Fay

"She was the strongest of us all, and for a brief moment, I could feel how strong. I suspect she would have lived forever, if not for this one sacrifice."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi

Fay was a centuries-old, near-Human Jedi Master who was known to have had an intensely strong connection with the Force which allowed her to retain a youthful appearance. She was one of several legendary wandering Jedi Masters whose exploits were known throughout the Jedi Order.

Not believing that she was destined to teach, she followed the Force's calling away from the Core and began roaming the Outer Rim worlds. For many centuries Fay allowed the Force to guide her to where she was needed, and as a result, was known to have resolved many conflicts, and ended entire wars. During the Clone Wars she felt the Force guide her to the planet of Queyta, where she rendezvoused with a number of other Jedi Masters, including Obi-Wan Kenobi, to recover a vital antidote needed for a deadly new chemical weapon. The ensuing mission witnessed Fay and the other Jedi encounter the Dark Jedi Asajj Ventress, and Durge, a 2,000-year-old bounty hunter. During the confrontation Fay fought with Ventress, but following an intense explosion, Ventress severely wounded the Jedi Master. Fay gave her last remaining strength to Obi-Wan Kenobi so he could escape with the antidote, and therefore save millions of lives.

Early life


Almost next to nothing is known about the early life of Master Fay. What is known is that after she passed the trials and became a Jedi, she felt that the Force was calling her into a nomadic life away from the Core. After attaining the rank of Jedi Master, she decided to leave the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and refused to take a Padawan, choosing instead to roam the galaxy wherever the Force guided her. Throughout the following centuries she rarely had recourse to travel back to the Galactic Capital, preferring to stay where she felt she was needed.

As time passed, and Fay was seen less and less on Coruscant, her exploits in the far corners of the galaxy soon became legend among many Jedi students. However, a number of the older masters knew that the legend was actually real, and paid close attention when reports were received from far flung planets of deeds done by a mysterious Jedi matching Fay's description.

Her time in the field, whether is was on the most remote rural planets or closer to the core, helped save thousands of lives. She was known to have resolved many conflicts and wars by flooding the hearts of those gripped by hatred, with peace and love. Throughout the hundreds of years that she mediated wars on any number of planets, she never once used a lightsaber in physical combat&mdash;indeed, it was believed that, after her initial training, she never even carried one.

Mission to Queyta
"You are no Jedi, girl&hellip;you are simply hatred and bile given form."

- Master Fay to Asajj Ventress.



During the early months of the Clone Wars Master Fay felt that the Force was guiding her to the volcanic planet Queyta. Once there, she realized that several other nomadic Jedi had felt the call of the Force as well&mdash;she met with Jedi Masters Nico Diath, Jon Antilles, Knol Ven'nari, and Obi-Wan Kenobi who had been involved with the war since its beginning. Kenobi was the last Jedi to arrive on the planet, and Master Ven'nari berated him for being late, saying she had better places to be. Fay, however, could sense the pain and tragedy which Kenobi had already suffered, and reached out her hand to his forehead filling him with a new sense of hope and energy.

The Jedi's mission was to infiltrate a chemical factory and acquire the antidote to a new Separatist biological weapon known as swamp gas. However, upon entering the factory Master Diath commented that there were no battle droids&mdash;Fay and the other Jedi heightened their Force awareness as Obi-Wan led the search for the antidote. The search, though, came to abrupt halt when Fay and others encountered the Dark Jedi Asajj Ventress and the bounty hunter Durge. Immediately, Durge caused a huge explosion and the ensuing fight saw the bounty hunter kill Masters Ven'nari, Diath, and Antilles. After witnessing the death of Nico Diath, Fay realized that Ventress was trying to escape with the antidote. To stop her, Fay used the Force to hurl debris and broken glass at the fleeing Ventress, causing her to falter due to her wounds. Even though Ventress tried to crush Fay's heart with the Force, she was able to combat the Dark Jedi's attempts and use the Force to pull away all of Ventress's thoughts, causing her to feint. Upon neutralizing Ventress, Kenobi advised Fay that he had recovered a vial of the antidote, and together they started to withdraw in the wake of the factories destruction.

One with the Force
"Too late&hellip;you will escape&hellip;you will live&hellip;and I go to join our brothers and sisters&hellip;finally."

- Master Fay to Obi-Wan Kenobi.



The chemical factory had began devolving into chaos due to several large explosions, initially caused by Durge. As Fay and Kenobi attempted to escape the compound, one such explosion happened near the Jedi, causing Fay's guard to be dropped. During those few moments, a revived Ventress used her double lightsabers to pierce Fay from behind, leaving her severely wounded. Ventress and Durge realized that the factory was near its final destruction and boarded a nearby Separatist ship, leaving Kenobi and Fay to die.

Even though the wound she had received from Ventress was severe, Fay's strong connection with the Force would have allowed her to eventually recover. However, she recognized the dire need for the Republic to have the antidote that Kenobi possessed, and in a final act of self-sacrifice, touched Kenobi and filled him through the Force with the her last reserves of strength. Due to Fay's sacrifice Kenobi was able to jump to safety and ultimately escape the planet, and bring the antidote back to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.

Personality and traits
"In all her long decades, she never raised her lightsaber in combat. I don't even know if she carried one&hellip;"

- Obi-Wan commenting on Fay.

Among all species who encountered her, Fay was regarded as a striking woman, and Qui-Gon Jinn once described her "beautiful and ageless" after an encounter with the Jedi Master. Following the mission to Queyta Obi-Wan Kenobi commented that no one hated Master Fay, and that throughout her entire Jedi career she never felt the need to use a lightsaber in combat. For many centuries she roamed the galaxy while being guided by the Force. Because of the physical presence of her personality, and combined with her wisdom in the Force, Fay was known to have brought peace and harmony to any war torn planet which she encountered.

Fay was distinguished by her pale skin, blonde hair, and her pointy ears which resembled those of the Sephi. She also had distinctive tattoos on her left cheek and forehead. Because of her deep connection with the Force, Fay's physical body was ageless, and she appeared to be a beautiful twenty-year-old her entire life.

Behind the scenes
Fay appears to be of the same species as Aleco Stusea and Princess Lourdes. All these individuals appear to be Human, but with pointy ears. Leland Chee, on the Star Wars Message Boards, stated that his theory is that "all pointy-eared species are either Sephi or closely related to Sephi."

Interestingly, Fay's pointed ears, physical beauty and great longevity seem to suggest that her character was inspired by, or created in reference to, the immortal elves in fantasy fiction and games of fantasy popularized by J. R. R. Tolkien. It is also noteworthy that her name seems to be taken from English word fey, which is related to faerie, a word often associated with the elves of northern European folklore and mythology, from which fantasy works draw inspirations.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Republic 53: Blast Radius