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Nicknames: N/A Race: Water / Ice Gender: Male Future Class: Undecided Significant Other: N/A Parents: Sigrun (NPC) & Taavetti (NPC) Siblings:Faydis Children: None Physical Description: A fairly average young man with a certain 'offness' about him. For a more detailed description, please check out his quest.
Personality: Abnormal Ever since he was a small boy Farah has been on the unsettling side of 'odd'. He sees images sometimes that aren't there, which tends to effect his sleep schedule. As a rule he refuses to eat any meat that isn't fish, on the grounds that he'll 'upset' the voices, and they'll do something bad to him.
In truth, he's more afraid of the images and the voices then he is about anything in the 'real' world. For a time he tried to listen to his father; to believe that they weren't real and that if he tried hard enough maybe it would all go away. When that didn't work Farah gave up, and decided to try making them happy. So far his odd behaviors are working out; his good days out number the bad, though for how much longer he doesn't know.
His general behavior has always been odd; he moves a little too quickly at times, often flipping around like some kind of beast instead of a man.
Paranoid Farah has been plagued by hallucinations ever since his earliest days; some far worse than others. On his 'good' days he can be rather pleasant, if not a little twitchy, but on his 'bad' days he's a wreck. Someone is always watching him, even when they aren't. He's been known to openly accuse his family of spying on him, even if they're miles away at the time, or of bringing others to the island when no one was ever there.
He hears voices, no matter what his father says about them 'not being real'. Farah knows it's a lie; he hears them. Because of his innate paranoia his moods can snap in an instant, bringing him from hugging his father one moment to threatening him with a chair leg the next.
Water seems to 'drown' the voices; it makes them quiet, and easier to cope with, so he usually stays on the shoreline throughout the day. So long as he's doing something in the water Farah isn't worked up by the general mess inside of his head. Most of the time, that is.
Volatile When having one of his 'fits' Farah is a danger not only to himself but, to everyone around him. His moods simply change too rapidly. There are no 'transitions'; they simply snap back and forth so often that more than a few village elders have labeled him possessed. When he's angry he lashes out at the closest thing; whether that be an inanimate object or someone. More than a few times that's led to altercations with village children, which is the main reason why he's been separated.
His father worries for Faydis around Farah, but ultimately Farah seems to have a soft spot for her. He still has his moments, though the love he carries for his twin has kept him somewhat calm around her. In his opinion it's because he's able to be himself around her; Faydis has always egged him on, pushed him to let his moods run wild and Farah's never had to attempt hiding them around her. He knows if he talks about the 'voices' she won't tell him to shut up, and like the water, he uses her presence to calm his more turbulent moods.
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History
Farah and Faydis' parents met on the road. Their mother, Sigrun, was traveling from Zidel to a smaller village when she came across a stranger half frozen in the snow. She took him to the nearest inn, and stayed by his side as a healer tended to his ailments. In the time it took him to heal, Sigrun learned that the man's name was Taavetti and that he was a wanderer who, in his youth, wanted to see as much of the world as possible.
There was much to admire about the iceling woman who had rescued him; she was beautiful, if not cool tempered, and in her distance from him, Taavetti could tell she was strong of spirit. He tried to charm Sigrun into traveling with him, but the woman openly told the wicked little fish that she had a family back in Zidel, a husband and two daughters, and was simply on her way to visit with her sister.
Still, there was something about Taavetti that Sigrun couldn't stay away from. Her marriage was one of love, at least in appearances; she knew her husband had affairs, but had kept herself from doing so out of pure principal. At least one of them had to keep up appearances in front of their daughters. At first, she detested that she was now trapped in that little inn, forced to stay by Taavetti because of a strong storm that made all travel dangerous, but after a few weeks of near constant contact with the man, Sigrun's defenses began to wear down.
Taavetti was a cad, a horrible flirt, terribly attractive, and attentive to her in a way she hadn't seen since she was first married. She tried to explain to him over and over that she was a married woman, who was well over ten years his senior, and he should keep his distance. Taavetti did no such thing.
He selfishly desired the iceling, and though she tried to fight it, Sigrun felt the same. Before the storm was through the two had spent more than a few nights in each other's beds, and when the snows had cleared Sigrun was gone. She claimed that her senses had returned to her, and that she needed to get away from her 'mistake' as quickly as possible. In truth, she feared that she could very easily stay there for the rest of her life, curled up in the younger man's arms, escaping her duties to her family.
