Faye Covington

Lady Faye Covington
The fairest of them all.
Faye Lunetta Rosalba Covington
Gender	Female
Race	Hyur
Clan	Midlander
Citizenship	Gridania
Age	24
Sexuality	Heterosexual
Occupation	Healer and Tailor
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 as Lady Covington, Lady Faye, Saint Faye, Saint Covington, Miss Faye, Miss Covington, Mistress Covington, etc. or sometimes simply referred to as "boss" by her support priests in Harbingers of Dawn. Other nicknames she has earned for herself by specific individuals include Princess, Blondie, Blonde Bitch, the Snake in White, and Snowy.

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 long and straight, snowy white with faint hints of platinum blonde, bangs brushed to her left. Her face is oval-shaped with a small, wide, up-turned nose and plump, full pink lips. Her eyes are an icy blue, almond-shaped and lined with thick, dark 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. She wears cloth rather than any armors and is usually seen in white or pale colors. 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

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. In the most terrifying of situations, she will often be merely alarmed rather than horrified, and when tragedy strikes it's rare to see her shed a tear. Most of her emotions are shallow and feigned, though she's skilled in coming across as genuine. Rarely does she lose her temper, but when she does, she is violently angry, venting her emotions through destructive means. Generally, she hides the emotions she does feel and feigns the emotions she shows, but rarely do others see through this façade. There are a few people, though, who she is (mostly) honest with in her emotions, but they are few and far between. She is incredibly stubborn and ambitious. She presents herself as being rather straightforward (never mind the tricky schemes that she’s probably plotting in her head) and she is rather 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 if 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 in front of Faye's own eyes. She was strict, vain, and overbearing, but despite it all a kind and generous woman and a doting mother.

Nicholas Covington/Stanislas Corinthius: - Faye's father, a Hyur 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 father's 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.

Aelius Corinthius: - Faye's half-brother from her father's "double life" who she only recently learned existed. The white-haired Hyur warrior is only a couple years older than his sister. He seems to want to connect with his sister and win her over to his side. It's not working. Despite her distaste for the man, the siblings do have much in common.

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

♥ 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 has been controlling the free company he leads, Harbingers of Dawn, from behind the scenes. Unfortunately, for him to be useful, he needs to be alive, and keeping the act-first, think-later man alive is not easy. Faye spends a lot of time tailing the dragoon and keeping him out 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 does seem to actually care for the man and treats him as family. She considers him a brother and is fiercely protective of him, though rarely will she swallow her pride enough to admit it in front of most people.

●R'aenah Ihari - A Miqo'te woman who made a bad first impression on Faye by insulting her before even speaking to her and talking about her with Val as if Faye was not seated right next to them. Despite what appeared to be a few attempts at kindness on R'aenah's behalf, any efforts toward making peace were quickly forgotten with more insults, what Faye deemed as the woman's seriously lacking social graces, and the Miqo'te's public displays of affection toward Val even when he was on bodyguard duty. Regardless of Faye's efforts to act tolerant of R'aenah in public, if she were hanging from a cliff with her life in jeopardy, Faye would refuse to help her... in fact, she may give her a gentle push.

●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 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.

● 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.

● Unknown Keeper of the Moon - A woman who attacked Faye 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 only knows the Keeper woman by face, not by name, and hasn't seen her since, but Faye resents her and since the incident she has developed a specific, passionate hatred and wariness of anything pertaining to the Void.

● Unknown Midlander Man - A masked man and powerful mage who offered Faye an antidote when Val was poisoned if she would willingly surrender herself to Garlemald. Faye reluctantly agreed, having no other options but to watch Val suffer and slowly die. He likewise tormented Faye while she was imprisoned and was present for the Keeper woman's assault on Faye, and even was the one who ordered it. He seems to be the Keeper woman's 'Master.' Faye did not learn his name and his voice was obscured. He seems to have some respect from the Garleans, but due to his ability to wield magic is obviously not a pure-blooded Garlean himself. Since the attack, Faye has been visited once more by the man and reluctantly struck up a deal with him.

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

History/Timeline

TBA

Affiliations

Faye is a member 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. She presides as Support Saint, the officer in the company who oversees those who wish to pursue first and foremost the acts of healing and/or helping others through acts of kindness and charity. The support branch serves as something of the "face" of the company and the bridge to the people of Eorzea. Despite being only an officer of the organization, her manipulation of the leader, Zularti, grants her great influence over the actions of Harbingers, and due to his rather disorganized and carefree nature, she's often left doing a large portion of the work for the company, specifically paperwork, planning and sorting out details, and cleaning up Zularti's messes.

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. Portrait by Tiergan. Chibi by Lament. Thank you! Feel free to contact me in-game or on the RPC with any questions or ideas.