye, and she is bent on having revenge. Her love for the man was obviously genuine and strong.

●Siobhain Surtsthalwyn - A Hellsguard who Val seems to respect and trust, Faye also found respect for the woman due to her honor and honesty, despite the Hyur finding Siobhain's methods and hobbies rather brutish. However, though Faye knows well that the Roegadyn's heart is in the right place, being the private and proud person that she is, Faye finds Siobhain's meddling in her affairs to be aggravating. Disliking the idea that she could be pitied or thought a damsel in distress, Faye was annoyed when Siobhain tried to fight a man who unwantedly kissed Faye on her behalf and claimed she would take Faye as her charge if victorious when Faye wanted no such thing.

●Kah'li Tayuun - A blind Keeper of the Moon who "sees" with the help of the Aether, Faye finds the Miqo'te to be rational and respectable, and therefore good company. Faye enjoys his rather calm demeanor and rejoices at having some civil company with whom to share a cup of tea. She does not know him particularly well, but finds him to be kind and level-headed, a refreshing contrast to the people by which she is often surrounded, and earned much respect for him when he stuck up for her when she felt she had been mistreated by Val and R'aenah one evening at the Quicksand.

●Karaan Nolan - One of Faye's colleagues, a Midlander and the former Strategy Saint, now Chronicler of Harbingers of Dawn. She believes he's likely a good man and intelligent enough, but his negative attitude has made her view him as someone who is pessimistic and dwells too much on the past. She has a cautious trust for the man as he has proven helpful in numerous situation, yet she is unsure of his motives and knows he is not solely loyal to her.

●Dartanon Nobis - A Miqo'te and budding Dragoon Faye met when he tried to intercept a fight between Val and Tobias, though she and Val soon befriended him. Despite being initially annoyed at his white knight behavior, she quickly came to appreciate his desire to be noble and do what is right, even if it took him out of the good graces of others or brought him harm. She viewed him as someone honest and honorable, but her opinion of him drastically changed when he eventually admitted he had been romantically involved with a Garlean woman who once ambushed Faye and Val. His romance with the woman failed, however, and with some apologizing Faye opted to give him another chance.

● Barbarccia Valadis - A Keeper of the Moon who was once something of an arch-nemesis of Faye. The two were likely plotting each others' demise until they came to a compromise over a cup of tea and realized that even if their approaches may differ, their goals and intentions are the same. Though they still often do not see eye-to-eye, they seem to have a sort friendship, alliance, and a mutual respect for each other.

● Shadiyah Amari - A Keeper of the Moon woman who attacked Faye and siphoned her aether while she was being held in a Garlean prison, and then immediately sought out Val and forced herself upon him in the same manner. The woman possessed obviously unnatural abilities. Faye resents her and since the incident, Faye has developed a specific, passionate hatred and wariness of anything pertaining to the Void. Her identity was a mystery first, but Faye now recognizes her as Shade, the Mistress of Melfice. With a better understanding of the Voidtouched woman's plight, Faye is trying hard to keep an open mind, but she can't seem to let go of the past and let bygones be bygones.

● Melfice Vainchelon - A once bitter enemy, turned reluctant ally, turned... friend? With much in common yet plenty of lingering resentment, the two have a very tense and strange "friendship." Faye views him as a powerful ally, and an even more powerful enemy, and would like to keep him as the former. Every time she found herself contemplating trusting the man, he seems to open his mouth and say something to reopen old wounds. Things are strained and complicated, to say the least, but perhaps taking a turn for the better.

●Anstarra Silverain - A long-time member of Harbingers of Dawn. Though the two may not have started off on the best foot due to some animosity at the time between Faye and Barbarccia, they moved on quickly to become friends and allies. Faye has given Anstarra some advice on how to break her way into the noble class, and she greatly respects the Miqo'te and her goals.

●Mimiru Miru - A long-time member and current Support Saint of Harbingers of Dawn. The young and painfully blunt Lalafell is one of the few people Faye considers a true friend, someone who has always been there to support her and Val and offer them help or even just lend an ear in times of need. Faye considers her, Anstarra, and Lan some of the few people who recognize her as an actual person before a leader or figurehead.

●Lan Darklyn - A stalwart soldier and current Martial Saint of Harbingers of Dawn. Faye has a lot of respect for the man, noting his unwavering loyalty, constant hard work, and strong sense of duty--even though he sometimes takes them too far. She knows that she and Val can depend on the man and trust him, though she is irked by his dislike for Zularti.

●C'eleni Meztli - A Miqo'te girl Faye and Val have encountered on a couple occasions. She's very friendly and seems young and impressionable--hopefully Val won't taint her poor, innocent mind with all his innuendos. Faye enjoys her company and conversation--even if she's caught off guard and clams up every time C'eleni mentions Faye and Val having kids.

●Lainseworth Ravencraft - A stammering Lalafell Val and Faye quickly befriended when he joined the free company. Compassionate and honest, with a notable inner strength, Faye quickly developed a soft spot for him, and he even lived with Faye and Val for some time when he had no place to call his own. The two have treated him almost like a son.

●Raisan Arcmantle - Current Crafting Saint of Harbingers of Dawn and Miqo'te-turned-Lalafell. Much like Gus, Faye thinks he can be very demanding, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Faye respects his talent in crafting and his endless hard work and ambition to better his skills, as well as his manners and etiquette.

