FENNEL



ONE OF THE SEEMINGLY MANY OC'S IL PALAZZO HAD SHIPPED IN TO CONSTITUTE CLDR'S LOWER CLASS OF SLAVES/SERVANTS.

HOW ABOUT A BASIC RUNDOWN?

BASICALLY IN HER OWN WORLD, FENNEL WORKED AS A SIDESHOW MAGICIAN AND MECHANIC IN A TRAVELING CARNIVAL. OR
THAT'S WHAT SHE AND HER EMPLOYER, GORDON, TELL PEOPLE. SHE ACTUALLY FUNCTIONS AS A SEER- A PREDICTOR OF THE
FUTURE, AND ADVISES HIM, WHILE USING HER ABILITY TO HELP KEEP THE CARNIVAL GOING. SHE ISN'T REALLY A MAGICIAN,
WHICH IS A GREAT SCANDAL IN HER OWN WORLD, SO SHE USES HER MECHANICAL KNOW-HOW TO FAKE IT.

SHE CAN FOOL MOST PEOPLE, BUT A SKILLED EYE CAN CATCH HER TRICKS EASILY.

TL;DR VERSION

ONCE UPON A TIME, IN A DIMENSION FAR FAR AWAY, THERE WAS A WORLD HOME TO A PANGEA-LIKE CONTINENT, WHICH WAS HOME TO SEVERAL
COASTAL COUNTRIES AS WELL. ALL OF THEM WERE SEPARATE MONARCHIES, SOME ALLIES, SOME ENEMIES, AS ALL COUNTRIES SEEM TO
BE. ALSO IN THIS WORLD WAS A VERY STRONG FORCE OF MAGIC, REPRESENTED BY A GOD AND A GODDESS- THE GOD WAS
ADOPTED BY THE ORDER OF MAGES AS THEIR PATRON, AND THE GODDESS BY THE SEERS. THE SEERS HAD NO ORDER, BUT
OPERATED IN FAMILIAL CLANS, THE MOST POWERFUL OF WHICH SERVED THE ROYAL COURT OF THEIR COUNTRY.

IN THE SNOWY NORTHERN MOST COUNTRY OF VACCE, CORRINA MEL BEGAN HER LIFE AND TRAINING AS A SEER. HOWEVER, IN HER
ADOLESCENCE, VACCE WAS ATTACKED, AND DESTROYED, BY THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRY ARGOS. VERY FEW SURVIVED THIS. ONE
OF THOSE FEW WAS CORINNA MEL, BECAUSE IF SHE DIED, THERE WOULDN'T BE MUCH POINT IN WRITING HER INTO A STORY THAT
TAKES PLACE SOME FIFTEEN YEARS LATER.

NOW, THE YOUNG SEER, WITHOUT FAMILY, FRIENDS, MASTERS, OR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN SET OUT UPON THE WORLD.

AND PROMPTLY GOT IN WORKING IN A MARKETPLACE, WHERE SHE WAS FOUND AND TAKEN UNDER THE WING OF A VIOLET
MAGE KNOWN AS FENNEL. FIVE YEARS PASSED, WITH CORINNA MEL NOT MAKING MUCH PROGRESS IN HER MAGIC STUDIES, AS HER
POWERS WERE VESTED ELSEWHERE. THIS WAS A GREAT MYSTERY TO FENNEL, WHO HAD NO IDEA OF HIS APPRENTICE'S TRUE
ORIGIN.

AND THEN CERTAIN THINGS HAPPENED THAT RESULTED IN FENNEL'S VIOLENT DEATH.

AND CORINNA MEL TOOK UP HER MASTER'S NAME AND CREDENTIALS AND BEGAN HER MASQUERADE AS A VIOLET MAGE. THIS, EVENTUALLY, LED HER
TO THE TRAVELING CARNIVAL AT WHICH SHE WAS EMPLOYED AT FOR ABOUT TEN OR SO YEARS.

IT WAS IN THE COURSE OF DAY TO DAY LIFE, WITH THE STIRRINGS OF SOME GREAT HAPPENING WISPING INTO THE EDGES OF HER VISION, THAT
SHE WAS PULLED INTO CLDR, APPARENTLY AT THE COMMAND OF IL PALAZZO'S CALL FOR A LOWER CLASS OF SERVANTS.

