Penelope Fairfax

Penny Fairfax is the protagonist of the main trilogy of the Dawn Mirror Chronicles. The story is mainly told from her point of view as she travels across the world of Elydria alongside her teacher, Hector Arlington. She is of humble origins, coming from a small town in Oregon, yet somehow emits a large field of magic, which no one can explain. She learns through her adventures that she is a dreamweaver, or someone who can manipulate dreams to relive memories or create illusions. She is the only daughter of Paulina Fairfax. Her father, yet unnamed, abandoned her unmarried mother shortly before Penny was born, making her an illegitimate child.

Basic Information
Full name: Penelope Jane Fairfax

Birthdate:


 * Earth: March 18th, 1987


 * Elydria: 28th of Ivory, year 945 Age of Akarmin

Age at start: 20

Zodiac signs:
 * Earth: Pisces
 * Elydria: Lily

Family:
 * Paulina Fairfax (mother)
 * Patricia Fairfax (grandmother)
 * Father (no name given)

Special Attributes: Notable possessions:
 * Dreamweaver
 * Emits a large amount of magic
 * Universal Communication Enchantment (cast by Hector)
 * Rune Pendant (taken from Willow Street Wonders)
 * Bottomless bag (acquired in Dewthorne)
 * Vial of healing water stolen from Warwick's Grotto
 * Adrielle's glass orb concealing a dream of how to find Della
 * Enchanted pince-nez spectacles that allow her to read all languages (acquired in Iverton, enchanted by Hector)

Early Life
Penny was born in Columbia Falls, Montana, to Paulina Fairfax. Since she was born out of wedlock to her unnamed father, her grandparents rejected her. Paulina raised Penny in Montana until age 5, when she experienced a traumatic event. According to her memories, a stranger appeared in her bedroom and kidnapped her. She was found later the next day in the garden by her mother, and had no recollection of what happened-- only a deep fear. This is the origin of her fear of lightning, since she was abducted during a lightning storm.

After the event, Paulina moved her and her daughter to Twin Rivers Oregon, where they remained.

Before the incident of Penny's dream occurred, she lived and worked in Twin Rivers, Oregon with her mother, Paulina Fairfax. She attended the community college along with her close friend Madeline Price and was taught English by Hector Arlington.

Introduction to Elydria
Penny became trapped in Elydria with Hector after being assaulted by wraiths in her home. They decided to work together until then. On her way to Lindenvale, Penny was mortally wounded by a Vententula Plant. She was later revived by the miraculous water from Warwick's Grotto with the help of Armonie and Elise. Here she first encounters the masked entity, which continues to haunt her dreams thereafter.

After recovering, she relocated to Iverton alongside Hector and Simon, where she lived in an inn. It was during this time she discovered and developed her powers as a dreamweaver. After seeing the production of "The Cursed Kiss of Anthony Adonis" at the theater in Iverton, she learned of Deimos's plot to kidnap and harm Annette Deveaux. When she tried to warn the actress, she befriended her and began to live at Annette's mansion along with Hector, Simon, and Annette's family.

While attending the ball to protect Annette, she meets and captures the special attention of Noah, the king of the Nation of Men.

Time in Hulver
The king sends her and her friends to Hulver on the continent of Ciellos to deliver a message to King Yulghrat of the goblins. On their flight, she is compelled to throw herself over the edge of the Royal Dirigible by the masked entity and they sink into the sea. Tending to Hector, who was wounded by a fomorian, she takes up brief residence at Atelier Argent in Hulver. While there, she meets and befriends Argent Clemons.

While she and her friends attempt to deliver the message to King Yulghrat, she discovers Deimos and the Angel Nestor to have taken over the castle. It is here that she recognizes the Angel Nestor as the man who abducted her when she was young.

She flees to Mulgrith Woods after Atelier Argent is burned down, and there finds the witch and seer Della. There she is informed of the demise and fate of the Angel Seival and is sent back to Hulver. When Annette is kidnapped by Deimos and taken to the goblin palace with the intent of being forced to create an army of wraiths for Nestor, Penny and her friends rush to stop him. Here she faces Nestor, who reveals to know something about her importance to the three worlds. She narrowly escapes, using the dark power of the masked entity to counter Nestor’s power. This succeeds in driving him away from Hulver.

Return to Iverton
Penny was marked publicly as both a pariah and a hero, depending on whom she encounters.

She returns to Iverton, where she lives briefly at the castle, and then moves back in with Annette. When given the choice by Hector to return to Earth and try to live her previous life again, she refuses. She states her willingness to gather the pieces of Seival and set things right in Elydria before she goes home again.



