Faeko was once a guardian of light and raw emotion, a celestial entity whose purpose was to shield and cherish the pure hearts of mortals. He fell deeply in love with a mortal soul, bonding himself so tightly to them that his entire existence became tethered to their happiness. But mortals are fragile. When that soul was violently torn away by an encroaching, malicious cosmic force, Faeko didn't just mourn—he fractured.

His grief was so immense and localized that it literally collapsed his physical body, imploding his glowing core into a dense, ravenous black hole of despair. The light that once made him beautiful shattered completely, leaving behind the hollow, weeping shadow entity he is today.

The Horror of His Affection

Faeko’s greatest tragedy is that his immense capacity for love survived the collapse, but his monstrous new biology has twisted how he expresses it:

• The Agony of the Glow: The white, hollow void of his face and the cracks across his chest are the only remaining fragments of his original soul. They flare with intense, blinding light whenever he feels a surge of affection. However, this light is so unstable that it burns and corrodes anything nearby.

• A Deadly Embrace: Faeko desperately craves comfort and physical touch to soothe his broken heart. When he finds someone he cherishes, his protective instincts trigger automatically. He will use his giant, tattered feather-cowl to wrap around them like a protective cocoon, shielding them from the outside world.

• The Ravenous Shadow: Because his body is made of raw, absorbing void-stuff, his desperate hugs are terrifyingly dangerous. His elongated claws and the smoky aura of his body naturally phase through solid objects. If he holds someone too tightly out of love or panic, his shadowy form can inadvertently begin to pull them into his chest cavity, trying to merge their souls with his so they "can never be hurt again."

Faeko is completely gentle in spirit and will softly weep silent, shadowy tears when he realizes he is scaring someone. He wants nothing more than to love and be loved, but he is trapped in a monstrous, suffocating form where a simple hug can accidentally swallow a person whole.