Fiona Vance

**Fiona Vance** is the leader of the NEW/G, a bastion for the new generation of heroes. In the wake of Ashe's death, she took over the G/NEX and transformed it into something bigger, and marvellous. Now, it is welcome to all heroes of the newer generation to join her, and protect the planet against extraordinary threats that no military can handle.

## Biography

### Antecedent Background

As a result of Ashe's sacrifice, Fiona Laurent assumed leadership of the G/NEX. While she had reservations and doubts about her new position, Frederick Parangosky's words of encouragement led her to embrace being the leader of the entire resistance group. She traded comfort for duty, building the G/NEX into something bigger, beginning with the restoration of her own family, House Vance; as most of the surviving warriors went their separate ways to live a more comfortable life. As she assisted her family in expanding and growing, they later requested to be a part of her vision. In return, dropped her codename and used Nextech to revert her body into a natural form as she didn't want to be associated with PROJECT because of her past, and moved on from being a cyborg.

And that vision, was to turn the G/NEX into something more. No longer a resistance movement that overthrown a megacorporation, it has been renamed, and transformed into an organisation; meant to be bastion of all heroes, most importantly for the newer generations to come. Surprisingly, it is now an official defence force: Their primary mission, was to protect the planet against any extraordinary threats that no military can fight. She has the perfect opportunity to get a certain hero to shine: A young prodigy named Madeleine Clement. She knew the latter served with them as a communications operator way back then, and knows her little secret, being Ashe's ~~daughter~~ protégé.

She also noted their agreement, listing her as a candidate, but "classified". That was due to her firing a bow with a message inside of it.

### New Generation of Heroes

#### The Uprising of Heroes

The rise of the G/NEX into the NEW/G was far more successful than Fiona or even the entire House Vance could ever anticipate. As a result, it became a bastion of heroes, and the planet's bright future has now become the era of heroes, all while the forces of evil remain away and the entire nevankind celebrates their peaceful time. Fiona trades the free time for her organisation, employing her noble house to take care of their financial managements and any money related matters, while she strives to build their roster of heroes.

Fortunately, it didn't take her long to come up with the best applicants to hire. Ashe would be very proud of her, as she appeared to be as capable as, if not better than, the former. Some even claim she already has a proposed second-in-command. She's THAT good. As a result, she travels to Valenthia to recruit him, knowing that he will be a great addition.

#### New Second-In-Command

Contrary to her expectations, a massacre occurred in Valenthia. She has timely saved a warrior, introducing himself as Flavius Corvus. He admits that he was the last survivor of his family, losing them to an unknown enemy that sounds eerily for Fiona. Vance also attempted to locate her former warrior and ally, Brienne, but was unable as she went missing, much to Corvus' chagrin, proving that he, too, looked for her in the recent massacre. Fortunately, he was able to destroy the robotic unit sent to kill them before it could inflict further harm to the people of Valenthia and send the unknown threat into dormancy.

Fiona introduces him to the NEW/G and showcases their headquarters. However, he requested to train in their base, which she accepted with outmost respect and he used a pseudonym afterwards. They later on returned to Valenthia to investigate the massacre that occurred a few days ago. Much to their surprise, there is a gigantic door located within the mountains of Chronos, which forced him to carefully open it, knowing that destroying the door may trigger hidden threats; As they make it inside, both Fiona and Spartacus are surprised to see that it is a hangar and factory, with multiple copies of OBELISK being repaired or assembled. Disgusted, they also witnessed a console which reveals that PROJECT ANNIHILATOR's body was mass produced. Fiona assumes it's a bluff, but Spartacus confirms her that it could not look good, knowing that the tyrant's consciousness is still out there.

Back in the base, Spartacus Brightspear becomes her second-in-command, and in charge of all potential candidates, knowing that Fiona may get busy or sidelined at unexpected times, but offered him extensive training, which he took gladly. However, Fiona is eyeing to meet her best candidate: Madeleine Clement. She is making headlines for unknown reasons lately as some insiders have discovered her background, knowing that she is in fact, a prodigy. As a result, she takes an extensive look at her file.

#### Exile, Welcomed

Both Fiona and Spartacus Brightspear are astonished by the sudden entrance of Gwyneth Forge, a Nordic exile, while overseeing their day-to-day operations in their HQ. Spartacus questioned her motivations for barging into their headquarters, to which the woman just replied, "I want to join." Fiona, on the other hand, declined the request, knowing that she could use them to her advantage. Gwyneth is not impressed and persuades them, forcing Brightspear to leave, bored with her argument and went out looking for other recruits. The commander just questioned if she was actually a hero, which she is, but she furiously demanded a duel for membership.

Fiona Vance mocks her showboating manner, to which she responds by claiming to be a Nordic exile. Vance subsequently acknowledges her remarks, and the duel begins without warning, as they literally fight each other with their swords, unconcerned about anything they might slice apart in the training room. The fight was tough, and it almost ended in a draw when Fiona finished the duel by kicking her, knocking Gwyneth off her feat and forcing her to submit. It was a draw, according to Vance, and she has earned her position in their Command Division. After giving her the place to stay comfortable while no operations are authorised, she goes to her own office and aims to meet her elite recruit sometime after doing some research on her.

As she has expected, both Brightspear and Forgesteel have gained curiosity about her secret recruit. However, Fiona didn't want them to interfere and spread the word about Ashe's daughter. She wanted that only her should know of her existence, and it is up the latter should she ever decided to reveal herself.

#### New Year, Same Problems

Fiona has decided to announce themselves after bringing the Trinity into their ranks and forming the intelligence division, knowing that S.O.L.A.C.E has perpetrated a slaughter in the state of Ravenclaw, namely Platinum Heights. As S.O.L.A.C.E. was tearing the city apart, an unlikely friend intervened, which Fiona simply knew was Michael Nexima, and the Armed Forces of the Panamoan Republic forced them to withdraw. The NEW/G broadcast was straightforward; they presented themselves to the entire free world, earning popular support as she pledged to remove the new forces of evil threatening the country, or possibly the entire globe.

