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Thanks! So... theyre distinguished by that gem? Does he know what it is and why its there? And why does he act as if human mating perplexes him if they came in all shapes anyway? I read his journal and since he's not a companion I feel like I'm playing a char who should know a bit more.
'my completely unjustified imprisonment' and 'hide my true face' suggests he was undead to start with. Eternal undead anyway...
Ah well... seems a bit messy and lacking... So basically there's not much info there it seems.
Thank you :)
Edit: And it just occurred to me. Why was he imprisoned? Unless he's suffered some sort of memory loss I suppose I should know.
Sigh... well I suppose... but if Im actually supposed to be him I should know. I'll let the game roll though it seems weird. Lets say I got amnesia :P
Ah... see... didn't know that and Ive been playing him as sweetie Mr. Nice Guy :P
Thanks for the info!
hahahaaaaa
Good that Im playing him then cause I wouldn't have taken him along. Those types don't come close to a mile from my party in any game. *Glares at the Red Prince*
Among other things... my character had a child? Which the companion mentions straight out but the origin player is unaware of? N other stuff. Ah, details.
Kinda badly done I believe. A diary, notebook (not that flimsy one) would have been good.
As for your view on him being "an oblivious arrogant guy with a superinflated ego", I vehemently and decisively disagree.
Of course he views mortals as beneath him at the beginning - your entire world is alien to him, and a lot of the issues that seem normal to you are news to him, such as, you know; dying of old age. He is far more nuanced than you make it seem, and can certainly be a "nice guy".
Why do you expect Fane to treat mortals as equals, when he's been, as he himself says in the game, studying the mysteries of the universe in an advanced society who utilizes electricity when mortals didn't even exist yet, and though humans, lizards, dwarves and elves had millennia to do it, they never bothered to progress past the pseudo-medieval stage, and still largely consist of uneducated farmers living in wooden shacks?
Personally, I find his haughtiness to be spot-on and quite entertaining, coupled with his snark. It would make no sense for him to be all cheerful and friendly and humble after having just been locked away for millennia, awakening to an utterly changed world whose people treat him as a monster unless he masks himself.
Later in the game, companion Fane actually does stop looking down upon mortals, and the player's character (if you gather a good enough attitude from him) eventually means more to him than the chance of reuniting with his people, demonstrated when you convince him to decline the Covenant. That is what a meaningful character arc looks like. You wouldn't have that if he was respectful of mortals from the beginning.
As for his story, OP - read on at your own risk, some of these might be construed as spoilers, though Fane would know all of this. (Besides maybe some of the more introspective, self-reflective reasons behind his behaviour. But those are nice to know as the person who roleplays him, so I decided to include them anyway.)
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Eternals were the sentient peoples of the world, millennia ago, and Fane was, and is, an Eternal. Their appearances were as varied as you can imagine, and every one of the current races (elf, dwarf, lizard, human) has traits the Eternals shared in some way and combination. What united them all, however, was the gem on their forehead, a quality which, curiously, mortal depictions of their Seven Gods seem to share, according to Fane's observations. Eternals were also all immortal, at least in terms of being incapable of dying of old age, hence their name.
Fane had a wife and child, back in his time, but they had a tough time competing for his attention with his work, because Fane's curiosity drove him to research mysteries of the universe with fascinated dedication, as a scholar at an academy of knowledge and magic.
Eventually, after years, he discovered a barrier of pure Source, dubbed the 'Universal Veil', in the far reaches of the universe; something no one had found before. He was ecstatic at this discovery, because if the Eternals could learn more and find out how to draw on its power, it could kickstart a whole new age of advancement and prosperity for the Eternals. But the Eternals' ruler, known as the King, forbade Fane's research for no reason that was explained, barring him from further studies.
Irritated, frustrated and disappointed, Fane was receptive to the offers of who were known as the Seven Lords; minor barons who served beneath the King, when they expressed interest in his research. Mere moments after he handed over the documents to Amadia, one of the Seven, he was arrested by agents of the King who had broken into his study, and sealed in a tomb without further explanation. He has no idea how long he was locked down there, only that it felt like an eternity, and that in the darkness, his flesh decayed and rotted away until only his skeleton remained. This gave him time to nurse a resentment against the King, who had sentenced him to this, in his opinion, utterly unjust punishment.
