Fio

## Fio

* Helmet
* No Helmet

### Aliases

The Muse
The Solar Muse

### Relations

Vinter (Father)
Stein (Brother)
Arg0s (Blorbo)

### Affiliation

Demonic Courts
Court of Instrumentality (Formerly)

## Physical description

### Eye color

Silver

Fio is an NPC in Reflection. She is played by Jay. She spent untold eons ruling the Demonic Court of Instrumentality as its Archdemon. However, following her actions in World Twelve, her status has since been revoked.

## Appearance and Personality

### Appearance

Fio assumes the appearance of a tall adult woman with pale skin and black hair. Four large black feathers also portrude from her head. Two white flowers also seem to be growing off of the back of her neck. In terms of clothing, she most often wears a small black and white covering over her chest, above a transluscent white skirt. Various golden bands also cover her limbs, some of which seem to be holding up her other clothing. She rarely opens her eyes, but her irises are a light, silvery color. Fio does not wear shoes.

As the Muse of Instrumentality, Fio wears a bodysuit of a similar make to the ones worn by the other Archdemons. Unlike some of her colleagues, it is implied that Fio does not require the bodysuit to live like the others do. Her suit consists of metallic body armor as well as a helmet that fully covers her face, A long tube connects the armor to the helmet. The helmet seems to have portrusions similar to cat ears, and is usually covered by a gray hood.

### Personality

As an Archdemon, Fio's moral frame of reference can be incredibly disparate to the moral understanding of humans. Above all else, she primarily values exciting stories, and usually makes decisions based on what she feels will lead to the most interesting story. On occasion, she will even go against the Demonic Courts if she thinks it would be uninteresting for the human resistance to lose at that point in time. While she enjoys directing the stories she observes, Fio also deeply wants to participate in them, a dream she was unable to realize until World Twelve.

In conversation, Fio is incredibly playful and coy, rarely assuming a demeanor other than deceptively innocent excitement. She is also easily embarrassed, especially when interacted with outside of her official capacity as the Muse. When her "stories" are interrupted, she becomes very angry.

## History

### Early Life

Following the destruction of the old world, Fio was born as or became a Flametouched. She was found by a group of other Flametouched that did not enter the Cycle and remained in the burnt-out world, where they experimented on Fio in an attempt to make the most powerful ESPer of all time. Eventually, this group seems to have been destroyed or died out, and Fio was taken in by the members of the Derelict. At some point, she assumed her role as the Muse of Instrumentality, directing her Court in its stated goal of eliciting the most riveting stories from each world the Coda consumed. She was responsible for designing the overall shape and structure of the Coda itself.

### World Twelve

During the Demonic incursion into the twelfth world to be targeted by the Coda, Fio became interested in a handful of members of FLOW, a Reflection-wielding organization fighting against the Demonic Courts. After failing to make contact with Ace Galatine, she instead turned her intention to Arg0s, who she found more willing to converse with her. She was tasked with watching over Colt, who had been claimed by Stein, but she was soon pressured by the elites of the Courts of Logic and Compulsion to possess Colt and lead him to a GEIST warehouse to bait FLOW into a devastating trap. She relented, but also gave Arg0s advice at the same time that he was able to use to fight against Logic and Compulsion's trap.

A short time later, Fio assisted the Hunter of Mortals in disabling most of the FLOW Wave Two members who had been on a mission on the first layer of the Coda. Using the Coda itself as an instrument, she channeled a great song that delivered large amounts of Burn, knocking most of the FLOW agents unconscious. At the behest of Arg0s, she also delivered Arg0s into a hallucination that allowed him to unlock the secrets of his Reflection, Singlehanded Savior. For assisting him, Fio was punished by the other Courts, and the Court of Instrumentality was barred from further pursuing its interest on the surface.

While "grounded", Fio sent her Stranger, Sonnet, to talk with Arg0s and arrange a meeting. Not long after, Arg0s made contact with Fio, where she revealed her name and face. They discussed the role of the Court of Instrumentality, Fio's relationship to other Courts, and the general state of the Codan conflict. While they were not able to reconcile their foundational views on the conflict, they agreed to be amicable with each other in the future. After Arg0s managed to miraculously resist the attacks of Vinter while on the third layer of the Coda, Fio used her powers to further enhance Arg0s. She then asked him to help her activate a simulacrum that GEIST had made for her, which he did. Now able to manifest on the surface, Fio assisted FLOW in combatting the Court of Death and killing the Hunter of Mortals once and for all.