She just stated that this was a situation of "New Year, Same Enemies," implying that she regards S.O.L.A.C.E as similar to PROJECT. Fiona also learned of the dreaded Corporate Renegades' intentions. Salazar Progektö even spoke with her, declaring that he should execute Henry as he had joined their ranks. Vance is unfazed and simply silences him, confident that the next generation of heroes are always prepared to face any great foe like his cult society.

#### Rise of a new Evil

As Gwyneth Forgesteel and Spartacus Brightspear are occupied on training their new recruits, the Corporate Renegades have travelled to Vuraki and managed to mine large deposits of Aether. Fiona takes note of the convoy through teleportation through the same place, informing her recruit of their agreement, and demands her to intercept the convoy alone, confident in her combat, survival, hunting and tracking skills. She even teased her as what the media perceives the young hero as a protégé. The recruit laughs at her and thanks her for the motivation, as she is more than ready than ever. Fiona marked that she is the ultimate heir to the late Ashe Clement.

### Operation: New Troubles

#### Prodigy's Intervention

At this point, she had enough of the Corporate Renegades, having discovered that they had mined enormous amounts of Aether and were headed route to Na'Raka via convoy. She recognised the perfect person for the job despite her lack of competence in ranged weapons and her limited usage of explosives: Lunar Frost. She offers her the chance to join their legion of heroes if she is successful in stopping the convoy on her own. Although her cynicism, the prodigy accepts her duties, despite being endangered because she was charged with intercepting it without any allies. She also gave her real identity and acknowledged to knowing her secret because she was Ashe's daughter.

Congratulating her for successfully intercepting the convoy, the latter asks on what does she need to do with the Aether, which she simply ordered her to destroy it. Afterwards, the successful recruit is now hired into their ranks, but she brings someone for them to train: A former spec ops known as Night Breeze. Fiona accepts her to their headquarters, but Lunar Frost remains in her country to deal with the recent threats, undeterred by her own risk of fighting alone, Fiona respected her decision, as the prodigy seems to be as skilled as Ashe herself.

#### New Rivalry

After Lunar Frost earned a rival, known as Obsidian Rush, she guides her to a rendezvous site as she ends up getting hunted by S.O.L.A.C.E forces. The latter admits that she took out a large number of their troopers with ease, before boarding an AI-controlled NEXIJET and quickly travelling to the Panamoan Republic. However, Fiona is alarmed when S.O.L.A.C.E has gathered an army right in front of their doorstep, alongside the Corporate Renegades who have surrounded the building in a tactical formation.

Spartacus Brightspear asked her if he could starfall and give them enough time to fight them outside, but she states that everyone should stay inside the building, confident in its defences, proving the statement when a renegade failed to enter a door after getting electrocuted by the system. Gwyneth Forgesteel tries to calm down the recruits, as they seem ready to die for them just to defend their leaders. Fiona rejects their request, and they decided that it was too risky, and not wanting their base destroyed. Vance's family suggests that they should contact Lunar Frost, maybe she has made it to the country safely.

She hoped that their prodigy has made it into the country alive. However, she saw a paparazzi image of Madeleine herself, dressed in a coat as she walked in the streets of Queens prior. Fiona notes that she's far prettier than the typical actress or celebrity.

#### A Revelation Unfolds

Her family was right. Lunar Frost became a one-man-army, as she takes out a large amount of S.O.L.A.C.E troopers and renegade mercenaries after throwing an excessive amount of Shock and EMP grenades, the latter causing interference to their mechas, allowing her to swiftly kill the ground troops, until a mecha is on the verge of killing with a kick, which Fiona noticed that Night Breeze has come to her aid by the means of hacking the enemy hardware, even disrupting SCODOK himself, which forced him to retreat and all of his troops. Spartacus Brightspear later leads them both inside the building.

What happened next is told by the prodigy, Lunar Frost. It is beyond classified to reveal it on this article.

### Brightblasting Adventure

#### Rise of Nextech

Fiona witnesses the Aryaine Kingdom's increasingly advanced technology as a result of Nextech. As a result, their economy and society have quickly risen to new heights, attracting a variety of immigrants and tourists. However, this has posed a risk for them, as the Corporate Renegades have dispatched a massive beast, mutated with Aether, to make an example of the people, earning Fiona's disgust and demanding that someone deal with the monster. The situation later deescalated as a hero known as the NEXTECH Man arrived to save the day and finally defeat the beast. His swift victory over the beast quickly earned the praise of **Fiona Vance**, and recruited him to her legion of heroes for the newer generations.

She brings him to their headquarters for standby, giving him time to familiarise himself inside the base. Meanwhile, she gets a call from Spartacus Brightspear, only to get interrupted by something with a great disturbance. It was Benjamin Timewatcher, stealing the base's power core, causing the building to shutdown and as a result, she orders Gwyneth Forgesteel to accompany them in hopes of apprehending the time-hopping, time-reversing fugitive.

#### Rise Again, For an Adventure

She uses the news in the giant screens to her advantage: A time-hopping thief has been spotted running around the technologically advanced city of Rasuk, in Heliga, as he has stolen the NEW/G headquarters' Nextech power supply. Fiona Vance takes the lead as Gwyneth Forgesteel pursues him, and Spartacus Brightspear prepares to OBRITAL STARFALL if necessary. Cadence Shatter is the codename for the thief of their Nextech power supply. After failing to apprehend him, Spartacus decides to starfall into the fugitive, only for the fugitive to counteract his starfall with the CONTINUUM BREAK, reversing time to avoid arrest. He mocks the three of them until he is hit in the chest by a hail of plasma.

