Fionnuala

Aubade

[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R8k4Z1E01IE Emily Rudd]

Name:	Fionnuala Eilidh Reid
Gender:	Female
Place of Birth:	Orono, ME
Age:	19
Aliases:	Fee
Origin:	Inherited
Grade:	Alumni / Graduate
Team:	Prometheus
Dating:	Oliver (Orientation: Pansexual)
Powers and Abilities:	Shapeshifter, wind elementalist, solarkinesis, healer.
Portrayed by:	Emily Rudd

Definition: Aubade
noun \ au·bade \ ō-ˈbäd
1: a song or poem greeting the dawn
2a: a morning love song
2b; a song or poem of lovers parting at dawn
3: morning music

Mystic

Fionnuala has a magical connection to the naturally-occurring elemental of wind; she had known of this from an early age but hadn't the resources to safely explore this talent. Upon enrollment into Coral Springs, her innate magic has been realized and embraced.

Energy

Ties in to Fionnuala's connection to sunlight; this power allows her to harness the warmth and brilliance of the sun and utilize it in a variety of ways. (See: below.)

Soul Heal

Pulling forth the mystical energies used to heal herself at a much faster pace, Fionnuala is able to cast this magic outwards to heal others. At this stage she is still very new to this process. She can encompass upwards to four others with this wave of magic — often paired with sunlight — to ease superficial wounds and pains. Used upon a single target, the effects are much stronger. To the recipient of such magic, the effects are warm, brilliant and soothing.

Solarkinesis

A life-long affinity. Fee thrives in sunlight; it aides in her rate of healing, energizes her, and is overall very good for her well-being. She is able to 'store' sunlight (resulting in a glowing gaze, as she 'maxes' out) and when needed, can cast it outwards in an energy-based projection to either attack a single or multiple targets (up to four people at most) with a blast of hot, brilliant energy. Alternatively Fee can disperse this light into a space, harmlessly illuminating it. This energy can also be focused into available solar panels to bolster energy. It is a one-time shot and Fee shall then have to 'recharge'. If the energy isn't dispersed, it ebbs away naturally when she sleeps. This can be disruptive in a dark room; she glows faintly. (poor roommate)

Wind Manipulation

Fee is not a melee fighter; she relies upon ranged attacks. She began training in these abilities during her very first year at Coral Springs. These are magical in nature and therefore require concentration and a spoken incantation to perform. Calling forth this type of magic from the very air around her, Fee can 'direct' it to move objects, strike out to shove target(s) away from her or into other objects. Regarding those who are capable of flight, this can either aide (propel) them or be detrimental (disrupt flight.)

Shapeshifting

The 'earliest' ability that Fionnuala has managed to hone, due to both parents being shifters themselves. The ability manifested in Fee when she was in her preteen years and was cultivated since. She is able to attain two 'forms' fluently: that of a common crow, and to manifest fully functional wings while in a humanoid shape. Speed of flight is based on that of a naturally-occurring crow. She can effectively maintain either variation for a few hours before tiring.

Flight

Attainable in her crow form, with the maximum speed being that of the bird's natural pace… or alternatively, by way of the wings as manifested in her humanoid form. There are perks to either form of course: as a crow, Fee is both swift and nimble. As a girl, she has the boon of articulation and opposable thumbs, though the speed suffers.

Enhanced Sight

Not only does Fionnuala enjoy exceptional clarity in her long-distance vision, but she possesses an acute ability to discern colors and all of the various hues of each shade. Thanks to a combination of this ability and her solarkinesis, Fee can also handle harsh light and by inverse, find her bearings in the dark. But the real beauty is in how she sees color and detail, and her art reaps the boons of this skill.

Language: Scottish Gaelic

Growing up in a large Scottish family, with two salt-of-the-Earth Scots as parents, Fionnuala can speak Scots Gaelic as fluently as she can English. Not just due to her parents teaching her, but in conversing with many relatives overseas.

First Aid

In preparation for her Junior year community service hours at a hospital, Fionnuala has taken a primary level of First Aid training. Despite her emotional nature she keeps a cool, capable head when dealing with blood and other applicable moments of distress. She cannot suture, but she knows the basics of stabilizing 'typical' breaks until professionals can see to them, and dealing with mild to moderate-sized wounds.

Jewelry Making

Excluding usage of gold, Fee has an eye for the colors and techniques involved in producing lovely handmade creations such as bracelets, necklaces, earrings, rings and circlets/hairpieces. Whenever she gets the chance (usually on weekends) she's over in Shady Cove rifling through any and all crafting stores and thrift shops that she can find. This dogged persistence often pays off with some expressive pieces.

