Diana Farley

"'Rise, Red as the Dawn.'"

Background
Farley had grown up in the Lakelands, and joined the Scarlet Guard like her father, Colonel Willis Farley. One mission, that the two of them were on, a member of the Scarlet Guard was captured and tortured for information. Under the torture, he gave away the name of Farley's home village.

The king of the Lakelands, named Orrec Cygnet, a Silver nymph flooded the village himself, drowning nearly everyone. Farley's mother and sister were among these. The Reds of the Lakelands were furious about this, and Colonel Willis told everyone about the tragedy and the losses of everyone. The Scarlet Guard grew and festered, off of everyone's anger. Yet Farley disliked that her father was feeding off the deaths of everyone to grow the Scarlet Guard. She believed that she also had lost her father, or at least the part she cared about

After the Scarlet Guard had uprised in the Lakelands, Farley was sent on a mission without her father to infiltrate the Kingdom of Norta.

There Farley met Mare Barrow, when she was asking Will Whistle to smuggle her and Kilorn Warren out of the Stilts. After that, Farley bombed the Hall of the Sun, inciting fear in the Silvers and riots around the kingdom. Farley accepted Mare into the Guard after Mare wanted to join when her brother "died", and at Mare's recommendation, let Maven Calore join as well.

Personality and Looks
Farley has a tough exterior, and appears as a violent yet good-hearted individual. She is brave and loyal, and presents a great leader, but no matter how guarded she is, when her lover Shade Barrow died, she snapped and attacked Mare. Farley is tall with blonde hair and a scar at the bottom of her face. But Mare says she is pretty when she smiles, and has the air of a warrior.

Shade Barrow
Shade and Farley were known to have a physical relationship in Glass Sword, when Mare finds out after she catches them leaving their barracks. Shade and Farley met when Shade escaped execution from the Silvers for having a Newblood ability. When he died during the raid on Corros Prison, Farley went into a rage and immediately blamed Mare for trusting Jon, a seer who told them to raid Corros. But when Mare told her the answer to her question was "yes." she stopped fighting because she knew she was pregnant. Farley named their child Clara Farley, after her mother, although she thought about Madeline.