Editing Nellens Tsfaradea (section)

== Biography ==

Tsfaradea - Fara to her hypothetical friends - is one of the products of a shockingly successful marriage contract between a mortal Nellens woman and an Exalted Sesus sorcerer. Sesus Eshnesser, a physically unintimidating Air Aspect sorcerer in a lineage famed for its muscle-bound Fire Aspect warriors, did not have the warmest relations with his family (surprising though that might sound from an overly literal point of view), and so they were only too happy to get him off their hands. A cold, brooding, lonely man, Eshnesser nevertheless found some measure of contentment in the arms of his wife, Nellens Letaha - after he got over his initial hang-ups over the relative equality between Exalts and mortals in House Nellens. Their first daughter, Nellens Carphadea, was always the favourite among their children; even more so when, soon after Tsfaradea's sixth birthday, her older sister received a Water Aspect Exaltation. For House Nellens, this immediately turned her into a much greater asset; for Eshnesser, it turned her into a perfect instrument for some vicarious vengeance. Everyone dotted on Carphadea, who became surrounded with the best tutors and books. It was at this time that Fara, always a curious and precocious child, first discovered her intense interest in sorcery and scholarly knowledge.

Tsfaradea's Exaltation, an unlikely and miraculous event, could not help but change the way she was viewed by just about everyone in House Nellens - everyone except seemingly for her parents, whose attentions remained devoted to Carphadea. It was probably inevitable that the newly-made Air Aspect would come to identify strongly with her House as a whole, mortals included, rather than her closest relatives. She had thoroughly internalised some famous Nellens attitudes - respect for sorcery, dedication to the stability of the Realm, wariness towards other Houses and a benign attitude towards the unExalted, with the key difference that while older Nellens Dynasts usually acted that way out of simple pragmaticism, naive young Tsfaradea had truly taken those ideas to heart.

Time passed. Carphadea left for the Heptagram without so much as saying goodbye. Tsfaradea finished primary school and was bitterly disappointed to discover that she would not be allowed to follow her. But she decided to persevere. House Nellens needed her in the House of Bells, and while her heart wasn't really in martial pursuits, she managed to rationalise it as an important patriotic duty - and a challenge. After all, up until now, she managed to have remarkably little contact with Dynast children of other Houses; there were others in her school, sure, but between assiduously diligent studies and persistent paranoia, Fara simply did not have much time for them. Now, however, is a time for her to make friends, learn the science of war and show them all what a Nellens could do. In the process, of course, it will be crucial not to let them realise what a soft-hearted, ingenuous, introverted young child this particular Nellens really is.