Once, the Six were Eight. after a bitter struggle, two of them left and went their own way, to be forgotten over time.
Faye can be encountered in Lestallum after Noctis finds a key item called 'handmade knife'. After returning it to her, she expresses thanks and that she had been looking for it to give to her son. She introduces herself as a hunter, but her real passion lies in being a historian and artist; she can be brought books of lore and history which is exchanged for gil or components.
After a certain point, Carbuncle will mention to Noctis a forgotten astral whose aid may be worth seeking but it will require help to establish contact with him. This leads them back to Faye who reluctantly admits she knows of this astral and will assist them but cryptically adds "he won't be happy about this". She becomes a temporary party member until traveling to a certain area where it's safe to perform the summoning. Kratos appears, and Faye addresses him as her beloved in a strange language. She negotiates on behalf of the boys for his help and upon returning to Lestallum, can be quizzed as to the nature of her relationship with him.
She will reveal that Kratos is not the only lost astral. Her true identity is Laufey the Jotun, embodying the aspect of justice and that the two of them are married. They parted ways with the six other astrals after ‘serious disagreements’ and chose to fade into obscurity. She offers her help to Noctis without the need for trials.
Her summon can trigger anywhere with sufficient open space and requires at least one party member at critical health or downed. It is named ‘Hand of the Just’ and is a lot less flashy than the others and while she is in her giant sized form she isn’t directly seen. Her axe (which for this is fuckin huge) cleaves the sky and strikes the enemy closest to Noctis before embedding in the ground, splitting it. The weapon then freezes over, and the ice expands outward from it to encompass the entire battlefield before shattering.
Of the other astrals, she only really got along with Shiva and Ramuh, and had an actively antagonistic relationship with Ifrit. The timeline of how she fits into the story of the astrals and the war with them can be found here.
The messenger Carbuncle is one of the few she trusts, and she also has her own messenger; a gyrfalcon named Jöphie.
Laufey/Faye actively rejects the idea of trials or ‘Revelations’, believing them an unnecessary cruelty. Humanity, she feels, is better off without the interference of gods but if help is required it should be offered freely.
The reason she and Kratos were forgotten so successfully after going into hiding is because she took human form to pose as a historian over the ages to scrub their names and all knowledge of their very existence from all lore. First they faded to mere rumour, then even those ceased to be and it became commonly accepted there had only been the Six all along.
After agreeing to help the boys, Faye can sometimes still be found in human form in various places (and can thus be a temporary party member) but her summon can’t proc when this is the case, obviously.
However when she’s traveling with them, if she takes damage it can trigger Kratos’ summoning.
In her guise as a hunter Faye strictly wields an axe in her main hand, while her offhand can be either a dagger or a firearm.
In the World of Ruin, Faye is once again passing as human and fighting against daemons alongside other hunters.
The official Kratos for this verse is @spartanblade since we plotted it together!
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