FENNEL IN CLDR

FENNEL DOESN'T INTERACT WITH OTHERS MUCH IN CLDR, MAINLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT SHE IS A BIT OF A COWARD. SHE
ALMOST CONSTANTLY IS PEEKING INTO WHAT COULD HAPPEN AND DIFFERENT SCENARIOS OF EVENTS, AND, TO PUT IT SUCCINCTLY,
CLDR SCARES THE SHIT OUT OF HER. SHE WON'T APPROACH ANYONE IF SHE FORESEES ANY IMMINENT THREATS.

SHE HAS ALSO FORESEEN MANY WAYS THAT HER TRUE NATURE COULD BE REVEALED, AND SHE REALLY DOESN'T WANT THAT
HAPPENING. IF SOMEONE ELSE FROM HER WORLD MANAGED TO SHOW UP AND FOUND OUT, THAT WOULD PRETTY MUCH SPELL
THE END FOR HER.

SHE ALSO HAS NO PROBLEM WITH BEING A MEMBER OF THE SECOND CLASS, AND WILL DUTIFULLY FOLLOW NEARLY ANY COMMAND OF
THE CANON CHARACTERS.

ALSO OF NOTE IS HER FEAR OF SOLDIERS. SHE KNOWS OF NO OTHER TYPE OF SOLDIERS THAN THE TYPES OF SOLDIERS IN HER OWN WORLD. AS SUCH,
SHE IS NOT YET TERRIFIED OF THE METAL GEAR SOLID CHARACTERS. BASICALLY, FOR HER TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE AS- OR THINK
OF SOMEONE AS A SOLDIER, THEY HAVE TO ALMOST SYNC UP WITH THE TYPICAL RPG SOLDIER-TYPE: KNIGHTS IN ARMOR, FIGHTERS BEARING
CRESTS, ARCHERS, THAT SORT OF THING.

RELATIONSHIPS

SAFT

• FENNEL MADE A PROMISE TO KEEP SOMETHING SECRET. SHE WON'T TELL YOU. UNLESS YOU THREATEN TO KILL HER. OR SCARE HER.

PRINCESS GAVIN

• FENNEL FINDS SERVING PRINCESS GAVIN TO BE SOMEWHAT OF A RELAXING EXERCISE. SHE REFUSES TO LIVE IN HER PALACE, HOWEVER.

LUFFY

• THANKS TO AN ARGUMENT FENNEL COULD NOT WIN, SHE IS NOW A TEMPORARY FIXTURE IN LUFFY'S PIRATE CREW. SHE SEES HIM AS RASH, BRAVE AND STUPID, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZES HIS LOYALTY AND LOVE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
  

OCELOT

• AFTER SHE MADE HIM A SANDWICH, OCELOT MADE FENNEL ONE OF HIS CATS. SHE HAS NO IDEA WHAT THIS MEANS.

FASS

• A MAGE. FENNEL IS WARY OF HIM.

BIG BOSS

• ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WATCHED WHILE FENNEL PRACTICED HER TRICKS. SHE DOESN'T YET THINK MUCH OF HIM, SAVE THAT HE IS THOUGHTFUL AND WELL MANNERED. THIS WILL CHANGE ONCE SHE FINDS OUT HE IS A SOLDIER.
  

EDGEWORTH

• HE APPARENTLY DISLIKES BADLY MADE AND/OR POOR QUALITY TEA AND IS OBVIOUSLY A MEMBER OF THE ARISTOCRACY.

RANDOM TRIVIA

• FENNEL ISN'T HER REAL NAME- IT'S CORRINA MEL.
• SHOE SIZE: 9.
• TALENTS: PARLOR TRICKS, WORKING WITH MACHINERY, FORTUNE TELLING
• VERY AFRAID OF BURNING BUILDINGS, EXPLOSIONS- MORE SPECIFICALLY OF THE BOMB-GUNFIRE-CANON VARIETY AND SOLDIERS.
• HOW TALL IS THAT DAMN STUPID HAT? 1.5 FEET TALL, BRIM CIRCUMFERENCE- ABOUT 3 FEET.
• ISN'T THAT KIND OF EXCESSIVE?
• NO.
• PLAYED BY HAPPY_BONDAGE_PONY_SAILOR_VIOLET