Fiona Vance is surprised to see an old ally, Eion Brightblast, return. They reunite and ask each other how they are. The latter acknowledges that his return to being a hero was motivated by the planet's bright future. He never imagined that their lives would improve until PROJECT was destroyed as a result of their leader's sacrifice and two legends. Following that, Benjamin recovers from the gunshots and survived thanks to his chrono-armour. He intends to flee with the stolen equipment, confessing his true identity and blaming the G/NEX for not being able to retrieve his body in the past. However, Eion has enough of the hunt and shoots his hand, after which Spartacus and Gwyneth Forgesteel subsequently knock him out, apprehend him and confiscate his armour.

After that, the NEXTECH Man offers them to have an adventure. Eion takes the lead, and they all fought in the Aryaine Kingdom, Radrenia, Masada, Glaz'Ian Islands, Evalka and later, the Panamoan Republic. As they all proved themselves, Fiona has included the veteran into their ranks, and the NEXTECH Man has managed to earn his spot as a hero. However, they still don't know, that there is a capable hero in the NEW/G, whom was known as Ashe's daughter. Little did they know, was that Corporate Renegades have sent those creatures and monstrosities sent after them.

#### Renegades, Now Strike!

The NEW/G now unites for their first mission all together: Fight the Renegades in the freezing cold of Vuraki. Spartacus leads most of them to starfall into the surface of Avarshi, right on time. Quickly locating Vuraki's cave of Aether, the NEXTECH Man wasted no time clearing the cave, by Fiona's suggestion, suggesting all of them to form a tactical column as she takes the lead of clearing the Renegade forces in the country. A Renegade enforcer then manages to nearly kill them with enhanced brutes, though Lunar Frost saves them from afar, sniping all those brutes with ease, with Night Breeze detonating a hidden explosive in the cave, destroying most of the Aether inside. However, the heroes dispersed after the Renegades have deployed mechas, one is a PHALANX-ECT, and the other is an Exoframe designed to fight giant beings.

Much to her anger, Mimeographer and Yellowjacket Wolf duo are deployed to Vuraki. Yellowjacket Wolf quickly finds the duo and proceeds to wound Night Breeze and Seeker in the process, forcing Lunar Frost to disengage and report their wounded to Fiona. She takes note, and the latter brings both of them to her. Unfortunately, things went out of control when a giant mech known as WAR MACHINE has been dropped into the field, and caused massive destruction, though most of the heroes end up surviving. Spartacus later starfalled into the mech, which have done some considerable damage, ordering everyone to attack its vents, but quickly retreated when it unleashed its flamethrowers. Lunar Frost later damages it by shooting with a large amount of missiles, before it flees and uses its muzzle emplaced plasma to fire a beam, which did not end well.

When the beam strikes Ashe's tomb, a large portion of it falls out. Since it had arrived in Frostvile, Lunar Frost had rapidly run in frustration and utilised a snowboard, leaving the rest of them almost behind. Gwen asks Fiona if they should let Madeleine do her thing, to which Fiona agrees, but they must accompany her in case she gets in trouble for conducting most of her combat alone. They later destroyed the mech, only for Mimeographer to come out, and briefly fight the heroes, then he faced Fiona herself. The fight ends with her losing, until she witnessed the mercenary getting struck by Madeleine with a powerful jump kick.

The tide of the battle changed when Lunar Frost, confronted Mimeographer himself. He recognises her as the capable daughter of the late Ashe and instantly fights her in melee combat, insulting her profoundly by affirming that if he kills her, he will ruin the tomb and her inheritance, which only served to infuriate her. She can match him and even points out that he has a distinct fighting style because his main ability is focused on mimicking his opponent's tactics and using them to oppose them. The latter then gains the upper hand, until she manifests Ashe's legendary Ice Bow into her hands and wields it as a club, eventually disarming him after a fierce fight.

Fortunately, only Fiona was present to witness it, while the rest of the NEW/G is busy clearing the scene in Vuraki. Madeleine later fights Mimeographer brutally, consuming herself in rage as the latter continues to insult her mother, causing her to strike him multiple times and later mercilessly stomp his head until she had enough and restrained her; giving her advice that her mother has regarding emotion, to never let emotions get the best of her. She calmed down and gazed at her bleeding gloves before sitting down in contemplation, which Fiona later soothes her with. Mimeographer has been left out in the cold, while the NEW/G has finally achieved their second victory over the Renegades.

Fiona's family welcomes them back to the base with hospitality while they all recover their wounds. Night Breeze is subsequently seen soothing Madeleine, who is still mute following her last outburst, which left Mimeographer for dead in the cold. The prodigy later went to her office and proceeds to apologise, which she accepts. Vance also gives Madeleine a memento from her mother, Ashe's quiver. Madeleine accepts it, and she advices him to get some fresh air, which seems perfectly timed when Night Breeze invited her on the rooftops to bond,

She later felt relieved despite the amount of wounded, knowing that they managed to best the Renegades, twice. However, she fears that S.O.L.A.C.E will unleash more of their mechanical forces into the innocent to uphold their goal; To restore PROJECT.

### Anti-Corporations

Fiona has been actively pushing a campaign to disband Archibald Robotics after learning about their true ethics. However, one imminent threat has sidelined it as he, caused a brutal massacre in Heliga. Without further ado, the majority of her heroes have launched to oppose his threat against nevanity,

#### Rise of the Reaper

The NEW/G now confronts ADLEHR, and they all assault him as a result. However, the reaper unleashes a SOUL PASSAGE, causing hundreds of thousands of souls to interact with it and launch themselves in front of them, forcing Fiona to order the heroes to group up and stay on the defensive, while the Reaper himself laughs in pure malevolence, proclaiming that the souls represent the renegades that they have killed due to their heroic feats. Eion Brightblast mocks him for relying on his limitless horde of souls to kill them, to which the latter responds with an eerie comment that only serves to enrage them. Fiona is overwhelmed to the point of throwing herself behind the team in order to survive.

