Editing Faith Redeye (section)

== History ==

Faith was born to a peasant family near Nice, her blonde hair probably a sign of Norman blood, though gossips whispered about fairy liaisons. She doesn't remember much of her early years; she likes to imagine she was happy.  Around the age of five her Gift began to manifest, including her reddish-brown eyes turning to a more scarlet red -- now the gossips whispered about demonic liaisons.  It wasn't long before the Ex Misc synthesist and ''orba'' Bonisagi, [[Precia of Torino]], came to claim her, at the age of six.

Faith was an eager student; Precia in some ways was a good teacher, but a horrible mother substitute.  Faith was alternately well trained, drained of blood, and subjected to the arbitary abuses of Tytalan training.

On passing her Gauntlet, Precia tried to hold the girl's sigil, but a local Quaesitor, [[Lindy Verdi]], made sure Faith knew she had the right to claim her sigil, and gave her the emotional strength to do so, and to leave.  Lindy advised Faith to join the new covenant at Gimont, thinking that having peers and no seniors would be good for the girl's confidence.

Lindy thought Faith should sail safely from Nice to Perpignan. In a rare show of will, privately motivated by "not wanting to rush from one prison to another", Faith insisted on going by land, so Lindy assigned her Mario to guard her and handle animals and people.  This led to a long winding journey through Provence by cart, and the happiest time of Faith's recent memories.

En route to Gimont, Faith passed through her home village, which she hadn't seen for 15 years. She barely remembered it, and even her mother was briefly happy to see her, but unsure of how to react.  But while there, Faith met her cousin Carolina, another blonde and red-eyed girl, with the curse but not the power of the Gift, orphaned and distrusted.  Faith decided to give ''her'' a happy childhood, at least, and invited her away.