Finian de Seel

* Charlie Bowater
* Kira Night

**Finian "Fin" de Seel** is the Gearhead of Squad 312 and a member of the Aurora Legion.

## Biography

### Early Life

When Fin was a child, he caught the Lysergia plague which caused nerve damage, muscle weakness, and impaired mobility. When Fin was six years old, he was sent away from home, by family telling him it would be easier on an orbital station with his grandparents. The reasoning was that he could sleep in low gravity there and have access to the best doctors. But everyone was oblivious that this meant he was sent away from his family and friends, leaving him alone, which due to Betraskan's large family dependence, was emotionally harmful to the small boy. He built himself an exosuit, which gave him the ability to move without assistance, but needs rest and the chance to be fixed if need be.

### *Aurora Rising*

Finian is one of the last to be picked during the Draft, becoming a member of Squad 312 under the leadership of Tyler Jones. He gets to meet his new squad members Zila, Scarlett, and Cat as well as his new leader. Together they are talking about their first meeting on the next day. Shortly after, Tyler tries to break up a fight between five Tanks, only to get drawn into another fight with Kaliis Gilwraeth, who turns out to be the squad's tank.

Their first mission turns out to be a supply run to Sagan Station. The group is greeted with suspicion due to the hostility between the Syldrathi and Kal, as a member of the Warbreed cabal. Still, the refugees agree to the help of the squad, under the condition of Kal keeping to the port area to unload medical crates while the rest of his squad offers to help in the station. Shortly after the Station is attacked by The Unbroken, the followers of the Starslayer. Finian is working on the weapon system with Zila when a ship from the Terran Defense Force interferes. Tyler then tries to convince Auri to go with the TDF while she pleads to them about not saying anything about her. She reveals that de Stoy told her to flee, but the squad is undecided whether to believe her or not. It is revealed that the TDF is accompanied by five members of the GIA, who tell Auri they are there to escort her home. None of the squad interferes, so they take Auri onto their ship. Still, the squad is ushered onto the ship as well. Only when Cat arrives do they learn that the whole Station was decimated.

In the holding cell, Tyler starts a fight with Kal after everything becomes too much for him. This is quickly broken up by Scar before Zila tells them via their uniglasses about her assumption that the GIA will kill them as well. The squad then decides to break out, with Tyler and Kal taking care of Aurora, while the rest of them tries to take back their Longbow. They meet with the squad and escape into the Fold.

Later the squad discusses what to do with an unconscious Aurora after she used her powers on Scarlett and changed their ship's course. They realize that Auri changed the course to Sempiternity when Auri herself wakes up again. They decide to return to the Academy when Auri again uses her power to stop the spaceship until Tyler agrees to follow her course.

The squad arrives at the World Ship and immediately splits up to gather clothes, information and find a place to lie low. Together with Cat, Fin goes to visit Dariel, a distant cousin of his, and together they persuade him to let them stay with him. Sometime afterward, the rest of the squad arrives as well. There, the squad settles down and tries to come up with a plan for the following days. At night, Scar realizes that Fin struggles with his exosuit and the effort of the past few days, asking him whether he needs help or not. Afterward, they talk for a while longer before finally going to sleep. While asleep, Auri's powers overcome her again, letting her paint a strange figure over and over again on every surface in the room they share. With the help of Dariel, they identify it as an artifact of the Eshvaren Empire that was a part of an exhibition of the Bianchi Museum. Auri then admits that she heard about the Eshvaren in her visions, causing the squad to discuss whether they should keep going or not.

Both Tyler and Scar leave for the museum later, trying to gather information about the statue, only to find that the statue is now a private exhibit in Casseldon Bianchi's collection. They also learn about a Masquerade to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the World Ship. Later on, Scar convinces Cat to go on a date with Declan and Lachlan, two security guards, while the rest of the squads waits in a cheap hotel until they are unconscious after Scar sedated them. Kal and Ty steal their uniforms to get into the Security area of the ship, helping Fin to hack into the video system.

Back at Dariel's den, the squad collectively takes a look at Bianchi's office, trying to come up with a plan on how to break into it and steal the statue in the process without getting caught. Auri then mentions that she had a vision about a masquerade ball. They remember the Masquerade about to take place and make a plan on how to go through with their heist.

Scar provides her brother, Auri, Cat, and herself with outfits for the Masquerade, which they visit together, while Zila and Kal break into the security system. In the process, the den is suddenly stormed by the GIA, with them knocking out Fin. It turns out that Cat supposedly sold Auri to the GIA, but instead told the squad all about it use the GIA operatives as means to fulfil their plan. Fin is saved by Kal, Zila, and Scar and makes it mostly unharmed to the Longbow, with which the squad leaves Sempiternity.