Fiona then manhandles the rest of them, as Spartacus Brightspear lost his patience and starfalled into their position, protecting them from the evil souls and destroying them in return. Due to that, the reaper throws an ETERNITY PRISON, preventing them from reaching him quickly for a killing blow, which forced NEXTECH Man to fight him one-on-one, starting by a HAMMER DOWN! Fiona saw Aldrin relentlessly smashing the reaper with his hammer, until the latter uses his powers to become intangible and slows him down with a FLAY DESECRATION. He mocks him for using cheap abilities to stay alive in their one-against-many battle.

However, ADLEHR secures his victory by knocking out all of them. This ensured his massacre continues on Heliga, preventing the new generation of heroes from saving the innocent people and they have suffered their first defeat. Madeleine was highly upset, pointing out that a decent number of them are not present in their battle, such as Seeker recovering from her wounds from the previous operation, and Night Breeze mysteriously disappearing without their discretion.

This gave Fiona the chance for Madeleine to find Alissandre, and confront whatever ugly truth that may occur in the process.

#### Renegade Firepower

The Corporate Renegades have started a crazy massacre when they unleashed their army, starting by killing dozens of Aryan citizens and causing a fight with the *Aryan Armed Forces*. They brought more than enough firepower to deal with their military, forcing the legion of heroes to launch again. NEXTECH Man takes the lead on destroying the vehicles, whilst Fiona Vance ensures to minimise the collateral damage throughout the battle. However, the Renegades have brought another of those Aether beasts, which managed to counter their Nextech, forcing them to rely on conventional methods, using dropped weapons from the Aryan soldiers to kill the beasts. Still, they lost.

Fiona then later lets Lunar Frost find Night Breeze, though she earned criticism from Gwyneth for not checking on her. Though Vance informed her calmly that she went somewhere to find Night Breeze. The Nordic warrior shrugs, knowing Alissandre must've turned on them, which enraged Fiona, who concluded that Forge must've been aware of the hacking expert's heinous past, despite her good nature and being the best friend of the prodigy.

Unbeknownst to them, S.O.L.A.C.E's intervention made things worse. As it goes out of control, the Iron Man has launched into the city and singlehandedly manhandled the enemy. Archibald Robotics later sent a cybernetic army of warriors to deal with him, but they are plainly outmatched with ease as he simply tears them apart, shrugging the fact that they have been used a lab rats to become cyborg henchmen that will assist both S.O.L.A.C.E and the Corporate Renegades.

#### Boots on the Ground

Fiona was highly upset by their losses, to the point where she suspended all of their combat operations, and forced their warriors to brainstorm in the war room. They had a lengthy discussion on revising their tactics and strategies. However, she only noticed that Night Breeze is absent. Lunar Frost answers her call regarding the status of her quest, giving her the requirement to deliver her to them in their location, regardless if she betrayed the NEW/G or not.

The Trinity later demanded medical attention as Amanda got shot. They confirmed that their black ops have failed, much to her chagrin, though Lidia finally confirms that they have two bases; One located somewhere in the Aryaine Kingdom, and the other serves as their primary headquarters, a fortress in Na'Raka. Vance is surprised to hear the word "fortress", questioning on how does the renegades get their assets. Henry concludes that the Renegades are allied with the corporation known as S.O.L.A.C.E. Therefore, it is clear that the newer generation of heroes are not only against the cult that strives to restore PROJECT, but also a corporation obsessed on technology.

Fiona initially believed that the Renegades are with S.O.L.A.C.E way back in *Operation: New Troubles* through fear, knowing that the corporation has more power than Salazar Progektö's terroristic society. Amanda then finally ends their discussion by confirming that those two factions share a common goal: Restore PROJECT by themselves.

#### Familial Confessions

Fiona recalls Alissandre's tragic past, which led to her bonding with Madeleine, and realises she is the daughter of Templar Vanguard. Knowing that Lunar Frost was after her, Fiona hoped that they would both arrive at the headquarters in peace, unaware that they had an argument and tried to kill each other in combat. Because Madeleine is so skilled at her quest, she lets it happen and will only travel to the specified location when the commotion has subsided or Frost has declared her own mission complete.

They all located their meeting point, which is none other than the nation of Ruj, an underground megacity known for its Aether and lawlessness. Converging into the scene, she saw Madeleine holding Alissandre by the head, heavily bruised, with blood on her face; This comes at a dawning revelation, the NEW/G has suffered their recent defeats as Alissandre is responsible for giving away their locations, which concludes on how does S.O.L.A.C.E and the Corporate Renegades defeat them prior. Angered, Gwyneth Forgesteel takes the pleasure to cuff her, and congratulates Madeleine, knowing that it is difficult to confront a longtime friend that betrayed her, and the entire legion.

#### Archibald Robotics, No More!

As the public grows concerned about their recent defeats against the Corporate Renegades and S.O.L.A.C.E, Fiona takes matters into her own hands and attends an SDC Council General Assembly meeting to reassure them. As she approached the stage, she was met with both positive and negative energy from the audience; she gulped, knowing that this meeting could be similar to any political drama she had heard of. When she spoke to the crowd, she won their hearts as her wisdom allowed her to gain their trust, silencing more doubts about her legion and she even demonstrated examples of why the enemy becomes a far more serious threat than anticipated: they wanted to restore PROJECT at any cost.

Upon realising that the meeting was a success, one member of the crowd asked about their prodigy's whereabouts. She simply replied that Lunar Frost has decided to temporarily take a break from her heroics, after a scandal that almost broke their ranks. They all nod respectfully, but they suspect that betrayal must be truth behind the word scandal.

### Unshakeable Revelation

#### Prelude

Winslow Systems has informed her of the BASE ATTACK CONTINGENCY, as their engagements against the common threat have gave them once clear answer: The base is suspect to an imminent invasion. As a result, Vance discreetly increased the readiness of the NEW/G garrison posted in the headquarters and authorised limited communications blackouts under the guise of routine maintenance procedures. After preparing everything, she had a request from Benjamin Timewatcher himself: A private interrogation, intending to bring the truth.

