Amber Lafayette

**Amber Lafayette** was a female Human member of the Dawns, a group of privateers and freedom fighters who fought against tyranny and corruption throughout the Cassiopeia Galaxy. Originally from the planet Borealis, Lafayette later lived on the Solitude Plaza space station for a considerable amount of time, alongside the rest of her team and friends. She was a member of a Borealan Noble House, House Lafayette, as the daughter of Marie and Alden Lafayette.

She was the wife of Jet Lignite and the mother of Allin and Cari Lafayette.

## Biography

### Early Life

   In 5928 ASA, Amber Lafayette was born on the planet Borealis. She was raised by her mother and father, Marie and Alden Lafayette, for a majority of her childhood. When she lived on the planet as a child, she was friends with Jason Rosewood of House Rosewood.

Amber stayed on Borealis for a good portion of her adolescence. She attended a secondary school devoted to providing education for the youth of the Borealan nobility. While she attended school in the wealthier, higher levels on Borealis, Lafayette often traveled to the less fortunate lower levels of Borealis. She had a handful of friends in the lower levels, including Berniece Piper of House Piper, whom she affectionately called Bea. She managed to stay in contact with a few of her close peers.

### Leaving Borealis

In 5947 ASA, House Lafayette was a victim to the injustices of the ruling noble house. To protect their dark secrets and to keep themselves in power, House Stone wrongfully accused House Lafayette of treason, subsequently resulting in the incarceration of all of House Lafayette during a raid. Before this raid, Amber's parents sent Amber to House Piper to keep her safe from a life of imprisonment. Her parents, as well as the entirety of House Lafayette, were sent to serve their sentence on the planet Hailstorm, an infamous Borealan penal colony established by House Stone.

Only 19 at the time, Amber soon fled Borealis and harbored a justified hatred for Danton Stone, the Sentinel of Borealis at the time that wrongfully sent her parents and her family to prison to keep himself in power.

### With Her Grandparents

When Amber fled Borealis, she traveled to the planet of Cassiopeia Prime—the galactic capital of the United Cassiopeian Republic—to the home of her grandparents. Agatha and Horace Lafayette, both heartbroken by the recent news just as Amber was, happily took their granddaughter in and housed her for as long as she needed it. Amber would remain on Cassiopeia Prime for the next several years of her life.

### Meeting Holly

Between the years 5947 and 5952 ASA, Amber met the young Oktarachian woman Holly Araneus during her time on the planet Cassiopeia Prime. Holly came from the planet Oktarach, which was rifled with lies and corruption that Holly actively opposed.

Amber got to know Holly and the two eventually formed a romantic relationship. They dated each other for several years, before they eventually broke up on amicable terms, remaining as friends even after their romance ended.

## Personality and Traits

Amber was a Human woman with strawberry blonde hair, medium-toned skin, and red eyes. Her hair and eye colors were notable among members of House Lafayette. Many remarked her general face shape to be strikingly similar to her mother's, while of course taking her hair and eye colors from her father.

If one were to have met Amber, they would probably never be able to guess that she came from nobility, judging from her general demeanor alone. Amber was a sarcastic and often cynical individual who was never used to the fancier things in life, such as aristocratic social gatherings and even formal wear like dresses and heels, to an extent. She was known to be a rather casual person who was playful around her friends, often teasing or mocking them verbally and physically. Some may have considered her to have a lower energy than that of her rather energetic and raring-to-go friends, and might've even considered her to be rather vulgar and unrefined. She matched this almost tired aura with her romantic partner, Jet Lignite.

Amber cared much for her friends, although she was sometimes embarrassed to be overly outward about such sentiments. Generally, Amber tried not to outwardly express her emotions too much, resulting in a somewhat cold and deadpan exterior. She would have difficulty asking others for help, even from friends. But during her time with the Dawns, she gradually learned to be more comfortable, vulnerable, and open. Overall, Amber was a truly appreciative, passionate, driven, sentimental person, even if she didn't always see herself in such a way.

## Skills and Abilities

As a Dawn, Amber was trained in self-defense and combat. She would sometimes wield the crystal weapons conjured up by her Dremirian friends and teammates during battle.

Outside of fighting, Amber was particularly skilled at playing the bass and the guitar.

## Trivia

* Amber's name comes from her name as a former *Steven Universe* fan character. Amber is a form of fossilized tree resin that takes on a distinctive orange color.