Fadia

Overview

Fadia is an S-rank playable character in Neverness to Everness. Her element is Psyche, one of the six attributes in the Esper Cycle, and she wields a Transforming Cross-Shield as her weapon. She holds the title of "Apostle of Love and Death." Her birthday is October 31 (Halloween). Fadia is a member of ETD-4, a specialized containment team within the Bureau of Anomaly Control. Her character quote is: "Endless desires, never sated, this is the curse that binds you, me, and all of humanity."

Fadia is a vampire-like martial artist with pointed molars and an otherworldly presence. Her combat role is a support/tank hybrid centered around a unique damage redirection mechanic: when her current HP is greater than 1, she redirects a portion of damage taken by teammates to herself before any shield mitigation is applied. She can convert this sacrifice into devastating offensive power through her Lilith ultimate state, which deals Cognito DMG a distinct damage type associated with her transformed state.

Appearance

Fadia has an alluring, gothic aesthetic that reinforces her vampire-like nature. Her most distinctive physical feature is her pointed molars, visible in trailers when she speaks or smiles. Her Transforming Cross-Shield serves dual purposes: in shield form it presents a large cross-shaped barrier, while in its offensive configuration it becomes a bladed weapon for melee combat. Her outfit blends religious iconography with dark, elegant fashion, reflecting her "Apostle of Love and Death" title.

Personality

Fadia has been described as "seductive and sort of unhinged" a reckless hunter of desire who lives for thrill and chaos. She operates with a theatrical flair that makes her unpredictable in both social and combat situations. According to the Fandom wiki, her character introduction includes the line: "Can't help but wonder the taste of your agony" suggesting she takes pleasure in hunting and toying with targets.

A notorious incident from her lore involves Fadia kissing a squad member during a mission in the sewers. The victim's reaction is recorded as: "MY FIRST KISS. ODDITY. FROM THE SEWERS." This event captures Fadia's unpredictable, boundary-crossing nature. She is simultaneously dangerous and playful in ways that unnerve her colleagues.

Her "Love and Death" philosophy manifests in how she approaches combat: she willingly absorbs damage meant for teammates out of genuine care for their wellbeing, but does so with an almost ecstatic enjoyment of the experience. This duality makes her simultaneously unsettling and deeply loyal. She forms intense attachments to people she considers worth protecting.

Abilities and Combat Kit

Fadia is a support/tank hybrid whose core mechanic is damage redirection. She absorbs damage that would hit her teammates, tanks it with her Cross-Shield, and builds toward her devastating Lilith ultimate state. This makes her one of the most unique characters in the combat system.

Wordless Rejection (Basic Attack)

Fadia performs up to 5 consecutive attacks with her Cross-Shield. The core mechanic is built directly into her basic attack: when Fadia's current HP is greater than 1, she redirects a portion of damage taken by her teammates to herself before any shield mitigation is applied. Redirected damage cannot be further redistributed. Once Fadia's current HP drops to 1, she ceases to redirect damage and instead shares damage with surviving teammates. This means Fadia is constantly protecting her team simply by existing on the field.

Existence (Elemental Skill)

Fadia deals Psyche DMG to an area and applies Destructive Experience to the enemy unit with the highest max HP. During Destructive Experience, when Fadia takes damage, a portion of that damage is redirected onto the debuffed enemy. This creates a feedback loop: teammates attack freely knowing Fadia absorbs their damage, Fadia takes the redirected hits, and a portion of what she absorbs is reflected onto the marked enemy. This turns Fadia's tanking into an offensive tool.

Agony to Euphoria (Ultimate: Lilith)

When activated, Fadia enters the Lilith state, dealing 6 instances of Cognito DMG and healing herself. Cognito is a distinct damage type associated with Fadia's transformed state. While in Lilith, she can recast Wordless Rejection to perform up to 5 follow-up attacks, each dealing Cognito DMG. The Lilith state dramatically increases her offensive capabilities, transforming her from a passive tank into an aggressive damage dealer.

Outsider (QTE)

Fadia's character swap QTE has her swing her Cross-Shield, dealing 1 instance of Psyche DMG to an area.

Passive Abilities

• Furnace of Guilt When Nova expires, the team siphons 20% of the enemy's max HP (capped at 30% of Fadia's base max HP). This provides a burst of team-wide damage scaling off enemy health.

• Denial and Plunder Increases the entire team's max HP by 10% while Fadia is in the active party. This enhances the survivability of all team members.

• Queen Charming A life skill that allows Fadia to receive special gifts from city shopkeepers.

Esper Cycle Role

As a Psyche element character, Fadia participates in the Esper Cycle reaction system. Her support/tank role means she enables teammates to deal damage safely through her damage redirection. Her Existence skill's Destructive Experience debuff adds an offensive dimension by reflecting damage onto the highest-HP enemy. In Lilith state, she transitions to dealing Cognito DMG directly. The team-wide 10% max HP buff from Denial and Plunder makes her valuable in any composition.

Lore and Background

Fadia is a member of ETD-4, a specialized containment team within the Bureau of Anomaly Control. ETD-4 is led by Baicang and includes other operatives such as Lacrimosa and Skia. The team was dispatched to respond to the Hypervortex disaster in New Helios.

Fadia's nature is ambiguous. She is implied to be an Anomaly herself rather than a human Esper. Her pointed molars, vampire-like abilities, and the "Lilith" name for her ultimate state all suggest she is not entirely human. Her character quote about "endless desires" and "the curse that binds humanity" hints at a being who has observed humanity from the outside. Whether she was human before being transformed by an Anomaly event or has always been a supernatural entity is not confirmed.

ETD-4 Team

Fadia operates alongside the following ETD-4 members:

• Baicang Captain of ETD-4.

• Lacrimosa The "Sleepy Vampire" who wields Esper Constructs and Chaos element.

• Skia The "Shadow Hound Operative" who specializes in shadow manipulation.

Affiliations

• ETD-4 Fadia's primary team within the Bureau of Anomaly Control.

• Bureau of Anomaly Control The parent organization overseeing ETD-4.

Character Statistics

Trivia

• Fadia's birthday on Halloween (October 31) perfectly aligns with her vampire-like aesthetic and gothic design.

• Her Lilith state references Lilith from various mythological traditions, often associated with night, seduction, and supernatural power.

• She infamously kissed a squad member during a sewer mission, an event her victim remembers as: "MY FIRST KISS. ODDITY. FROM THE SEWERS."

• Her damage redirection mechanic is unique in the game's roster. She is the only character who automatically absorbs hits meant for teammates as long as her HP is above 1.

• Her Lilith state uses Cognito DMG rather than her standard Psyche DMG, making her one of the few characters that deals two different damage types.

• Her passive Denial and Plunder gives the entire team a 10% max HP increase, making her valuable even in compositions where she is not the primary on-field character.

• ETD-4 notably contains two vampire-themed characters: Fadia and Lacrimosa.

Related Pages

• Esper Cycle How Psyche interacts with other elements.

• Combat System Core combat mechanics.

• Hypervortex The Class VII anomaly that ETD-4 responded to.

• Baicang Captain of ETD-4.

• Lacrimosa Fellow ETD-4 member.

• Skia Fellow ETD-4 member.

• Gacha System How to obtain S-rank characters.

• Characters Full roster of playable characters.