Fiona and Benjamin interrogated him briefly before he revealed the truth, revealing that he faked his death and the body found by PROJECT was a perfectly identical copy. He also inquired about Jinx's whereabouts, to which she only replied that he deserted them during their final battle and was never seen or heard from again. Furthermore, he was blinded by his lack of memories, which explains his previous attitude toward them and his thievery, for which she eventually forgives him. Eion listened outside the room, gaining an understanding of who he is and his situation.

#### Invasion

She knew what would happen next: another attack. Fiona orders everyone to prepare for the defence of their headquarters without hesitation. She takes up her sword and places a large object on top of the building, which she activates it to create a massive force field made of Nextech itself. Michael Nexima later saw the whole thing and questioned her about it, to which she replied that S.O.L.A.C.E has a superweapon to use against them. After learning about a superweapon, Frederick Parangosky ordered the Panamoan military to deploy their forces and encircle the base to form a perimeter and protect the legion of heroes' headquarters.

Fiona saw Madeleine rushing to prepare. However, she stops her after quickly looking at her, knowing that she had a relationship with Alissandre hours ago. Vance scolds her for falling in love with her supposed ex-best friend, which the prodigy only asked to stay out of their relationship, whilst she surrenders her gear and weapons to her. She is speechless, but accepts her decision to leave. Bloodlust later suggests her to free Benjamin Timewatcher, knowing that he can be valuable and be able to reverse their current predicament.

Fiona Vance takes note of the suggestion and quickly scrambles inside the base to find him. Locating him in the cell, she quickly releases him and tells their current situation, which he insists that a giant weapon must be the reason behind the ongoing sound. As the fighting becomes more and more intense, Spartacus Brightspear quickly informs the heroes regarding the reason for the sound: A superweapon, codenamed CHIMERA.

As Fiona and the rest of the heroes are desperate on defending their base, the Corporate Renegades slowly forms up near the building's perimeter as S.O.L.A.C.E now readies the CHIMERA and an alarming sound plagues the entire place, but both the heroes and warriors will not falter, and will fight to the very end. That is, when Fiona has saw Benjamin Timewatcher moments away from reversing time to prevent their current predicament, the CHIMERA unexpectedly fires a laser and quickly disables the shield of their base, and hits their base.

They were too late.

#### Grounded, Divided

The headquarters has now been destroyed, and both heroes and warriors are trapped beneath the rubble. When Fiona awoke, she saw Bloodlust, her father Templar Vanguard, and the renegades leave the base, while Lunar Frost has gone missing after briefly seeing her trapped in rubble. She finds Seeker for a while before she flees to avoid capture, Eion Brightblast and Gwyneth Forgesteel go missing, and the only one she finds is Benjamin Timewatcher, and they both agree to abandon base, knowing that staying inside will result in capture or immediate execution.

Fiona Vance witnessed the deaths of several of her family members, but she is able to save dozens of them after they escape the ruins of their own base. Vance has the ability to contact the planet's politicians, but she refuses, concluding that going incognito will be better as they lack a base to operate from and proper communications. She makes it clear that the NEW/G will not say anything to the public for the time being, as she has a simple goal: find everyone and re-unite them to stop this threat that threatens their bright future.

Despite her intentions, Fiona is unaware that Madeleine is working on a massive plan to restore the legion's reputation. Vance was unaware that the prodigy wishes to contact her tribe, owing to the renegades' presence in their country. Regardless of her ignorance, she knew the next battlefield would be in the freezing cold.

#### Redemption of Heroes

Fiona managed to learn that Skullface opened a communications channel, seeing it as their hope to reunite the legion that she has command of. Fortunately, she had Benjamin Timewatcher, allowing him to accompany her as they travel to the Northern lands, Avarshi. As they made it to the country, they evaded the patrols of renegades all without wearing their NEW/G suits yet, as she wanted him to experience the feeling of being left with limited supplies. She knew, even if not all makes it alive, this is the time for the legionnaire heroes and warriors to redeem themselves for the planet.

#### Fear the Warmother

Fiona orders the legionnaires to stay put, as she intends to travel into Frostvile alone, wanting to find answers about Ashe's tribe. Knowing that Madeleine must be there, she takes whatever equipment she has, including her suit. However, she trades her uniform for a more inconspicuous outfit. Benjamin Timewatcher wishes her luck as her actions can decide the fate of her Legion. Upon making her to Frostvile, she saw renegades retreating and dying at what appears to be "villagers" attacking them. However, she took a careful guess, realising that they are from tribe Clementia.

He saw Salazar Progektö looking distressed as his own renegades suffer at the hands of the Iceborn heroes. Seeing the opportunity that she can end the leader once and for all, she stands up in front of him, using her speed to stab him, only for him to dodge and attempt to escape, but Fiona stops him in his tracks as she aims her sword at Salazar, all while it emits a powerful frequency.

She longed for this day.

#### The Leader against a Warmother

Despite her best efforts, she was thrown to the ground by Salazar Progektö after matching him in a fight. As a result, he instructs Templar Vanguard to deal with her, as he reveals that the Inner Haven has a duplicate copy, knowing that the original base is destroyed at the hands of the Panamoan military. Fiona Vance defeats Templar Vanguard, and she uses the opportunity to stab him. However, Bloodlust stops her from killing her father and she pushes him away, with some effort.

Fiona and Alissandre has expressed their hatred for each other before starting a fight. Fiona quickly matches her in Hand-to-hand combat and ends it quick by simply kicking her a few times, winding Alissandre to the point of exhaustion. The renegade assassin then assaulted her with negative remarks, then demands her to use her sword as the assassin pulls out her electrically charged knives. She then disarmed the assassin later disarmed and put in a chokehold. Fiona asks that she give up and be imprisoned, but she refuses since as knew she will have to see Madeleine again. She breaks free after hitting Fiona more than enough times in the stomach , putting her down to the ground, coughing in annoyance.

