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Name: Fiona Marlowe
Canon: Original, non-native. Original, world info is here.
Canon Point: 2020, after a fairly vicious fight with a pack of wyverns.
Age: 25
Appearance: For the most part, Fiona appears like an average human. When she’s using magic, however, her eyes tend to turn slightly silver. Her basic appearance is here. She also has a tattoo of an owl just below her collarbone/above her breasts, like this.
Abilities: Powers, Abilities, and Weaknesses.
In terms of nerfing, I will say that the magic that she uses that requires ingredients from her home (such as gylphs that repel/harm angels using unholy rose, and potions/poisons/concoctions using similar unique ingredients) won’t work here unless she has a way of obtaining those ingredients, and I will always check/communicate with other players with regards to if they want their characters affected by any of her abilities/magic. Otherwise, I don’t think any of her abilities are game breaking, and given how relatively new she still is in honing her magic, there’s still a decent chance any magic she tries to work will go wrong and/or backfire on her.
(Optional) Personality:
• Studied at the Mr. Darcy school of ‘my good opinion once lost is lost forever,’ also known as girl not only holds a grudge, she clutches it tight and sleeps with it at night. Fiona is pretty unforgiving when she feels betrayed, and she holds it against whoever it is she feels betrayed her. She is still reeling from the fact that she only recently discovered the truth of her life, and only, really, by accident, given that her discovery leads her to believe her aunt never meant to tell her the full truth, if any of it, in fact.
• Stubborn. She is pretty set in her ways, especially when she feels strongly about the matter at hand, and she can be bullheaded when she feels she is right and everyone else is wrong. She will always try to have the last word in arguments, and she tends to escalate situations rather than diffuse them. She’s gotten herself into a fair amount of fights because of this.
• She prefers solving her problems with violence, and she has a reckless streak of seeking thrills wherever she can find them. Tends to favor one-night stands and casual flings over any sort of serious relationship.
• She has her share of vices; coffee, tea, chocolate, sweets, cigarettes, etc. When she needs to, she has been known to try and drown her sorrows through alcohol, and she really does love seeking thrills where she can find them, whether through a bar fight or ziplining. She is very disappointed that she can’t actually fly.
• At the age of nineteen, shortly before uncovering her true heritage, she gets a tattoo of an owl on her chest, as she’s always had an affinity for owls ever since she can remember. Unbeknownst to her at the time, this is a connection she shares with her father, whose chosen shape as a shapeshifter is that of an owl. Once she learns of this, she considers having the tattoo removed. Ultimately, she keeps it; she might not outwardly admit to it, but she is sentimental at heart, and she strives to hold onto what she can of her biological parents, even if her relationship with her father is a work in progress.
• Given that she’s been through many a deception and a betrayal of everything she’s known in her life, Fiona finds it hard to trust others. She prefers keeping some kind of distance between herself and the rest of the world. She’ll ally/partner with others if they can come to an agreement, but, at the end of the day, she’ll think of such an alliance as temporary; a business transaction. That being said, she is polite and capable of taking the high road when the occasion calls for it, though, she’ll have to believe in the high road first.
• Big Damn Hero. If Fiona has the chance to do something showy that could also easily get her killed or something more practical but with a greater chance of failing, she’ll choose the former, every time. She cares a lot, despite how often she’ll insist otherwise, and she won’t hesitate to sacrifice herself if it means she can save people. Naturally, this lands her in a fair amount of trouble, such as that time she nearly died after throwing herself right in the path of a rampaging dragon in order to help rescue a trapped group of people traveling in the mountains of Avalon. She nearly got burned alive in the process, but you know. Yolo, and all that. She may or may not have taken a selfie with the dragon’s corpse after defeating it.
• Absolute human (half-human, at least) disaster. Fiona barely holds herself together on a good day; she struggles with having to live on the run constantly, various forms of anxiety, and the clusterfuck that is her biological family. After what Amelia put her through, she struggles with the idea of whether people want to get close to her only to use her, another reason why she tends to keep people at a distance. She often makes poor life choices and puts her foot in her mouth, usually after stepping in wyvern shit. (Both figuratively and otherwise.)
• Believes strongly in a sense of right and wrong, even when her morals don’t entirely align with those of society. She stands up for what she believes in and tries to do as much good as she can, even as she might fuck up in the process of doing so. She tries to pretend otherwise but the truth is that Fiona has a heart, and it damn well bleeds. But she also breaks laws on a daily basis, and she doesn’t feel any regret in screwing over the rich and powerful. She’s also vengeful, and, if wronged, will damn well find a way to right that wrong.
• Is caught up entirely in all manner of magical/faerie/supernatural politics, and she hates it, thanks. That being said, she is learning how to maneuver within politics through espionage, rescue missions, and the subtle art of screwing over rich and powerful assholes.
• Clever, intelligent, and determined, Fiona makes use of the fact that people tend to underestimate her in order to help her survive. Given that she’s accidentally exposed herself as part fae, she has to keep on the run, and keep thinking ahead in order to avoid capture by any number of people who want her for various reasons of their own, hence her proficiency in magic that can disguise whatever marks her as fairy.
