Fay Simmons

**Fay Simmons** was a female Aetherian citizen of Faulkner Keep, a Borealan-established colonial outpost settlement on the planet Octus. Once a citizen of Tedourin and later a marauder, Simmons was brought into Faulkner Keep after trying to attack and steal from the settlement, granting her a second chance.

She was the girlfriend of Olivia Tanantina.

## Biography

### Early Life: Raised With Guilt

In 5870 ASA, Fay Simmons was born on the planet Octus, a forested world covered in aspen trees. Born and raised within the confines of the theocratic Tedourin kingdom, Fay grew up with the idea that her people carried the weight of the sins of their progenitors. This feeling of guilt and atonement that shaped Tedourini society gave Fay a rather pessimistic view on the world at large. By the time she was a teenager, Fay saw her first chance of living outside of Tedourin and took it.

### Traveling and Raiding

For several years as an adolescent, Fay would travel from settlement to settlement finding work in low-wage jobs. Her distaste towards others persisted, as she grew to dislike the other factions on Octus as well as her own original kingdom. She was creeped out by the Hehisdan custom of wearing masks, and she was completely dismayed by the misogyny of the Andradites.

One day, while working a lowly job at a rustic inn, Fay met a band of raiders who gave her the opportunity to live a more meaningful life. From that day forward, Fay made a living as a raider. She would continue traveling between settlements and cities, only now with a group of marauders and thieves. Fay came to find great value in pillaging towns, becoming an increasingly destructive person. However, while she continued working together with the band of raiders, she never came to see them as friends or family.

## Personality and Traits

Fay was an Aetherian woman and, as such, had ghastly white skin, hair, and piercing eyes with shrunken pupils. She kept her hair in a short mohawk and cut with a drop fade.

At heart, Fay was a survivalist who looked out for herself above all else. As a result of her tumultuous upbringing and life experiences, Fay was rather ignorant on many things the universe had to offer. She was outspoken, abrasive, and difficult to grow close to, which made some consider her behavior coarse and rude. She was very competitive and prone to feelings of aggression. After being taken into Faulkner Keep, Fay recognized some of the issues she harbored over the course of her life and tried to better herself, adjusting to life in a positive, productive environment that did not involve pillaging others. One problem she had particular trouble keeping tabs on was her jealousy, as she always wished she had more than she was given in life, which some of her colleagues and neighbors understood and sympathized with. Outside of her rough exterior, Fay was an art-oriented woman who liked to express her creativity through the creation of sculptures.

## Skills and Abilities

As a survivalist, Fay had a great deal of knowledge over plants and knew how to tend to gardens and farms. She taught herself how to cook at an early age and was considerably skilled at her craft. As an artist, she was noticeably skilled in sculpting with both wood and stone. As a former marauder, she had basic familiarity with hand-to-hand combat, able to defend herself in a fight to a certain degree.

## Trivia

* Fay is based off of a randomly generated colonist character from the sandbox video game *RimWorld*.