Fa'Lina
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[edit] History
Very little is known about Fa'Lina's history. In strip #508, Abel provided a brief summary of Cubi history and the founding of SAIA. He went on to explain that Fa'Lina's entire clan had been slaughtered during the war declared on "all Cubi races." According to unofficial estimates, Fa'Lina may have founded SAIA seven thousand years before the comic began.
[edit] Character Analysis
Unpredictability seems to be Fa'Lina's main characteristic. Like all Cubi, Fa'Lina seems to be fairly mercurial and changes temperaments rapidly, although this is partially due to her precognitive abilities. As someone gifted with omniscience, Fa'Lina can indefinitely foresee the outcomes of almost any event occurring within SAIA, therefore making some of her actions appear bizarre to unaware observers. In spite of the violent reputation Cubi have earned over the years, Fa'Lina appears slightly less brutal and even more benevolent in her attitude, as she openly disapproved of Aniz's actions in Abel's Story Part Two, even going as far as to punch him in the face.
Part of her anger was politically motivated, as Aniz's recklessness had compromised the goals of some clans, such as Jin Clan,[1] but she was also disgusted by how he had treated Abel and May.[2] Even though what Aniz attempted is apparently common practice and therefore considered acceptable among some Cubi,[3] Fa'Lina apparently found this repulsive enough to warrant interference, and forbid Aniz from continuing his agenda. Fa'Lina also objected to Destania's proposal to use children and infants in her torture class.[4] Another characteristic of Fa'Lina is that she has an apparent motherly streak, as she has adopted both Abel, who is virtually without a family after the events in Abel's Story, and Pyroduck.
Fa'Lina has a severe dislike of Adventurers, judging by her reaction after her meeting with Merlitz in strip #566. This can easily be attributed to the frequent conflicts between Cubi and Adventurers in general. Fa'Lina also openly mocks people using marionettes, as seen in strip #491 and strip #741, and has a penchant for muffins.
[edit] Powers and Abilities
As far as Cubi go, Fa'Lina appears to be a particularly powerful individual. Although very few clans still have their tri-wing founders alive and therefore their wing-tentacle heads intact, Fa'Lina apparently belongs to a clan which has its clan leader alive (as her wing-tentacles were actively utilized in various strips, specifically strip #493, strip #534, and strip #566) despite the fact she is the sole survivor of her clan. This either means that she herself is a clan founder, or her clan founder is still alive and has gone into hiding after the massacre.
Fa'Lina is also, quite apparently, very physically strong even without the assistance of her wing-tentacles. As an example, she was capable of winning an unofficial confrontation with Daniel Ti'Fiona using only her wing in strip #589. Earlier, she also incapacitated Dan by using a portrait of Cyra Clan's clan marking in strip #493. No magical abilities have been immediately observed, although it can be assumed her magical prowess is equally formidable. Despite this, she seems to prefer to use Warp-Aci to teleport, as she has frequently summoned new Warp-Aci over the course of the comic (Fi, Fu, and Fo are three instances) even though she may be very well capable of teleporting on her own. Fa'Lina's physical form, specifically her dress, tends to sharpen and separate into tendrils in moments of great irritation or anger.[5]
[edit] Omniscience
Fa'Lina appears to have some form of omniscience (described, apparently in error as 'omnipotence' in strip #591) which allows her to see the outcomes of various events, and makes her seem unpredictable to the casual observer who is unaware of the bigger picture.
Fa'Lina is particularly attuned to what is happening within the Academy, as can be evidenced in strip #542 and #559, although this is not infallible as Abel managed to faze her in strip #425 by sending his roommate insane.
Fa'Lina's precognitive ability seems to be less capable regarding events outside the Academy. Among other things she was wholly unprepared for Pyroduck's announcement that he was dating Alexsi in strip #729.
In strip #740, it is confirmed that her ability is tied to the Academy, and in fact wanes the longer she stays away from it. It is implied that a two-month stay away from the academy would obscure her foresight completely.
[edit] References
- ↑ See Abel's Story #009 for Fa'Lina's explanation on Jin Clan.
- ↑ See Abel's Story #011 again; Fa'Lina punches Aniz again.
- ↑ Fa'Lina mentioned that another Cubi had started rampantly breeding children in Abel's Story #012.
- ↑ See Fi's dialogue in strip #814.
- ↑ Seen in strip #566. In an entry in Aaryanna's LiveJournal, she mentioned that an easy way to tell if Fa'Lina is enraged is if "her form starts to become unstable."
