Fessiricia

## Appearances

The Shadow of What Was Lost
An Echo of Things to Come
The Light of All That Falls

Fessiricia, more commonly referred to as **Fessi**, is an Augur working in secret for Northwarden Elocien Andras, alongside Erran and Kol. She becomes fast friends with Asha when she arrives as the new Scribe. While she is not strong in combat, her time dilation abilities are by far the best among the Augurs.

## Description

### Appearance

Fessi is a young woman of a plump build with dark, straight hair. Her looks are generally unremarkable, which allows her to blend in with Elocien's serving staff.

### Personality

Fessi has a generally warm, transparent and laid-back attitude. Despite harbouring some resentment for her past, she is willing to open up and trust others. She is open about her feelings, and eager to listen to her companions' problems to share their burden.

Despite her pleasant demeanour, Fessi is prone to episodes of dark emotions. The stress of living a secret life, as well as the foreknowledge of her fate, take an immense toll on her well-being. In moments of crisis, she has a tendency to freeze up or panic, sometimes prioritizing her own safety over that of others.

## History

### Discovery and Recruitment

Fessi was born in a close-knit village in Andarra. One of the other villagers eventually realized she was an Augur, and turned her into Administration. The incident was particularly traumatic because Fessi's own parents refused to even say goodbye as she was escorted from the village.

To her surprise, when Administration took her to see Elocien personally, she was not harmed. Instead, the Northwarden asked her to work alongside Erran and use her Augur abilities to protect Andarra. She co-operated, and her visions often informed the advice Elocien gave to his brother, saving many lives in the process. For cover, she worked in the kitchens under Trae, the head cook of the palace.

### Powerful Visions

At some point prior to meeting him, Fessi began to have visions of Kol. Much to her embarrassment, some of them occurred when he was not entirely clothed. This piqued her interest in the boy, and by sharing the visions with Elocien, she helped him properly prepare for Kol's arrival and recruitment. She developed strong feelings for him once she got to meet him in person. For the most part, she kept them to herself.

Like the other palace Augurs, Fessi had a vision of her death at some point, where she was chased through a mysterious empty city and fatally mauled by a giant wolfhound.

## Activities in *The Shadow of What Was Lost*

### Befriending Asha

Fessi is present when Asha is introduced to the palace Augurs as their new Scribe. She reminds Erran not to abuse his Reading abilities in order to put Asha at ease, and quickly makes apologies following Kol's outburst. She promises to acquaint herself with Asha later, and leaves to speak with Kol in private.

Some time later, Fessi meets with Asha in private and the two begin a comfortably personal conversation. Fessi notices Asha's emotional exhaustion, and asks her to open up. Asha complies, sharing the story of Caladel and the traumatic events with Jin and Aelrith. In return, Fessi shares her own difficult story, and the pair strengthen their bond of trust before Fessi retires for the night.

### Mouting a Rescue

That same evening, Asha is kidnapped by Scyner's men. After a few days of searching, Erran locates her in a dilapidated house in Ilin Illan, and leaves to rescue her with the other Augus. Fessi plays a significant role, using her time dilation abilities to quickly whisk Asha out of captivity. When Kol assaults the captors for retribution, Fessi calms him down and encourages him to leave them alive for his own safety. Back at the palace, after Asha's recovery, Fessi witnesses the restoration of her memories that were wiped when she became a Shadow.

### A Traumatic Departure

During the attack on Ilin Illan, Fessi and Kol wait inside the palace with Erran, following Elocien's orders. Erran disappears after a few hours, and the pair begin to search for him. They run into Asha, who states the Erran must be in a Lockroom, and Fessi quickly pinpoints his location after remembering that Erran has a favourite room to hide in. They find the other Augur unconscious and bloody on the floor, and as Fessi helps him clearn up, he confesses to his longtime Control of the Northwarden. She expresses shock and disbelief, but eventually comes to understand and approve of his actions due to his situation.

Their conversation is interrupted by the arrival of Scyner, who heard about the presence of Augurs in the palace from Asha's captors. The Shadraehin's lieutenant attempts to blackmail the Augurs into working for him, but his attempt is foiled when Kol threatens and attacks him. Scyner impales the young man in self-defence, revealing that he is an Augur as well and, after subduing the other Augurs, he swiftly leaves the gathering. Fessi regains consciousness to see Kol laying on the floor. She tries stop the bleeding with her hands as she lacks a source of Essence with which she can heal him, but it doesn't work and he makes one last kind remark towards her before he dies.

Her initial reaction is to blame Asha for allowing the circumstances of Kol's death to occur, but a few words from Erran serve to calm her down. As Erran and Asha depart to help break the control on the king, Fessi insists on remaining near Kol's body. She mourns in aggravated silence until they return. She and Erran communicate telepathically, deciding to leave the city for a safer location by hijacking a sailboat. Asha refuses the offer to join them, but promises to see that Kol receives a proper burial. Fessi thanks her, and swears retribution towards Scyner before using her time dilation to leave the palace with Erran in an instant.

## Activities in *An Echo of Things to Come*

### At Tol Shen

She and Erran next appear when they attempt to establish contact with Davian while he stays at Tol Shen. They succeed in reaching him when he is out on an errand, and agree to help him with the Boundary, but warn him that the Shen elders are power-hungry and not deserving of trust.

When Rohin arrives seeking the Augur amnesty, imprisoning Davian and Controlling all of Tol Shen as well as Ishelle, Fessi uses her time dilation skills to help Davian escape from his imprisonment. She also plays a key part in Davian's successful plan to trap Rohin and liberate Tol Shen. Once things have returned to normal, she sets off with the rest of the Augurs with the hope of repairing the Boundary.

### Beyond the Boundary

Upon arriving at the Boundary outpost, Fessi struggles alongside the other Augurs in comprehending the mechanisms that sustain it. They don't have much time to make progress before Administration arrives and the Banes launch an attack through the severely weakened ilshara.

When Ishelle, possessed by the eletai hive-mind, wanders through an opening in the Boundary, she joins Davian in an attempt to save her. She stretches her time dilation abilities to the limit in order to keep the party safe from the army of Banes. While she and Davian are successful in rescuing Ishelle, they remain trapped in Talan Gol. Panicked, she once again uses her time dilation abilities to escort them both safely to Ilshan Gathdel Teth.

Once inside the prison, she recognizes her surroundings — likely from the Vision of her death — and immediately panics. Regretfully bidding Davian farewell, she abandons him in an attempt to reach safety, only to stumble into Seclusion and face a violent death at the hands of a shar'kath.

## Activities in *The Light of All That Falls*

### Ilshan Gathdel Teth

Shortly following her death, her corpse is displayed to the imprisoned Davian as a means to pressure him into revealing information. While he mourns the loss of his friend, he remains silent.

During Davian's escape from the prison, he is shocked to see that Gassandrid has taken to using her corpse as one of his puppets. Initially he cannot bring himself to harm the puppet, though he is eventually able to shock Gassandrid by squashing it against a wall with a metal plate while cursing the necessity of the act.