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## Personality

Finian comes off as extremely arrogant and sarcastic towards others. Beneath that tough exterior, Fin is afraid of showing weaknesses, having always paid for it once he did so. He is incredibly brave, and a mechanical genius, making him one of the smartest members of Squad 312. He has a kind heart and genuinely cares about his squad, who he has selected to be his chosen clan.

## Physical Description

Fin has short, spiky white hair and skin the colour of bleached bone. His eyes are bigger than a humans, and he wears completely black contact lenses to protect them from the light. Due to nerve damage, muscle weakness, and impaired mobility from a young age, Fin has had to wear an exosuit to compensate.

Due to his health conditions, Finian has to wear a light exosuit. It's made of a silvery metal, a half shell covering his back, his arms, and legs fitted with articulated sleeves, gloves, and boots. It's state-of-the-art tech, and his movement is fluid, almost soundless. It handles much of the hard work for him, and he's extremely dependent on it.

## Relationships

### Scarlett Jones

Finian and Scarlett had an initially undefined friendship, exchanging snarky remarks during early missions and (mostly in Finian's case) generally flirting with the other in a half-hearted way. But while on Sempiternity, Scarlett notices Fin's physical condition and how difficult it is becoming for him to move with the lack of zero gravity. Around the same time, Finian is developing a crush on Scar, noticing her laugh, admiring her social interactions, and noticing how attractive she is. When they land on Octavia III, Scarlett asks him if he needs help getting out of his seat, as his exosuit had not compensated for his adrenaline rush. He is initially angry, internally saying that he "did not want it from her, of all people", but when he looks up, her eyes held no pity, like he had expected, but a little bit of worry. He then tells her that he did not want to be the guy who needs help, that he doesn't want to show weakness, something he had never told anyone before. He also asks her to not talk about it, which she respects, and she pulls him out of his seat, staring into each other's eyes for a moment, during which Fin thinks to himself, "Maker's bits, I really like her". after the happening of their first adventure, the two flirt with each other, and they express concern when the other when they are injured. When Tyler Jones is captured by the GIA, Finian offers to go with Scarlett to try and save him, to which she tries to object before he says she's not going in there alone. When their attempt fails and they leave without Tyler, Finian comforts Scarlett, holding her hand and trying to cheer her up gently, thinking that it broke his heart to watch her so upset, and she thanks him for trying to help. Later on, when the squad finds out that Kal is the son of the Starslayer, Scarlett yells at Kal before he twists her arm and throws her to the ground, to which Finian becomes angry, pushing Kal in the chest and telling him to leave her alone. After that, Finian and Scarlett hold hands regularly, showing genuine care and concern for the other. In the final sequences in the book, Finian offers to fix the ship they are in, Scarlett coming with him. When there, they realize the damage is much worse than they initially thought, and Fin discovers that he can't fix it. Scarlett turns to look at him, both believing that they are about to die and get blown up, either by a ship or the sun the Starslayer is about the destroy. Finian smiles, the first time Scarlett had seen him do so without any guard up and thinks he's beautiful. They are about to kiss when Finian stops, realizing Scarlett's necklace is an Eshvaren Crystal.

### Kaliis Gilwraeth

Kal and Finian develop a friendship over time, exchanging remarks about the other, Kal frequently saying Finian is 'not much of a warrior'. Fin offers to go with Kal to find the black box, which is a deadly mission. When Kal is sent away, Finian is deeply hurt and upset about the event, feeling like he's been shot but still moving.

### Zila Madran

Finian is one of the members of Squad 312 that was actually considerably close to Zila, as he was the first to try and talk to her when alone during their mission at Sagan Station, though the conversation was a failure and very short. After the first part of their adventure, he was very friendly and kind toward her, making her wonder if that is what it is like to have friends. He had shown that he cares about her and thinks of her as a friend.

### Catherine Brannock

The two exchanged sarcastic insults throughout their first time as a squad, and when Cat is absorbed by the Ra'haam, Finian felt guilty that he was so rude towards her, hoping she understood he was just bad at sincerity and hoping she didn't take it personally.

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## Trivia

* Fin seems to be bisexual, mentioning often that he thinks both of the Jones twins as well as Kal are hot, though he seems to prefer Scar.[*citation needed*]
* Finian's mental signature, or how his mind appears, is emerald green and "full of life".