Amber Fairfax

Amber Fairfax (b. 2009) was a rider at The Eyrie from 2022-2027. She is the only daughter of Simon Fairfax and Mrs. Fairfax, and enemy of Skandar Smith, Mitchell Henderson, Roberta Bruna and Florence Shekoni. She was in quartet with Koby, Alastair and Meiyi.

Amber Fairfax is bonded with unicorn named Whirlwind Thief and trains under the Air element. She is also a member of The Peregrine Society.

## Early Life

Amber was born on the Island to her mother Mrs. Fairfax and father Simon Fairfax. Her Father was a Spirit Wielder during the time of the Fallen Twenty-Four and of the Weaver. Her Father was meant to be imprisoned but instead was on the run helping the Weaver.

Amber’s early life wasn’t easy as her Mother had taught her how to be rude and abrasive to everyone she considered different. As such she was popular with others who felt the same way and even led them in a group.

### First Year at the Eyrie

As with most thirteen year old Children of Island and Mainland alike she was summoned to the Hatchery to try the door. Amber was lucky as she managed to open it and as such was able to hatch her Unicorn, named Whirlwind Thief. Furthermore, she received the Air element.

During her initial introduction she, along with her future Quartet immediately began picking on Skandar Smith due to him looking out of place. As she insulted him she was insulted in turn by Bobby Bruna. As such this began her year long rivalry with the two. Amber got into quartet with other riders: Earth wielder Alastair, Fire wielder Meiyi and Water wielder Koby.

Amber was a fairly decent trainee at the Eyrie. Her attitude and that of her quartet earned the name of the “Threat Quarter” by Skandar and his own quartet.

Initially Skandar and Amber had a small rivalry but this all changed when Amber happened to see Skandar’s hand glow white, a sign of the spirit element. As she had seen this, she kept it to herself but would often tease him. Such as when she stole his scarf to see if he was hiding a spirit mutation, or when she teased him about the elemental barriers coming down. This would mean that a chance would exist that Skandar was exposed.

Over the course of the year she would continue to pick on Skandar, she developed a small Rivalry with Bobby but didn’t bother much with Flo. She took a liking to picking on Mitchell due to his shyness and being an easy target.

All this changed though when Skandar came to Mitchell’s defence when Amber and her quartet decided to pick on him. Skandar grabbed Mitchell’s custard and poured it all over Amber and her quartet. As such she threatened to reveal his true elemental allegiance. Skandar in turn threatened her with revealing her Father being a spirit wielder and also “in jail”.

At the training trial at the end of the year Amber went after Skandar, whom was defenceless due to Scoudrel’s Luck acting up. Mitchell saved them both and Amber ranked pretty low in the Training trial, though not low enough to be declared a Nomad.

Amber’s Mother, whom had been watching the training trial was very disappointed and accused her of having too much of her “Spirit wielder Father” in her.

### Second Year at the Eyrie

At the start of the year Amber is a lot more distant with her Quartet due to her Father being exposed as helping the Weaver by Skandar and his Quartet. This caused a rift where Amber was usually seen by herself.

She, like Skandar joins the Peregrine society due to her, and Whirlwind Thief’s unusually good flying abilities. She does get on well with most of the members, except for Skandar.

Skandar defends Amber during one of their training sessions when her former friends pick on her after Skandar defeats Meiyi. He calls them out on their behaviour and even calls them pathetic. Amber’s attitude begins to subtly change.

When Amber becomes possessed by Thief’s elemental power she is saved by Skandar and feels a debt for it, though she does not admit this to him.

Amber begins to subtly change toward Skandar, while not being friendly she isn’t hostile and even tries to defend him when he becomes possessed and attacks everyone at the arena.

Later she frees Scoundrel’s Luck when the sentinels guarding him are away and reunites him with Skandar, considering their debt settles. She was about to leave with the rest of The Peregrine society. Though this is averted when Skandar, Kenna and his quartet save the Island.

## Personality

Amber initially starts off as rude and very condescending toward everyone whom she considers an easy target, such as Skandar for his scarf and Mitchell, with him being such a nerdy character.

All of this seems to come from the treatment she received from her Mother when she was growing up, as she acts toward Amber much like how Amber reacts to everyone else. This doesn’t allow her much to show her own true personality, as far from being a nice person she does have some kindness in her.

One of Amber’s biggest Achilles ’ heels is her Father. Her Mother hates him for being one with the banned element and as such even berates Amber for being anything like her “spirit wielder father”. This even stops her from telling everyone that Skandar is also a Spirit Wielder.

