Fiona Belli

Fiona Belli is the main protagonist of Haunting Ground. She was voiced by Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy, and mo-capped by .
==Biography==
Not much is known about Fiona's life prior to the game. She was born with a hereditary birth mark on her back from her father, and is the descendant of Aureolus Belli, as the 15th generation. She inherited the Azoth from her father, and is unaware of her ancestry. She once visited a museum when she was a little girl, and had a doll collection.
Fiona had only recently moved away from her parents at age 18 to attend university, and was visiting with them when she was involved in a car crash. Her mother was killed instantly in the wreck, and while her father survived the initial crash, he was immediately stabbed by Riccardo with a knife before he could even exit the driver's seat.
After the car crash, Riccardo carried Fiona's unconscious body with him to Belli Castle. There, Fiona was stripped of her clothes and taken to the underground cellar by Debilitas. Fiona eventually awoke, finding the cage unlocked, taking the opportunity as a chance to escape. However, just before she left, she briefly encountered a . As it ran away, it dropped its collar with "Hewie" on it.
Once se made her way to the castle's guest room, Fiona met Daniella, the castle's maid. Daniella provided Fiona with proper clothing. Fiona asked Daniella where she was and how she got there, but Daniella suddenly left. Soon after, while exploring one of the castle's corridors, Fiona met Debilitas, who was playing with a doll, but when he saw Fiona, he became convinced that she was a large doll for him to play with.
After a few hostile encounters with Debilitas, Fiona soon met Riccardo, the castle's groundskeeper. Riccardo revealed to her that she is the heir to Belli Castle, as her parents had passed away during their car crash. Fiona then passed out from the shock of losing her parents and finding out this information, so Riccardo carried Fiona back to her bed in the guest room.
Fiona later awoke during a nightmare of her parents' deaths and heard a dog whimpering outside. She looked out of her window and saw the same from before, now lying on the ground by a tree. Fiona left her room, went outside, and examined the dog, finding it caught in a trap by its neck. Outraged, Fiona recognised the dog from earlier freed him, telling him not to get caught again as he left.
When she returned to the guest room, Fiona found Debilitas sat on her bed. Just as Debilitas approached her, the dog came to Fiona's rescue and bit Debilitas' hand, causing him to flee. Now safe and sound, Fiona stroked and bonded with the dog, remembering from before that his name is Hewie. With Hewie by her side to protect her from Debilitas, Fiona began searching for a way out of the castle.
Fiona was guided by notes left by a mysterious man named Lorenzo Belli. Following Lorenzo's directions, Fiona went to the castle's chapel, where she found a key that was to unlock the path to the Old Mansion. Fiona was then trapped in the chapel with Debilitas after he followed her in there. Fiona and Hewie team up against him. Depending on the player's actions, Fiona and Hewie will either kill Debilitas or trap him underneath a chandelier.
If they cause the chandelier to fall on Debilitas and trap him, he will be alive to see Fiona standing near the altar as she looks at him. He will see her as a divine being and bow to her before leaving the chapel. Regardless, Debilitas will now leave Fiona alone for the rest of the game. Afterwards, Fiona went to the Old Mansion, but before she could use the key, Daniella appeared and urged her to attend dinner.
At the dinner table, Fiona sat before Daniella, who began telling her about how she is physically unable to experience taste, pain, or pleasure. An uncomfortable Fiona leaves the room to sleep in the guest room. A while later, Daniella went to the guest room and placed her hand on Fiona's abdomen, waking her up. Daniella then repeatedly bashed her own head against the window, causing a piece to come loose.
She then began to pursue Fiona with it throughout the castle. Daniella chased after Fiona out of jealousy that Fiona can bear children, experience physical feeling, and experience human emotion because she possesses the "Azoth", which Daniella believes will make herself human and "complete". Eventually, in the Old Mansion, Daniella's end came when Fiona and Hewie entered a domed area, facing her in a fight.
A mirror is revealed beneath her and, at the sight of her reflection, Daniella screams at such a high pitch that the glass above her shatters, bringing a huge shard down upon her, piercing her through the abdomen. Fiona found a key that Daniella was holding onto, then went to another part of the castle, where she would encounter Riccardo, who then pursued Fiona with the intent of using her Azoth to live for all eternity.
A while later, Fiona and Hewie escaped to the forest outside the castle, but Riccardo soon caught up with them. In a conversation between Fiona and Riccardo, Fiona discovered that her father was actually a clone of Riccardo, and that Riccardo was the man that had killed her father. Unable to comprehend the information, Fiona faints and Riccardo carries her for the third time to the water tower.
