Jan Naula
Zafiil's college friend and the eventual WorldDancer of Quapendai.
Appearance and Personality
Cool, calm alto. Initially, slate gray with only slightly lighter smoke surfaces, and fire surfaces a dull red. Has a reserved personality; a female of few words.
Her pelt gradually lightens until, by the time the Alliance arrives, she is revealed as one of Faulza's Eyes, with fully white and red fur.
Biography
During Zafiil's lifetime
Born on Quafiirla to the Firemother of a village, but fostered on the Seeker’s Side before attending the Hearth.[1] At Hearth was a sympathetic companion to Zafiil. After graduation from the Hearth, while Zafiil and her yearmates were away on their ships, she traveled Quapendai, learning about different towns and the needs of the Faulfenza there. This made her an obvious candidate for the position of WorldDancer when Anza stepped down.
She was Danced into office as WorldDancer in the first year of Zafiil's ministry, by Zafiil and Daqan, in Oolen. Zafiil declined to Dance at this event: "One day, these Faulfenza would return to this recording and see that Jan's naming as WorldDancer had been an event worth of singularity, even in the FireBorn's era, and they would know why that was right. Previous WorldDancers had been mediators of the minor conflicts of a people accustomed to having entire worlds to spread out on. Their newest WorldDancer would be remembered forever as the female who negotiated the treaties with the Others, and saw their entrance onto the galactic stage and into the Golden Age."[2]
After Zafiil
In 311 BA, 61 years after Zafiil's death, Jan arranged for the Alliance to find the Faulfenza, and welcomed their ambassador to Qufiil in company with the Fenzazafiir, Renii, Daqan and Luna and Zaun.[3]
Family
- Lifemate: Zor Quzen
Timeline
- Being of age with Zafiil (a few years younger) puts Jan's birth year at 2349. That means she is 122 years old when the Alliance is formed.
- She is 372 years old when Zafiil dies.
- She is 433 years old when the Alliance comes to Qufiil and she oversees the treaty.
- By the time of the Chatcaavan War, she is 603 years old, and some 113 or so years younger than Daqan at that time.