The Dusk-Veiled Priestess of the West - Fara Oskayl

❖ The Vigilant Cardinal Priestesses of Arwick ❖

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I could not fathom
Why that bird gazed at me
With such unyielding eyes

I could only weep
Overcome by the wellspring
Of longing rising from within

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Fara Oskayl embodies the “Twilight of the West,” presiding over rites that turn the setting sun into a pulse of renewal.
Draped in the Dusk Veil, she steps into the fading afterglow, becoming a shadow that mirrors hidden fragments of truth within the hearts of those who behold her.

In the mythos of Arwik, the West is the quarter where the “descending sun” promises rebirth.
It is told that the first priestess once gathered a water-laden pinion at sunset and offered it back to the firmament in a sacred rite of return.
Since then, the western horizon has been revered as a sanctuary of “hidden rebirth,” and Fara is honored as its living heir.
The Dusk Veil she wields is a ritual vestment woven with the last light of day, delineating the border of dusk and awakening emotions long kept in silence.

The West symbolizes “ending, eternity, return, and mystery,” believed to be the place where souls complete their journey and rejoin the greater whole.
As priestess, Fara moves within this conceptual and spiritual realm, guiding diverse beings to reconcile their memories and prepare for transcendence.
Her ceremonies employ the mysteries of desire as both dissolution and reunification, granting her presence a quiet sorrow suffused with profound sensuality—a presence held in unique reverence within Arwik’s culture.

During her rites, silver-and-crimson butterflies called Fu’Shiteph drift soundlessly around her.
These are said to be fragments of sealed verse—memories and feelings given ephemeral form—rather than living creatures.
Behind her lingers the phantom bird Mu’Nayn, its shadow echoing her every step and, at times, repeating her words in a distant cry.
Both serve as living signs of the unseen depths that bind her spirit and her sacred office.

Bearer of the West’s twilight, priestess of “shadow and return,”
Fara Oskayl gathers the sun’s vanishing radiance into herself and releases it anew—returning its light to the galaxy as a dawn yet to come.

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Name: Fara Oskayl
Species: Arwik
Gender: Female
Origin: Planet Arkeion
Galaxy: Rommadilum Galaxy
Flowm attribution: Eosannes Pholium [ Conversion equivalent ]
BFR: Orumena [ Hedros type ]

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