Cooking

It makes sense, having culinary experts in her immediate and extended family! Fionnuala is no professional, but she has a knack for Italian cuisine of all things. She loves experimenting with pastas and soups.

Singing

Fee's mother was always given to song, as she grew. Naturally mother and daughter sang together and over the years and adolescence, Fionnuala has cultivated a decidedly lovely soprano range. She is articulate, and indulges fervently in this craft without much shyness. With proper coaching, Fee could make something of this… if she finds the time.

Ukulele

In March 2018, Fee's boss had given her this instrument when it arrived second-hand into the thrift store. Ruthie thought it too eccentric to keep on hand… and maybe it was given out of thanks. She just won't admit it! Fee only knows a few chords, and mostly uses it at this stage to accompany her singing.

Sculpting

There's no greater feeling (ok maybe SOME) than sinking one's fingers into pliable, beautiful modelling clay. Ceramic or oil-based; throwing clay into pots and vases (she's still learning the wheel) or fashioning whimsical figurines… Fionnuala loves claywork and she is, for the most part, very good at it. She is no slouch when it comes to operating kilns and firing greenware with little incidence of damaging the pieces. Glazing, painting… oh, how wonderful this can be. This is one of the best ways for Fee to cool her jets, and she excels in this branch of the arts.

Eccentric Parents

Ailbeart and Flora Reid are salt-of-the-earth Scots, having been born, raised and wed in the city of Stirling, central Scotland. Eventually, the two would immigrate to the U.S out of a need for adventure, and to broaden their horizons as supers. They were wed at a fairly young age and became parents fairly early, though it was a difficult pregnancy. The rest is history and nowadays these two thrive in Shady Cove. Both have that intense Scottish accent, while Fionnuala — American born — has enough of it for her heritage to be obvious while remaining perfectly understandable. Her parents, meanwhile, delight in strange cuisine, wry humor, and make no efforts to conceal their mannerisms. Their union is a strong one, and brimming with good humor. Ailbeart likes collecting anything relevant to pigs (figurines, clothes, bumper stickers) whereas Flora — proper and nurturing to her students — delights in toilet humor. All silliness aside, these two are wonderful parents.. they just…. like to embarrass their daughter on occasion.

Artist

Fionnuala is passionate, and when the desire hits her she will often dump near-obsessive amounts of diligence and thought into a project such as clay work or jewelry. It's nothing for her to stop what she is doing if something inspires her, and explore that option if it means creating something neat. Fee loves gifting those close to her with the spoils of her craft. Just.. don't judge if she gets that romantic, far-away look in the event of discovering a decidedly fetching shade of periwinkle… etc, etc.

Gold Weakness

Touching gold, in any occurrence, is Not Good for Fionnuala. Brief contact (touching in passing) will burn her skin and prove to be very discomforting. Extended (forced to wear something at length) exposure will hinder her ability to shift, incapacitate movement, slow her rate of healing substantially and hurt tremendously. Eventually she will fall unconscious and won't awaken until the offending article is removed.

Oooh Shiny

How utterly ironic and unfair that Fionnuala cannot touch gold! No matter; it doesn't bother her in the least. There are just so many beautiful things in this world and Fee appreciates them: sea glass, trinkets, beautifully colored fabrics… to name a few things. When faced with a plethora of colorful, luminescent things… Fee is out of her mind with excitement. This is not due to a greedy nature; it's due to the nature of her alternate shape (crow) and the persistent, constant desire to make beautiful things with the 'shinies' that she happens upon. Fee finds beauty in some of the strangest, most unorthodox things.

Born the only child to a pair of supers, Fionnuala Reid (Fee) enjoyed a wholesome upbringing in Orono, Maine. It wasn't that her parents, Ailbeart ('just call me Al') and Flora Reid, had only the one child due to lack of trying; it was just not meant to be. No children would follow Fee and therefore the girl became the darling of her parents' eyes. Ailbeart and Flora, both avian shifters who married young in their native Scotland and made the leap overseas, worked hard to make a life for themselves and eventually their daughter. As Fee grew they never let the fact that she was a doted-over only child get to her head… and she nonetheless grew up well-rounded.

The beauty part of having parents who were both shifters was that Fee, having found out early that she was not 'quite normal' had a wellspring of knowledge to be found in her folks and therefore her abilities were embraced early. When Ailbeart and Flora originally met, their mutual discovery of one another's abilities was what formed their bond, and together they went forth strong. How could Fee NOT flourish with such a foundation as this?