While she had been somewhat allowed to go against the Courts to fulfill her own aims before, Fio's actions against the Court of Death were seen as too far of a breach of loyalty. Her consciousness was wrenched back down to the Coda, where the Courts began to make preparations for dethroning Fio as Instrumentality's Archdemon. Fio was enraged by this state of affairs, throwing what Vinter described as a "temper tantrum". Eternity ordered the Archdemons to have Fio killed for her insubordination, but they managed to convince her to simply revoke her title. In order to sate Eternity, the Queen of Flames had to directly alter Fio's Flame to remove her abilities as a Muse.

### Act Two

In the months following her demotion, Fio mostly spent her time isolated within a makeshift bedroom in Vinter's domain within the Derelict. After Arg0s made contact with her using Fateweaver, she found her mind wrenched up towards the world above and inhabiting Arg0s's body. She met Mic and Treble, who quickly figured out what was going on due to their own Muse abilities. With Ridill's help, she managed to pretend to be Arg0s during the orientation of FLOW Wave Three. Before returning to the Derelict due to the intervention of the Queen of Flames, Fio left a message for Arg0s with Mic. In the following hours, after listening in on a strategy meeting for an upcoming large-scale multi-court attack on the surface, Fio persuaded Sonnet to join her in looking for a "Fang", sailing out into the ashen oceans surrounding the Derelict. The two spent some time in the Sea of Ash, where they discussed Fio's nature as a Flametouched. Unable to find a Fang, they returned to the Derelict and were quickly taken by Nectar to listen to the Queen's new announcement. She then visited Ace Galatine in his cell alongside Stephano. She attempted to serve him tea, but was embarrassed after Ace immediately picked up that she had hidden a message in the tea and then left.

When she arrived to meet with Ace, she found him missing and a hole in the ground in his cell. She jumped into the hole and found Ace under attack by a group of Flame-eating monsters. She manifested her Reflection, "End of Eternity: The Tower Has Fallen", which she used to fight the monsters in conjunction with an autonomous form of her Pyromancer suit. However, her attacks only led to destroying the floor beneath them and sending them plummeting to the bottom of the Sea of Ash. While at the ocean floor, she took the chance to deactivate the bomb that Logic had woven into Ace's Flame, as well as discuss her plan to cause a prison break in the Derelict and escape to the Burning World above. She then used her ESP to make Ace light and carry him back to the Derelict. Upon returning, she and Ace are taken to the Queen's throne room by the Golden Knight, who offers Ace a position as her seventh Pyromancer. Ace says that he'll accept as he doesn't reallly have any options, but Fio whispers to him that he always has a choice. After the conversation concludes with Ace accepting his new position, Fio inhabits Arg0s's body to inform Mic about the new development, but notices that Mic is in a depressive state. She asks if Mic still wants to go out in the city with her, but Mic says no, so Fio decides to just sit by her side instead.

Fio and Mic spend some time out in the city before Fio is taken back to OPIA by Ridill and Treble. Some time after returning to her body, she rushes into the Stranger creation chamber to worriedly inform those present that someone broke into Stephano's food storages. During Compulsion's assault on Cialla and Fuse City, Fio briefly spoke to Nectar before being possessed by Arg0s. After returning to her body, she tried to snoop around on Compulsion's floor of the Derelict, but retreated after nearly coming face to face with Eternity.

## Abilities

Fio's nature of being an Archdemon affords her some powerful abilities. She is immortal, and able to create Demons aligned with her Court. She can possess people who have taken a sufficient amount of Burn and communicate with them across long distances. As a Muse, Fio is able to "hear" the world and the emotions of people around her. She can channel this power to elicit a variety of effects, including increasing physical strength and inducing large quantities of Burn. However, as an Archdemon, she also is unable to easily leave the Coda barring very specific circumstances.

Fio is also able to wield the Demonic Arm Obsidian Gold. She does not wear it as armor, and instead wields the suit of armor separately from herself, almost akin to a familiar or an automaton.

### Reflection

Fio is a Reflection wielder. Her Reflection is "End of Eternity: The Tower Has Fallen", a sword that allows its wielder to channel the power of their past lives when unsheathed. As Fio has no past lives, she is interested in seeing how it works with her.

### ESP

Fio is an ESPer. It allows her to manipulate gravity as well as drastically decrease the weight of objects. She considers herself to be the strongest ESPer of all time.

## Gallery

Fio's Reference Page

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Chasing Ghosts
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Colt Classic
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 For Today
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 For Tomorrow
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Superhero
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lock And Key
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 I'm Still Alive
8. ↑ Neon Sparks
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Night Ride
10. ↑ Crossing Threads
11. ↑ Dying Flame
12. ↑ No Options
13. ↑ Take Your Time
14. ↑ Through The Gate
15. ↑ Strong Enough
16. ↑ Sum of Experiences
17. ↑ Dying Flame