Of note, if the player is replaying the game, there will be a cutscene of Riccardo probing Fiona on an operating table, examining her Azoth and saying to himself that it will be ready in a few days.
In one of the cells located inside the water tower, Fiona was rescued by Hewie, but they encountered Riccardo once again, who had applied an alchemical substance to Fiona's eyes which perceives him as being invisible. At the top of the water tower, Fiona and Hewie manage to push Riccardo off the edge, killing him. Fiona then walked across a bridge connecting the water tower to the House of Truth, where she met Lorenzo Aureolus Belli, an old alchemist in a wheelchair that had been helping her throughout her journey.
Fiona then discovered that Lorenzo wanted to offer her a chance to be immortal with him so that they may pursue the "Great Truth" together, which is a philosophical revelation that Aureolus Belli, one of Fiona's and Lorenzo's ancestors, had dedicated his entire life searching for. However, Fiona refused to be with him. In a conversation with Lorenzo, he transformed himself from an older man to a younger man.
Lorenzo pursued Fiona, who eventually found the Cane of Caduceus, the key to her escape from the castle. With Hewie by her side, Fiona defeated Lorenzo and escaped to the front gate of Belli Castle. Shaking, Fiona was having some trouble getting the key into the lock, but Hewie whimpered at her to calm her. She thanked him with a grateful smile and managed to unlock the gate.
Ending A ("Fortes Fortuna Juvat" / "Fortune helps the brave.") is obtained if Fiona is nice to Hewie, and defeated Debilitas with the chandelier. Hewie begins barking once Fiona unlocks the gate, catching her attention. Debilitas comes out the double doors with hedge-clippers. In a tense moment, Fiona and Debilitas stare at each other. Debilitas then simply bows to Fiona, showing that he means no harm, and possibly thanking her for sparing his life. She and Hewie then leave. Debilitas looks at the overgrown trees in the garden and begins clipping them as he hums to himself.
Ending B ("Ignis Aurum Probat" / "Fire tests gold.") is obtained if Fiona is nice to Hewie, but killed Debilitas during his boss fight; Fiona and Hewie simply escape the castle. The secret Ending C ("Dona Nobis Pacem" / "Grant us peace.") is obtained by the following steps: complete the game already, defeat Debilitas with the chandelier, get the key from his hut, unlock the toilet stall, and get the gate key from its hidden cellar. It is similar to Ending B, but Fiona and Hewie leave the castle earlier; Lorenzo calls out to Fiona not to go and falls down the stairs, loathing the fact that she has left.
Ending D ("Tu Fui, Ego Eris" / "What you are, I was. What I am, you will be.") is obtained if Fiona mistreats Hewie so he abandons her, or if Riccardo shoots Hewie dead. Either way, Fiona wakes up in a glass box where Riccardo taunts her, saying she belongs to him and that she will "give birth" to him again with her Azoth. She screams in frustration. Fiona is impregnated (likely raped) off-screen - even more disturbing since Riccardo could be viewed as Fiona's uncle. Later, in a castle bedroom, Riccardo tenderly strokes Fiona's head and her now heavily pregnant, bulging belly. As he walks away, she wakes, then gives a faint smile and a hollow laugh. This bad ending is likely non-canon, as Fiona is outraged when she finds Hewie tied to a tree.
==Personality==
Although Fiona is not very athletic and lacks physical strength, she makes up for this with her wits and intelligence - brains over brawn - and often uses clever means to deal with the different predicaments she faces. She is very mature and is often quiet and introspective, but she is not weak-willed or introverted, and is highly determined to escape the castle alive. Fiona is also shown to be frightened very easily, possibly due to a sheltered lifestyle. Unlike both of her parents who are school teachers, Fiona studies art and music instead. At one point in the game, Fiona comments that she has some skills at playing the piano, but no comment on how well. This shows that Fiona has a creative, artistic side.
Fiona is shown to care for animals and is repulsed by and suffering; for example, if Fiona examines a birdcage with a dead bird inside, she comments about how sick some people can treat animals, "The terrible things that people do to animals these days. It's just so upsetting." When examining a rug, she comments on how terrible it must be to be walked on all day, "Is this real? Poor little thing. Being stepped and walked on all day..." Fiona feels strong sympathy towards Hewie who had been tied to a tree trunk with a wire by Riccardo Belli and left to die, and decides to free him resulting in the beginning of their bond.
