UpClose: Pandora Fireguard  

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The UpClose Column introduces the most interesting, famous and exquisite Citizens of the Empire of Fayandria. The questionnaire is almost the same, however what makes each interview unique is the subject’s answers and reactions.


This week, we are meeting the most honourable Lady Pandora Fireguard. She is a kind, intelligent and intuitive lady. True to her principles, she is a keen leader, loyal to the Imperial Crown and loving to her friends and fiancé.
Meet Lady Pandora Fireguard and take an UpClose look into her character…


*SL Name: Pandora Fireguard
*Title:  Ard Imperial Minister, Senior Fianna Knight of the Order of Fianna
*RL age: Haha… Same as Tbird Low's.
*Rez day: 3/16/2009
*SL Occupation & Hobbies: Ard Imperial Minister of Fayandria and Fianna Knight.  I like to fight but don't practice as I should, but I am a good loser.  Otherwise, I prefer solitary pursuits such as building, terraforming and landscaping. I am a daydreamer and a thinker.
*Favourite book: Hmm, I read so many; it is hard to choose. My favourite writers are Thomas Hardy, British, and Isaac Bashevis Singer, Yiddish. They were very detailed in their writing which gives one a sense of the characters’ motivations and the times and cultures in which they lived.
* Favourite movie: "Titanic". I admired the first lifeboat captain who went back to look for survivors and the determination of the heroine to live and continue on with her life. Persistence is everything.
*Best moment in SL: The day Captain Tbird Low and I realized that our love had withstood the test of time. And, finding out we were the same age.




DQ: What brought you to Fayandria?
PF: A problem I had in my homeland of Normandy.


DQ: Tell us a bit about your background.
PF: I am human. I was born in Normandy, an only child.  My parents are Norman merchants and have ships travelling all over the world.  They were gone quite a bit, and my Grandmother took care of me.  It was always Granny and Panny together. When I was very young, my parents arranged a marriage for me with the son of a prominent family.  He grew up to be a cruel and heartless man.  One day Granny saw him beating his horse and took her whip to him, hurting him rather badly; she laughed as he struggled to get up and dumped a bag of silver coins on him.   I rode off on his horse and left it at a faraway farm.   His family refused to release me from the arrangement, posted a marriage bond and said they would seize me against my will.  The Magistrate agreed.  That evening, Granny gave me a purse full of coins and said, "Panny, come with me to pay the ships' crews.  You must learn these things." We boarded the first ship and sat for a meal with the crew.  I drank a glass of wine, and that is the last I remember of that evening.  When I woke up, Granny was gone, and I was in a cabin looking out the porthole at nothing but ocean.  Granny had left me a note saying she and my parents loved me and this was for the best.  I was silent for days, rarely speaking. The crew cared for me and finally we arrived in a port.  The Captain escorted me off the ship, telling me I was in a safe place. The port sign said Port of Fayandria, and I followed the footpath to Duhallow. There I found some small cottages and was lucky to rent one.   My parents and Granny visit me whenever they are in port.  They are well-pleased with my engagement to Captain Tbird Low.   As the Ard Imperial Minister of Fayandria, and a  Fianna Knight, I am loyal to my Emperor and Empress and the Empire.


DQ: What do you want to achieve as Ard Imperial Minster?
PF: That is easy.  Peace in the Empire.  I would like to see the Empire attract many more residents of various types, all mingling and having fun.




DQ: What was your proudest moment in regards to the Empire of Fayandria so far?
PF: Being dubbed a Fianna Knight.  I was humbled and proud at the same time. It was something I set out to do and was determined to achieve.  And I thank Commander Lea for my training.


DQ: If you had one wish for The Empire of Fayandria… What would it be?
PF: That it remains an inclusive and peaceful Empire and continues to grow and prosper.

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