●Vaughn Antain - Faye met the Wildwood Elezen and his lover when she was approached about a partnership with the Phoenix Rose, a cause to which she donated and pledged her loyalty. Though soft-spoken and kind, Faye was not blind to the strength he must possess to have come so far from a life of slavery in a brothel. She finds he and Jaques both to be pleasant company.

●Jaques Guillaume - Faye deems him as the type that's usually quiet and gruff, but he proved to be a hospitable host. She has a soft spot for he and Vaughn, perhaps finding their relationship similar to that of she and Val. Much like Val, she can tell he is fiercely protective of and loyal to Vaughn, though likely less hotheaded than her own lover. She greatly supports the work that he, Vaughn, and their company are doing to free and rehabilitate slaves.

●J'maaira Tuhl - A Martial Lieutenant in Harbingers and someone Faye views as earnest and dutiful. She keeps to herself and she follows orders. Faye admires her straight-forward and simplistic demeanor. She hopes, however, that the girl is still ready and willing to stand up for herself, though Faye doesn't know her well enough to say one way or the other.

●Jihl Wilzuun - Faye is definitely fond of the Keeper who found a place in her free company--who wouldn't be? So very sweet, a wonderful baker, always striving to be helpful. Faye is worried, however, by her perceived lack of self esteem. Her timid and often pessimistic nature make it clear to Faye she has been shut down by others frequently in the past. She hopes the young Miqo'te can find confidence and stop being so hard on herself. She'd like to see the teenager come out of her shell and learn to be comfortable with herself.

●Kellach Woods - A patron of tavern night. What is he always wearing? What is he ever wearing? Why?

●Uni Puma - A Miqo'te woman and captain of a transportation company who joined Harbingers as a Martial Archon. Faye thinks the woman has a good heart, but her emotions are tumultuous and she lacks in self control. Faye hopes she can learn to follow rules and behave enough to retain her spot in the free company.

●Kylar Dashiva - Faye isn't sure what to think of the Keeper of the Moon. He dabbles in strange and taboo things. However, these talents could prove to be useful, and so far she's had no evidence they've been used for any foul deeds. Rather, he's sought to help her and the company with his skills. She has a wary trust of the Miqo'te.

●X'unmei Noh - A young Seeker girl who came to Harbingers for help finding her missing fiance who'd had ties to the company. The mission was overall a failure, and the company offered her a place to stay in consolation. She is timid, usually keeps to herself or to her bodyguard, but she seems sweet and friendly enough. Her apparent connection to Melfice both worries and intrigues Faye, but the teenage Miqo'te herself seems entirely harmless.

●Vallois Villeneuve - X'unmei's Wildwood bodyguard. He doesn't talk. He doesn't have expressions. Does he even have feelings, aside from slight annoyance? All he does is go downstairs to drink, and spend time with the girl in her room. He does not seem ill-intentioned, but Faye is not fond of how little she knows of her company's guest. How can she get a feel for someone who never speaks nor acts?

●Aya Foxheart - The blonde waitress from the Quicksand with the charming accent. Faye's exchanges with her have been brief, but always pleasant. She has never seen the Midlander without a smile or face, always possessing a pleasant and welcoming attitude. What's there not to like?

●Otto Vann - A strange and eccentric man, but always a gentleman and always amusing. His fashion is typically daring, to say the least. Faye can easily admire someone witch such confidence and charisma. There has been talk of a business collaboration, and Faye is looking forward to it.

Rumors

Common Rumors

• "Real pretty lady, proper and high-class, too. She seems nice enough, but she tends to keep to herself. Maybe she's just stuck-up."
• "She's always surrounded by men. I wonder if she's some type of harlot, or if she just has that many suitors."
• "A real rich type, yeah? Though I hear her family, their estate, and their fortune are all gone."

Moderate Rumors

• "She's someone important in that free company she's in... Something-or-other's of Dawn."
• "I see her hangin' around Ul'dah a lot at The Quicksand or around the bridge in Central Thanalan. I wonder what a proper lady like her has to do with all the ruffians in those parts."
• "I've seen her hanging all over that one rambunctious Miqo'te. You know, the one always yelling at pretty girls."
• "That Seeker she's always with causes fights all the time. I've heard he's her bodyguard, but I think they're sleeping together."

Rare Rumors

• "She always seemed like such a polite and dainty thing, but she has a nasty tongue on her and the forcefulness of a man if y'make her mad! I was shocked. Wonder if she has the fire-power to back up her attitude."
• "I've heard rumors she's on the run from Imperial Soldiers. What would the Garlean Empire want with her?"
• "She's always following that careless dragoon around and bailing him out of trouble. What's his name? Z-something? Is she in love with him or what?"

Player Character Rumors (Add anything you'd like, true or untrue, just keep it IC!)

