Seraphyna Tenefactorum (Faylayre)

**Seraphyna** is a character role-played by StarfireDrogon.

## General Description

She is of middling height and slim but fit build. The azure, perfectly even lines that crossed the skin of her forehead and upper arms  spoke to her origin. However, in banishment her markings were hidden, partially by the fact of her supression and partially by the mask that came with it.

## Backstory

Syraphyna was born to Agynes Faylayre in the 2450 year of the Philoxenian calendar. When her markings first expressed themselves, her mother did her best to keep them hidden, she did not wish to lose her child to the Tenefactorum. Eventually though, she was discovered. Syraphyna was barely six at the time, (Tenefactorum gain their power between ages 4-10 and gain photographic memory with it). She remembers the entirety of the event. The Military police had showed up to ask her mother to surrender her voluntarily, but her mother resisted. In the ensuing battle, her mother was shot and bled out on the scene. As a dodger, she was denied any medical care.

Syraphyna was taken into the custody of the Tenefactorum Branch of the Philoxenian Military and placed with her training unit. She trained with them until her 18th year and advanced into one of several high profile cases units. From there, she spent an additional ten years training in melee combat, politics, diplomacy, subtle information gathering, psychology of intelligence, disguise and tactics.

In the following thirty years she went on a few missions and she met Stephen. He was a Tenefactorum in her own unit. Attachment was forbidden to all Tenefactorum as, due to the dangers of how their heightened emotions worked, it was seen as too risky to allow. Strong bonds of attachment to another person could disrupt their ability to veil their emotions and presence. It started to affect her ability to perform her missions, resulting in her being grounded to base for several years. During this time, their bond grew stronger. She thought she was still fully in control of her Bond to him, but she wasn’t, she was losing control of her magic and her ability to veil her emotions and presence.

Stephen eventually failed a mission due to their bond and they were discovered. Stephen was told that he was being transferred and would never see her again. He fully lost control at the thought of being separated from her, wiping out several buildings on base in the process. For this loss of control he was given the options of death or retirement. Unable to stand the thought of living alone, without Seraphyna, he chose death. She was required to attend his execution as a reminder of what happens to those who seek out those attachments while they still possess their powers. The trauma of the bond between them breaking caused her to loose control for a while. Fully expecting this, the current commander of the Tenefactorum had her confined to a maximum suppression chamber (basically a large cube room, but one that she could not feel or interact with the outside world magically) until such time as she could regain control of her emotions. During this time, she was not allowed any interaction with others, she was fully isolated from even the smallest touch of the outside world. Food delivery was the only break in the monotony of her confinement. Eventually though, through sheer determination, she regained her composure and worked her way from a desk job, back to her old job.

She continued her old job and was recognized as one of the elite members of her unit, until her last mission. Her target was a former commander of the Tenefactorum (not a Tenefactorum himself). As he was more aware of the true workings of the Tenefactorum than most targets, he made an attempt to derail her so that he could escape. He brought up Stephan's death and kept at it like a dog with a bone. He pointed out how the blame was equally hers and yet Stephan had been the one to pay the ultimate price. When she finally broke, she took out half of the town she was in in a single energy burst. When she came back to her senses, nothing was left but dust, circling in a confused breeze. She was given two options: “retirement” or facing the same fate that Stephen had faced. Without the emotional tie that Stephan had when faced with the decision, she chose retirement and accepted the nearly complete suppression of her powers and banishment to an unknown location.

However nothing is ever that simple. During the final part of the ritual as Seraphyna accepted that this was perhaps for the best. Someone darted out of the darkness and into the ritual circle. As the figure rushed into the circle, he broke part of one of the circle's lines. Confused beyond reason, She realized that the figure appeared, beyond a doubt to be Stephen. She was understandably confused, for she had attended his execution. He took her hand in his and used his free hand to slip something into her pocket. He was only able to say one thing before the ritual compleated, pulling Seraphyna away... "you havent seen the truth."

## Events

Description

## Relationships

* Stephen (bond broken/ separated by death)

## Quotes

* *"Even on the darkest of nights, the sun still rises"*
* *"Find the beauty in the world, even when all seems dark"*
* "*What is a.... Birthday?*"
* *"Thank you innocent one for your sacrifice"*
* *"Loss.. is never easy"*

## Trivia & Notes

* Seraphyna was the first Faylayre in sixteen generations to express the markings of a true Tenefactorum.