• Desperate times call for desperate measures; Fiona, if caught between a rock and a hard place, will rely on any means to survive, even including accepting help from people who used her and/or tried to kill her at an earlier point in her life; her hands are fairly dirty. Beggars can't be choosers when trying to stay alive in the middle of a brewing war, is her philosophy, even though she'll loathe being pressed into accepting such help.
• Once her trust is gained, as difficult as that can prove, Fiona’s a loyal friend, good to have on your side in a fight. She will do anything for those she cares for, fight for them, care for them, look out for them, etc. She might pretend she enjoys being on her own but the truth is Fiona absolutely loves and adores her friends/members of her found family, a contrast to the shitshow that is her biological family most of the time.
• Fiona was originally studying to become a nurse by taking classes at her local community college before she discovered the truth about herself. Now that she’s in deep with the world of the supernatural, and trying to stay ahead of the vast amount of people who want to drink her blood, syphon her power for themselves, eat her, and/or kill her, she works odd jobs, usually at odd hours, to survive, everything from smuggling to mercenary work. Between this and the various people she fends off as they come after her, she has a fair amount of blood on her hands and a trail of bodies in her wake like she’s some kind of video game protagonist.
• It is a truth universally acknowledged that every Chosen One (or Cursed One, as Fiona herself would call her entire existence) must have a smart mouth, or something to that effect. Fiona’s fairly snarky; she feels as though, without a sense of humor, she would very much go insane.
• Despite everything she’s been through, Fiona, in her heart of hearts, is actually somewhat of an optimist. She fights hard and works hard, keeping her head to the ground when things go even more to shit than usual, and determined to survive, despite the odds stacked against her. She’s determined to not only survive, but to thrive, and to prove everyone wrong, including her own self-doubt. She definitely usually won’t admit this out loud, however; she’ll wave it off with some kind of smartass comment.
History:
• Born April 8th, 1995 to Marian Rosewood in a private birth, with only a midwife and her team, secluded at Marian’s cabin in the woods just outside of Concord, New Hampshire. Her father, Hamish Briar, left Marian before she could tell him she was carrying his child, and he doesn’t become aware of Fiona’s existence until they cross paths many years later.
• Fiona doesn’t get much time with her mother; she enjoys the first five years of her life with her before Marian is murdered by a mercenary group of ghouls hired by Sir Gwawr, a rival in the courts of the Midsummer Gardens (the only known faerie realm, a world that seems to combine medieval, Renaissance, Victorian, steampunk, Edwardian, and Great Gatsby aesthetics all in one, up to and including the available technology), looking to sow chaos and overthrow Queen Titania. Fiona survives because Amelia Marlowe, who informed Sir Gwawr of Marian’s location and of her affair with one of Titania’s court, arranged to have Fiona in her care at the time at her home in a small town just outside of the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts.
• Amelia, a skilled witch who is made, not born, relies on the energy of others in order to fuel her own spells. She recognized Fiona for what she is immediately, even before she was born or Marian finished explaining how she came to be pregnant with Fiona. Always ambitious and aiming for more power, Amelia both loved Fiona and saw her as a tool to be used to help her achieve her goals, a viewpoint she carried over to the rest of her family, particularly, her husband, whom she also manipulated to suit her own needs.
• Amelia erases Fiona’s memories of her life with Marian, making her believe Amelia is her biological mother all along. She uses a variety of different forms of magic to ensure that Fiona is safe from those who would want to hunt her, as well as to ensure that both Hamish Briar, Fiona’s father, and the rest of the faeries remain ignorant to her existence; an act of protection and selfishness all at once.
• For the next fourteen years, Fiona leads a relatively safe and unassuming life. She is aware of magic and witches, given that Amelia, her husband, Daniel, and their oldest daughter, Belle, all practice the craft. Belle, however, inherited her mother’s ambition, and, at the age of sixteen, when Fiona was ten, went to the Crossroads, the mystical point of convergence between all the worlds, and bet her soul for more power. Unfortunately, she lost and was dragged to Hell. Amelia told Fiona that she died in a car accident.
• Fiona’s younger brother, Everett, hated magic, and struggled with what he knew of Fiona’s true heritage. He fought with both of his parents about the matter, unaware that Amelia had enchanted his father as a means of keeping Fiona for herself. He often acted out, and, one night, when he was thirteen and Fiona fourteen, he wound up bitten and turned into a werewolf. He left home after that, and Fiona didn’t see him until years later.
• Despite the violence permeating throughout her family, otherwise, Fiona lead a relatively normal existence, attending school, making friends, going to after school activities, etc. She really enjoyed science and math, particularly, and she loved running track. She also enjoyed drawing, though it isn’t a particular talent of hers, and she very much liked doing plays with the drama club. She wasn’t popular but she was well-liked and respected among her peers; she got good grades and often made the honor roll. Amelia, despite everything else she was doing to and keeping from Fiona, often told her she was proud of her.
• She had a variety of allergies, including to peanut butter, so she never thought it odd when Amelia told her that certain kinds of iron could hurt her, even kill her. In comparison to Belle and Everette, Fiona was the perfect child, though she often felt the weight of what was expected of her, and the loss of her family over the years.
• Just after Fiona turned 18, Sir Gwawr sent his mercenary group after Daniel Marlowe, killing him rather ruthlessly. Fiona would later come to learn that he did this so that Amelia would know her place; no fairy answers to the whims of any human, no matter what they might have agreed upon.