Physical Description
Species: Human (Earth born)

Sex: Female

Hair color: Black

Eye color: Dark blue

Height: 5 feet 2 inches

Weight: 123 lbs

Penny is described as short of stature and slight of figure. She is noted to have a boyish frame, a pale, heart-shaped face, and short, wiry black hair. She has very pale skin, probably from living in the rainy pacific northwest of the United States for most of her life. She is of Irish, Scottish, and Native American (Blackfeet) origin.

Traits and Personality
Penny is spunky, spirited, and bright, but rather cowardly in nature. She is privy to fainting spells if the situation grows uncomfortable or frightening. She is timid and anxious, showing many introverted qualities. Penny is said by Hector to be rather intelligent, though she protests her aptitude in school is a result of her relying on following directions. Before coming to Elydria, she had few friends and chose to socialize almost exclusively with Madeline, whom she knew since grade school.

Penny also displays a very strong sense of curiosity, which often leads her to make poor decisions due to her hunger to uncover the truth.

She is extremely loyal to those who she counts as friends, forming very strong bonds with them.

During her travels in Elydria, her sense of bravery developed, and she notably saved Hector from falling victim to a fomorian, fought off Phobos Geller, and faced the Angel Nestor to protect her friends and the people of Hulver.

Penny shows reluctance at honing her skills as a dreamweaver, and is often goaded by Simon and Hector to continue.

Penny often becomes angry, shuts down, or lashes out when she feels vulnerable. She is often gaurded and awkward becuase of this, finding it difficult to trust people or be seen as weak.

She is an animal lover, saying " <span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">animals are honest in a way people aren’t." She forms a very strong bond with her pet anteloo, Humphrey.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal">She has an phobia of lightning.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal">Due to Hector's Universal Communication Enchantment, she can speak every language fluently.

Relationships
Hector Arlington: Penny met Hector as a student in his English 102 class that he taught at Twin River Community College. The two were very awkward with one another at first, but began to open up to one another after their conversation in the Tarni Woods where Penny told him she'd admired his teaching work. They have each saved each other's lives on more than one occasion, and Hector becomes rather protective of Penny. During their stay in Iverton, Hector is deeply upset when Penny tries to read his memories, and she becomes afraid that he is hiding something very important from her. At the Jubilee Ball, the two of them danced and Penny began to feel a light attraction to him, which remained throughout the rest of the book, even though she refused to acknowledge it. She trusted him with her phobia of lightning, and has been the only one to see her cry, when she broke down in Mulgrith. They often have playful arugments and tease one another, but by the end of 'The Angel of Elydria', Hector describes her as "his dearest friend."

Paulina Fairfax: Penny has a very close bond with her mother, Paulina. The two rely heavily on one another. Penny is employed at the store Paulina owns and operates, Willow Street Wonders. Penny often thinks of her mother's beliefs in the supernatural as foolish, but never says this to her face. They have been known to fight about Penny's grandmother, Patricia. Penny loves the muffins Paulina frequently bakes, especially the banana nut flavor. Paulina still holds out for Penny's father, who abandoned them before Penny was born, which is a cause of great anger and frustration to Penny.

Patricia Fairfax : Her grandmother has an outward dislike for Penny. She refers to her openly as the 'shame of the family' and Penny admits to Hector that she even tried to persaude Paulina to have an abortion while pregnant with Penny to save face. Penny talks angrily about her mutual distaste for the woman.

Madeline Price: Penny's childhood friend. She is drawn to Madeline's (or as she calls her, 'Maddie') extroverted, sunny nature and has a very close relationship with her. Madeline only continued her education after high school at Penny's request, and she half-heartedly joins her friend at college, more so to keep her company than to learn. Madeline often does most of the talking and decision-making in the friendship, and her teasing of Penny's social <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">inadequacies borders on hurtful. However, their bond is strong despite all this. Madeline refused to believe Penny when she reported something was strange with their professor on the day Penny left Earth. Penny believes that this may be the source of some guilt for Madeline, since the last time they spoke they weren't on the best terms.

Simon Shaw: Simon and Penny meet in a coffee shop in Twin Rivers, near to where Simon is going to perform his magic show. Simon was origally charged by Deimos with killing Penny, but instead tried to warn her of danger. He went out of his way to find her and Hector once he was sent to Elydria, and clings to both of them for safety and companionship once there. Though initially Simon tries to charm Penny as he would any other girl, they both sink into a relationship that is much more sibling-like in nature.