Both parents worked (Al a sous chef, Flora an elementary school teacher) while Fee attended elementary school, but it always felt as if something was missing.

A ferociously curious and intelligent girl from the get-go, Fionnuala knew that discretion was key as she grew up; her growing abilities were ultimately kept on the down-low throughout her childhood. When she had to 'indulge', whoever would have suspected the lone crow flying overhead to be the 'sweet girl' who lived with those 'hardworking Scots'?

By the time their daughter was twelve, it was decided that a change of scenery was in order. The Reids, having had their fingers on the pulse of the Super community at home and beyond, heard tale of a school that catered to youth with inherent abilities. Both parents possessed jobs that were easily transferable and after a certain amount of planning and orchestrating, the small family saw fit to pack up and depart for Shady Cove, New Hampshire. It hadn't taken the gregarious Reids long to find jobs and form connections, and Fionnuala completed her final elementary year and was eventually enrolled into Coral Springs.

The rest of the tale is as one expects, present day: now with a couple of years under her belt, Fionnuala is thriving. She is a diligent student, a creative thinker, and a girl who stands up for her beliefs.

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~ NOTE! I don't much like editing pictures of Fee's PB to reflect her ingame topaz eyes. So! I'm going to fudge a reason behind some images of the actor images having blue eyes and golden. When Fee is exposed to significant amounts of sunlight (and absorbs it), her eyes are topaz. When she is stuck indoors, or has very little to no exposure, they are that of a pale blue.

~ School History (mostly for Fee-player reference)…
K-5 -> ASA C Adams School (Orono, ME)
Part of 6 -> Orono Middle School (Orono, ME)
(NOTE: At this point, Fee's family moved from Orono to Shady Cove. It was organized to re-start the 6th grade solely to integrate her in with the other students. She was basically held back a year not due to academic strife, but to help her socialize.)
6 - 8 -> Local unpowered Middle School in Shady Cove.
9 - Onwards (Til' Graduation) -> Coral Springs High (Shady Cove, NH)

~ Dates to remember (for Fee-player's feeble brain)…
Fee's birthday: Feb 16th, 2001
Parents' Wedding Anniversary: July 5th. (Year of marriage: 1997)

~ One more note regarding school: Fionnuala turned 17 in Feb 2018. How is a girl this age still a Sophomore (Grade 10)? Let's just disregard the fact that her player vastly overlooked the age rollover in chargen, lol. It can be said that her parents started her in kindergarten a bit later than the norm to give the little girl time to learn how to control what powers she already knew of. This, paired with starting a bit later following the move to Shady Cove, helps it all to make sense. It's not a matter of intelligence but instead, the adjustment period needed due to manifesting powers at such a young age.

~ Favorites…

Junk food: Chocolate chip cookies, pretzels.
Meal: Spaghetti and meatballs.
Drink: Iced tea with lemon, orange juice.
Alcoholic drink: *blush* .. when the time/age comes, you can bet she'll go for colorful cocktails. c.c
Holiday: Christmas.
Animal(s): Pigs, crows (naturally~), three-toed sloths.
Season: Summer.
Flower: Violets.
Color: EVERYTHING! (Mostly Purple.)
Laterality: Right-handed.
Subjects: Art, English.
Perfume: Anything subtle and light.

~ Yeah, she's well aware that she's a Scottish girl with an Irish name. It was intentional and her parents are ridiculous.

~ Fionnuala's singing voice, though nowhere near as professional, can be likened to that of the artist Emiliana Torrini.
Examples:
"Birds" © Emiliana Torrini
"Summer Breeze" © Emiliana Torrini

~ She is a devout fan of the original Star Wars trilogy, and oldschool MST3K.

~ She is a terrible swimmer, and tends to develop some anxiety over deep water. Not to the extent of a phobic reaction, though.

~ Fionnuala adores children… she will get right down on their level, shamelessly. She has a good, natural rapport with youngsters.

~ Seguing from this aforementioned fact, Fionnuala was a miracle baby. Her parents had a very hard time conceiving her. The desire remains to have more children, as the Reid parents are still young enough and healthy, but it's still difficult. This is due to Flora having only one functioning ovary. They are still trying. (EDIT: As of July 2018, Flora and Ailbeart have conceived their second child!)

~ Thirdly, Fionnuala very very deeply wishes to be an older sister. She pours much of this untapped affection into taking younger, timid students under her wing.