• Amelia, grieved by this loss, starts to make mistakes in the way she protects and deceives Fiona. Soon after Fiona turns 19, while studying at the local community college to become a nurse (unknowingly like her biological mother), she accidentally summons light in her hand, startling her very human classmates and herself both. She arrives home to demand answers of Amelia, and they wind up in a heated argument that only seems to keep escalating. Fiona’s own determination becomes strong enough to become a kind of magic on its own, strong enough that she breaks through the magic Amelia’s cast on her and the various potions she’s used on her; she begins to remember, and she is furious.
• Unfortunately, this shattering of the shield that bound her to her aunt alerts the rest of the worlds to her existence, and before she can demand answers from her aunt, Fiona immediately finds herself on the run, leaving behind her old life that was never really hers to begin with.
• Fiona, fueled by anger, regret, sadness, and a whole variety of other emotions, struggles to find her footing at first; she ends up throwing herself into all of the poor life choices she never could make before, whether instigating a barfight, or using her magic in reckless ways. She nearly dies several times over in the process of finding herself, and it’s only when she meets Brooke Lockwood, an experienced witch also on the run for reasons of her own, that she manages to pull her life together.
• Reluctant to trust anyone after what happened with Amelia, Fiona swallows her pride and takes a chance with Brooke, a choice that ultimately saves her life. Despite the rivalry between witches and faeries, Brooke proves a true friend to Amelia, perhaps the first she’s ever known. Amelia learns to trust her, and they look out for one another.
• Brooke introduces Amelia to her other friends, a network of outsiders trying to make the best of bad situations, known as Flowers by the Gallows. The Flowers provide Fiona with the opportunity to start learning how to build her own life, as well as study and hone her magic.
• It’s through the Flowers that Fiona also learns that she isn’t alone; Maverick Peterson, a young man older than her by a year, is also part fairy, his mother dallying with another of Queen Titania’s court, as are Emilio Rivers, Charlie King, and Ariana Smith. Esperanza Fuentes, older than Fiona by ten years, reveals herself to be Fiona’s biological half-sister when Fiona discovers her father’s true identity.
• Fiona also learns that her existence, along with the existence of every other being with any ounce of faerie blood in them out there (the exact number of which is unknown), could start a war, if revealed, as they would reveal that the faeries broke their part of the peace treaty of 500 years ago; a fair number of extremist groups, looking for blood and violence, would happily sell her out/reveal her and those like her if given the chance.
• She also learns the hard way that her blood is a combination of drugs and candy for certain supernatural creatures when she’s bitten by a vampire; Esperanza rescues her and begins teaching her methods of disguise and protection.
• As messy as her nineteenth year was, the spring Fiona turned twenty turned into a real clusterfuck. She ran into Everett, now a werewolf, and a member of a brutal group of criminals known for leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. They have an awkward, cold sort of reunion as Fiona saves Everett’s life and he reveals to her that he knew what Amelia was doing to her all along. Fiona, furious, feels betrayed that he did nothing, and they part on even worse terms.
• Fiona also encounters Belle, now a Crossroads Demon, making a deal with someone Fiona once saved through her work with the Flowers. She tries to intervene, but is too late; the man’s soul is sold in one of the crappiest deals in existence.
• Her and Belle get into a fight, and Fiona actually manages to win, hurting Belle rather badly. In the end, though she feels like she ought to kill Belle, she just sends her back to Hell.
• Amelia finally catches up with Fiona, cornering her in an underground, supernatural fight club. They argue, Amelia trying to convince Fiona to come home, that she’s changed. Fiona doesn’t believe her, and she’s especially enraged once she discovers Amelia’s carrying a charm to try and help cage her and make her more compliant. They get into a fight, and while it’s a close call, Fiona gains the upper hand, and, with a brutal gesture, drains Amelia of the magic she borrowed for the night, and leaves her, weakened and exposed, as a group of vampires hone in on her as easy prey. Fiona doesn’t look back.
• Everett confronts her a month later, having encountered his mother as a vampire as part of one of the jobs he works. As much as he disagrees with what Amelia did to Fiona, he feels as though Fiona betrayed the family by leaving Amelia to die, essentially. They fight, and Fiona almost dies.
• Belle, finding a way back from Hell, intervenes; she transfers Fiona’s injuries to Everett and sends him fleeing on the brink of death.
• Fiona and Belle talk, finding their way to an obscure and out of the way diner to do so. Belle explains herself, and she tells Fiona that going to Hell is actually the best thing that could have happened to her. She explains that there’s no love lost between her and Amelia, given that she found out what Amelia did to her father when crossing between various afterlives, and Fiona explains that she feels free now, after a year spent out on her own with the Flowers by the Gallows.
• It takes another year and several battles for Fiona to come to an alliance with Belle, but, eventually, they become something close to friends, and they are currently growing closer, almost as close as they were when they were younger.
• Fiona is constantly learning and refining her magic, and she never stays in one place too long. Luckily, the Flowers by the Gallows, as a network, has resources so that Fiona always usually has at least a couch to sleep on for the night. She travels relatively lightly, keeping her belongings to one overstuffed duffle bag for ease. That being said, she enjoys fashion and making use of her limited resources to pull together an outfit, one of the few luxuries she allows herself. Typically, she prefers wearing leggings with a dress or tunic shirt, along with ‘ass kicking hooker boots,’ as she calls them, and whatever jewelry she can find. (Think a combination of Isabela and Sera from Dragon Age.)