Annette Deveaux: Annette and Penny form an almost instantaneous bond, both of them suppling a fix for each other's loneliness and need for female companionship. At first Annette was drawn to her because Penny claimed to be oblivious of her fame and Annette longed for a genuine friend. However, even after this was proved wrong they connected over their love of childlike amusements, passion for stories, and need for escapism. As with Madeline, Penny is drawn to the extroverted personality that Annette has, and Annette loves to be listened to. The become close quickly, and stay close throughout the remainder of the novel, Annette generously allowing Penny and her friends to live at her mansion. Penny is often jealous of Annette's ease in social sitaution, of her beauty, and of the love she's showered with by her adoring fans and tends to live vicariously through her.

Noah Ontellos Vennioch Xander IV: After meeting at the Jubilee Ball, Noah becomes instantly attracted to Penny. He assumed she was being coy and playing-hard-to-get (something which he was not used to, being king) but she was actually ignorant to his position. Noah expresses that he believes he and Penny were fated to meet, ignoring her attempts at logic. Though Penny is bashful when he's around, she cannot help but be charmed by the handsome king. By the end of the first novel, their friendship has grown to the point where they are comfortable around each other. Penny is seemingly infatuated with him, but she thinks that she is not ready to act on her feelings.

Argent Clemons:

Gavin Deveaux: Once Gavin accepts Penny into the Deveaux home, he acts with her as he does with Annette: worrisome, nuturing, and attentive. Penny is impressed by his bravery and pride in his unique sense of self, as well as somewhat charmed by his natural beauty and grace.

Deimos Geller: Deimos is eager for Penny to die, right from the beginning. He hunts her as ruthlessly as he does all others, and is shocked to see that she slipped through his plan to destroy her. He takes it as a personal shortcoming that she survived his murder attempt, that she stole his memories at the theater, and for her victory over Nestor and Hulver and holds a grudge against her for it. After Penny thinks of how gratified he felt at seeing Valentine Frost's fear, she is sickened. She is deathly frightened of Deimos.

Phobos Geller: Phobos attempted to destroy Penny during the Jubilee Ball and the Goblin Carnival, and he very nearly succeeded. He refers to her as a 'grub' and seems delighted at the prospect of bringing her harm. After he felled Argent and prepared to crush him, Penny attacked him out of desperation, using her skills as a dreamweaver to call upon his memories from the time he was stricken with deep madness. He reacted so intensely he smashed his skull against the ground until he passed out. He is deeply disturbed by her ability to evoke this in him, and he reacts to it in the aftermath with pure rage. He now has a personal vendetta against her. After Penny brought him down, she expresses that she felt like David after he brought down Goliath.Nestor

Nestor: The Angel is the source of Penny's cowardice, childhood trauma, and phobia of lightning. He inexplicably abducted her from her bedroom when Penny was five years old, leaving her so terrified she could hardly function. Penny retains no memory of the time after he kidnapped her. When they meet in Hulver, though he recalls the event, he acts rather ambivalent toward her, treating her as a minor inconvenience. When he discover she knows nothing of her importance to the world, he offers to tell her everything. However, she refuses to go quietly along as he dismembers her friends and he decides she had better die. Penny succeeds in poisoning him with dreams of the Masked Entity, causing him to flee the scene and become lost again.

Adrielle : The Angel of Earth acts in a motherly way toward Penny through her letter, letting her know that she has been protecting Penny since before her birth, even if Penny does not realize it. She writes that she wishes to assist her, but is unable to. Adrielle helps Penny and her friends to find Della, showing proof that she indeed wants to help them succeed.

Della : Penny is a source of pride to Della. She lets her know she has been waiting to meet her, and is sorry that it is for so short a time. Della, however, is infinitely frustrating to Penny since she is the only one who was not to know of her fate. Della continues to anger Penny even after her death, since she is fed up with her vague clues and the mysterious, unopening box she left to Penny.

The Masked Entity : This spectral creature becomes a resident of Penny's dreams ever since she nearly crossed the border into death. It follows her, sapping her energy and trying to make her do things that would end her life. It constantly hums 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat' in her dreams, repeating over and over that "life is but a dream." It only seems to want to bring destruction and chaos to Penny. When Penny at last casts it out by somehow transferring it to Nestor, it tells her as it leaves, "<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">You are mine, and I am yours...I have sought you before, and I will seek you again, and forevermore until we burn together again."

Trivia

 * Penny's first name is a reference to Penelope, the weaver.
 * Penny loves mystery novels, zombie movies, and the Ramones
 * Her animal symbol is a firefly