Eventually, after uncountable eons, some poor mortal archaeologist unearthed his prison and promptly had his Source devoured by Fane; the Eternal had been starved for too long to control himself. Equipped with only his Mask of the Shapeshifter and his magical prowess, Fane evaluated the world he saw around him. It was radically different from the one he'd known before his imprisonment, even though it felt like only yesterday that he'd been at home in his study. He realizes quickly, that, for some reason unknown to him, his people, the Eternals, are all but gone. He tries to find remains, ruins, something that can tell him what happened and where they are, almost frantic to find a hint, something to explain this and lead him back home. As he tries to explore the Blackpits oil fields on Reaper's Coast, in which, he had overheard rumours among mortals, unusual ruins had been unearthed, he is arrested by Magisters for Source use and shipped to Fort Joy, which is where the game's playable story begins.
Read on only if you want a more detailed look at his personality - feel free to skip this if you want to play him more like you want to.
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Fane's opinion of his fomer King is abysmal at this point in time. He feels he was imprisoned for daring to be curious about the world, not a single sin besides that, and that it was unjust and tyrannical.
He is unaware of most basic social conventions of regular people, aka mortals, and frequently very awkward and overly formal in how he interacts with them, oblivious to his own tactlessness, and frustrated at the futility of his attempts to decipher what is a mindboggling, illogical conundrum of social rules, cues and body language to him.
His current goal is to find his Mask of the Shapeshifter again, which he crafted way back in his former life, so he may walk among mortals undiscovered and unbothered, and then return to the Blackpits oil fields, where he hopes to find answers about where his people went, and what happened to make them disappear. He's pretty obsessive about the latter goal, as he is desperate and lonely, even though it barely ever shows, and some of his arrogance about the Eternals' qualities and achievements is a reflexive way to try and convince himself that there is no way they are just dead and gone, if they were this great.
He isn't a bad person, and dislikes violence, though sometimes he inappropriately equates humanoid behaviour with that of animals, and occasionally refers to them as "creatures" in his observations. This changes as he travels with his mortal companions, though, and gets to know them as near-equals. A good "excuse" for him to travel with companions at all at first is that he could be looking for a guide, who is more at ease in this world than he is. Maybe he's also curious, wanting to observe a somewhat longer-term companion from up close, to find out more about the mortal people than he could from just studying what he comes across.
He looks at things from a very detached, aloof standpoint; kind of like an outsider or even alien coming into his first contact with Earth, if you will. He is unbridledly curious, and inquisitive and analytical in how he explores this strange, unfamiliar world, somewhat fascinated with certain aspects, though dismissive, critical and contemptuous of other, less impressive ones.
He certainly has a high opinion of himself, and no shortage of confidence in his own abilities; magical and otherwise. This leads him to sometimes underestimate his opponents, which could prove disastrous.
He's undoubtedly an intellectual through and through, and tends to speak eloquently, as well as have more respect for those who educate themselves.
His core desire is to find out what happened to his people, and try and bring them back, if at all possible. Until then, his loneliness may cause him to form stronger attachments to certain mortals than he would maybe like, at least until his view of them changes for the better. It's not like he will show this attachment openly, though, at least not until much later in the game - he's quite guarded and aloof in terms of his emotions, and frequently masks them with snark, irony, prophylactic pessimism and sarcasm when necessary.
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Hope this helped you conceptualize him a bit more, OP! My main playthrough is also one in which I play as Fane, so I think I know a good enough amount about his story to pass it on.
Have fun!
PS: If you dislike any of this, feel free to change it for your playthrough. This is partially my interpretation of Fane, so you can of course edit it for your personal enjoyment.
PPS: If anyone wants to disagree with my interpretation, OP or someone else, you obviously have the right to. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. But I am not interested in holding a debate or discussion about it. If you reply with something like "that's not him at all!", I will not respond.
This is perfect actually. EXACTLY what I was looking for. I do roleplay him in my way of course but the background really helps get a feel the character. Thanks again for taking the time, really appreciate it!
One of my favorite bits of what I had got in game so far was where the elf tells you in the start that 'you were looking at others two nights ago and feeling lonely and wishing you could talk to them' Ive been playing him a tad starved for friendship where he can get it :P