Faol had pure black hair that she wears partially in front of her face. She paints her face a dead white, but her true colour of skin is a dusky gray. Her eyes are a dull dark red and her features are sharp; it seems evident she has some elven blood in her. She wears heavy black eye liner and paints her lips very dark, almost black, blood red. Faol wears black velvet and lace dress, which laces up in front and has long flowing sleeves of a lighter black material. She has a silver chain bracelet on her left hand inset in two spots with pure ebony obsidian. Faol also wears a black collar made of leather than clasps with a silver buckle in the front.
Faol is part of the Lamenter’s Guild. She is a musician that is quite good at straining distorted sorrowful music from her shadow wood wire strung harp. She is also a beginning necromancer. Faol has not had much experience as an assassin, but is not incapable of it. Indeed, the man that thought she was met a sorrowful end.
Faol is a traveler, not settling much in one place for more than one reason. She earns her money thru commissions for funeral songs and a little theft of other travelers. She travels with a former Paladin, who is now a necromancer, named Merdin.
Faol has two true friends. The first is a pet black rat, named Morin, with red eyes that most of the time nests on her right shoulder, but sometimes will wonder off on his own for a couple days. He will always return to Faol though. Her second friend is Merdin, who is not only a friend, but also a lover and a teacher. He owns a small house in Iga, but most of the time he will travel with Faol, leaving undead servants to take care of and protect his house.
Faol is a half-drow, half-human, but she admits this to none. No one would guess either; the white paint does well to hide such heritage. Her human mother was deceived by her drow father and thus Faol was conceived. Faol is quite sensitive about this and prefers to encourage the rumour about her being conceived between evil essence and an elf.
Faol was abandoned from birth in a back of a dark ally in Iga. Her mother did not want the daughter of a drow, nor would any good human. She was rescued by a half-elven minstrel who took pity knowing what it is like to be a half-breed. The minstrel raised her in the tradition of music and hoped she would become like himself. Faol had a darker side to her, which then, she had problems restraining, and decided she wanted to enter the guild of the Lamenters. Her ‘father’ was very disappointed and began to work behind her back to see if he could bribe some to make sure she would not be accepted in the guild. It did not work and when Faol found out how he had been deceiving her, she flew into a rage and killed him. Then filled with guilt, she fled into wilderness. She lived there for a year, wild and starving. On the edge of the wilderness, Merdin found her, naked and unconscious. He clothed her, healed her, and introduced her to life again. She left him, made her own living and finally became part of the Lamenters’ guild. Years later, she met up with Merdin by chance, and they became associated again.
Now Faol has a gentle temper and is very good control of her emotions. Rare is it that one will see them expressed in public. She does not like evil, though many consider her just that, but she does not see killing as an evil act or many other things she does. They are actually acts of mercy and Truth. She does not like the lies people tell themselves and the world without realizing they are lies. Faol’s hatred, anger and other emotions seem to fester in her as time goes on. Often her revenge will be greater than the grievance committed is worthy of. Faol also is a very strong advocator of vengeance. Rare is the time when she does not seek it.
Faol worships no deity, unsure even if they exist. She is not sure what happens after death, and that is something she has gained from the Lamenters’ guild. Some opinions say there are, some say there are not. Faol finds it the safest to stay neutral and not believe anything. When it comes to religion and philosophy, often Faol will debate one the opposite side of whatever the first persons view is.