• Everett, determined for revenge, constantly tries selling Fiona out and tries to kill her. Little does Fiona know, Amelia actually works to prevent him from doing so, and she succeeds, for the most part. One night, Everett fights Fiona to the point where she kills him in self-defense, turning him into an angry, restless spirit who cannot pass onto the afterlife due to the baggage he has tying him to life. (Namely, his grudge against Fiona.)
• Everett haunts Fiona constantly, to the point where she learns various exorcism spells just to be able to send him away when he’s really bothering her. It takes a year, when Fiona turns 22, before Fiona winds up confronting Everett, torn by both wanting to be rid of him for good and the guilt she feels in causing his death. They end up fighting against a horde of demons together, and it actually opens them up to a moment of listening and understanding.
• They come to a truce, of sorts; Fiona will help Everett find his way to the afterlife, and Everett will help protect Fiona and assist the Flowers by the Gallows when they need it.
• Naturally, just after this tender moment, Sir Gwawr, tipped off by a rival of Fiona’s bitter about her magical abilities, discovers and kidnaps Fiona along with several other half faeries, transporting them to the Midsummer Gardens to use as leverage to overthrow the Queen.
• Fiona and her fellow kidnapped companions are presented at court, meant to start a scandal. Hamish Briar is truly shocked by Fiona’s existence, so much so that he questions loudly how she could even be real, in front of the entire court, and hurting Fiona deeply.
• However, Queen Titania is not cowed by Sir Gwawr’s tactics; indeed, she only smiles at the sight of Fiona and company, and it’s then that they all realize that Sir Gwawr played into the Queen’s hands all along, moments before she executes Sir Gwawr brutally. She then tells Fiona and her companions that they have a choice: enlist as part of Queen Titania’s forces, or remain in the Midsummer Gardens to serve in the palace. From her speech, it is clear she means to start a war and emerge the ruler of all from it.
• Fiona immediately tries to make a run for it, but is just as immediately caught and brought to the dungeons. It takes a few days until her father sends for her, a few horrid days consisting of terrible food and some torture.
• Hamish brings Fiona to a hidden chamber in his rooms. He seals it with magic to ensure that they aren’t overheard, and then he explains that, no, he didn’t know she existed, and that, as much as he would like to get to know her, they don’t have time. He explains how Helena, mistress of Prince Regent Oberon, is looking to overthrow Titania and put a stop to her madness. He also tells her that there are at least seven others vying for the throne, but he’s pledged his loyalty to Helena, whom he loves, awkward as that sounds.
• Hamish tells Fiona that, essentially, all hell is about to break loose, what with faerie politics about to spill over into the rest of the worlds. He provides her with a means to contact him using her owl tattoo; he reveals that he has a similar one on his left shoulder, and he crafts a spell that enables them to communicate through the tattoos. He explains that he has done this for Esperanza, as well, and that he wishes she would have told him about his other daughter. Fiona responds by saying she probably didn’t think it was her place to say, feeling protective of her older sister.
• Hamish introduces Fiona to Helena and other members of Helena’s supporters briefly before organizing a way for Fiona and the others to escape. Two go with Fiona; the rest have all signed up with Titania’s forces.
• When Fiona makes it back, she immediately seeks out Brooke and Esperanza, explaining what just happened. They inform her that she’s been gone an entire month, even though, back in the Midsummer Gardens, it felt like only a few days.
• Literally five minutes later, Queen Titania broadcasts a message across all the worlds using her magic, explaining the existence of half faerie children, the dangers they possess, and the rewards for turning them in, a handsome bonus is alive.
• Fiona, Esperanza, and those remaining of their half faerie friends all immediately go into hiding; they invent different identities for themselves, and they learn to guard against those hunting them with even greater efficiency.
• Belle, Everett, and even Amelia all reach out to Fiona, offering to aid her as best they can. Fiona, desperate, takes them all up on their offers, and it’s through their help that she manages to evade the best of Titania’s hunters and those looking to collect the bounty on her head for themselves.
• Through the Flowers by the Gallows, Fiona is able to still pick up and complete odd jobs in order to get by, everything from grumpy winged cows to fierce dragons, and all of the strangeness in between.
• She spends the next three years studying and practicing magic, working odd jobs, and keeping on the run, even as Titania begins to escalate in her desire for war. She communicates with Hamish as much as she can, and she tries to meet up with Brooke, Esperanza, and others from the Flowers as much as she can, as safely as she can. She starts to get really proficient in disguise magic. She tries to help those caught in the middle of Titania’s whims as much as she can, and she fights back against the increased war efforts of Titania as much as she can.
• Eventually, Fiona isn’t able to communicate with her father as often, as the communication between them can be hacked, as they find out the hard way. The last Fiona heard directly from Hamish, he was almost found out. Helena reaches out to her directly to inform her that Titania has taken Hamish prisoner and is torturing him.
• Fiona works on a rescue plan while continuing to pick up odd jobs along the way. She’s in the middle of hunting down a dangerous herd of wyvern in exchange for food and additional weapons when she winds up in the Kingdom of the Pierced Heart.