• "She seems to be a good and honorable woman on the outside. However... I fear she and I do not much think alike." - Siobhain Surtsthalwyn
• "Y'want what!? Get ya g'damned eyes off m'woman or I'll break y'fuckin' neck." - Val Nunh
• "She is a shark, if she smells your blood, she will crush you with authority and words. I have to admit, I respect that." -Karaan Nolan
• "Er... Lady Covington? Um... She's very kind. And pretty... Wh-why are you asking me about her? I'm just... I just help her..." - Jihl Wilzuun
• "She's not bad... To y'face, at least. Money seems t'do things t'people, though, I reckon. Don't know if she's committed t'doing good or just looking for trouble or something." - Cecilia Hunt
• "Lady Covington, eh? Well she is a rather nice woman, allowed my ass to join the Harbingers of The Dawn. Hmm, she is the only noble that I respect really, I like her mate too, he is a good guy. Oh and if you fuck with her and Val does not get you I will, and I promise you that they will not find your body." - Lan Darklyn
• "Miss Covington? Oh I know her! Lovely, pale-of-hair? She seems sweet, but so~so polite and distant! She seems so formal, that if I had to guess, I'd say she's some sort of noble. I bet she'd be a lot of fun if she let herself enjoy things more!" - Aya Foxheart
• "Every week she opens the doors of her company tavern. She's so kind and welcoming, such a wonderful hostess!" - Aya Foxheart
• "She's prolly th'strongest woman I know, only she ain' really able t'lift nothin' heavy. S'just somethin' 'bout 'er. She knows what she wants an' she ain' gonna let nothin' stop 'er from gettin' it. Guess s'how she got me, yeah? S'admirable, really. I fuckin' love that woman." - Val Nunh
• "A professional. One of the few that I think the title of 'lady' really applies to." - Jaques Guillaume
• "When I imagine a true lady... Lady Faye comes to mind instantly. Truly, she is quite a magnificent woman." - C'eleni Meztli
• "Beautiful, elegant and sophisticated. I imagine she can take care of herself, but I haven't had the chance to see it; Val guards her fiercely. - Berrod Armstrong
• "I heard she's only with that Val guy because she's intimidated by his intelligence." - Spahro Llorn
• "Lady Faye is characterized by a remarkable dispassionate style of leadership. Even in times of great distress she is able to fulfill her obligations and sustain the image of Matriarch. I only hope that she has a proper, private outlet for her emotions." - Lilia Lia
• "Ah yes. White. More commonly referred to as 'Lady Faye.' She exhibits an aura of radiance and projects her good image to all observers. Her wealth, however, speaks differently; she desires power and may freely manipulate the commoners to achieve such power. White is ironic, yet a fitting name for her." - Lynx
• "Stiff upper lip." - Flameson Hammersmith
• "I respect Lady Faye's judgment and honestly view her as one of my closest female friends...but don't tell her I said that."- J'Maaira Tuhl
• "I've only looked into them once, but it felt like looking into a mirror wrought in golden filigree: the Lady Covington's eyes conceal a thirst for power and subterfuge that very few possess. She is a deceptive, cunning creature, though most will never know, as beauty and altruism are often blinding. I can't fault the woman for these qualities, as I'd be trying to catch more flies in my web, too." Sigurd Sundsteigen
• "I have not had much of a chance to speak with the Matriarch. She exudes a calming and inspiring presence, often disrupted by her foul mannered Miqo'te companion. Despite her strange choice of Warden, I have great respect for her, and I am proud to serve in her Free Company." Vallerin Hortimont
• "Lady Covington reminds me of the noblewomen back home. Proud, calm, classy. She's way more reasonable than the likes of them, though." - Gwannes Oskwell
• "Eh? T'Lady Covington? Oh righ'! I popped by t'estate once fer a drink. Dedicated hostess she were, stood by the door all night t'welcome her guests. Noble bearin', but ne'er once did I feel snobbed off." - Odette Saoirse
• "The Matriarch is a good leader. She should definitely get more sassy with people, I would love to see that." - Sebastian Taylor

History/Timeline

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Faye was born the first and only child to Selene and Nicholas Covington, an upper class Midlander family who made their home in the Twelveswood around the northern part of the East Shroud. Her mother was from a long line of nobility who enjoyed sewing in her free time, her father a talented military general and tactician in the Order of the Twin Adder. Growing up, her parents ensured she would be well-educated, hiring private tutors to teach her everything from etiquette to history, literature to mathematics. She was spoiled with a life of wealth and luxury, any material possessions she desired granted to her at her smallest whim. While privileged in some ways, she was unfortunate in others. Lessons took up much of her time, and even when she was free from her tutors, there was little opportunity for playing or enjoying her childhood. Her mother was often busy or simply a bit of a stick in the mud, and her father usually away from home with work or holed up in his office where Selene insisted the young Faye not disturb him. The household staff spent more time with the girl than her own parents. She had no siblings, nor were there other families in the area with children her age to play with, their home rather secluded with only trees and sylphs for neighbors. She was left to spend her time alone, reading, studying or practicing the contents of her daily lessons, or wandering about the woods near her home, even then not allowed to stray too far lest she fall victim to the dangers of the Black Shroud.

She was not entirely sheltered, however. She was dragged to balls and galas, luncheons and dinners, the social events a frequent part of her life, though even there she was usually forced to listen to adults prattle on about things that held little interest to her. Rarely were there any other children her age or around, and when there were, rarely were they permitted to romp around like children, but rather expected to act as little adults and maintain patient silence to allow their parents to talk. Sometimes, however, she was taken to visit the Twin Adders or the Conjurer's Guild to further her knowledge of healing and conjury. Her skill in conjury was a great concern to her father--her tutor insisted she had a healthy pool of aether to pull from, and she was nearly a prodigy with magicks offensive and defensive, yet when it came to healing, she drew into her aether and inflicted harm upon herself. With practice, her condition slowly improved, but she never quite had a knack for healing. She was skilled enough at mending wounds, but at the expense of her own aether.

