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Lady Maeva de Faepoix

The Mouthy Painter

Maeva Faepoix is the youngest child of Beniot and Anais Faepoix, the current heads of the Faepoix household. With an attitude as icy and sharp as her pale blue eyes, Maeva isn’t exactly a favored face among the pillars of high society. She’s known for her love of gossip just as much as for her skill in portraiture—many of the paintings hanging above grand mantles were done by her own hand.

When it comes to romance, she’s teetering on the edge of spinsterhood. She’s had her fair share of failed courtships, most ending either due to her impossibly high standards or her habit of rubbing her suitors the wrong way.

Maeva is also blessed with an Echo called Portrait to the Past, which sometimes allows her to catch glimpses of emotional memories tied to the people and places she paints.