Fiona may have a heart condition because she is to run more than a few minutes without beginning to clutch her left hand against her chest, in addition to the constant vibrating of the controller. Her heart rate is very high, and she appears to have poor stamina and running endurance. She may also have ; its symptoms include , , (she is clumsy and trips a lot during the game), , (she faints twice in the game), and (back-stepping several times in a row causes her to pant heavily). In panic mode, she becomes extremely difficult to control, stumbles, and takes a while to get back up when knocked down on the floor. She may have fear-induced muscle spasms; when she sees Debilitas after meeting Hewie, she instantly falls to the floor and is unable to stand up, as if a stiffness has overtaken her body. She may also have some sort of  or ; in panic mode, the screen turns black-and-white and has a shaky blur. Her physical condition may be attributed to the fact that her father is a clone.
==Appearance==
Fiona's platinum blonde hair is usually tied back with a light blue and falls a few inches past her shoulders, while her short hangs freely just above her eyes. When let down, it appears shorter due to the layers, but the longest portion is about the same length. Her skin is pale, with a pink tint to it. She appears to wear minimal makeup. Her eyes are light blue, matching her bobble. At the start of the game, Fiona wears nothing but a cream-coloured silk sheet. The player can unlock multiple costumes for her, and equip four types of , as well as four chokers which change her appearance in-game. Boots do not change her appearance, however.
She wears a simple, dark brown around her neck, with a small charm attached. Her shirt's design is very complex. The main portions are of a white color, with a square collar and long puffed sleeves before stopping a few inches before the wrist. A blue - presumably a - is encrusted just below the collar bone, with a small black border around it. Slightly above this, for the horizontal portion of the collar, is a brown strip of cloth with a white design embodied in it. There are similar strips on both sleeves, three total. The first, towards the top and the last, acting as a cuff, have matching designs, while the one that rims the end of the puffed part of each sleeve has its own design. The front of her shirt has various patterns running up her chest, on her belly, and under the collar.
The bottom has a snowflake-like design going over it, various parts above of which criss-cross and leave the areas below visible. The back of the shirt is open and beneath the bust line a blue string criss-crosses down and ends in a tied bow. Under all this a black undergarment, which is more visible from the back, with what might be a white strip at the bottom. Her skirt is of a layered, dark purple begins around her stomach area and the upper half is simple and solid, while the lower half has folding and is slightly translucent. The skirt is rimmed with a flowery design and is quite short, ending well above her knees. She wears black translucent stockings with a solid edge and brown . Her boots have a lighter rim which ends in a small V in the sides, where the zipping begins, also separating a vine-like, almost floral design of a lighter color than the boots, matching the edges. Each boot also has a short, black underside heel, probably only an inch tall.
==Quotes==
* "Where am I? It's kind of cold... The air smells... funny." (arriving outside the basement)
* "I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back."
* "Um... excuse me, but... where are we? And... how did I get here?" (to Daniella)
* "Wait a minute... I remember being in the car with..."
* "I can't just walk around all day holding these sheets around me. Call me old-fashioned, but I would prefer a normal set of clothes to these bed sheets."
* "It feels almost like it was custom-tailored to fit me. It really clings to my shape quite nicely. Although it feels a little tight in the chest area." (about her new clothing)
* "Oh come on, Fiona... It's not like you are going to find the Boogieman under there." (examine guest room bed after changing clothes)
* "Wait a second! What's that?!" (finding hiding place)
* "What the! What was that thing?!" (getting hit by the first Luminessant)
* "My parents are... dead?! It has to be a lie. Maybe it's all just a dream... or maybe I am just in shock or something. That has to be it. I-It just has to be."
* "Go, now. And don't get caught this time... Go..." (to Hewie)
* "I can't believe there are people out there that would do this to a poor helpless animal."
* "Thank you... you saved me. Come here... Come on, boy! What's your name? ...Hewie? So you're Hewie! Well hi, Hewie."
* "I-I could have been killed... I guess fate was smiling on me today... for now."
* "Those big eyes... He almost looks like a child of sorts. The size of a giant and the mind of a child... You should be pitied, not hated. I guess I shouldn't have reacted as I did..."
* "It's that weird maid again... She keeps staring at herself in the mirror like she hates herself or something. I can't see why. Her skin, her eyes, her body... They all look fine to me. Oh well, blame society, I guess..."
* "She's right there, stupid. What good is hiding in the closet going to do now?"
* "Only a fool would even think of going back now!"