Despite her mother's constant concern for her safety and innocence, Faye was not ignorant to the horrors of the world. Her tutors spared no details in their explanations of the world and its often violent history. Sometimes, she would overhear her father and his friends and comrades, sharing tales of the woes of war. She also still paid frequent visits to Gridania, a mini-aetheryte conveniently located within their home for ease of travel, to struggle in vain to break the habit. Even there, she was forced to grow up fast. In her time healing the wounded, she saw firsthand the horrors of war, soldiers and even civilians terribly mangled, many beyond saving. It may have been jarring at first, but the young Hyur soon simply grew used to such things. They were only a reality, an unfortunate fact of life. Wounds and death were both a part of nature--and while nature wasn't a thing she much cared for, it was something she simply had to accept, even respect in her studies of conjury. Blood, broken bones, burns, births, miscarriage, death, disease, corpses--all became surprisingly commonplace in her life of safety and privilege.

At age 15, she was allowed her first dose of freedom. If she was old enough that her mother was pressuring her to find a suitor for marriage, then surely she was old enough to travel outside the Shroud alone, right? Her father deemed the argument good enough, apparently, and granted her permission to deliver a letter for him to his colleague in La Noscea. It went as well as could be expected of a young girl's first adventure into the world alone--she quickly became lost. However, she was ill-prepared when she stumbled across a village in wreckage, corpses of people and Sahagin both strewn about, none left alive but an injured boy around her own age who pleaded for her help before passing out at her feet. She healed and healed his wounds, and all mended but the gruesome scar running down his face straight over his eye. Just as she was on the verge of passing out herself, rescue came in the form of reinforcements from The Maelstrom.

The boy she had saved was the only known survivor of the attack. His family and his entire village left missing, dead, or Tempered at the hands of the Sahagin. His home was destroyed, everyone and everything he'd known, gone. Faye begged her parents to offer him shelter, and they agreed, taking him in and raising him almost as their own son. Life with an unexpected new housemate was difficult to get used to, but it wasn't necessarily a bad thing. As annoying as the boy, Zularti Vensar, was, it was pleasant to have the company of someone her own age. He did not let the bloody events that day in La Noscea drag him down--in fact, he barely even acknowledged them. It probably should have been cause for concern, but there was no way to bring it up to the boy who was upbeat and never sitting still. Zularti dragged Faye off on constant adventures into the Shroud, and she soon began to view him as her own brother.

After a couple cycles, however, Zularti was ready to move on, lest he overstay his welcome with the kind family. Faye caught him trying to sneak out in the middle of the night, a simple bag of belongings and a spear strapped to his back. He explained to her he was going to travel to Coerthas in hopes of becoming a Dragoon. He had always dreamed of being a hero, being skilled in combat and helping others. He couldn't be swayed to stay, and he left, promising he'd see Faye again. Life was remarkably dull and lonely in his absence in the years after his departure. Things went back to just as they'd been before Zularti's arrival, as if he'd never been there at all, save for the constant reminder of the lack of his presence for Faye. She wouldn't have to suffer boredom for long, however.

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The Calamity struck, and for all the Covington's resources, their family was relatively unharmed. But just as Gridania began to pick up the pieces and rebuild, a much more personal tragedy struck for the Covington family. In the middle of the night, a group of Imperial soldiers attacked the Covington manor. Faye managed to narrowly escape with her life, along with some of the servants. Faye fled to the Conjurer's Guild via the mini-aetheryte in their home as her father bade her to escape, Nicholas struggling to fend off the Garlean attackers. The estate caught fire during the skirmish and burned to the ground. Some of the servants managed to escape, but as for the rest of the household staff and Faye's parents, they all perished to either the Imperials or the fire, several of the bodies unable to be recovered from the ashes.

With the Covington manor destroyed and no desire to face wreckage and rebuild, Faye found solace at Stillglade Fane for a while. With nowhere else to go and no family left, she devoted herself to mastering conjury. While she found shelter there, she was reunited with Zularti as he was passing through, who had given up on his dreams of being a Dragoon, finding the training to be too rigorous and the expectations too high, and deciding that after the Calamity, he couldn't dedicate himself to Coerthas when all of Eorzea needed his help. Instead, he had become an adventurer, wandering to wherever anyone needed help, cutting down Garlean soldiers, beastmen, bandits, and whatever foes threatened the people of Eorzea. Faye joined Zularti on his adventuring for some time, fighting alongside him, tending to his wounds, and ensuring he didn't land himself in too much trouble, meanwhile supporting their ventures with what remained of her inheritance of the family fortune. As they traveled, the two eventually found themselves ambushed by Imperial soldiers on more than one occasion, and it became apparent to Faye that they seemed to be following her. She still hadn't understood why they had attacked her home, and was even more baffled as to why they would be following her. She had theorized that perhaps they had attacked the Covington home to strike at her father due to his work with Order of the Twin Adder, but failed to understand how that could lead to attacks against her.