Initially during the first year Amber got on well with her Quartet, often bullying people together, also sharing a tree house.

Amber is a very influential person when she tries to be as she was able to rally others around her and even got some of the other riders to copy her mannerisms.

During the second year, after she is exposed as the daughter of a Spirit wielder she is shunned by a number of the students including her own quartet. Meiyi, Alastair and Koby cold-bloodedly told Amber to stay away from them in public. This has an impact on Amber as she doesn’t bully anyone and spends a lot more time alone or with her unicorn.

During the course of the year she changes subtly, such as being less rude and abrasive and even helping Skandar by reuniting him with his unicorn. Though this is partly due to the kindness Skandar showed her by saving her from falling to her Death. She seems to have a more positive experience with The Peregrine Society and as such she seems most comfortable with them, with the exception of Skandar.

## Physical appearance

Amber is a teenage girl with long dark auburn hair, pale skin and freckles. Her eye color might be light amber which would match her name. Her height is currently unknown, although she might be on the taller side. For a mutation, she has a lighting star on her forehead.

## Relationships

### Mrs. Fairfax

Mrs. Fairfax is Amber's mother. Fairfax is extremely cold-hearted towards her daughter. Since Fairfax is abrasive and rude, Amber also has the same attitude towards people she doesn't like such as Skandar and Mitchell.

Mrs. Fairfax also accuses Amber of being too much like her father Spirit wielder Simon Fairfax. Amber hates being compared to him, which is possibly the reason she copies her mother's behaviour.

Fairfax also threatened Amber after she didn't perform well in one battle. Fairfax cold-bloodedly told Amber she should be declared a nomad if she doesn't try harder. Amber is intimidated by her mother's words and promised to do better next time.

### Simon Fairfax

Simon is Amber's father.

Amber has deep hatred towards her father for being a Spirit wielder. She even tried to hide this fact by telling everyone that her father was dead. When she threatened Skandar by saying she will expose him for being allied to Spirit element, all it took for Skandar to stop Amber's bullying at that moment was to say that her father is also a Spirit wielder and that he is in jail. Amber even says that she would rather have a dead father over a father who's a Spirit wielder.

### Meiyi, Alastair and Koby

Meiyi, Alastair and Koby are apart of Amber's quartet.

In the first book, they all got along very well and were friends. They often bullied Skandar and his quartet together.

However, when Amber's father was revealed to be allied to Spirit element, Koby, Meiyi and Alastair turned their backs on Amber. They were no longer friends with her and ignored Amber in public.

### Skandar Smith

In the first book, Amber was extremely hostile towards Skandar. At first, she bullied him for wearing his mom's scarf. Later Amber got to know that Skandar is allied to the Spirit element which made her hate Skandar even more.

In the second book Amber was far less mean to Skandar. This was due to Meiyi, Koby and Alastair not being friends with her anymore.

When Amber tried to help Meiyi who fell off her unicorn, Alastair, Meiyi and Koby tell Amber to stay away from them. Skandar defends Amber, saying her quartet should support her and calls Koby, Alastair and Meiyi pathetic for being so unkind towards Amber. However, even though Skandar showed niceness to Amber, she still said that she doesn't care if he defended her. However, Skandar in return said he didn't expect her to be thankful which made Amber feel a bit awkward.

Skandar also saved Amber from falling to death. Although they still didn't become friends, Amber reunited him with his unicorn Scoundrel to also do him a favour for saving her. Afterwards, she mentioned that now that they can hate each other again as she returned him the favour.

### Mitchell Henderson

Mitchell is Amber's enemy. In the first book, it was revealed that Amber already knew Mitchell before moving to the Eyrie. Additionally, she has always bullied him. Mitchell was one of her targets due to the fact that Mitchell had hard time making friends. Amber took advantage of that, thinking none of the other riders would try to defend Mitchell, however Skandar came in rescue.

### Roberta Bruna

Roberta is Amber's enemy. They first met when Amber was bullying Skandar for wearing his mother's scarf. Roberta insulted Amber, however Amber didn't say anything in return. In addition, Roberta made fun of Amber's mutation.

Roberta and Amber don't get along at all and dislike each other. Also, when they were having a battle in the second book, their battle was extremely intense.

Amber once defeated Roberta in their jousting competition.

## Etymology

* Amber is a name meaning "amber-colored" from French and Latin origin.
* Fairfax is a surname meaning "fair hair" from English origin.