* "The more I look, the more it seems to resemble a human child... But certainly such nonsense is the stuff of horror novels and such. Things like that don't actually ever happen... do they?"
* "An extractor? I know this'll make me sound stupid, but maybe it's to extract things?"
* "God, I miss home..."
* "Why are you after me?! What do you WANT?! ...Azoth?" (to Daniella)
* "Not even that stopped her! What is she, the maid from hell?"
* "Why is it always like this? Why must I kill just to keep myself alive? I hate this place... I really do."
* "No... I don't want to. Please let me be. I want to go home..." (to Riccardo)
* "A balance in a corridor... Just one more strange happening that I don't even want to try to guess at."
* "Transmuter? Umm... That's great and everything... But what is that guy doing over there behind me?! Is he head-butting the wall? And I thought I had problems..."
* "You've been shot... You'll be alright. This will stop the bleeding..." (to Hewie)
* "Why are you doing this? What did I do? ...What Azoth? I don't even know what that is!" (to Riccardo)
* "Stop! I am not your child! I know exactly who my parents are!" (to Riccardo)
* "Hewie? ...You saved me again."
* "There you are, boy! Hewie..."
* "NOOOOOOO!" (running from Lorenzo)
* "Daddy...? What's going on? You're not my..."
* "Dammit! I have to do something!" (examining locked door)
* "This time... you really are dead. You bastard."
* "Thank you... Hewie."
* "Hewie... Wait up, boy!"
* "My quest is now complete. I leave the entirety of my legacy in this room. Aureolus Fiona Belli." (upon completing Secret Room)
==Trivia==
*Fiona is a character card in .
*Fiona shares two similar extra costumes with Alyssa Hamilton: Cowgirl and Leather.
*Fiona has "breast jiggle" physics; her breasts bounce almost every time she stops in place.
*Fiona still calls her father "daddy" at age 18; she does it twice when she sees Riccardo and Lorenzo.
*Fiona makes a cameo in Joe the Condor's ending in , along with Hewie and Debilitas.
*Fiona's A.I. in "Dog's Best Friend" has been criticized for her tendency to run the wrong way and fight against stalkers.
*Fiona is an alternate costume for Cammy White in . Inputting a secret code will also unlock the Texas Cowgirl costume.
*Unlike the other  protagonists, Fiona survives all endings (not counting Alyssa Hamilton, as  has only one ending).
*Since her father Ugo is a homunculus, Fiona could be thought of as half-homunculus/half-human, although this is only a subjective interpretation.
*Fiona has various death scenes. Her most unique deaths are being pierced by pins, devoured by bugs, skewered in an iron maiden, shot with a crossbow, and crushed in a rock grinder.
*Fiona hates bugs and insects, including moths. At one point in the game, the player may kick a wall, terrifying Fiona when tons of insects crawl out. This also makes her death scene where she is killed by flying bugs especially nasty.
*Although her birth date is unknown, it can be assumed that it's the 1980s, since every other Clock Tower game is set the same year it was released. If the same logic applies to Haunting Ground, which was released in 2005, then Fiona was born around 1987.
*Fiona bears a resemblance to Jill Valentine from . They both have a slender build, pale skin, blue eyes, a similar facial structure, a similar fringe, large breasts, and platinum blonde hair (though Jill's hair is naturally brown) with brown roots tied back in a low ponytail. Jill's look was most likely based on Fiona's, or Fiona's was based on Jill's in . Fiona can also play the piano just like Jill.
*As seen in concept art, it appears that Fiona was originally supposed to have clothing that would deteriorate upon taking damage, but this was ultimately scrapped from the final game, possibly because it was too complicated of a process for the , or because the developers didn't want to risk sexualising Fiona even more as she is still a teenager.
**The latter is far more likely, since characters from (another PS2 game from 2005) and James Earl Cash from (a PS2 game from 2003) gradually gain more visual injuries as they lose health.
*At one point in the game, Fiona finds a female body connected to a strange incubation machine. It may be an abducted woman, a female homunculus, or a clone of Fiona. Upon seeing it, Fiona comments, "Why is this happening to me?! Dear god! If I get caught now, I'm sure they will kill me."
**This may be a hint as to how Daniella may have been created.
**It is unclear what happened to her after the events of Haunting Ground.
**Upon closer inspection, the body inside seems to be a recycled Fiona model, as she shares her face, albeit with a bald head and smaller breasts.
==Licensing==
This article contains content derived from the "Fiona Belli" article on the Clock Tower Wiki, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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