Fiona Rainsong

### Relatives

Grainne (mother), Ardal (father), Cian Nightsun (husband), Teagan Nightsun (daughter)

## Physical description

### Eye color

Green

The daughter of a handmaid, Grainne, and a minor nobleman, Ardal, Fiona was
born in the palace in Linwood City, during the one-hundred seventy-fourth year
of the reign of King Ithel and Queen Rhiannon. While her father spent his time
overseeing the royal treasury, her mother served the queen within Rhiannon’s private
chambers. It was Rhiannon who introduced the pair, and shy affections blossomed
into true love. The two were wed, and Fiona was born a year later.

Fiona was a happy child, and it was
expected that she would one day follow in her mother’s footsteps. She followed
Grainne around everywhere. The result was that she also knew of the jealousy
with which Grainne and the other handmaids regarded the queen’s favorite, a
sweet and gentle woman by the name of Cliona, who seemed to keep closest
confidence with Rhosyn, though Rhosyn left when Fiona was five, having made a
good match of her own.

When Fiona was eight years of age,
Cliona gave birth to a daughter she named Tesni, though she refused to reveal
the identity of Tesni’s father. Queen Rhiannon doted upon young Tesni, more so
than she had upon Fiona, and Fiona noticed her mother and the other handmaids
grow even more jealous. Fiona did not understand it, however, and helped to
care for the new baby, simply assuming that she was now grown enough to begin learning
her mother’s duties and no longer needed to be coddled.

Fiona saw very little of Queen
Rhiannon. She saw more of King Ithel’s sister, Princess Agrona, who would
deliver treats to both of them, though she, too, doted more heavily upon baby
Tesni. Fiona was smart enough, at this point, to understand that the way Agrona
treated her was more with suspicion, though the girl did not understand why.

When Fiona was twelve, darkness fell
upon the kingdom of Linwood. The king and queen were murdered in cold blood.
Fiona followed Agrona as the princess fled, feeling some sense of loyalty to
her. It wasn’t until after Agrona had established her stronghold to the north
that Fiona began to recognize the darkness in her heart.

Years passed. Fiona forgot about the
toddler who she had helped raise for four years as she served Agrona, who
seemed to want to break her. Fiona’s spirit was strong, though, and she would
not be broken.

When she was sixteen, Fiona
encountered Tesni again, though did not recognize her. Tesni convinced her to
escape with her when Arya and Ryder came to find them, and upon arriving in the
camp, Fiona decided to become a Ranger. Built for blades, Fiona became the
protégé of Branwen, the camp’s blade mistress. She trained hard, and when she
was twenty-four, she earned her blade by defeating a *fuath,* a water demon.

A year later, Fiona was involved in
the Battle of Linwood. Disguised as Tesni thanks to illusory magic from Aeron,
and riding Tesni’s horse, Fiona led Rangers and royal guardsmen alike into
battle. After the battle, when Tesni was crowned queen, Fiona stepped into her
old role, dressing Tesni’s hair and helping to prepare her for the coronation.

Ten years later, when Tesni and
Rowan’s daughter, Nia, disappeared, Fiona was one of the Rangers who helped
with the search for her, though many soon gave up hope. Another eleven years
passed before the girl was brought home, and the signs of a coming war were
suddenly everywhere. Unable to hide her feelings for him any longer, Fiona
finally accepted Cian’s courtship of her, having fallen in love with him long
ago.

After the Battle of Hearts, both of them having survived, Fiona and Cian decided to start a family, and a year later, she gave birth to a little girl that the two named Teagan.