When she arrived at her sister's home, Sigrun was ill. At first she thought it was merely anxiety over her misdeed that kept her retching, but when her sister made the comment about having similar signs when pregnant, Sigrun only became worse. How could she not only sleep with someone who wasn't her husband, but now be carrying his child? And a hybrid, at that?! There was no way she could return home with it, So in her letters back home, Sigrun lied to her husband, claiming her sister had taken ill, and she was having to stay longer to take care of her.
In truth, her sister was aiding in her lies to keep Sigrun's pregnancy a secret. She remained in the woman's home until the time of her labor, only to come to the sickening realization that she carried not one hybrid child, but twins. Once the babes were born, plans were made.
Taavetti had been sought out. In the months Sigrun was pregnant her brother-in-law and his sons scoured Zena, then Sauti, and finally Tale to find the man. When he was finally found, buried in another woman's curls in a bar, and dragged back to Zena, Taavetti was just as horrified as Sigrun. He wasn't ready to be a father! At least, not one that was present and ready to raise children.
And yet he had to. Sigrun gave him an ultimatum; be there with her as she smothered the childen, or take them with him to Matori. Her husband could not find out, no one could, and she was willing to go to any lengths to make that happen.
As opposed as Taavetti was to halting his adventures so early in life, he wouldn't allow his offspring to be killed. He called Sigrun out on her callousness, her coldness to her own infants, before being tossed out with the babes in hand.
In the weeks that followed Taavetti made sure that his twin childern, Farah and Faydis, survived. He paid wet nurses to travel with them as far as they could and tried to do his best. Taavetti wasn't experienced with children at all, let alone newborns, but he tried. He wouldn't just ignore the life he'd produced, like Sigrun seemed to be able to do, no matter how unexpected it was.
He took Farah and Faydis to Matori, to his old home in Besaji, where they grew up in relative happiness. Taavetti's parents were long since dead, and the man raised his son and daughter as best as he could with the help of friends and neighbors.
At least, until they started to show peculiarities.
Once they were around the age of six, Taavetti began to notice that his children weren't like the others. At first he had just assumed they were shy and awkward because of their mixed heritage, but as they aged more specific issues came to light.
Farah's erratic mood swings would often scare other children away. One moment he seemed reserved, even hiding to cry, and the next he would show such a force of aggression that it scared even his father. His lack of self-restraint left Taavetti with no choice, but to keep him away from the villagers, out of fear of what he would do them or himself.
Faydis proved to make matters worse, when given an opportunity. She felt less of a need for direct interaction with strangers and non-family, particularly when the brunt of her entertainment came from egging her older brother on, encouraging his moods, and consistently pitting him against 'outsiders' whenever they happened to cross paths. She was clingy with Farah, regardless of her brother's temperament at the time, and always interested in whatever he was doing.
When they turned ten, Farah would often speak of seeing people that weren't there, or hearing voices when no one else was around. He became paranoid, jumping at every little sound and snapping at Taavetti for 'sneaking up on him' even when he'd announced himself at least three times. It was during this period that Taavetti was introduced to the idea of 'medicating' his children.
While Farah adamantly refused, and could not be tricked, coerced, or pleaded into taking anything, Faydis decided she would try whatever anyone put in front of her, so long as it was wrapped in sticky taffy. She was a bold and reckless little girl, and wasn't afraid of what 'medication' could do to her.
Farah was kept isolated in their little hut, as it seemed to calm him. He returned to a somewhat 'normal' child, finding most of his peace and delight in the ocean. Hee never seemed to understand why his father didn't like him laughing when a beloved pet died, or why it upset Taavetti when Farah's emotions didn't seem to be the same as his. Farah tried to understand, but in the long run, his oddity just drove a wedge between him and his father.
As ever, Faydis chose to stay close at her brother's. She didn't question whatever drugs she was given, but on the days when she took it, it sapped most care for anything right out of her. While she'd once been jittery, chattery, clingy, vocal, and active, after taking her medicine, she became lazy, soft-spoken, careless, and despondent. The siblings have their fair share of argument over the matter (what with Farah being offended that his right-hand lady doesn't have his back at all times, anymore), but as a creature of habit, Faydis can't be bothered to change her routine. There are days that she misses taking her pills, and both she and Farah are happy for those, but it's easy enough to take them up again.
By the time they were sixteen Farah and Faydis were living on their own. Their father had moved to a larger hut near the village and was openly courting women to marry, leaving his two children to tend to themselves for the most part.
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