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Name: Fiona Marlowe
Canon: Original, non-native. Original, world info is here.
Canon Point: 2020, after a fairly vicious fight with a pack of wyverns.
Age: 25
Appearance: For the most part, Fiona appears like an average human. When she’s using magic, however, her eyes tend to turn slightly silver. Her basic appearance is here. She also has a tattoo of an owl just below her collarbone/above her breasts, like this.
Abilities: Powers, Abilities, and Weaknesses.
In terms of nerfing, I will say that the magic that she uses that requires ingredients from her home (such as gylphs that repel/harm angels using unholy rose, and potions/poisons/concoctions using similar unique ingredients) won’t work here unless she has a way of obtaining those ingredients, and I will always check/communicate with other players with regards to if they want their characters affected by any of her abilities/magic. Otherwise, I don’t think any of her abilities are game breaking, and given how relatively new she still is in honing her magic, there’s still a decent chance any magic she tries to work will go wrong and/or backfire on her.
(Optional) Personality:
• Studied at the Mr. Darcy school of ‘my good opinion once lost is lost forever,’ also known as girl not only holds a grudge, she clutches it tight and sleeps with it at night. Fiona is pretty unforgiving when she feels betrayed, and she holds it against whoever it is she feels betrayed her. She is still reeling from the fact that she only recently discovered the truth of her life, and only, really, by accident, given that her discovery leads her to believe her aunt never meant to tell her the full truth, if any of it, in fact.
• Stubborn. She is pretty set in her ways, especially when she feels strongly about the matter at hand, and she can be bullheaded when she feels she is right and everyone else is wrong. She will always try to have the last word in arguments, and she tends to escalate situations rather than diffuse them. She’s gotten herself into a fair amount of fights because of this.
• She prefers solving her problems with violence, and she has a reckless streak of seeking thrills wherever she can find them. Tends to favor one-night stands and casual flings over any sort of serious relationship.
• She has her share of vices; coffee, tea, chocolate, sweets, cigarettes, etc. When she needs to, she has been known to try and drown her sorrows through alcohol, and she really does love seeking thrills where she can find them, whether through a bar fight or ziplining. She is very disappointed that she can’t actually fly.
• At the age of nineteen, shortly before uncovering her true heritage, she gets a tattoo of an owl on her chest, as she’s always had an affinity for owls ever since she can remember. Unbeknownst to her at the time, this is a connection she shares with her father, whose chosen shape as a shapeshifter is that of an owl. Once she learns of this, she considers having the tattoo removed. Ultimately, she keeps it; she might not outwardly admit to it, but she is sentimental at heart, and she strives to hold onto what she can of her biological parents, even if her relationship with her father is a work in progress.
• Given that she’s been through many a deception and a betrayal of everything she’s known in her life, Fiona finds it hard to trust others. She prefers keeping some kind of distance between herself and the rest of the world. She’ll ally/partner with others if they can come to an agreement, but, at the end of the day, she’ll think of such an alliance as temporary; a business transaction. That being said, she is polite and capable of taking the high road when the occasion calls for it, though, she’ll have to believe in the high road first.
• Big Damn Hero. If Fiona has the chance to do something showy that could also easily get her killed or something more practical but with a greater chance of failing, she’ll choose the former, every time. She cares a lot, despite how often she’ll insist otherwise, and she won’t hesitate to sacrifice herself if it means she can save people. Naturally, this lands her in a fair amount of trouble, such as that time she nearly died after throwing herself right in the path of a rampaging dragon in order to help rescue a trapped group of people traveling in the mountains of Avalon. She nearly got burned alive in the process, but you know. Yolo, and all that. She may or may not have taken a selfie with the dragon’s corpse after defeating it.
• Absolute human (half-human, at least) disaster. Fiona barely holds herself together on a good day; she struggles with having to live on the run constantly, various forms of anxiety, and the clusterfuck that is her biological family. After what Amelia put her through, she struggles with the idea of whether people want to get close to her only to use her, another reason why she tends to keep people at a distance. She often makes poor life choices and puts her foot in her mouth, usually after stepping in wyvern shit. (Both figuratively and otherwise.)
• Believes strongly in a sense of right and wrong, even when her morals don’t entirely align with those of society. She stands up for what she believes in and tries to do as much good as she can, even as she might fuck up in the process of doing so. She tries to pretend otherwise but the truth is that Fiona has a heart, and it damn well bleeds. But she also breaks laws on a daily basis, and she doesn’t feel any regret in screwing over the rich and powerful. She’s also vengeful, and, if wronged, will damn well find a way to right that wrong.
• Is caught up entirely in all manner of magical/faerie/supernatural politics, and she hates it, thanks. That being said, she is learning how to maneuver within politics through espionage, rescue missions, and the subtle art of screwing over rich and powerful assholes.
• Clever, intelligent, and determined, Fiona makes use of the fact that people tend to underestimate her in order to help her survive. Given that she’s accidentally exposed herself as part fae, she has to keep on the run, and keep thinking ahead in order to avoid capture by any number of people who want her for various reasons of their own, hence her proficiency in magic that can disguise whatever marks her as fairy.