Fiona then points out that her relationship with Madeleine is a bad influence, though Alissandre counters by stating that she is there to protect her, even from far away or when she is outmatched. The moment Fiona attempts to knock her out, Madeleine jumps out of nowhere and dropkicks her to the abdomen, causing her to retreat, but she declares a duel. The moment she said this, the masked Madeleine orders the tribe to surround them, preventing any escapes.

The fight between Fiona and Madeleine was far more intense than anticipated, Fiona though Madeleine overestimated herself with her skills, but she was gravely incorrect. The Warmother managed to equal the PROJECT defector veteran with great effort, forcing Fiona to pull out her sword. The Warmother unmasks and simply wants her to bring it on. After an intense fight, she pins her to the ground, with the blade inches from Madeleine's throat. The leader then states that she would've not done this if she haven't dated the ruthless Bloodlust. Madeleine however, does not budge and maintains the use of her bow to block the sword.

#### The Legion's Reunion

Though Fiona declares that she won, Madeleine proved her wrong. The tribe congratulated them for an intense, honourable fight. Fiona then ordered the NEW/G to converge and meet the new Lunar Frost. Much to her surprise, what is left of the Legion has formed up behind her, all while they witness the entirety of the Clemirosans right in front of their eyes. After their failed attempt to convince the Warmother, Madeleine, to rejoin them; Someone steps up, REX-ARCHIBALD.

### New Heroes, Another Ultimatum

#### The Calm Before the Storm

Fiona has taken REX-ARCHIBALD's training as well, knowing that the loss of Lunar Frost in their ranks, caused them a large skill gap. She noticed Benjamin Timewatcher pondering about his relationship with Jinx, and what should he expects on the far future, Fiona then informs him that they should all expect the unexpected, as nothing has been really certain since the legionnaire's reunion way back in Christmas day.

After completing the training, Fiona stands on top of Area 91's crashed warship, looking onward to the horizon, knowing that she has to face another *final* fight.

#### Preluding the Finale

Fiona makes her way to the Northern lands after Gwyneth Forgesteel came first and the others followed. REX-ARCHIBALD followed suit, awaiting her order for their next move. As they are perching in the border of Frostvile and Vuraki, Spartacus Brightspear reports that the renegades has a base not far from the tribe's location, which means they have prepared for this eventuality. Without any doubts left, Fiona has ordered them to split up, but she is interrupted when Sinister Teeth got killed by what appears to be Nightfall, who fired the first shot and is allied with the Clemirosans.

She was amazed by the sight of JUDGEMENT's beam blasting the renegades from their position, which means Brienne has returned to help them one last time.

#### Salazar's True Power

The Ultimate power of the Corporate Renegades eventually stunned the free world. That is due to having an infinite supply of cloned mercenaries, as well as hundreds of tanks, armoured vehicles, mechs, aircraft, and even a whole dropship, all to eliminate their opponents once and for all, so that their goals can finally come into the light. While they continue to unleash their power on their foes, the Legionnaires, the Clemirosans, and the Panamoan military, one thing is certain: this is the biggest battle of the war in the new period. The forces of good have eventually fought against the new evil despite their overwhelming numbers, and the fact that it takes place on Avarshi makes it considerably worse than anyone could have imagined.

Fiona rallied the Legionnaires to maintain their fighting capabilities, and stand their ground, protecting each other, while fighting the renegades. She later saw former renegades, Nightfall and Bloodlust, helping the Clemirosans and on their side. As she became vital to their advantage, despite the renegades' numbers and firepower, it caused the attention of Phantom Wolf. She also learned that Mimeographer managed to stab Lunar Frost.

Salazar's power was unmatched, but he is then surrounded after most of the renegades have been killed. Vanguard however, was taken away by the Legionnaires per Bloodlust's suggestion, not wanting her father to die. It is clear that the couple's agreement has worked well, earning the ire of Fiona herself, in disbelief that Madeleine has an intimate relationship with the traitor, Alissandre. Fiona also witnessed Alissandre taking care of Madeleine, even hearing the words of encouragement to keep the Warmother alive.

#### Fiona v Phantom

Before Fiona Vance can attack Salazar again, she is halted by Phantom Wolf, who purposefully aimed his shot inches away from Fiona's boot. Phantom Wolf declares that this combat would resolve everything, and Fiona realises that he is the companion of the PROJECT soldier known as INTERCEPTOR-409, who became enraged after killing the former. Vance cautions him that he is no match for her, but the ambitious soldier ignores her weapon and immediately takes out a very familiar weapon: SHADOW's blades, one placed on his left wrist and the other a sword. He then takes off his helmet and shows his face, ending his words by confirming that his face is the last thing she'll ever see before her death. From that, they started a duel and it was unexpected.

Fiona was caught off guard by Phantom Wolf using SHADOW's blades, evading every un-blockable move, as her Legion uniform has minimal to no armour at all, which puts her at a very severe disadvantage. She only won the fight by finally killing the Phantom Wolf by stabbing him to the head, piercing the visor and his body drops down. As the three factions surround Salazar himself who refused to surrender after shooting one Panamoan soldier, Fiona decides to challenge him.

#### Legion v the Anarchist

Spartacus Brightspear, Benjamin Timewatcher and Gwyneth Forgesteel chose to face Salazar Progektö as he demands a fight. With his newfound Aether power enabled him to equal the veteran warriors, brutally killing Gwyneth by stabbing her in the stomach with her own sword. He also defeated Spartacus by hitting him hard with his left arm, fracturing his jaw and knocking him out. Later, he dislocates Benjamin's arm and is ready to tear it from his body, but Fiona quickly intervenes and cuts his left arm, only for it to renegerate. REX-ARCHIBALD then pushed Salazar away to grab Gwyneth's corpse, under the insistance of Nightfall.