Meanwhile, Zularti grew to be discontent with their heroic duo. He had grander ideas in mind and expressed a desire to form a free company of heroes and adventurers that reflected his ideals. A group could surely accomplish more than two people. He wished to create a free company that would help and protect the people of Eorzea. Faye offered her support, and together the two formed a free company licensed under the Order of the Twin Adder, naming it the Harbingers of Dawn. With Zularti being ever the free spirit and certainly not possessing a mind for business, Faye found herself doing most of the work of the company, even if Zularti still held the official title of leader for the company. Between Zularti's unique brand of charisma and Faye's ambition and diligence, the company quickly picked up members and grew. While Faye was left to see to the free company, Zularti continued his independent adventures, and began to complain frequently about his injured eye, sometimes acting quite strangely. The more Faye expressed her concern about it, the more distant and vacant Zularti seemed to become. Fearful she couldn't fend off the continuing Garlean attacks against her on her own, Faye hired a mercenary she had almost literally run into, a Seeker of the Sun by the name of Val Nunh, to be her bodyguard.

The assaults from the Imperials continued, though with Val at her side, the two managed to escape each time, the close calls only bringing the pair closer together. Though things were tumultuous at first, within a few moons, the unlikely couple had become lovers after Faye gave the ultimatum that Val could not continue to try to chase away all of her would-be suitors when he had no proper relationship with her and had no problems entertaining other women himself. With some coercion from Siobhain Surtsthalwyn, Val reluctantly agreed to a monogamous relationship with Faye, though he attempted to keep the information quiet, until Faye pointed out that if their relationship were a secret, other men would continue to try to make advances on her. With the knowledge of their relationship now public, the Garleans gained the upperhand at last. Val was poisoned one day by a Roegadyn woman who he thought to be his friend, but was actually working with the Imperials. The couple received a note informing them that a cure would be delivered to Val if Faye turned herself over willingly to the Imperials.

Not about to sacrifice herself and skeptical the other half of the deal would even be upheld, Faye attempted to treat Val's ailment herself, but any efforts from herself or other healers were in vain, no magic nor alchemy aiding him. Anything done to try to treat his condition only seemed to worsen it. With Val verging close to death, Faye slipped out that night while no one was around or awake to stop her, going to the location specified in the note to turn herself in. There, she found a man in a mask and crimson robes waiting for her, appearing to perhaps be a tall Midlander, but it was impossible to tell. He led her to an encampment of Garleans and handed her over to their custody, where she was imprisoned with no information on what was happening or why she was there, aside from the masked man's cryptic jabs at her echoing in her head. She was not left alone for long before the masked man returned with a strange Miqo'te woman who he let into Faye's cell, the Keeper of the Moon--if she could even be called such a thing, surely some creature of the Void--assaulting Faye and robbing her of her aether as the man in the mask silently watched.

As promised, a cure was delivered to Val by the masked man's Miqo'te companion who also told Val of Faye's whereabouts in exchange for a portion of his aether, and naturally, the moment Val was able to walk, he set off to find Faye, only to be captured by the same group of Imperials, demanding to see Faye. The two were transferred to Castrum Occidens, strangely enough tossed into the same cell, leaving Faye in both relief and dismay to see him. She soon had another visitor, and some answers, at last. A man Faye almost immediately recognized as her father opened the cell door. The reunion was not a heartwarming one. Her father revealed himself as a Garlean. She learned that Nicholas Covington was actually Stanislas van Corinthius, the Blue Viper, that he had been undercover in Eorzea, that he had faked his death when his work was done to return to Garlemald where he had a wife and two sons, the raid upon the Covington household destroying any evidence he might have left behind, tying up any loose ends. All except for one: his daughter. She had been meant to die that night along with her mother, but he could no bring himself to kill his own flesh and blood, instead helping her safety at the last moment.

But with the Garlean Emperor's death impending, Stanislas had his eye on the position, and he could not afford any more loose ends, nor did he believe Eorzea was safe for her much longer. He explained that the Garlean attacks on her had actually been attempts to retrieve her after he'd placed a bounty on her (relatively) safe retrieval. He gave Faye an ultimatum: die in that cell along with Val, or return to Garlemald with him. She refused either option, even as he tempted her with promises of wealth and opulence, power and safety in Garlemald, promising she could even bring Val with her. She may have accepted the offer, were it not for the Harbingers of Dawn and more importantly Zularti, along with her current disbelief and anger with her father. She begged for an alternative, and he eventually conceded. He agreed to let her stay in Eorzea for the time being and make her choice later, if only under the condition that she would have to do his bidding in Eorzea and keep in contact with him, feeding him with information and carrying out whatever tasks he gave her. With little other options, she begrudgingly agreed, and was released along with Val after two weeks of captivity. Her confiscated free company linkpearl was returned, and she called over it for help, orchestrating a faux rescue from the Castrum. A small group of Harbingers soon arrived led by Zularti, freeing her and Val and escorting them back to safety. Faye didn't speak a word about what happened to anyone but Val, swearing him to secrecy, and lying to her company mates about what had occurred. The Garleans stopped following and attacking her.

Faye continued her work with Harbingers of Dawn, and, as Faye proved to be continually reluctant to assist with her father's schemes, he sent his eldest son, Aelius Corinthius, to join the Harbingers of Dawn undercover posing a Lominsan mercenary named Ael to keep an eye on Faye and force her to comply and hold up her end of the bargain, much to Faye's chagrin. Aelius seemed intent on having some sort of familial relationship with his half-sister, but Faye vehemently refused. His constant attempts to convince her to come to Garlemald and to do as their father bade lest she get herself killed fell upon deaf ears. One of Faye's first orders was to convince Zularti to form a friendship with Ael, which Faye did begrudgingly. A redheaded woman named Luca joined not long after Aelius, and her closeness to him eventually raised Faye's suspicion, but there was little she could do about it, forced to tolerate their presence within the company.