• Desperate times call for desperate measures; Fiona, if caught between a rock and a hard place, will rely on any means to survive, even including accepting help from people who used her and/or tried to kill her at an earlier point in her life; her hands are fairly dirty. Beggars can't be choosers when trying to stay alive in the middle of a brewing war, is her philosophy, even though she'll loathe being pressed into accepting such help.
• Once her trust is gained, as difficult as that can prove, Fiona’s a loyal friend, good to have on your side in a fight. She will do anything for those she cares for, fight for them, care for them, look out for them, etc. She might pretend she enjoys being on her own but the truth is Fiona absolutely loves and adores her friends/members of her found family, a contrast to the shitshow that is her biological family most of the time.
• Fiona was originally studying to become a nurse by taking classes at her local community college before she discovered the truth about herself. Now that she’s in deep with the world of the supernatural, and trying to stay ahead of the vast amount of people who want to drink her blood, syphon her power for themselves, eat her, and/or kill her, she works odd jobs, usually at odd hours, to survive, everything from smuggling to mercenary work. Between this and the various people she fends off as they come after her, she has a fair amount of blood on her hands and a trail of bodies in her wake like she’s some kind of video game protagonist.
• It is a truth universally acknowledged that every Chosen One (or Cursed One, as Fiona herself would call her entire existence) must have a smart mouth, or something to that effect. Fiona’s fairly snarky; she feels as though, without a sense of humor, she would very much go insane.
• Despite everything she’s been through, Fiona, in her heart of hearts, is actually somewhat of an optimist. She fights hard and works hard, keeping her head to the ground when things go even more to shit than usual, and determined to survive, despite the odds stacked against her. She’s determined to not only survive, but to thrive, and to prove everyone wrong, including her own self-doubt. She definitely usually won’t admit this out loud, however; she’ll wave it off with some kind of smartass comment.
History:
• Born April 8th, 1995 to Marian Rosewood in a private birth, with only a midwife and her team, secluded at Marian’s cabin in the woods just outside of Concord, New Hampshire. Her father, Hamish Briar, left Marian before she could tell him she was carrying his child, and he doesn’t become aware of Fiona’s existence until they cross paths many years later.
• Fiona doesn’t get much time with her mother; she enjoys the first five years of her life with her before Marian is murdered by a mercenary group of ghouls hired by Sir Gwawr, a rival in the courts of the Midsummer Gardens (the only known faerie realm, a world that seems to combine medieval, Renaissance, Victorian, steampunk, Edwardian, and Great Gatsby aesthetics all in one, up to and including the available technology), looking to sow chaos and overthrow Queen Titania. Fiona survives because Amelia Marlowe, who informed Sir Gwawr of Marian’s location and of her affair with one of Titania’s court, arranged to have Fiona in her care at the time at her home in a small town just outside of the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts.
• Amelia, a skilled witch who is made, not born, relies on the energy of others in order to fuel her own spells. She recognized Fiona for what she is immediately, even before she was born or Marian finished explaining how she came to be pregnant with Fiona. Always ambitious and aiming for more power, Amelia both loved Fiona and saw her as a tool to be used to help her achieve her goals, a viewpoint she carried over to the rest of her family, particularly, her husband, whom she also manipulated to suit her own needs.
• Amelia erases Fiona’s memories of her life with Marian, making her believe Amelia is her biological mother all along. She uses a variety of different forms of magic to ensure that Fiona is safe from those who would want to hunt her, as well as to ensure that both Hamish Briar, Fiona’s father, and the rest of the faeries remain ignorant to her existence; an act of protection and selfishness all at once.
• For the next fourteen years, Fiona leads a relatively safe and unassuming life. She is aware of magic and witches, given that Amelia, her husband, Daniel, and their oldest daughter, Belle, all practice the craft. Belle, however, inherited her mother’s ambition, and, at the age of sixteen, when Fiona was ten, went to the Crossroads, the mystical point of convergence between all the worlds, and bet her soul for more power. Unfortunately, she lost and was dragged to Hell. Amelia told Fiona that she died in a car accident.
• Fiona’s younger brother, Everett, hated magic, and struggled with what he knew of Fiona’s true heritage. He fought with both of his parents about the matter, unaware that Amelia had enchanted his father as a means of keeping Fiona for herself. He often acted out, and, one night, when he was thirteen and Fiona fourteen, he wound up bitten and turned into a werewolf. He left home after that, and Fiona didn’t see him until years later.
• Despite the violence permeating throughout her family, otherwise, Fiona lead a relatively normal existence, attending school, making friends, going to after school activities, etc. She really enjoyed science and math, particularly, and she loved running track. She also enjoyed drawing, though it isn’t a particular talent of hers, and she very much liked doing plays with the drama club. She wasn’t popular but she was well-liked and respected among her peers; she got good grades and often made the honor roll. Amelia, despite everything else she was doing to and keeping from Fiona, often told her she was proud of her.
• She had a variety of allergies, including to peanut butter, so she never thought it odd when Amelia told her that certain kinds of iron could hurt her, even kill her. In comparison to Belle and Everette, Fiona was the perfect child, though she often felt the weight of what was expected of her, and the loss of her family over the years.
• Just after Fiona turned 18, Sir Gwawr sent his mercenary group after Daniel Marlowe, killing him rather ruthlessly. Fiona would later come to learn that he did this so that Amelia would know her place; no fairy answers to the whims of any human, no matter what they might have agreed upon.