Salazar claims that he always knew it would end this way, which Fiona responds that none shall interfere in their duel. The fight was brutal, and they are both giving their all. Even Fiona used Hand-to-hand combat to level the field of skill that Salazar has, until he proceeds to break her rib, and she then outsmarted him before he had impaled her chest, by using her sword to stab him, thrice. He drops dead, and declares that it is all over. Apparently, none of them knew about Mimeographer disappearing.

She later confronted Bloodlust. The latter looks surprisingly calm, and admits that she has no longer a grudge against her. As a result, Fiona suggests to her that surrendering would be an option, but the latter refuses, giving her an expression of annoyance, but chose to accept the fact, knowing that Madeleine is with her.

#### Men of Iron

As the Legionnaires prepare to teleport back to Area 91, Mimeographer attacks them with his own Iron Man Armour. Though he kills a few of their allies, Iron Man suggests them to depart as he spears the imposter into the renegade secret base to finally end his misery. Fiona knew Michael Nexima was actually an armoured hero despite his intolerable outward personality.

### True Ultimatum

#### It All Comes Together

Fiona teleports and returns to their new headquarters and expresses resentment about the death of Gwyneth Forgesteel and their younger heroes, which were formerly recruits. As they all mourned her loss, they agreed to offer her a massive burial, which was sponsored by numerous military units from all over the planet, and to hold it someplace in the Aryaine Kingdom. Surprisingly, following his failed attempt to locate The Trinity, NEXTECH Man attended their funeral. Despite knowing that the war was finished, she suspected something was off because of Ezreal "Troublemaker" Francis, whom they all pursued after the funeral. The pursuit was useless because as it led to an endless succession of loops and temporal reversals.

It took her a lot to realise they have two threats that still threaten the future: Ezreal, and LORD ANNIHILATOR. She then checked her computer, and knows that someone can end their newly revived nemesis, it is a woman, but most importantly, an Angel.

#### Legion's Discovery

Fiona was able to pick up a series of reports regarding the great disturbance occurring on the Northern lands. Knowing that it is risky to send all of them into the country, she ordered Eion Brightblast and Benjamin Timewatcher to investigate. The rationale for sending two black guys was for intelligence collection and recon, which they accepted without question because they had faced worse during the *PROJECT-G/NEX War*. It took them a time to traverse before managing to survive the storm wall.

Fiona concluded their discovery: It was LORD ANNIHILATOR all along. To her, the name sounds ominous and she orders everyone to prepare to stop him at all costs.

#### Legion's Last Intervention

As the NEW/G prepared to stop LORD ANNIHILATOR from wreaking havoc and destroying Nexonia Prime, they listened to a moving speech by Fiona Vance and saluted in reverence, all pointing their rifles overhead in unison. They were quickly trapped in Vuraki after teleporting to Avarshi. Fiona then realises it was an ambush and stands side by side with REX-ARCHIBALD, seeing that the **Tyrannical Supreme** shined his red eyes over them, as his army of holographic minions now rush towards their position without stopping, forcing the Legionnaires to form a defensive position.

Fiona then admits that it was an honour to lead them all, even if she is not the perfect leader that some has crudely imagined.

## Accolades

* Named #1 Person on SUCCESS OF THE TIME, surpassing even the most accomplished politicians.
* Recruited the heroes of the younger generations, for her legion.
* Establishing the Legion's dominance as the most renowned force in the planet.
* Has transitioned from war to politics and vice versa, with relative ease.
* Jumpstarting Madeleine's rise to greatness, and her unexpected position of a Warmother.
* Medal of Honour (2x)

## Personality

> "Leadership isn't taken. It is earned."
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Fiona Vance is a committed and experienced leader. Due to her experiences with PROJECT and the G/NEX, it gave her more than enough experience and skills to be an efficient leader; Moreover, She then founded the hero organisation meant to protect the planet from extraordinary threats, while serving as a bastion of heroes, particularly the younger generations. Though she compares herself to Ashe occasionally, she is confident in her own leadership, concluding that she'll be as good, If not, even better than her. She welcomes her members with a strict, but tolerable attitude. Fiona notably embraces her command, as it is full of warriors from different backgrounds and cultures.

On her views towards leadership, Fiona states that it should not be taken, but rather given. That is, she believes that becoming a leader is won through hard effort and determination, rather than snatching it with the intention of controlling a group or an organisation to serve his or her personal interests, or control it the way they see fit. Ultimately, Fiona embodies the ideal leader as she leads the new generation of heroes, as her strict methods allow her younger heroes to be disciplined and tailored to became what it means, to be a true warrior.

Notably, Fiona despises traitors, which explains why she despises Alissandre Crowe, the Night Breeze, later known as the Bloodlust. As a result of the latter's lack of respect and her treachery amid their ranks, she became more impulsive, stating that she was a wasted opportunity. This was further emphasised when the two fought each other following the Legion's disbandment, both hurling cruel remarks at each other. Fiona's hatred for her grew much stronger after she lost, and they were only able to reconcile when Alissandre redeemed herself and joined the Clemirosans in their final battle in the new war.

Fortunately, Fiona is more than willing to admit that she isn't perfect, and has made mistakes. This gives her appreciation from her Legionnaires, but she would still continue to serve as their leader, knowing that she is the right person for the position, and she does not want to waste her earned title of being a leader.

## Abilities

Fiona Vance lacked any enhancements as she reversed her cybernetics through the use of Nextech. In return, she uses a chrono suit instead to amplify her abilities in combat, granting her considerably enhanced levels of strength, speed and agility. Her minimalist approach to her outfit may limit her effectiveness in heavy combat, so she relies on her tactical knowledge to adapt to varying situations in the battlefield.

### Moveset

* **PULSE LUNGE**: Fiona lunges at her opponent and stabs them with her zero pulse sword. Notably, a direct hit to an enemy's vitals ensure a killing blow without any constraints.

* **RIPOSTE**: She parries enemy swordsmen's attacks, with her own artificial intelligence to generate counteracts for her to employ against the opponent. She can **even** turn invulnerable when she enters the parrying stance.