Zularti's complaints about the pain from his eye and strange behavior continued. His angry outbursts became more frequent and more explosive, a sudden temper where there once was none. His eye brought him crippling and headaches frequently, and he had lost all sight in it. A strange condition akin to necrosis had trailed from his eye to his right arm, leaving the arm strangely warped with no feeling left in it. He exhibited increased strength and durability to an unnatural degree. He developed a strong fixation with water, and despite having absolutely no talent for channeling aether or wielding magic before that point, he was inexplicably able to shoot out powerful blasts of water. The company began to investigate the strange happenings, digging through books and old tomes and investigating the remains of Zularti's village. There, they found a dagger, believed to the one that had cut Zularti's eye so long ago.

The company eventually surmised that Zularti was victim to some sort of faux Tempering via the magic-imbued dagger that had not been completed due to his escape before the ritual was complete. Since it was not a traditional Tempering, the company held onto faith that there may be some way to cure Zularti. With each sun that passed, Zularti acted less and less like himself. He had a strange and insatiable desire for bloodshed, and the more beastmen he slew, the stronger he seemed to grow. Investigating reports of entire groups of beastmen being slaughtered, the company discovered Zularti seemed to be attacking other beast tribes and stealing their aether crystals for the Sahagin.

The Sahagin were obviously preparing for a summoning of their Primal, Leviathan. The Harbingers theorized that Zularti was being used as a vessel to provide aether for Leviathan's summon--the Sahagin fattening him up with aether before they sacrificed him, so to speak. Leviathan's return was imminent. Faye went to Aelius demanding answers, the only that she received being that slaying Leviathan would free Zularti from his thrall. The company put together a plan seeking to force a premature summon of Primal while he was still weak, strike him down, and hopefully free Zularti from the serpent's clutches. The Harbingers' Strategy Branch and Barbarccia Valadis created a device that would hopefully temporarily protect the company from Tempering. With the stash of aether crystals they had reclaimed from the Sahagin, the company dragged Zularti to a remote location in La Noscea along the coastline, clearing out the Sahagin who tried to stand in their way.

Several members of the company sought to pry the afflicted eye from Zularti's skull. As they did, instinct and the Tempering kicked in, and he sought to defend himself. Eventually, the company managed to subdue Zularti and gouge out his right eye, finding it to be no longer an eye at all, but a solid crystal of condensed aether, saturated with enough aether for several crates of normal aether crystals. Almost immediately, prying out the eye sparked the summon of Leviathan, though fortunately a weak form, with little prayer and aether to fuel the sea beast. A small group of Harbingers including Faye, Zularti, Val, Anstarra Silverain, Tasa Rhyzul, and Mimiru Miru faced the Primal, while the rest guarded the shore, pushing back the Sahagin reinforcements that rushed in to praise and defend their lord.

After an intense battle, the Harbingers managed to slay the Lord of the Whorl and the last of his followers who came to fight for him, and Faye plucked Zularti's "eye" from the sand after it had been nearly forgotten in the fight. They had no time to recover, however, before they noticed a fleet of Garlean ships approaching the shore. The main ship landed upon the shore, a fully armored man with a Magitek axe (whose voice Faye recognized as Aelius's) stepping onto the beach, flanked by a platoon of Imperial soldiers, countless others waiting upon the ships. Aelius demanded the Harbingers hand over the eye. The small, round anti-Tempering device was offered instead, but the man saw through farce and continued to demand Faye surrender the eye. She refused, but Aelius had no trouble knocking her down with a punch to the face and taking the crystal by force. Exhausted and wounded from their fight with Leviathan and the Sahagin, the Harbingers had no hope of retaliating and challenging the Garleans. They could only bitterly watch as the Imperial soldiers took the eye, returned to their ship, and left.

The victory felt more like a failure in the end, but still, the company had a moment of reprieve. The threat of Leviathan was staved off for the time being, and Zularti seemed to be freed of the Primal's influence, even if permanent damage was done to his eye and his arm, and he had retained some of the abilities his "Tempering" had granted him. Disturbed and depressed that his body had been used as a tool for the Primal he so hated, Zularti kept his distance from the company and redoubled his efforts to help others and make his name as a hero. In his extended absence, Faye left the position of Support Saint and stepped up to name herself the proper leader of the free company. This ruffled some feathers, many assuming some underhanded schemes had occurred, when in truth nothing had happened but a change of titles; Faye had essentially been leading the company for quite some time, after all, in everything but name. Many a power struggle ensued. Faye and Val soon got engaged, and shortly after eloped, though they kept their marriage a secret, deciding a public ceremony would come much later. Kylar Dashiva created an aetherial link between Faye and Val, so that if anything were to happen to either, the other would be able to feel it and know each other's general location.