• Amelia, grieved by this loss, starts to make mistakes in the way she protects and deceives Fiona. Soon after Fiona turns 19, while studying at the local community college to become a nurse (unknowingly like her biological mother), she accidentally summons light in her hand, startling her very human classmates and herself both. She arrives home to demand answers of Amelia, and they wind up in a heated argument that only seems to keep escalating. Fiona’s own determination becomes strong enough to become a kind of magic on its own, strong enough that she breaks through the magic Amelia’s cast on her and the various potions she’s used on her; she begins to remember, and she is furious.
• Unfortunately, this shattering of the shield that bound her to her aunt alerts the rest of the worlds to her existence, and before she can demand answers from her aunt, Fiona immediately finds herself on the run, leaving behind her old life that was never really hers to begin with.
• Fiona, fueled by anger, regret, sadness, and a whole variety of other emotions, struggles to find her footing at first; she ends up throwing herself into all of the poor life choices she never could make before, whether instigating a barfight, or using her magic in reckless ways. She nearly dies several times over in the process of finding herself, and it’s only when she meets Brooke Lockwood, an experienced witch also on the run for reasons of her own, that she manages to pull her life together.
• Reluctant to trust anyone after what happened with Amelia, Fiona swallows her pride and takes a chance with Brooke, a choice that ultimately saves her life. Despite the rivalry between witches and faeries, Brooke proves a true friend to Amelia, perhaps the first she’s ever known. Amelia learns to trust her, and they look out for one another.
• Brooke introduces Amelia to her other friends, a network of outsiders trying to make the best of bad situations, known as Flowers by the Gallows. The Flowers provide Fiona with the opportunity to start learning how to build her own life, as well as study and hone her magic.
• It’s through the Flowers that Fiona also learns that she isn’t alone; Maverick Peterson, a young man older than her by a year, is also part fairy, his mother dallying with another of Queen Titania’s court, as are Emilio Rivers, Charlie King, and Ariana Smith. Esperanza Fuentes, older than Fiona by ten years, reveals herself to be Fiona’s biological half-sister when Fiona discovers her father’s true identity.
• Fiona also learns that her existence, along with the existence of every other being with any ounce of faerie blood in them out there (the exact number of which is unknown), could start a war, if revealed, as they would reveal that the faeries broke their part of the peace treaty of 500 years ago; a fair number of extremist groups, looking for blood and violence, would happily sell her out/reveal her and those like her if given the chance.
• She also learns the hard way that her blood is a combination of drugs and candy for certain supernatural creatures when she’s bitten by a vampire; Esperanza rescues her and begins teaching her methods of disguise and protection.
• As messy as her nineteenth year was, the spring Fiona turned twenty turned into a real clusterfuck. She ran into Everett, now a werewolf, and a member of a brutal group of criminals known for leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. They have an awkward, cold sort of reunion as Fiona saves Everett’s life and he reveals to her that he knew what Amelia was doing to her all along. Fiona, furious, feels betrayed that he did nothing, and they part on even worse terms.
• Fiona also encounters Belle, now a Crossroads Demon, making a deal with someone Fiona once saved through her work with the Flowers. She tries to intervene, but is too late; the man’s soul is sold in one of the crappiest deals in existence.
• Her and Belle get into a fight, and Fiona actually manages to win, hurting Belle rather badly. In the end, though she feels like she ought to kill Belle, she just sends her back to Hell.
• Amelia finally catches up with Fiona, cornering her in an underground, supernatural fight club. They argue, Amelia trying to convince Fiona to come home, that she’s changed. Fiona doesn’t believe her, and she’s especially enraged once she discovers Amelia’s carrying a charm to try and help cage her and make her more compliant. They get into a fight, and while it’s a close call, Fiona gains the upper hand, and, with a brutal gesture, drains Amelia of the magic she borrowed for the night, and leaves her, weakened and exposed, as a group of vampires hone in on her as easy prey. Fiona doesn’t look back.
• Everett confronts her a month later, having encountered his mother as a vampire as part of one of the jobs he works. As much as he disagrees with what Amelia did to Fiona, he feels as though Fiona betrayed the family by leaving Amelia to die, essentially. They fight, and Fiona almost dies.
• Belle, finding a way back from Hell, intervenes; she transfers Fiona’s injuries to Everett and sends him fleeing on the brink of death.
• Fiona and Belle talk, finding their way to an obscure and out of the way diner to do so. Belle explains herself, and she tells Fiona that going to Hell is actually the best thing that could have happened to her. She explains that there’s no love lost between her and Amelia, given that she found out what Amelia did to her father when crossing between various afterlives, and Fiona explains that she feels free now, after a year spent out on her own with the Flowers by the Gallows.
• It takes another year and several battles for Fiona to come to an alliance with Belle, but, eventually, they become something close to friends, and they are currently growing closer, almost as close as they were when they were younger.
• Fiona is constantly learning and refining her magic, and she never stays in one place too long. Luckily, the Flowers by the Gallows, as a network, has resources so that Fiona always usually has at least a couch to sleep on for the night. She travels relatively lightly, keeping her belongings to one overstuffed duffle bag for ease. That being said, she enjoys fashion and making use of her limited resources to pull together an outfit, one of the few luxuries she allows herself. Typically, she prefers wearing leggings with a dress or tunic shirt, along with ‘ass kicking hooker boots,’ as she calls them, and whatever jewelry she can find. (Think a combination of Isabela and Sera from Dragon Age.)
