Halea Haumea

**Halea Haumea** is the High Priestess of the Plume Church. A former mother superior of the Honu'ea Monastery at the Shieldfort, Halea is the mother of Hinalani Leina, a friend of Princess Phaedra Philemon. Halea was once Phaedra's close mentor and godmother, a warm and enthusiastic woman who led her congregation with a joyful energy. At the beginning of the year 5000 AF, Halea dreamed that that year's animal omen foretelling the coming year's fortune was, instead of one of the mother goddess Cheline's birds as had been the case for a long time, the Bonefish, symbol of the fallen god Cheth. Halea and Phaedra kept the omen a secret, lying that the symbol on the coral altar was the Twin Ravens of healing and hurting.

Later that year, Phaedra and some of her friends, including Lani, left the Saberfort on a secret vacation, telling only Halea of their destination. Left with a map of Phaedra's planned route, Halea agreed to inform Phaedra's mother Daphne and others once Phaedra's ship, the *Mantaluna*, was far enough away. However, Halea never did this, and the Candlelight Sea came to believe that Phaedra had run away from home, something she had done before. Halea was summoned to an audience with Cheline at the Crucible Caldera, where she claimed that she was given many gifts in exchange for the sacrifice of her eyes to the volcano. Afterwards, Halea exhibited a sudden and dramatic personality change, becoming very cold and largely emotionless. She also exhibited memory issues, not seeming to remember that she had a daughter or her conversations with Cardinal Garth about Vanna Morena's anti-seabite medication. Halea's favourite artist on St. Gourami created a pair of peacock-styled glass eyes for the priestess to wear.

Phaedra and her friends were murdered by the Fata Morgana on their trip, and the princess' body was discovered on Fracture Day of that year. Halea was coincidentally in the Salabay Archipelago when Phaedra's body was found there, despite the two-week travel time between Salabay and St. Gourami, and took charge of funeral preparations. Garth, recognizing that something was gravely wrong with the High Priestess, caught her suspicions when he unsuccessfully attempted to keep Vanna and her seabitten son Pavel away from Halea. Vanna, a member of the controversial Lodestar Guild, had a cold confrontation with Halea before leaving. Later that night, Fata Morgana attacked the Morena home on Aurelia Rock, leaving Pavel to flee while Vanna was overwhelmed by seaghosts and vanished.

## Appearances

* "Chapter 1: King of the Red Tide" (Mentioned only)
* "Chapter 2: The Horizon Child" (Voice only)
* "Chapter 3: The Fata Morgana" (Possessed)
* "Chapter 5: The Manta Princess" (In a flashback)
* "Chapter 6: The False Prophetess" (Possessed)

## Sources

* "Notes on the Candlelight Sea: The Shieldfort"
* *Ask Phantomarine*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Chapter 5: The Manta Princess"
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "Chapter 3: The Fata Morgana"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Cast page
4. ↑ "Notes on the Candlelight Sea: The Shieldfort"
5. ↑ "Chapter 1: King of the Red Tide"
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Chapter 2: The Horizon Child"
7. ↑ "Prologue"