~ Want to see something tragic? Watch Fee play in any manner of competitive/organized sports in gym class. Terrible.

~ How Fionnuala views Phys Ed

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Relationships

OOC: Not all of these folks are actively played; only Abigail, Ailbeart and Flora (immediate family) will appear in the occasional after school / weekend scenes. Extended family live away and are added here as mentioned IC, solely for reference. Fee has a large family and speaks of them often.

Ailbeart Reid
(Father, aged 38; sous chef, crow shifter. Resembles: bearded Christian Bale)
Eccentric, cheerful, hard-working… Fionnuala comes upon these traits honestly because her father is all that and more. Fee and 'Bert' enjoy a perfectly functional, happy father-daughter relationship. Bert loves teasing Fee, but what father doesn't get a kick out of driving their only child (and a pretty daughter at that) mad?

Flora Reid (née Buchanan)
(Mother, aged 37; hawk shifter, elementary school teacher. Resembles: Kate Beckinsale)
Fionnuala and her mother Flora are as close as one would expect. Best friends as well as mother and daughter, Fee tells her mother everything. She respects Flora highly and hopes she can be as poised and successful someday.

Abigail Fenella Reid
(Baby sister, b. 03/25/2019.
Born two weeks premature to the original due date in early April, Abigail came into the world healthy and sound. She is the newest addition to the Reid family and her avian form will likely not be known until she is closer to two-years-old. She was given her middle name of Fenella in honor of Fionnuala's late aunt Fenella (Ailbeart's sister; Iain's mother) who was killed in a car accident in August 2018.

As of November 2019 she is a bubbly, happy 8-month-old. Compared to Fee at that age however, she has more of a temper.

Bhaltair Reid
(Cousin; raven shifter, graduated / lives overseas. Resembles: Ian Somerhalder)
Fionnuala's older cousin by five years, son of a Super father and unpowered mother. Bhaltair has nonetheless inherited a handful of skills from his father and true to the Reid lineage, can take on an avian form. Bal and Fee share a very similar nature: gregarious, outgoing, kind. Bal, however, is an incorrigible flirt but never truly means harm by it. Though he has graduated from high school in Stirling, Bal is still figuring out what he wants to do. He works for a local brewery and bartends, part time.

Kamden Reid
(Uncle; golden eagle shifter, head chef / lives overseas.)
Father to Bhaltair, Aibeart's older brother; Fionnuala's uncle. The ability to cook and cook well runs in the family as Kam, like his younger brother, is also a very skilled chef. Unlike Ailbeart, who went on to specialize in Italian and is yet climbing 'the ranks', Kamden has stuck to traditional Scottish and Irish cuisine. He runs his own eatery in their hometown of Stirling. He is much more reserved in his manner, but very generous.

Catriona Reid (née Ross)
(Aunt; unpowered, graduated / lives overseas.)
Wife of Kamden, mother of Bhaltair; Fionnuala's aunt. A profoundly sweet woman who wasn't born a Super but married one! Catriona was a stay-at-home mom for the longest while as Bhaltair grew, and now that he is literally out of the nest she has returned to take schooling to pursue her dream of running a B&B. Despite her kind nature she has a good head for business and figures. Maybe this dream will someday become a reality! Fionnuala loves her auntie well, and is excited for her ambitions.

Rhiseart Bonnar
(Uncle; businessman, Unpowered. DECEASED.)
Despite his standing as a very successful businessman in his hometown of Stirling (Scotland), Rhiseart never let it get to his head. While considered a bit of a 'dry' man he was nonetheless loving, stable and a fine provider. His loss to a car wreck, along with his wife Fenella, sent shockwaves throughout the family.

Fenella Bonnar (née Reid)
(Aunt; falcon shifter, licensed practical nurse. DECEASED.)
Fionnuala's sweet aunt, once married to Rhiseart; mother to cousin Iain. Softspoken and patient, she was the biological sister to Fee's father Ailbeart who married Rhiseart Bonnar and enjoyed a very fruitful and loving marriage. It was never foreseen that she and her husband would die tragically in a car accident, leaving behind their son in the care of family. Fenella's loss was felt deeply by Fionnuala, for she was close to her aunt and shared her kind, caregiving nature.

Iain Bonnar
"My poor cousin… I can't imagine the pain of losing parents. It's just gutting. At the same time, remembering Iain as I do, he doesn't like anyone feeling sorry for him. I hope we can help him feel comfortable and adjusted in Shady Cove. We had a lot of fun as kinds."

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