• Everett, determined for revenge, constantly tries selling Fiona out and tries to kill her. Little does Fiona know, Amelia actually works to prevent him from doing so, and she succeeds, for the most part. One night, Everett fights Fiona to the point where she kills him in self-defense, turning him into an angry, restless spirit who cannot pass onto the afterlife due to the baggage he has tying him to life. (Namely, his grudge against Fiona.)
• Everett haunts Fiona constantly, to the point where she learns various exorcism spells just to be able to send him away when he’s really bothering her. It takes a year, when Fiona turns 22, before Fiona winds up confronting Everett, torn by both wanting to be rid of him for good and the guilt she feels in causing his death. They end up fighting against a horde of demons together, and it actually opens them up to a moment of listening and understanding.
• They come to a truce, of sorts; Fiona will help Everett find his way to the afterlife, and Everett will help protect Fiona and assist the Flowers by the Gallows when they need it.
• Naturally, just after this tender moment, Sir Gwawr, tipped off by a rival of Fiona’s bitter about her magical abilities, discovers and kidnaps Fiona along with several other half faeries, transporting them to the Midsummer Gardens to use as leverage to overthrow the Queen.
• Fiona and her fellow kidnapped companions are presented at court, meant to start a scandal. Hamish Briar is truly shocked by Fiona’s existence, so much so that he questions loudly how she could even be real, in front of the entire court, and hurting Fiona deeply.
• However, Queen Titania is not cowed by Sir Gwawr’s tactics; indeed, she only smiles at the sight of Fiona and company, and it’s then that they all realize that Sir Gwawr played into the Queen’s hands all along, moments before she executes Sir Gwawr brutally. She then tells Fiona and her companions that they have a choice: enlist as part of Queen Titania’s forces, or remain in the Midsummer Gardens to serve in the palace. From her speech, it is clear she means to start a war and emerge the ruler of all from it.
• Fiona immediately tries to make a run for it, but is just as immediately caught and brought to the dungeons. It takes a few days until her father sends for her, a few horrid days consisting of terrible food and some torture.
• Hamish brings Fiona to a hidden chamber in his rooms. He seals it with magic to ensure that they aren’t overheard, and then he explains that, no, he didn’t know she existed, and that, as much as he would like to get to know her, they don’t have time. He explains how Helena, mistress of Prince Regent Oberon, is looking to overthrow Titania and put a stop to her madness. He also tells her that there are at least seven others vying for the throne, but he’s pledged his loyalty to Helena, whom he loves, awkward as that sounds.
• Hamish tells Fiona that, essentially, all hell is about to break loose, what with faerie politics about to spill over into the rest of the worlds. He provides her with a means to contact him using her owl tattoo; he reveals that he has a similar one on his left shoulder, and he crafts a spell that enables them to communicate through the tattoos. He explains that he has done this for Esperanza, as well, and that he wishes she would have told him about his other daughter. Fiona responds by saying she probably didn’t think it was her place to say, feeling protective of her older sister.
• Hamish introduces Fiona to Helena and other members of Helena’s supporters briefly before organizing a way for Fiona and the others to escape. Two go with Fiona; the rest have all signed up with Titania’s forces.
• When Fiona makes it back, she immediately seeks out Brooke and Esperanza, explaining what just happened. They inform her that she’s been gone an entire month, even though, back in the Midsummer Gardens, it felt like only a few days.
• Literally five minutes later, Queen Titania broadcasts a message across all the worlds using her magic, explaining the existence of half faerie children, the dangers they possess, and the rewards for turning them in, a handsome bonus is alive.
• Fiona, Esperanza, and those remaining of their half faerie friends all immediately go into hiding; they invent different identities for themselves, and they learn to guard against those hunting them with even greater efficiency.
• Belle, Everett, and even Amelia all reach out to Fiona, offering to aid her as best they can. Fiona, desperate, takes them all up on their offers, and it’s through their help that she manages to evade the best of Titania’s hunters and those looking to collect the bounty on her head for themselves.
• Through the Flowers by the Gallows, Fiona is able to still pick up and complete odd jobs in order to get by, everything from grumpy winged cows to fierce dragons, and all of the strangeness in between.
• She spends the next three years studying and practicing magic, working odd jobs, and keeping on the run, even as Titania begins to escalate in her desire for war. She communicates with Hamish as much as she can, and she tries to meet up with Brooke, Esperanza, and others from the Flowers as much as she can, as safely as she can. She starts to get really proficient in disguise magic. She tries to help those caught in the middle of Titania’s whims as much as she can, and she fights back against the increased war efforts of Titania as much as she can.
• Eventually, Fiona isn’t able to communicate with her father as often, as the communication between them can be hacked, as they find out the hard way. The last Fiona heard directly from Hamish, he was almost found out. Helena reaches out to her directly to inform her that Titania has taken Hamish prisoner and is torturing him.
• Fiona works on a rescue plan while continuing to pick up odd jobs along the way. She’s in the middle of hunting down a dangerous herd of wyvern in exchange for food and additional weapons when she winds up in the Kingdom of the Pierced Heart.
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