* **SWORDWORK**: Upon successfully attacking for 30 seconds, she can activate this ability, gaining temporarily increased attack speed and reaction time, allowing her to create moves that are much faster than what her foes can expect.

* **GRAND DUELIST**: This is Fiona's ultimate ability, which has not changed ever since. In this process, the zero pulse sword activates the spatially controlled atomic tipped coating for maximum power. She then strikes the opponent four times. If it is successful, she can cut anything; But if the attacks fail to damage or penetrate the surface, it will cause acidic corrosion or incineration instead.

### Skills

* **Master Swordsman**: Fiona is a highly skilled swordsman ever since her childhood and her former life on Valenthia. She is best at using swords and rapiers on combat. Her level of skill was so immense, that no one in her prime was able to defeat her, not kill her in a duel, which even extends to this day, where her own skills are still unmatched, and only a few are capable of matching the odds. Though the lack of PROJECT foes lately means that she longs for a worthy opponent.

* **Master Combatant**: Fiona is a tremendously skilled combatant. She is equally well versed in swordsmanship and highly proficient in hand-to-hand combat; Though she has an infamous way of fighting unarmed, which she typically kicks her opponent with her long legs in a lazy manner (front kick), and deliver precise strikes to neutralise them. It is clear that she even matched the unpredictable Mimeographer, the ambitious Phantom Wolf and even the renegade leader, Salazar

* **Brilliant Leader**: Fiona is an extremely brilliant leader. She knows what's best for her family and her organisation, recruiting all the genuine heroes of the newer generations whenever possible. Her leadership skills are excellent, if not, even better than Ashe herself.

## Relationships

Becoming the new leader of a movement has allowed Fiona to experience complex relationships on the people she comes across. As the leader of the younger generation of heroes, she works hard to keep them alive and warm up to them, understanding that being close to her fellow warriors and younger heroes keeps everyone in good condition. Considering them to be a part of her own noble family, her greatest fear is to fail them, unlike Ashe; Whose biggest fear is to watch her group die in combat.

* **Lunar Frost**: Madeleine, a young adult and prodigy, is mentored by Fiona. Knowing she is Ashe's daughter, the two have vowed to keep it a secret among their ranks, as Fiona was previously aware of her existence, much to the astonishment of the latter. Their agreement to keep her identity hidden was later dissolved when Madeleine revealed her true identity to most of the NEW/G, loudly stating that she is the late hero's daughter. Since then, they have had a mother-daughter bond. Madeleine considers her to be a second mother, describing her as "kind of like my own mother (Ashe), but far more sarcastic and strict."

* **Night Breeze/Bloodlust**: Alissandre and Fiona's relationship is complicated. The two rarely agree, despite the fact that the younger hero has shown more than enough respect for her superior. However, their bond is strained after Alissandre transforms into a more ruthless version of herself, endangering the entire team. Angry, she imprisoned her in their headquarters, using Madeleine to keep her in check. Fiona later expressed her disdain for Alissandre after she managed to seduce Madeleine and become a couple, loudly proclaiming that she is a bad influence, and Skullface agreed, knowing that she could ruin the prodigy's remarkable skills and reputation.

* **Spartacus Brightspear**: Fiona and Flavius have two things in common; they are both Valenthians who were born warriors. As a result, it did not take long for her to trust him and introduce him to her organisation, allowing him to aid her duties as a leader and later have personal chats about their lives, demonstrating mutual trust.

* **Gwyneth Forgesteel**: Fiona and Gwen's relationship are mildly comparable to Ashe and Scylla way back then. The two tends to clash regarding orders and tactics into their missions, and Gwen's Nordic nature is sometimes causing the two of them to despise each other verbally. However, they have quickly settled it and the two seems to have mutual respect afterwards.

* **Salazar Progektö**: Fiona and Salazar share one trait - they are both leaders. Though Salazar regards her legion of heroes as filthy and their principles as fraudulent, they appear to have a grudging respect for her. Regardless, they both have a strong instinct to kill each other if given the opportunity.

* **Mimeographer**: Fiona shows disdain on Mimeographer's attitude, even proving out that his reliance on the photographic memory prevents him from inhabiting his own fight styles and rely on the enemy to cheaply win a fight.

* **SCODOK**: Fiona hates SCODOK, due to his agenda and his hideous appearance. Moreover, she demonstrates her hatred of him and his corporation by excessively destroying his hardware, given a S.O.L.A.C.E machine is there to fight her.

## Trivia

### General

* No longer wanting to be associated with PROJECT regarding her past, she dropped her codename of FIONA-384, and now presents herself in her real name.
* Fiona changed her hair colour to silver to honour the previous leader, Ashe. It has a light blue hue, similar to the former, to make it more stunning.
* The House Vance is able to thrive and grow their family even further thanks to her. In return for her actions, the noble house is now taking care of their financial management, which concludes that she became significantly more wealthy when she took over.
	+ Notably, it is out of place to have her family instantly have more than several members immediately, which would logically take a decade or more to expand. This was later explained that it was a time jump caused by Ezreal "Troublemaker" Francis, but still the new year only takes place in 3026 rather than decades later.
* It seems that she gained a new enemy: ADLEHR. However, she sees him as more of a scheming threat than a tyrant.
* The NEW/G's wealth is due to her own family, House Vance; Taking care of their financial management, and money related matters.
* Fiona Vance viewed Madeleine Clement as the most capable young hero, knowing that she has been extensively trained by her mother.
* Fiona knew about Alissandre's dark past, such as her life with her father, known as the Templar Vanguard; whom loyally served as the Renegades' second-in-command.

### Developmental Notes

* Fiona Vance was designed as an enhanced version of FIONA-384 in terms of character, becoming more dimensional than ever.
* Some claimed she finally found a suitable love interest. It is actually not Archibald, or Flavius.
* Fiona has some resentment for Madeleine leaving the Legion, but remains in good terms with her.
* She does apologise for any mistakes and is said to be widely likeable beyond her strict demeanout.