The masked man from the Castrum and his Miqo'te companion became a frequent thorn in Faye's side, repeatedly attacking members of Harbingers of Dawn and stealing their aether. The mysterious man seemed bent on being a personal nuisance to Faye as well, but she found some silver lining in the otherwise troublesome situation, striking deals with the Voidmage every now and then whenever she came upon a task that could benefit from the assistance of someone with such magical prowess and knowledge of taboo subjects. She learned that whatever he was, he was not a Garlean--he'd simply found it profitable to work with them, at the time. The business hardly left them on friendly terms, however, their exchanges usually rather heated, but she knew he could come in handy when it came to combating her father. She had every plan to rid herself of the masked fellow when he could no longer be of use to her. Val began to fall ill, and Faye realized he was displaying the same symptoms as when he was poisoned. It was not long before he was nearly on his deathbed once more. Furious, she called the masked man to her office, demanding answers. He explained that the "cure" Val had been given the first time was only a temporary fix. Each time Val had been healed aetherically since then, it had only fed the malady.

Faye ordered him to aid Val where he had failed to properly the first time. Of course, such things were never free. She paid the price (complete with perhaps a few attempts to stab him and one to unmask him), only for him to inform her that there was no permanent fix and that Val would have to learn to regulate his aether on his own, but he did give her a tip how the Seeker with no potential for casting might accomplish such a thing. With the recent influx of refugees from Othard seeking solace in Eorzea, rumors abounded of certain practices in their land. Mimiru crafted an item to help stabilize Val's aether enough to keep him conscious and on his feet. With some help from Stanislas after Faye's pleading, Val was able to pass through the border into Othard to learn some new skills to combat his illness. After a few weeks, he returned to Faye and Eorzea in much better health and with some new talents, though he soon found himself met with an assault from the masked man's Miqo'te companion, jealous over her lover's dealings with Faye, which only fueled Faye's hatred for the woman and her masked "master."

After witnessing the Miqo'te woman in the Quicksand not long after, she taunted Val and led him outside the walls of Ul'dah into the desert. He followed, seizing the chance to attack the Keeper. She retaliated by stealing his aether, but he would not be subdued until he was nearly drained of his life. Unwilling to leave him to die in the sands of Thanalan and unsure what else to do with him, the Voidtouched Miqo'te brought Val to her and her masked partner's home so that he might be helped. Unfortunately, Val instead took the chance to try to attack the masked man, as well, earning his ire. While he did indeed ensure the Seeker did not die, he tormented the Nunh and inflicted him with the same curse as the Keeper woman before setting him free and sending him back to Faye's home. Faye was enraged and would have been certain the masked man had long outlived his usefulness at this point, had he not been the only person with the knowledge of how to reverse Val's newest affliction. She resented the way he always made sure she had some dire need of him so that she could not dispose of him, the way he made sure he always had something to hold above her head.

Unable to rid herself of the masked man for the time being, Faye set her focus on her other issues. She had brainstormed many plans to break free from her father's control, but it seemed impossible without risking serious damage to not only herself and Val, but the entire free company, Zularti especially it seemed, given their apparent interest in him. When during his usual adventures one sun, Zularti was briefly captured and interrogated by Imperial soldiers from Stanislas's legion about his eye, Leviathan, and his Tempering, Faye's desire to rebel was rekindled. How much did her family have to do with the Tempering, with the Primal's summoning? What was the eye, and what did they intend to use it for? She began to try to amass as much power for herself and for Harbingers of Dawn as she could, bent on being able to fend off her father and his men when the day inevitably came. She was called upon every now and then to meet her father, typically in a remote location in Thanalan. Her father usually asked her about the Harbingers of Dawn, their current leadership and members, their movements. Faye answered as vaguely as she could manage, and bitterly rebuked all of her father's invitations for family bonding. She didn't know what Stanislas's plans were for the Harbingers of Dawn, but she became increasingly aware that the company and its members were in danger, even with her obedience.

A note was posted to the company bulletin board claiming to be from the Twin Adders, reporting sightings of a certain masked man and a dark-haired Miqo'te woman who had been known to plague the company causing chaos in a certain area prompted two Harbingers to investigate, only to find no sign of the pair and instead to be ambushed by soldiers from Stanislas's legion. Faye could only assume that Aelius had left the note. Not long after, the company had a real run in with the masked figure and his sidekick when they finally caught up with him and imprisoned him after his Voidtouched lover was slain during an interrupted ritual. At last, Faye learned their true identities, Melfice Vainchelon and Shadiyah Amari, two members of her very own free company. Most all the Harbingers were bent on seeing Melfice either killed or rotting in the Adders' custody, but as always, he had ensured that Faye still had a use for him alive, in the form of the cure he was still researching for Val. Zularti and Lan, however, could not be convinced to have any mercy on the man. Instead, Faye orchestrated a plan to set Melfice free and make it appear as if he was devoured in his cell by the very creatures he commanded--a scene that required no small amount of blood, and she took a great amount of pleasure in stabbing the disgruntled man a couple dozen times. He was not so keen to play along, and she found that having her face smashed into the bloody floor made her question, as always, why she still allowed this man to live. Despite it, he made his escape with her assistance to continue procuring a cure for Val's curse.

Meanwhile, the trouble with the Imperials continued as the Harbingers received reports from the Twin Adders about increased Garlean activity in the Shroud. Val led a party of Harbingers to investigate, finding a group of six Garlean conscripts they made short work of, only to discover it had been a distraction and they were surrounded by many more elite looking soldiers. The Imperials attempted to detain Arrelaine Fashonti, but using his ninjutsu, Val managed to create a distraction to allow the other Harbingers to flee with his urging, and Arrelaine was freed during the commotion to escape, as well.

The Harbingers were left to presume Val was taken captive by the Garleans, since he did not return. At the next company meeting, however, an otherwise unlabeled package for Faye was left upon the doorstep and delivered to her at the end of the meeting. Inside the package was a sandy blond Miqo'te ear. A few suns later, a slender tail of the same coloring was found nailed to the front door of the Harbingers' Estate in the morning. At the next meeting, a brick was tossed through the window of the meeting room directly behind Faye, a blue eye with a slitted Seeker pupil attached to it. Tensions and emotions ran high, with fear that even their own estate was not safe and one of their leaders was apparently being tortured and sent back them to them piece by piece. Faye believed the body parts were not actually Val's, since she'd felt no such pain through their aetherial link, but that made it no less unnerving, nor did the fact she could not get a solid read on his location. Faye went to Stanislas demanding answers, only to be reassured--albeit in rather vague terms--that Val was safe and receive no further information. The company searched until at last they found a lead on Val's general location, and a scouting party was sent to pinpoint his location and see how fortified it may be.

With a better idea of Val's potential whereabouts, the company organized a strike against the Garlean base. Faye demanded she go, but several Harbingers insisted she stay, Zularti promising her that he'd return Val safely to her, no matter what. A group of Immortal Flames led by Lan Darklyn attacked at one side to cause a distraction, a group of Harbingers formed a separate distraction team to attack the opposite side, and a third party of Harbingers led by Zularti made a recovery unit to infiltrate the base and rescue Val. The recovery team came upon a large laboratory containing Val's captor, Doctor Hellinger--one of Stanislas's generals, as well as Val himself, barely alive and contained in a vat of liquid where the doctor had clearly been running some sort of experiments. A skirmish ensued, and when it was clear he was on the losing side, Hellinger did not go without a bang. He activated a ceruleum bomb within his own chest, but Zularti threw a barrier around Hellinger and himself, containing the blast and saving the others. The roof of the facility still collapsed, however, and the party was forced to quickly flee, managing to take Val with them, though Zularti's lifeless body could not be recovered from beneath the rubble trapping it.

As relieved as Faye was to have Val home and still in one piece, she was absolutely devastated to learn of Zularti's death, her best friend and, as far as she was concerned, her only remaining family member gone. A vigil was constructed in the front yard of the Harbingers' estate for Zularti and other fallen members of the Harbingers of Dawn. With Zularti's death, Faye vowed the company would go on the offensive against the Blue Viper and no longer be terrorized or victims to Garleans. She would have her revenge. She was done playing nicely with her father's demands. She knew that before she could reach her father, she would need to remove Aelius from the picture. It was as simple as exposing him to the Harbingers as a spy and a Garlean, but she needed more evidence. She waited for the opportune moment, and fortunately for Faye, it came soon enough.

Several weeks later, an anonymous missive was posted on the company bulletin board, calling for members to investigate an area in the Shroud where the Order of the Twin Adder had reported heightened Garlean activity. Ael led a party into the Shroud to investigate, but they were almost immediately ambushed by an Imperial soldier piloting a Magitek Reaper. Almost immediately, Ael was disarmed and knocked unconscious, and the others received heavy injuries. The Reaper had some sort of forcefield shielding the pilot, making it difficult to take out, but the group eventually managed to kill the pilot and explode the Reaper.

Not long after, Faye announced that the mission had not been approved by the free company, and that after speaking with the Twin Adders, they'd reported no such Imperial activity in the area. The fact that the Imperials had always been aware of the Harbingers' movements and somehow always one-step ahead had long since led to the suspicion that there had been a Garlean spy among the ranks of the Harbingers, and Faye pointed a finger at Ael, issuing a warrant for his arrest. Though there was no sign of the man for a week or two, he was at last apprehended when he walked straight into a company meeting, apparently clueless of the charges against him, and was swiftly arrested. He was questioned, but conclusive evidence could only be found on the grounds of leading an unsanctioned company mission, not on any accounts of Garlean espionage. As such, rather than letting him go free, the company opted to hand him over to the Order of the Twin Adder, but Aelius escaped before making it into their hands when it turned out that the "Adders" who had come to retrieve him were actually Imperial soldiers in disguise.

It wasn't the outcome Faye had hoped for, but at the very least, Aelius was gone and made an enemy of the free company. Luca was arrested upon suspicion of her relationship with Ael, but no incriminating evidence was found. Faye did, however, take full advantage of the opportunity to gloat about her vague plans for the demise of the Garleans who opposed her before Luca was released, scarce to be seen after that. Having finally made a direct move against her father, Faye knew that her time was short. He would retaliate soon.

--WIP--

Affiliations

Faye is the leader and Matriarch of Harbingers of Dawn, a free company under the Order of the Twin Adder that is dedicated to protecting and aiding the citizens of Eorzea. HoD's goal is to protect and aid the citizens of Eorzea from any threats, both internal and external. She oversees the company as a whole and deals with its public relations and paperwork. She also hosts many events held in the company's name for the purposes of fundraising, charity, or advertisement. She is a licensed conjurer under the conjurer's guild and has worked closely with the Twin Adders in the past.

OOC Information

This wiki is still under construction. More will be added as I get more time/flesh her out more/RP her more in game. Faye's portrait is by Tiergan/Lurial. Thank you! Feel free to contact me in-game or on the RPC with any questions or ideas. I'm always glad to role-play and make new connections for Faye.